Great Rectification

The Great Rectification

Workers being herded out of their workplaces for "union inspection"
Native name	Malushyike Saru
Date	March 21, 1955 – February 20, 1960 (1955-03-21 – 1960-02-20)
Duration	6 years
Location	Janpian Union of Revolutionary States
Also known as	The Great Correction, The Reign of Spider Lillies, The Year of 54
Cause	Political instability, political rivalry, lack of strong or legitimate authority, realization of the Party-State concept
Motive	Political Repression, Consolidation of authority, fear of counter-revolutionaries, fear of foreign invasion or 5th columnists
Target	Perceived Counter-Revolutionaries, Rival Lorists, Dissidents, Revolutionary Council Members, Political Rivals, Party Members, Activists, Union Councilors
Deaths	Official Records: 100,000 - 1.2 Million Estimated: 600,000 - 4.5 Million

The Great Rectification, also known as the Reign of Spider Lilies, was an early period in Janpian Union's history, following the victory of the All-Labor Union Party over Janpia and the subsequent establishment of the Janpian Union of Government Workers' Party. During this period, a series of mass arrests, executions, repressions, violence, and political turmoil plagued the young Party-State, mainly owing to strong revolutionary fervor, fears for a counter-revolutionary plot, and the lack of strong authority over the newly established Party, due to the near-anarchic political landscape that came as an aftermath of the Janpian Civil War.

The term Great Rectification was coined by Marshal Hatuscho Garinov, who, in 1960, described it as an era of cleansing the Party from any disunifying elements and strengthening it under discipline and hard work. For this reason is how it also became the Party's current motto.

The origin of the Great Rectification stems from different reasons. During the Janpian Civil War, the Union Pact was established to unite multiple pro-workers and lorist parties as well as collaborationist groups under the All-Labor Union Party. This has temporarily halted any ideological disputes, and uniting them under the principle to thwart off their common enemies such as the pro-monarchists, republicans, and non-labor groups. Despite the Union Pact being the founding principle of the All-Labor Union Party, these disputes and conflicts would once again surface under the functionaries of the subsequently established successor which is the Janpian Union of Government Workers' Party.

Another reason is that due to the ideal for a stateless society, many party members calls for the complete disbandment of the successor Party, and to allow the reign of no reigns for the 5th era. While this is rectified by the Party-State concept, in which the de-jure there is no state in Janpia but the Party, many radical members still believed that the Party is a quasi-state, with its name even having a term "Government" within it. Some Party members such as Hatuscho have rebutted that the term was used as it only means authority, in which by no means it is a state. Among other reasons for the Great Rectification also includes (TBA)

Background

The goal of the All-Labor Union Party which is outlined on the Union Pact calls for the unification of all warring workers and lorist parties, regardless of creed or ideology, to fight against the common enemies of the workers. That being the foreign invaders, pro-monarchists, republicans, and among other members that are deemed nationalist or non-worker aligned.

However, following the victory of the All-Labor Union Party, these goals were finally achieved which nullifies the Union pact as well as the coalition. To rectify this, the leading members established the Janpian Union of Government Workers' Party as the successor, in which the aim is to continue the revolutionary fervor, establish a flexible organization that can accept all such workers' ideals, and accept peaceful dialogue as a form of disagreement. In line with this ideals, one of the first public acts of the new Party was to disarm all factions and to establish a single unified force, as well as establishing the main baseline with the rest of the Party by starting a joint council based on Darlinburg. These decisions were met with stiff political resistance. In particular, some parties have advocated for the complete disbandment of the party, while some parties heavily pushed that their own form of ideals must be completely used instead. Regardless of position, the Party was established on February 4, 1955

Timeline

Assassination of Areka Humenosche

On 21 March 1955, while conducting a weapons inspection of the new JURA regiment, a former member of the Alyevask People's Party Lorist Army aimed their rifle towards Areka and quickly take a point-blank shot towards him. The shooter was quickly arrested on the spot, declared guilty by the court jury, and was immediately executed all within the same day. For some historians, Areka and Tahokom were considered to be the first victims of the Great Rectification.

Regardless, the assassination of one of the highest officials of the Janpian Union of Government Workers' Party has sent shockwaves within their ranks. Fearing that there may be non-loyal members within the new Party, General Oyokoroschu of the Revolutionary Council conducted the so-called "general inspection", which is a series of test to determine the loyalty of the new Revolutionary Forces and as a way to instill the Party's authority. In practice, the general inspection mainly involves on decimation of its ranks, wherein soldiers are instructed to kill their members to prove their loyalty, else they will face execution.

These general inspections were conducted randomly, and in some cases, these inspections also involves on killing their officers or instructors. Nonetheless, these general inspections became much more prominent over the months, leading to further adaptation to the rest of the unions, with the Revolutionary Ministry of the Workers' Unions conducting the infamous "Union inspections" over work places.

These inspections were at first, questionned by some members of the Party apparatus. Some members have argued that this is necessary to protect the Party, while some have argued that there must be a proper baseline to determine the loyalty of each member. But given the lack of authority and enforcement over the Party, no actions were done, and the inspections continued. This also led to the rise of accusations within the the Party, various assassinations of officials, arrests under the accusation of being part of the conspiracy against the Party, and general disorder of the Party's functionaries, thus leading to the Wider Rectification.

Wider Rectification

While the Union and General Inspections were done as a way to keep the Party's authority, another theme that this carry is the test of loyalty. With the legality of the inspections being questioned by some but still continuing regardless, this has opened up new terms to the rest of the Party, who are mostly harboring sentiments against one another since its establishment. This, topped with their revolutionary fervor, and the lack of strong authority to enforce, led to the wider rectification of the Party's apparatus.

The Great Rectification was performed by any members of the Party and it often lacked any due process. Two disagreeing members of the Party often call each other out as counter-revolutionary based on simple or exaggerated technicalities, which often leads to arrest, or execution without prior review. Due to its revolutionary nature and its equal ideals, even the highest positions of the Party is not safe from the rectification, with the Office of the People's Marshal being often vacant or subject to extreme and often deadly rivalries. Mass damnation memoriae was also performed during this period, Up to this day, many historians still dispute as to who exactly were People's Marshals from 1954 to 1960. And given that the Party also performed mass Damnation memoriae, the historical accuracies of some information are still unverified or debated.

Rectification of the Revolutionary Forces

(TBA) Right from the beggining, the Janpian Union of Revolutionary Forces was already the target of the Great Rectification, going from the start of the general inspections. While these inspections led to the reduction of JURF's numbers, this act to instill loyalty became much more prominent. It reached to the point where some members of the officer corps were ordered by their superiors to shoot down their colleagues or other specific superior officers, leading to the deaths of some prominent Janpian civil war generals such as General Kasamschu Gohum who was noted to have led the Alegraschta Offensive, or Brigadier General Tuzukoschov who was well known for his siege of Kalingrad.

Reportedly, General Hatuscho was also involved on directing the "general inspections" of the army, tasking some of the colonels to shoot down a few officers who are allegedly against him. It was also rumored that his general inspections was the reason why his proposal to the nuclear debate came to pass, which established the Janpian Union of Revolutionary Missileers. But regardless, it is also noted that General Hatuscho himself was also a target for general inspections by some Revolutionary officers. However this never came to fruition as they have failed to accept the test, or was stopped prior.