Alexandrian Communist Party
Le Parti Communiste (English: Alexandrian Communist Party), was a political party founded in 2005 by Lord Jean Michel des Montagnes. Leclerc's politics were extremely left-leaning upon his arrival in Alexandria and, Having been a strong supporter of the Communist Party of Talamthom whilst at university, he decided to petition Emperor Edgard II and his Interior Minister at the time to set up a party.
The political makeup of the Empire at the time was very conservative and, despite some early defections and enticing new members, Leclerc realised that strict Soviet-style communism wasn't the best solution for government. Although attempting to stay closely tied to the concepts laid-out in Marx and Engel's Communist Manifesto, he began to rebrand the party as a more forward-thinking left-wing party, avoiding the usual pitfalls of micronational Soviet-influenced socialism.
The party, as a member of the Intermicronational organization ComIntern, or The Communist International, was for a brief while the focus of a lot of interest internationally. This interest came about due to the party's strength and success within government at a time when communist party's where not faring well at the polls.
Upon Leclerc's departure from Alexandria in early 2006 the control of the party was handed over to a citizen that time has forgotten. Upon Leclerc's return in 2007, the party had disappeared.
Policies
The Parti Communiste's policies were based in their entirety on the 1888 translation of Karl Marx and Peter Engels' Communist Manifesto. The Party selected a section taken directly from 1831 text as their party platform. The party's beliefs therefore can be read as follows:
- Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
- A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
- Abolition of all rights of inheritance.
- Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
- Centralisation of credit in the banks of the state, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly.
- Centralisation of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State.
- Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State; the bringing into cultivation of waste-lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
- Equal liability of all to work. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
- Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of all the distinction between town and country by a more equable distribution of the populace over the country.
- Free education for all children in public schools. Combination of education with industrial production, &c, &c.
Future
The party remains closed following the return of Leclerc. No other party has, since the closure of Le Parti Communiste offered a similar mandate.
