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Politics of Libertia-Columbia


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The politics of Libertia-Columbia is generally different than the politics practiced in many liberal republics and representative democracies. Since most legislation in Libertia-Columbia comes about through some form of direct democracy, political parties generally don't run candidates for local elections. The role of the head of state is represented by a national legislative body, the Revolutionary People's Congress, usually called the RPC. However, Libertia-Columbia is heavily decentralized and most legislative power is granted to local communities (communes) and municipalities. Thus, the RPC in reality has little power (mostly confined to foreign policy), and most of the actual process of politics takes place in local legislative chambers. This is also where most of the political drama is, and where most political trends first take hold.

Also, due to principles such as horizontalism being held to high regard in Libertia-Columbia, political parties in Libertia-Columbia are very different than their counterparts in liberal democracies and representative democracies. Horizontalism and decentralization as guiding principles are prevalent in almost all organisations of Libertia-Columbia, and thus the vast majority of political parties (including all the major ones) are horizontalist organisations without hierarchies. Due to the direct democratic nature of Libertia-Columbia's legislatures, political parties generally consist of ordinary citizens rather than elitist politicians, and it is not uncommon for a political party to have started out as a different type of organisation, such as a trade union or grassroots organization.

Elections for the Revolutionary People's Congress are relatively standardized, taking place every two years. Each election takes place over a period of one week, where any and all votes for RPC representatives must be cast within that one week to be considered valid. Votes are counted and verified by the Revolutionary People's Congress Electoral Committee, a direct-democratic people's committee. The vote verification process is a complicated process where each batch of votes is counted multiple times by multiple different groups of people and verified independently to minimize the chances of bias in vote-counting, bias in vote verification, and electoral fraud. Independent non-partisan horizontal organisations have come to play a key role in election verification in many areas, and the use of computers to assist in counting votes is also common. There are no local elections, as local legislation is decided by liquid democracy (a form of direct democracy where people can delegate their vote to another person if they themselves are not willing to come and vote).

Below are the major political parties of Libertia-Columbia, from largest to smallest. A political party is deemed to be a major political party if it either has a large influence over local politics in significantly large areas in Libertia-Columbia or if it has seats on the Revolutionary People's Congress.


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Major Parties


Alliance for Freedom, Liberty, and Equality

The Alliance for Freedom, Liberty, and Equality, or AFLE for short, is a minarcho-socialist political party that is the majority party of Libertia-Columbia. It started out as a grassroots organisation and association of trade unions before the founding of Libertia-Columbia, and was one of the major leaders of the anti-colonial uprising that drove their former colonial overlords out of what is now Libertia-Columbia. AFLE advocates for a form of minarchist socialism, also known as minarcho-socialism, with mostly autonomous communities being governed by a small minarchist state. They also advocate for a nation-wide constitution that protects fundamental freedoms and liberties, such as freedom of speech, freedom of the press, right to bear arms, and freedom from economic exploitation. In regards to economics, AFLE is divided between decentralized planning and market socialism. The majority of AFLE supports a mix of the two, with a market socialist economy being regulated by local workers' councils. AFLE is socially progressive, and abides by the sociological theory of intersectionality. AFLE also has contains certain smaller factions, preaching a variety of ideologies such as, but not limited to, democratic confederalism, libertarian democratic socialism, participism, communalism, council communism, and syndicalism.

Revolutionary Black Rose Union

The Revolutionary Black Rose Union, or RBRU for short, is a political party advocating for the ideals of anarchism. Initially starting out as an anarcho-syndicalist trade union, the RBRU formalised into a horizontalist political party and expanded to include a wide range of anarchist schools of thought, including anarcho-communism, mutualism, individualist anarchism, anarcho-collectivism, and egoism. The RBRU advocates for the immediate abolition of the state, viewing it as a relic of the past. They advocate that the functions of the state should be delegated to fully autonomous communities (communes). There are many economic ideas that are advocated for by members of the party, ranging from individualist market socialism to decentralized planning. Most RBRU factions reject majoritarian direct democracy in favor of consensus democracy, although there are dissenters. The party supports free association, and thus does not support the imposition of laws and rules onto a populace that does not consent to those laws/rules. The RBRU is also one of the more progressive political parties, advocating for anarcha-feminism, queer liberation/anarcha-queer, youth liberation, and disability rights. The RBRU also supports the sociological theory of intersectionality.

