The Red Banner - An American Communist TL

The Stormlord

Extracted from Purges and Power-struggles: A History of the Early CFRA

The politics of the CFRA (particularly in its early years) were a veritable viper's nest, in which finding and backing the winning side meant more than ideology and opinion. After the death of the Revolution's leader, Daniel Bradley, and the resulting creation of a power vacuum, two factions emerged - the relatively liberal faction led by Fairfax, and the hardline, dictatorial group lead by Alfred F. Jones.

At first, it was difficult to detect which would win, but by 1935, 2 years after the end of the Civil War, Jones led a coup against Fairfax and won. The Fairfax group was purged and Fairfax was sent into exile, in what was later known as the Jones Coup.

It was a turning point in the history of the CFRA - one of history's most terrible dictators rising up to become its leader. Indeed, the corruption of the Revolution, already begun in the Civil War, had been completed.

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RedKiller
OK, WI the Jones Coup in 1935 fails or something? What are the possible butterflies?
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BlackWing (Kicked)
Completely ASB. Fairfax was not very popular in the Bureau, and someone would have gotten rid of him sooner or later. You'll need a POD that butterflies away the Revolution entirely, maybe in WW1. But then, you have absolutely no idea what could happen in the 30's and 40's. Noob.
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MechCommander13
Hmm...at least we don't get a complete psychopath in charge of the world's biggest Communist state. Perhaps people have a better opinion of Communism.
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Winston_Smith
Well, Mosley was somewhat worse than Jones - perhaps we don't get a Jones-Mosley Pact, and no invasion of Canada?
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BlackWing (Kicked)
STFU Noob. Jones was always gonna invade Canada, it's just that Mosley's clique never expected it, Also, Mosley may have been a Totalist, but at least he didn't hide his tyranny behind talk of freedom. ASB again.
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Alexian
Stop being abrasive and insulting. Kicked for a week.
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Onkel Willie

Interesting. I'd like to see more of this communist America. When was the POD. Are there still a Nazi Germany and Soviet Union?
 

The Stormlord

WIKIPEDIA

ALFRED FRANKLIN JONES


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Alfred Franklin Jones (also known as Alfred F. Jones) was born in 1895 and deceased in 1956. He was Premier of the CFRA from 1935 till 1956, and was a prominent leader during the Second Revolution and Second American Civil War. He is nowadays most famous for being its leader during World War Two and for betraying Oswald Mosley, President of the short-lived Republic of Britannia, by invading Canada. Today, he is seen in two lights within the CFRA - as a strong leader who guided the nation through a terrible war and as a brutal totalitarian dictator who purged hundreds of thousands.

CONTENTS
Early Life
Revolution Era
Civil War Era
Power Struggle
Premier
Legacy

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CIVIL WAR ERA

Alfred F. Jones was a prominent leader within the CFRA's Citizen's Army, forging it through the fires of war into a disciplined fighting force, as well as ensuring support in the form of supplies from the Federal Russian Union through diplomatic skill. He was commander of the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii campaigns, in the latter of which he made his famous quote:

"All Political and Military Power comes from the threat of force"

His most notable engagement was the Battle of Honolulu which forced the final supporters of the Presidential System to flee to the Philippines. He is also claimed [by who?] to have ordered several massacres in the battle's aftermath. However, history records that both sides in the Second American Civil War performed severe atrocities and War crimes on those they considered 'traitors', namely the other side. [citation needed]

After the war ended in 1933 with the defeat of the United States of America and the formation of a Government-in-Exile in the Philippines, Alfred's mentor and the Revolutionary Government's leader, Daniel Bradley, died in mid-1934 of a sudden heart attack. Alfred eulogised at his funeral, and said, in an uncharacteristic moment of sadness, that "The Revolution does not end here. I will continue your work, comrade".

He was true to this, as his power struggle with Alexander Fairfax demonstrated.


 
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THE TIMES

OSWALD MOSLEY FALLS AT HIS POST

The dear leader of our Britannic Republic, Oswald Mosley, has just fallen at a bunker under the Houses of Parliament, by his own hand. Franco-German forces now approach London, as American troops march into Newfoundland. Rome, capital of our loyal ally Mussolini, is under siege, and Kyoto and Nagasaki have just been taken out by American atomic bombs as the Russian imperialists pour into Manchuria, rightfully owned by our noble Chinese comrades. But we will fight to the last, true sons of Albion all. We shall fight on the landing-grounds. We shall fight on the beaches.We shall fight in the fields and on the streets - Britannia shall never surrender.

