The Union Forever: A TL
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Wait wait wait. Was Murray Anderson a play on words so that Anastasia would actually be Anna Anderson? It would be awesome if that was the case.
Will do. Whether the IEF will be around for her to reign over however, is another matter.
Oh no. No no no. Please don't have the Romanovs fall! Please! They fell in real life!
1982: Foreign Developments
1982
Domestic and Foreign Developments
Flag of the Technate of Korea
By the end of the year, Technocratic regimes were established in Korea and Assam. Both the League of American Republics and the British Commonwealth protested that the free and fair elections promised by the Treaty of Manila were violated by unwarranted Chinese influence. Chinese leader Heng Jiang replied simply that “the people of Asia can see which direction history is moving and have aligned themselves accordingly.”
In March, the U.S. Department of Justice began investigating claims that senior Washington politicians had over the past several years accepted bribes by organized crime outfits based out of Lake’s Crossing, Nevada one of the nation’s primary gambling hubs. One of the politicians implicated was Vice President Hudson Accardo who adamantly denied the charges.
In the 1982 Imperial Eurasian Federation general election, a coalition of conservatives led by the Motherland Party took control of the Duma. Many ethnic Russians had grown to resent Prime Minister Liudvinkos Zelenko and his pro-regional autonomy soyuznyy allies. The new Prime Minister, Bronislav Mihaylov, an aristocratic former general, vowed to curb decentralization and “reunite” the IEF. Unsurprisingly many of the IEF’s ethnic minorities feared that this would lead to an unconstitutional power grab by St. Petersburg.
In the fall, the movie Cold as Hell was released to critical acclaim and massive box office success. Based off the 1977 Battle of the South Pole, Cold as Hell earned three Griffith Awards for Best Film, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actor. The movie’s gritty tone and graphic violence made it an exemplar of action films made in the postwar era.
In November, the Portuguese Civil War finally erupted. The repressive government of Premier Miguelito Luiz Fernandes was ousted from power after months of protests and bloody clashes between government forces and a host of dissident groups. These groups, including the Front for Democracy and the Communist League, had been radicalized during the Asia-Pacific war and turned violent when Fernandes refused to relinquish his wartime powers. Fernandes along with the royal family fled to the Azores after the Portuguese Army, heavily engaged quelling anticolonial insurgencies in Africa, could no longer guarantee their safety. On November 23, a shaky leftwing provisional government was declared in Lisbon styling itself the Democratic Socialist Republic of Portugal.
During 1982, the British government under Prime Minister Bates-Morgan continued to relinquish its colonial possessions in order to ease the drain on the nation’s depleted coffers and appease growing cries for self-government. In a long awaited turn over, seven colonies in West Africa were united in a federation in much the same way as South and East Africa. The expansive new dominion, known as the Federated States of West Africa, encompassed a myriad of ethnic and linguistic groups. Politically, West Africa soon found itself divided into major camps. The first being the nationalists who favored a strong central government and wanted to pursue an path independent of the British Commonwealth. Opposite the nationalists stood the federalists who wished to keep most power at the state level and remain closely aligned with the British Commonwealth.
Map of the Federated States of West Africa
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Very intresting...
Intresting scandal in USA. Is this pretty much similar as OTL scandal with Spiro Agnew?
Situation in IEF seems being bit tensed. Let's what for the empire happen.
Portuguese Civil War is intresting and surprising thing. Just wondering what will happen for Portuguese colonies and what Spain thinks. Isn't that still authotarian country?
Let's see can Federated States of West Africa survive. It is pretty large nation where is multiple ethnic groups and religions.
Intresting scandal in USA. Is this pretty much similar as OTL scandal with Spiro Agnew?
Situation in IEF seems being bit tensed. Let's what for the empire happen.
Portuguese Civil War is intresting and surprising thing. Just wondering what will happen for Portuguese colonies and what Spain thinks. Isn't that still authotarian country?
Let's see can Federated States of West Africa survive. It is pretty large nation where is multiple ethnic groups and religions.
Profile: Booker T. Washington and Robert Ford
Booker T. Washington (1856-1916)
Booker Taliaferro Washington was born a slave in Hale's Ford, Virginia, April 5th, 1856. After being Emancipated, Washington moved with his mother to Western Virginia to be with his father. At school, Washington excelled at his studies. When he graduated from Moreland Seminary in 1880, he became a reverend.
Preaching all throughout the South, he settled in Atlanta. Aware of the need for Black colleges and universities, Washington helped found several across the South, though he himself never actually taught at any of them. In 1903, Washington spoke at the Atlanta Baptist Church in favor of racial equality. Booker T. Washington died January 15th, 1916 of what's commonly thought to be Congestive Heart Failure, at age 59.
