Just a little thought experiment on a South American Soviet Union. The story for this one really isn’t well thought out (it was one afternoon’s work sitting in front of a computer—what do you expect) though what I can say is that whether the world I detail below is utopia, dystopia, or somewhere in the middle, that’s up to you to decide.
Las Patria Grande is loosely based upon the Soviet Union in governmental structure and China in rhetoric and packaging, so take it as you will.
As usual, comments, speculation and whatnot welcome.
NOTE: All real-life people mentioned in the following write-up have vastly changed personalities, worldviews and ideological leanings due to a POD 200+ years before the “modern day” of the scenario.
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LAS VERDAD—70th Liberation Day Edition
Turning Points in History: the Liberation of Santiago
In Pictures: Liberation Day in Plaza Bolivar
Editorial: Bring Forth the Union of All the World
Culture: Southwards Bound, a Canadian Story
Turning Points in History: the liberation of Santiago
70 Years ago: a summer afternoon on 8th July, 1948, the city of Santiago shook to the fearsome barrage of artillery. The armies of the Libertadores—the 4th Army under general Juan “little Bolivar” Peron to be precise—surrounded the strategic city, and through infiltration took the city in but 3 days. The last city in South America, defiant before the righteous forces of laborism fell at last.
“We fought, we learnt, we conquered”, said Peron after the engagement to
Las Verdad. It was one of the last battles to be fought in
la Revolución, the conclusion of which brought a sense of finality. The battle was not like the trenches of Lima, or the door-to-door fighting of Buenos Aries—but to put it in a grand historical context, it was one of the most significant battles of
la Revolución.
In Santiago, the Chilean peasants and workers were liberated, the last piece in the great multicultural puzzle that is
la Patria Grande.
In Santiago, jubilant revolutionaries reported to the central government in Bogota, where Chairman Castro immediately declared the formation of our nation.
In Santiago, the first land reforms were directed, to bring justice to the farmers of Chile.
There is an important distinction to be made between liberation and revolution. Santiago was liberated in 1948; Lima in 1947, Caracas in 1945; yet Santiago was the first to undergo revolution in the fateful year of 1948. The Chilean spirit is never to fall behind, and this is fully reflected in her capital city’s eagerness to reform herself.
Bold Santiago revolutionaries, including heroes like Carlos Prats led the founding of worker’s communes, the destruction of capitalist institutions, the seizing of the means of production, the expelling of foreign meddlers. Whilst the rest of
la Patria Grande lagged so far behind, under so called “transitional governments”, Santiago had become the first nation to institute true Marxist-Castroist Labourism, as it was first envisioned.
Santiago, this shining beacon of Labourism, witnessed the righteous fires of revolution. Santiago, this beautiful city, took the very first step towards the worker’s paradise.
The people of Chile, of
la Patria Grande, of the whole world salute you today! Hail, Santiago! (Las Verdad editor Matías Rodríguez)
Workers and Peasants of Bogota celebrate Liberation Day
the Plaza Bolivar is adorned with the flowers of Revolution
The population of Bogota celebrated the 70th Anniversary of our nation’s founding—Liberation Day. On this momentous 200 thousand workers, peasants and soldiers all gathered to witness the grand parade through the streets of our nation’s capital.
The Grand Secretariat of the Labourist Party, the President of the Confederation, the Chairman of the Central Military Commission, Hero of the World Revolution, his Excellency Hugo Chavez received the salutes of army, navy and air force servicemen, giving a stirring speech to urge all the oppressed peoples of the world to revolution. The politburo and foreign friends of
La Patria Grande listened attentively to his Excellency, celebrating the spirit of revolutionary brotherhood.
On this day of celebration, our continent was filled with joy and cheer, especially pronounced in Bogota. The city was covered in the colours of revolution: Red, Blue and Yellow; the Plaza Bolivar was adorned with flowers from every corner of our nation; and by the statue of Simon Bolivar lay a new one—that of his spiritual successor, founder of our fatherland, Fidel Castro. Castro proudly looked upon Bogota—seeing the House of Representatives, the Central Worker’s Congress, the Monument of Sacrafice, the Peron Monument and many more symbols of revolution. Workers dressed in red, blue and yellow formed human mosaics reading “
Viva la Patria Grande!” and “
Viva la Partido Laboristas!”—simple, yet touching words.
Above the Plaza Bolivar, 33 balloons, one for each tribe or republic within our grand brotherhood of revolutionaries were let loose. Each was painted with traditional artwork from each of our continent’s peoples, symbolizing the herculean effort that was world revolution—accomplishable only through the industry and effort of all our nation’s peoples. Plaza Bolivar was filled with joy and revolutionary cheer—a sight to behold for all. (Las Vardas Editor Jose Garcia)
Editorial: Bring Forth the Union of all the World
In the midst of our nation’s 70th Anniversary, all the peoples of our nation are united in happiness and brotherhood, a momentous occasion that we all surely cherish.