Even though London burns, we shall fight to the very last.

Rule Britannia!

15th January 1946
 
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Beedok

Beedok

Insanity said:
I originally took the name from Rebel's End of Dystopia, and when I found out the name originally came from Hetalia I liked it too much to not avoid using it in subsequent works,
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Ok, I just wasn't sure if it was an odd coincidence or not.
 

Wyragen-TXRG4P

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Insanity said:
Thanks for alerting me as to that mistake. What do you think of the TL itself?
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Real nice!

If you plan another online discussion, may I suggest a parallel to n00b and perhapse, someone claiming that Alfred F. Jones killed between 15 and 90 millions americans.
 
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 MechCommander13
WI Mosley wins on the North American Front of WW2? From what I see, he had plenty of opportunities to win, but still lost. At least, if he wins, the murderer of 15 million Americans will see justice.
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BloodFeather
I'm not so sure. OTL, Mosley's big mistake was sending a lot of troops from Canada to fight in Europe and Africa. If he doesn't do this, Jones may not even invade.
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Winston_Smith
At least, if he wins, the murderer of 15 million Americans will see justice.
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Alfred didn't kill fifteen million, the most he ever purged was 1 million, 250,000 of which were sent to work camps.
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RedKiller
Working on a TL about this. It's called Red Fall, and is quite dystopian. Nobody wins WW2 in that TL.
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BlackWing
So, so much ASB nonsense here. I think I'm quitting.
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grandnikky
Alfred didn't kill fifteen million, the most he ever purged was 1 million, 250,000 of which were sent to work camps.
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U from the CFRA or something?
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The Stormlord

THE NEW YORK TIMES

ALFRED F JONES; 'MOSLEY MUST FALL'

Following the recent declaration of war on the traitorous Totalist running-dogs of the so-called 'Republic of Britannia', our great helmsman and Premier Alfred F. Jones and the Bureau of America have explained their reasoning in a speech made by Alfred F. Jones.

Said Jones: 'It is clear that Mosley is a growing threat to Communism worldwide, and that he must be dealt with immediately. One need only look at the numerous atrocities Mosley is performing in northern France, primarily against the supporters of the Socialist government.'

'Furthermore,' Jones stated. 'Mosley is the primary threat to the world, as he and his allies have demonstrated so many times in Europe and Asia. We must not be cowards - we must continue fighting against the Totalist Dragon for a Red Dawn.'

April 17th 1943
 

The Stormlord

WIKIPEDIA

ALFRED FRANKLIN JONES


This page is currently protected from editing until disputes have been resolved.

Alfred Franklin Jones (also known as Alfred F. Jones) was born in 1895 and deceased in 1956. He was Premier of the CFRA from 1935 till 1956, and was a prominent leader during the Second Revolution and Second American Civil War. He is nowadays most famous for being its leader during World War Two and for betraying Oswald Mosley, President of the short-lived Republic of Britannia, by invading Canada. Today, he is seen in two lights within the CFRA - as a strong leader who guided the nation through a terrible war and as a brutal totalitarian dictator who purged hundreds of thousands.

CONTENTS
Early Life
Revolution Era
Civil War Era
Power Struggle
Premier
Legacy

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LEGACY

The legacy of Alfred Franklin Jones is visible across the CFRA. From Alfred City in California (capital of the CFRA's movie industry, and formerly known as Los Angeles) to his statue atop his tomb in Arlington National Cemetery, his image is utterly iconic.

After his death in 1956, the whole nation mourned for him. Massive crowds of mourners gathered along the site of his funeral procession, and when his body was finally laid to rest, an eulogy was composed by James O'Brien, a member of his Cabinet and his designated successor.

Furthermore, he was survived by his second wife, Julia Jones, his mistress, Tanya Shore, and his five children (three by his first wife, Vanessa Jones), one of whom - Arthur Daniel Jones - would become Premier of the CFRA during the 1990s, and continue its policy of economic liberalisation which led to it becoming one of the world's biggest economies.

He became a figure of such national importance, that bank-notes still feature his image, 5-and-a-half decades after his death. Even after the program of De-Jonesification in the 60's, and the scrapping of certain parts of his economic ideology in the 70's, 80's and 90's, Alfred F. Jones has become a national hero, easily on par with George Washington, who Jones himself described as 'a prototypical Revolutionary'.
 