Robert Ford (1861-1906?)
Born December 8th, 1861, in Ray County, Missouri, Robert Ford was constantly overshadowed by his six older siblings. Determined to make a name for himself as a newspaper reporter, first working for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, covering the 1884 election. Eventually Ford became one of the top reporters in the country.
In 1906, Robert Ford went to cover the 2nd Anglo-Boer War. What happened to him after that is a mystery. Some say he was captured and shot by the Boers, some say he died of disease, still others say that he was killed by wild animals. In any event, his death remains one of the most enduring historical mysteries.
Booker Taliaferro Washington was born a slave in Hale's Ford, Virginia, April 5th, 1856. After being Emancipated, Washington moved with his mother to Western Virginia to be with his father. At school, Washington excelled at his studies. When he graduated from Moreland Seminary in 1880, he became a reverend.
Preaching all throughout the South, he settled in Atlanta. Aware of the need for Black colleges and universities, Washington helped found several across the South, though he himself never actually taught at any of them. In 1903, Washington spoke at the Atlanta Baptist Church in favor of racial equality. Booker T. Washington died January 15th, 1916 of what's commonly thought to be Congestive Heart Failure, at age 59.
Robert Ford (1861-1906?)
Born December 8th, 1861, in Ray County, Missouri, Robert Ford was constantly overshadowed by his six older siblings. Determined to make a name for himself as a newspaper reporter, first working for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, covering the 1884 election. Eventually Ford became one of the top reporters in the country.
In 1906, Robert Ford went to cover the 2nd Anglo-Boer War. What happened to him after that is a mystery. Some say he was captured and shot by the Boers, some say he died of disease, still others say that he was killed by wild animals. In any event, his death remains one of the most enduring historical mysteries.
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Somewhere between the two but closer to Progressive Era levels.
As of 1981, Jarrod Baumgartner (see picture below) is the most prominent Technocratic politician and is currently serving his second term as the mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is a likely candidate for governor in 1982. A number of smaller cities have Technocratic mayors and aldermen.
OOC: Some of recognize former PA Governors and US Attorney Generals, you know
(and elevate them to the Presidency in our TLs)OOC: Some of recognize former PA Governors and US Attorney Generals, you know
Speaking of...When are you going to update yours?
Good update, Mac Gregor!
There's no social support for far-left beliefs. A nation where many people come from a small farming background or retains connections to it, is not very supportive of the far-left. If you are taking inspiration from OTL's Carnation Revolution, the most vocal and visible elements were never representative of the revolution.
Portugal would never be very left-wing for long.
There's no social support for far-left beliefs. A nation where many people come from a small farming background or retains connections to it, is not very supportive of the far-left. If you are taking inspiration from OTL's Carnation Revolution, the most vocal and visible elements were never representative of the revolution.
Let's hope the federalists win.
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Glad to see this make a triumphant return.
It'll be interesting to see how far the technocratic movement reaches. How are diplomatic relations between the technocracies?
It'll be interesting to see how far the technocratic movement reaches. How are diplomatic relations between the technocracies?
Thanks for your comments Lalli.
I suppose there are some similarities between Agnew and Accardo, as they both involve accusations of bribery but they differ in other areas. We will have to see whether they share the same fate.
Concerning the Portuguese Civil War; At the time of the revolution, the majority of the Portuguese Army was tied down in Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea where they have been skirmishing with guerrillas for years with limited success. Spain, and yes it is still an authoritarian country under the Carlist monarchy, is apoplectic over the situation in Portugal and will do almost anything to get King John II back on the throne in Lisbon.
So the Portuguese Civil War seems like an '80s version of the one in Fight and Be Right?
Awesome installments rick007. I especially like how "the dirty little coward who shot Mr. Howard" ended up as a reporter. Cheers!
OOC: Some of recognize former PA Governors and US Attorney Generals, you know
You are correct in noticing that Jarrod Baumgartner has more than a passing resemblance to Dick Thornburg.
Good update, Mac Gregor!
Portugal would never very left-wing for long.
There's no social support for far-left beliefs. A nation where many people comes from a small farming background or retains connections to it, is not very supportive of the far-left. If you are taking inspiration from OTL's Carnation Revolution, the most vocal and visible elements were never representative of the revolution.
Let's hope the federalists win.
Archangel good points regarding Portugal. I will say that the experience of the Asia-Pacific war has radicalized the Portuguese population more than OTL. However, there are still sizable conservative elements in Portugal who want to see the monarchy restored. I was not using the Carnation Revolution, as the TL's Portuguese Civil War will be far bloodier.
HongCanucker, I have not read Fight and Be Right so I can't comment.