The RBRU has multiple different splits, but the most prominent split is between the possibilists and the impossibilists. The possibilists advocate using the Revolutionary People's Congress as a vehicle to progress towards an anarchist society. Possibilist representatives play an active role in the RPC, drafting and passing legislation and participating in debate. This does not mean they place no emphasis on revolutionary activity outside of the RPC, but they feel that participation in the RPC should be a core aspect of anarchist strategy, both to achieve an anarchist society and serve as congressional opposition to the centralists (the CPU-L and CPU-O). The impossibilists hold that participation in the RPC is statist and the RPC cannot be used as a vehicle to achieve an anarchist society. Impossibilist representatives boycott RPC sessions and instead spend their time participating in revolutionary activity, such as demonstrations, sit-ins, the construction of mutual aid groups to build dual power, propaganda campaigns, and other activities.

Green Party of Libertia-Columbia

The Green Party of Libertia-Columbia is an environmentalist political party. Its politics are generally similar to that of AFLE, and is part of the ruling coalition along with AFLE. Additionally, the Green Party places a large focus on environmental matters, such as combatting climate change, preventing pollution, protecting animal rights, and halting the unethical exploitation of nature. Unsurprisingly, social ecology is quite popular among Green Party members. There is also a more radical sect of the party that support anarcho-primitivism and deep ecology, although they are a minority within the Green Party overall.

Communist Popular Union

The Communist Popular Union, or CPU for short, is a Marxist political party. Much of the CPU party platform is based on the ideals of Karl Marx, Rosa Luxemberg, and Friedrich Engels. It is generally considered to be a big tent party, containing a variety of ideals including De Leonism, left communism, autonomism, orthodox Marxism, neocommunism, Leninism, and Trotskyism. Culturally, the CPU leans center-left, and mostly supports intersectionality, though it is not as progressive as AFLE, the RBRU, or the Green Party. While the party is divided among many different ideologies, one thing that unites most of the party is the desire for greater centralisation and opposition to the current status quo of radical decentralisation. Policies popular within the CPU include the re-establishment of the role of prime minister, the re-establishment of the executive branch and separation of powers, and more directly integrating the various committees of Libertia-Columbia into governmental apparatuses. How far one wants to go with centralist reforms depends on their ideology. Another position which is popular among almost all CPU members is market abolition, as in abolition of the current hybrid economic system which combines market socialism (with workers' cooperatives) with decentral planning (with workers' councils).

Due to the diversity of ideologies held by members of the CPU, the CPU is made up of three intra-party factions, formally known as "caucuses": the Libertarian caucus (CPU-L), the Orthodox caucus (CPU-O), and the Autonomist caucus (CPU-A). The CPU-L is the caucus with the most power within the CPU, and generally has a libertarian Marxist bent, supporting some limited centralist measures, but are still broadly decentralist. The CPU-O is the second-largest caucus, generally adhering more to ideologies such as Orthodox Marxism, Trotskyism, and Leninism. The CPU-O is the most centralist out of the three caucuses, proposing a system in which the state plays a large role in the lives of the Libertia-Columbian populace, especially as a regulatory role and as the safeguard of the revolution, and where power is balanced between the people and the state. The CPU-A is the smallest of the three. The CPU-A opposes the centralist reforms supported by the other two caucuses and advocate for decentralism and market abolition.

National Libertia-Columbian Social Democratic Party

The National Libertia-Columbian Social Democratic Party, also known as the NLCSDP for short, is a social-democratic political party and one of the founding political parties of Libertia-Columbia, along with AFLE. The NLCSDP advocates for a form of social democracy with a large welfare state and a regulated capitalist free market. The NLCSDP advocates for the protection of private property rights to foster a burgeoning private sector. Culturally, the NLCSDP leans to the center, on the one hand favoring restrictions on immigration and an end to affirmative action, but on the other hand, supporting abortion rights and prevention of business from discriminating against the LGBTQ+ population. Civically, the NLCSDP advocates for left-wing nationalism. The NLCSDP was once quite popular among the populace, being the first ruling party of Libertia-Columbia. However, it has since then fallen out of favor, though it still has a remaining support base among the older generation and more conservative citizens.

Association of Transhumanists for Scientific & Technological Process

The Association of Transhumanists for Scientific & Technological Progress, also known as the Association of Transhumanists or ATSTP for short, is a relatively new progressive transhumanist and techno-socialist political party. The ATSTP advocates for transhumanist policies, including morphological freedom, greater support for scientific and technological research (especially cybernetics and life extension research), e-democracy (i.e. digital democracy), the rights of sentient artificial intelligence, and privacy rights.

