Communist Party of Tarper

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Communist Party of Tarper

Parti Communiste de Tarper
Former nameTarperti Section of the Socialist Party
AbbreviationCPT
LeaderRaul Gomez
PresidentDaniel Mynatt
ChairpersonLambert Salinas
FounderErnesto Rivero
Founded1892; 132 years ago (1892)
(Original party)
1902; 122 years ago (1902)
(Renaming)
Legalised1899; 125 years ago (1899)
Preceded byUnited Socialist Democratic Party
(Not legal predecessor)
NewspaperThe Vanguard
Think tankPolitburo of the CPT
Student wingUniversity Communists
Youth wingTarperti League of Young Communists
Women's wingCommunist Women's Auxiliary
LGBT wingFALGSC Commission
Trade unionTarperti Confederation of Labour
(1892-1991)
Federation of Free Tarperti Trade Unions
(since 2002)
Paramilitary wingRed Brigade
(1902-1929)
Membership (July 2019)Increase 85,000
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism
Socialism
Political positionLeft-wing
Far-left
International affiliationInternational Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties
Colors  Maroon
Slogan"Workers of the world, unite!"
Federal Council
6 / 123
Federal Assembly
80 / 709
State legislatures
98 / 1,520
Party flag
Flag of the Communist Party of Tarper.svg

The Communist Party of Tarper, also commonly referred to as the CPT, is a Communist political party in Tarper. The party was founded in 1892 as a continuation of the United Socialist Democratic Party, USDP, of the Platesan Empire.

Since mid-2010, Raul Gomez has been the party's leader. In the Federal Assembly the party has 80 out of 709 seats after polling 10.7% of the vote in the 2017 federal elections , the party joined the Socialist Party of Tarper and Green Liberation Union to form a coalition government.

According to official party figures, the Party had 65,000 registered members as of December 2017, making it the fourth-largest party in Tarper.

The party participates in the legislatures of seven states and is the senior partner in the government coalition of Meerland.

History

The party was created by Ernesto Rivero. Rivero was a member of the United Socialist Democratic Party and influential party in the Platesan Empire. After the breakup of the Empire, Rivero took the Tarperti branch of the party and created the party under its original name of the Tarperti Section of the Socialist Party.

From 1892 to 1901, the party remained largely underground, due to the absolutist government and outright banning of parties in the Kingdom of Astra. After the founding of the United Kingdoms of Tarper, the party planned for a public reappearance. and on 1902 the party changed into its current name and started campaigning.

Role during the United Kingdoms

Ruling party of the CTCR

Starpin Era (1960-1991)

Underground Era (1991-2002)

Present Day (2002-present)

Ideology

Since its renaming in 1902, the party has followed the principles of libertarian communism, fundamentally opposed to authoritarian regimes, the communist party was the first of its kind to allow democratic elections in a communist country in 1920.

The party currently embraces the ideas of democracy in order to allow a communist society to follow. In recent times the party pressure group, "Rebirth Coalition", has criticized the leadership for a rightward shift due to "vote chasing".

Organization

Symbols

In its early days the party used a maroon cockade, which was customary for parties of the late 18th through early 20th centuries. Since the first civil war the party has used the hammer and sickle, first only appearing in the party's flag and then being used by its contemporary logo.

The party makes use of a march titled,"The Red Banner" as its primary anthem. It used to use a modified version of the State Anthem of the Tarperti Confederation but halted use of it do to its purported "soiling" by the Republic of Tarper.

Special organizations

Notable sub-organizations of the CPT are:

  • Alliance for Libertarian Communism (ALCO): Caucus created to drive the party towards a non-authoritarian form of Communism.
  • Tarperti League of Young Communists (TLYC): Youth and Student group of the party.
  • The Left Party (LEFT): Coalition of democratic socialists and moderate communists.
  • Rebirth Coalition (RC): Members who wish to follow a more authoritarian communist policy and stop chasing after the Socialist Party.

Politburo of the CPT

Controversies

Election results, (1900-present)

The party has been active since 1892 but did not partake in elections until the 1900 Tarperti federal election. Due to the fact that from 1890-1900 the Tarperti kingdoms outlawed elections, the Tarperti Section of the Socialist Party remained in secret.

During the Republic of Tarper, the Communist Party underwent a forced self-exile and did not partake in elections.

Election Seats won ± Position Leader Government
1900
0 / 397
Steady 0 Ernesto Rivero Extra-parliamentary
1904
81 / 397
Increase 81 3rd Ernesto Rivero In opposition
1908
54 / 397
Decrease 27 3rd Ernesto Rivero In opposition
1912
110 / 397
Increase 56 2nd Ernesto Rivero In opposition
1920
257 / 423
Increase 147 1st Yakov Menendez Vanguard Coalition
1930
391 / 577
Increase 126 1st Ludovic Leone Vanguard Coalition
1940
408 / 647
Increase 17 1st Zoe Tapia War & Reconstruction Assembly
1950
196 / 402
Decrease 212 1st Alois Benini People's Front
1960
318 / 521
Increase 122 1st Tom Starpin People's Front
1970
268 / 518
Decrease 50 1st Tom Starpin People's Front
1980
228 / 519
Decrease 40 1st Tom Starpin People's Front
1990
239 / 662
Increase 11 2nd Tom Starpin In opposition
1992 Did not contest. Party underwent forced self-exile from elections.
March 1996 Did not contest. Party underwent forced self-exile from elections.
September 1996 Did not contest. Party underwent forced self-exile from elections.
2002
248 / 603
Increase 9 2nd Harper Paszek United Coalition for the Federal Commonwealth
2005
61 / 614
Decrease 187 3rd Harper Paszek In opposition
2009
93 / 622
Increase 32 3rd Harper Paszek LP – CPT – GPT
2013
64 / 630
Decrease 29 3rd Raul Gomez In opposition
2017
80 / 709
Increase 16 4th Raul Gomez SP – GLU/ULV – CPT

Leaders of the Communist Party, 1892-present

Leader Period
Ernesto Rivero 1892-1920
Yakov Menendez 1920-1930
Ludovic Leone 1930-1940
Zoe Herzog 1940-1950
Alois Benini 1950-1960
Tom Starpin 1960-1991
Finley Stringer 1991-2000
Harper Paszek 2000-2010
Raul Gomez 2010-present