Holding aloft the eternal banner of Castroism-Marxism, thoroughly implementing the ideals of the new post-capitalist society and with vigilance against treason and revisionism, the day ended with renewed vigor and determination on the revolutionary spirit of each and every man, woman and child. Discussions on the hypocrisy of the false labourists and capitalist jackals in the Bantu Confederation; on the oppression of the German imperial jackboot were had in every layer of society. Stories were told by veterans of the Revolution about the bitterness of their conflict as brother turned on brother. Even in celebration, the peoples of the Americas were warned of the threats that imperialism poses yet to our righteous cause.
Today, in labourism’s greatest hour, on the precipice of world revolution, vigilance is the watchword, from the Pyramids of the Maya to the icy Magellan Straits; from the paradise of the Bahamas to the ever-productive mines of Peru. Our great nation’s enemies have always stood ready to pounce, eying the weakest of the proletariat for subversion and invasion. This is reflected best in talk of “independence”, “self-determination”, “liberation”. Such words lead any sane man to think about the liberation of the oppressed in Europe, the workers of the Rhine and farmers of Ireland—but no. The enemies of revolution have always been masters of the pen. They speak of independence for Peru; self-determination for the Argentines; liberation from labourism. The enemies of revolution spew hypocrisy, speaking of revolution against revolution: counter-revolution they like to call it.
But fear not. For the party and the proletariat know better. As one, all the liberated peoples of
la Patria Grande know better—they know the truth. The know
las verdad. The fundamental reason explaining why we can rise amidst difficulties and challenges and win one victory after another lies in the fact that we firmly believe that our cause is a just and progressive one, and that people of the whole country are united as one and making unremitting efforts to advance perseveringly toward our magnificent goals.
In the face of endless challenges to the integrity of
la Patria Grande, new challenges are emerging from every vector. These hurdles call for the concerted efforts and hard struggle by the people of all ethnic groups. Acting in compliance with the requirements of the Party, we should unify thinking, strengthen will, deal with all eventualities, identify the friend and the foe, know good from evil, do industrious work, and strive to make breakthroughs in various fields of work. All peoples of our nation, be you Maya, Inca, Colombian or Argentine, let us rally ourselves more closely around the Party with Comrade Chavez at the core, let us raise high the great banner of Castroism-Marxism, so the revolution of Bolivar can be continued forevermore ‘till all the world is a worker’s paradise! (Las Vardas Chief Editor Francisco Miranda)
Southwards Bound: a Canadian Story
There has always been this thread of fate between the Hispanic and Canadian peoples, many say. And that should not come as a surprise in the face of an increasingly warm Hispanic-Canadian friendship, as the two beacons of labourism find that they have nothing to lose and quite a lot to gain from cooperation.
Indeed, there’s the story of Margret Atwood, a Canadian socialist author who ventured South in the most oppressive years of the nation’s monarchist dictatorship. Atwood, now 78, is author of multiple award-winning books, most famous of which is the
Spinster’s Tale, a harrowing story of a young woman in the fictional nation of Monarchia, whose family forces her into an unhappy marriage with a dystopian backdrop. An instant bestseller, the book was tolerated by the Canadian royalist government for some time, but was then banned when things spiraled out of control.
Atwood, placed under house arrest nevertheless saw her novel grow ever more popular, circulated widely underground. The government attempted to place her in Ottawa Women’s Prison (charmingly termed Princess Lizzie’s Dungeon by the poor African-Canadians in the nearby Ghettos), but faced serious resistance in the process. Eventually, Atwood broke out with some stroke of ingenuity and outside help from Revolutionary cells, trekking along the Mississippi, through the Louisiana hinterland, until she reached salvation in New Afrika.
Atwood’s newest book, Southwards Bound talks of this harrowing trek.
“This book isn’t about me,” says Atwood when
Las Verdad editor Hermann Rodriguez approached her on the matter, “it’s about America. It’s about the suffering masses, huddled in small huts, swept up by the winter gale once the chill sets in.” Atwood looks sorrowful when she says this. She tells
Las Verdad about her childhood in the worst parts in Ottawa—and how good life there was, when compared to sprawling slums like Baton Rouge and Huston.
“It’s not about me,” says Atwood.
Atwood later returned to her trek last year, making her way up North from Caracas—where she now resides to Ottawa. Surprisingly fit for a 78-year old, she beamed proudly as she showed us
Las Verdad pictures she took along the way. There is Memphis, an industrial boom town, where Atwood gave a speech to the local Central Trade Union; there is Detroit, Canada’s socialist “poster boy”, where the greatest fruits of Castroism-Marxism are presented to the world by People’s Chancellor William Quesnel.
“It was a capitalist wonderland back then,” Atwood laughs grimly as she looks at a picture of Detroit in the ‘70s, when she was but a simple middle-class working woman. “I’m just happy things are finally getting better.
Canada celebrates the 37th Anniversary of her labourist revolution in 2 months. Atwood is rumored to be giving a speech to all the peoples of Canada at the celebratory parade—though Ms. Atwood chuckled and refused to comment when approached on the matter. (Las Vardas Editor Hermann Rodriguez)
