March 4th, 1921 marked not just the inauguration of the new United Socialist States of America’s (USSA) first president, but also the inauguration of the era of direct proletarian democracy.
The political revolution, long ago recognized by revolutionary Marxists on both sides of the Atlantic...
Got inspired by an old, online newspaper clipping from the NYT from 1912.
Tried to show the schism that would undoubtedly result in a historic Socialist city rendered Socialist again following the TL's May Day Revolution despite WWI-era repression.
I don't think the moderates, even with a...
Been super busy with college (I'm back in school again!:)), struggling to learn fluent German - its tough! That and a ton of other obligations on and off campus.
I have access to a simply AMAZING, HUGE history section and library, so I will definitely update irregularly, like on weekends.
Its...
From the United Socialist Republic of Germany: A History Chapter One “A Hopeful Beginning”
The Independent Socialists had decided, despite stark disagreements over the future direction of the German revolution, to stay on the Council of People’s Deputies with the Majority Socialists. This gave...
I'm retconning much of the timeline.
The Bolshevik-Left SR Soviet socialist coalition government survives, welded together by the experience of civil war and postwar reconstruction; with no Cheka, there is no unaccountable, dangerous to liberty extraordinary State security organ for the Left...
The next part:
NOTE: Source used was Utah and the Great War: The Beehive State and the World War I Experience.
From Utah and the Great War: The Beehive State and the World War I Experience
Utah, in 1919, was in a constant process of becoming. Since the 1870s, the Beehive State’s non-Mormon...
Here's (after a year in-hiatus) the part dealing with the U.S., lifted from a novel I've been working on set within the Beneath the Crimson Banner world.
Enjoy!
NOTE: Sources were primarily A History of Utah Radicalism, Eugene V. Debs: Citizen and Socialist, and a smattering of knowledge I've...
Sorry about the lack of an update. Been SO busy with life. I've had a helluva (admittedly hectic but overall eventful) year!
Updates might be disjointed owing to lack of more specific, university library books. Thinking about doing the alternate history backwards, but complete and in order once...
Going to update this timeline after Christmas. Will do what I can, without access to a university library. Next update will cover the U.S., chiefly the Red Scare and a Eugene Victor Debs who plays a prominent role in a stronger Communist movement.
I got some more sources on Hungary 'cause I wanted as much information as possible; that includes a book written by a communist historian in the Hungarian People's Republic - its nice to see Marxist language not put exclusively in quotes.:)
A lot of the note taking for Hungary and the Kronstadt...
Concerning the Socialist Party, this book series got me reading up on Debs.
Eugene V. Debs: Citizen and Socialist and Eugene V. Debs Speaks are both good, fascinating books.
I have serious reservations about simply calling the U.S. social-democratic or reformist after 1921; I do recall that...
Uh ... no ...
With my New Penguin Russian Course language book, I was able to put the Cyrillic into English letters but unfortunately I still don't know for the life of me what the poster says:
Tovareeshshee! Eedeetye Na Hooy Pozhalooysta!
I'm trying to translate a Russian language history...
Got a ton of sources.
Getting more. Just have to get card for library to keep books. Doing that today.
Honestly, in RL I've been getting intensive treatment for OCD and anxiety so that is why I haven't been able to do any updates thus far.
Had to withdraw from university - going back next...