Polltime!: Alternate Birthplace Of The First Communist State

The Russian Civil War goes in favor of the Whites and in 1922 the Rand Rebellion becomes the Rand Revolution and the Union of South Africa becomes the People's Republic of South Africa.

"Workers of the world, unite and fight for a white South Africa!" was the actual slogan of the Communist Party of South Africa during the OTL revolt. Can you imagine a communist, white supremacist, South Africa?

Was actually about to post that.

My hometown, Benoni, is the only South African town that has been bombed from the air. It was a stronghold of the rebels during the Rand Revolt. It was a mining centre with lots of Cornish immigrants.
 
Some country suffering a crushing defeat in a long war. I’d stick with Austria-Hungary or Italy (had they joined the loosing side).
 
The USA (pre-1900 though, and it would likely be very different from OTL's communism), Mexico, Austria-Hungary (a personal favorite of mine--I like the idea of a vast Central European communist federation), South Africa, and Brazil, just for Rule of Cool.
 
NZ had a lot of labour unrest from the 1890s to WW1 and while I don't think it was particularly Marxist, it certainly was pretty socialist. Many Australian trade unionists/labour sympathisers moved to NZ too as they thought it slightly more sympathetic to the cause of Labour.

The 1913 Waterfront Strike is right up there with the Depression Riots, the 1951 Waterfront Strike and the Springbok Tour in terms of civil disturbances. Things got so bad (after a rough year in 1912 too), that 16000 men went on strike. The Government became rather frightened and started recruiting farmers and their other supporters as special police. These Special Police patrolled the cities to keep order. It was all rather surreal

http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/strikes-and-labour-disputes/5
 
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