The Ruins of an American Party System, Part Three: Revolution

[Miss Teri]

wouldn't put it past Johnson to name a party with his initials Macron-style, but I can't think of any name that would be LBJ that doesn't sound ridiculous

Liberty,Bravery, and Justice Party.

 

[Emperor Julian]

Seriously, simply "Justice" could work maybe...

 

[Aaaaasima]

Liberty,Bravery, and Justice Party.

That's literally what I said

 

[TheInnerMoon]

Really enjoying the TL, great how it explores a relatively underused generation of US politics. While I do think Soviet infiltration is bad, I hope the Socialist party isn't hurt by a potential rise of anticommunist sentiment. Are the american socialists still more anti-soviet than the progressives? And do they have any significant international allies?

 

[Prince Daemon Targaryen]

Really enjoying the TL, great how it explores a relatively underused generation of US politics. While I do think Soviet infiltration is bad, I hope the Socialist party isn't hurt by a potential rise of anticommunist sentiment. Are the american socialists still more anti-soviet than the progressives? And do they have any significant international allies?

The Socialists are opposed to Tukhachevsky from the left due to strong pacifism and opposition to soviet imperialism. The pro-Soviet faction in the US are the Radical Progressives like William Bullit and Elmer Benson

 

[Miss Teri]

That's literally what I said

I find the coincidence amusing.

 

[Upton_Sinclair]

Perhaps the People's Labor Party or the Working People's Party? The first is a nice-sounding name IMO that calls it both the people's and labor parties, while the second has the same goal of tying the party to the workers and the people, but almost has something of a folksy, populist air to it that LBJ might want to evoke.

 

[dcharles]

Seriously, simply "Justice" could work maybe...

I like that.

How about "The People's Alliance?"

 

[Aaaaasima]

Perhaps the People's Labor Party or the Working People's Party? The first is a nice-sounding name IMO that calls it both the people's and labor parties, while the second has the same goal of tying the party to the workers and the people, but almost has something of a folksy, populist air to it that LBJ might want to evoke.

The latter sounds too communist to work.

 

[Zharques]

How about Constitutional Labor?

 

[jmberry]

The fighting mongooses

 

[andry2806]

I back Lost Freeway idea: American Indipendent Party.

 

[Alexander the Average]

National Union Party. Ironically breaking away from the party Long founded.

 

[Mwex]

How about Christian Labour Party or Democratic Union?

 

[Alexander the Average]

Democratic Union

Do they really want to be compared to the Democrats ITTL?

 

[Mwex]

Do they really want to be compared to the Democrats ITTL?

I know that with the word democratic there can be some connection and association with the defunct Democratic Party, and his ugly legacy, but maybe with this new party they can revitalize in some way the meaning of that word.

 

[Beata Beatrix]

If their base, for the moment, is still Southern, then the Populists seem like a good party to emulate - after all, they were pretty powerful in the South.

 

[Nazi Space Spy]

How about the New Democratic Party?

 

[Octosteel]

I like Justice (Justly Bought, represent), but I also like the idea of having Christian in the name. Would be a very Johnson thing to do.

 

[Dathi THorfinnsson]

Heh, heh.

The following is a list of Gaullist political parties and their successors

• 1947–1955: Rally of the French People (RPF)
• 1955–1958: National Centre of Social Republicans (CNRS)
• 1958–1962: Union for the New Republic (UNR) and Democratic Union of Labour (UDT)
• 1962–1967: Union for the New Republic – Democratic Union of Labour (UNR – UDT)
• 1967–1968: Democratic Union for the Fifth Republic (UD-Ve)
• 1968–1971: Union for the Defence of the Republic (UDR)
• 1971–1976: Union of Democrats for the Republic (UDR)
• 1976–2002: Rally for the Republic (RPR)
• 1999–2014: Debout la République (DLR)
• 2002–2015: Union for a Popular Movement (UMP)
• 2014–present: Debout la France (DLF)
• 2015–present: The Republicans (LR)

Change 'French' to 'American', rule out the 'Republican' and the mention of the Fifth Republic, and most of these could work.....