Minor Political Parties


There are some minor political parties that do not have seats on the Revolutionary People's Congress and do not have major influence over most of the nation; however, they still have pockets of support. The parties listed below are some of the larger minor parties.

Revolutionary Communist Party of Libertia-Columbia

The Revolutionary Communist Party of Libertia-Columbia, or RCPLC or RCP for short, formerly the Marxist-Leninist Party of Libertia-Columbia, is a Marxist-Leninist-Maoist political party. The RCP generally has little political power, with it mainly being supported by a minority of the student population and some of the older population. The RCP has been widely criticized for its authoritarian tendencies and its endorsements of authoritarian (and sometimes totalitarian) ideologies and states. It is for this reason that the RCP is generally unpopular, as the general populace of Libertia-Columbia strongly identifies with anti-authoritarianism and generally despises authoritarianism. It has also been criticized for its vanguardism, which goes against the horizontalism that is popular among Libertia-Columbians.

Liberal Democratic Federation

The Liberal Democratic Federation, or LDF for short, is a right-libertarian political party. It is generally considered to be a big tent party, containing classical liberals, progressive libertarians, paleolibertarians, right-minarchists, agorists, and voluntarists, among others. It advocates for a capitalist, deregulated free-market and propertarianism. Due to the anti-capitalist nature of the Libertia-Columbian populace, the LDF is generally unpopular in Libertia-Columbia, with some making rather unflattering connections between them and the former capitalistic imperialists who used to rule over Libertia-Columbia before the revolution.

Table of Major Political Parties


Major Political Parties of Libertia-Columbia

Ideology/Political position(s)

Associated organizations & other info

Alliance for Freedom, Liberty, and Equality (AFLE)

- Minarchist socialism
- Left-wing populism
- Progressivism
- Constitutional socialism
- Libertarian socialism
- Proletarian internationalism

Factions:

- Democratic confederalism
- Communalism
- Democratic socialism
- Market socialism
- Participism
- Council Communism
- Syndicalism
- Universal humanism

Color: Light red
Newspaper: The Liberation Times
Youth wing: Freedom & Liberation Youth League

Revolutionary Black Rose Union (RBRU)

- Anarchism
- Social anarchism
- Anarcho-syndicalism
- Intersectionality
- Progressivism
- Internationalism
- Anti-clericalism
- Anarcha-feminism & queer anarchism
- Freethought movement

Factions:
- Anarcho-communism
- Mutualism
- Individualist anachism
- Collectivist anarchism
- Egoism
- Libertarian possibilism

Color: Black/Pink
Newspaper: The Freethinker

Green Party of Libertia-Columbia

- Eco-socialism
- Green politics
- Democratic socialism
- Progressivism
- Social ecology
- Pacifism

Factions:
- Communalism
- Deep ecology
- Eco-anarchism
- Anti-civ anarchism
- Post-civ anarchism
- Anarcho-primitivism

Color: Green
Newspaper: Green Papers

Communist Popular Union (CPU)

- Marxism
- Communism
- Progressivism
- Proletarian internationalism

Factions:
- De Leonism
- Autonomism
- Left communism
- Neocommunism
- Humanist Marxism
- Orthodox Marxism
- Leninism
- Trotskyism

Intra-party caucus ideologies:

Communist Popular Union - Libertarian (CPU-L):
- Libertarian Marxism

Communist Popular Union - Orthodox (CPU-O):
- Orthodox Marxism
- Leninism
- Trotskyism

Communist Popular Union - Autonomist (CPU-A):
- Autonomism
- Libertarian socialism

Color: Dark red
Newspaper: The Daily Worker

National Libertia-Columbian Social Democratic Party (NLCSDP)

- Social democracy
- Left-wing nationalism

Factions:
- Social liberalism
- Democratic socialism
- Progressivism
- Centrism
- Left-wing populism
- Radical social democracy
- Paternalistic conservatism

Color: Yellow
Newspaper: Bread and Roses

Association of Transhumanists for Scientific & Technological Progress (ATSTP)

- Transhumanism
- Techno-socialism
- Libertarian socialist transhumanism
- Morphological freedom

Factions:
- Anarchist transhumanism
- Pirate politics
- Extropianism
- Technogaianism
- Cyberfeminism & xenofeminism
- Postgenderism
- Solarpunk transhumanism
- Left-accelerationism

Color: Blue
Newspaper: The Futurist

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