The Stormlord

Extracted from A History of Propaganda

Alfred F. Jones was one of the greatest innovators in the whole field of propaganda. He had a well-oiled machine running which simply drowned out all criticism of him, leaving most of the actual work to experts in the trade. Jones, a staunch Atheist, co-opted Christianity, declaring that Jesus and the Apostles were 'proto-Communists' and saying that 'religion is not necessarily the enemy of Communism...Capitalism is the true enemy of the proletariat'. Jones also took over the images of nationalist icons - George Washington became a 'prototypical revolutionary', Lincoln a 'necessary predecessor to the Revolution', and the Founding Fathers 'anti-Imperialists'.

In short, like every successful propagandist, Alfred F. Jones co-opted religious and national icons into the ideological framework of his government, and benefited greatly from it...


 

The Stormlord

Extracted from Purges and Power-struggles: A History of the Early CFRA

During World War 2, Alfred F. Jones' propaganda machine, headed by Leo Spectre, increasingly painted Mosley as a 'criminal against peace' and a 'traitor to Socialism', as he fought with Mosley's trading partner Imperial Japan, the two respective Pacific spheres of influence clashing against one another in war after Japan attacked Pearl Harbour, Hawaii.

Jones had been working since 1938 on the Atomic Bomb, and his top scientists told him it would be ready for military use by 1946. There is no doubt that Jones had been planning an invasion of Canada for a long time, purposefully feeding Mosley's trust so that he could more effectively betray him.

So, when in 1943 he ordered Operation Madison, the invasion of Canada, Mosley was stunned. He (Mosley) had two choices - keep his troops in the meatgrinder that was France, or send them to Canada and leave his homeland open to invasion. He chose France, reasoning that it was more important. He lost anyway.

When Ottawa was lost to Jones' Blitzkrieg, Mosley was simply in a state of shock. Later, he left his generals to the running of the war, trusting in them, but he'd already made too many blunders.

With Canada's most vital cities, as well as Quebec and the Northwest in Jones' iron grip, as well as the CFRA being the world's sole atomic power at that point, when the Philadelphia Conference to divide the world began post-war, Jones annexed all of Canada into the CFRA, as he was later to do with Cuba, Bermuda, and several minor British possessions in the Caribbean.

Mexico was, in 1948, invaded and made a puppet of the CFRA - Jones had carte blanche in North America. Japan was retained as a puppet nation, while Jones financed and armed Communist revolts in the Republic of China's south, eventually creating the Communist state of South China to hedge in the USA's remnant in the Philippines.







 
Fenrir_Angerboda

Fenrir_Angerboda

while this is Interesting, I do have to ask one question....

Why did you have to use a Fictional Character?

I mean, I thought this was going to be something like, I don't know, Eugene Debs leading a Communist revolt against Harding or something.
 

The Stormlord

Extracted from A History of the American Commissariat

The Commissariat was founded by Alfred F. Jones as the Citizen's Federal Republic of America entered World War Two. Its army, the Citizen's Army, was mostly a conscript force - while the Red Navy, the Citizen's Marine Corps, and the Red Standard Air Fleet were highly-trained professional bodies. This resulted in a lack of discipline among the soldiers of the Citizen's Army, which Jones saw as a weak link.

The Commissariat was founded by Jones and his Cabinet as a stop-gap measure - its Commissars, each a political officer mostly unaffiliated with the military, would mete out military justice, preside over court-martials, spread propaganda amongst the ranks, and prevent the ill-disciplined soldiers from fleeing in the midst of battle. However, it spread to the other military branches, as Naval Commissars, Marine Commissars, and Aerial Commissars (all of which wear the same dress uniform), partly as a replacement for military police, which the officers largely distrusted.

The typical Commissar's dress uniform was and is a peaked cap, a black-leather trench coat under which lay body armour and a black shirt, black trousers and underwear, and a blood-red sash over the coat to 'symbolise the Revolutionary spirit towards which each soldier must strive' (red being the colour of Communism). In battle, Commissars wear the same uniform as the branch of the military they are affiliated with, with a standard-issue assault rifle and a pistol for summary executions (mostly as a punishment for crimes of a most serious nature, e.g desertion, mutiny, and treason).
 
Meadow

Meadow

Interesting to see you use the term 'Totalism', and Oswald Mosley. Are you in any way affiliated with the Kaiserreich project?
 
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