Workers' Communist Party

The Workers' Communist Party was the first ruling party in the UASR. Founded in 1876 under the name of the "Socialist Labor Party" during the existence of the Old United States, the party grew gradually amongst the American working class over the next few decades, absorbing Eugene V. Debs' Social Democracy of America in 1898. The SLP further absorbed the Social Democratic Party in 1908, a party created by SDA dissidents opposed to the initial merger. With the severe effects of the Great War (see: Bienno Rosso), the US saw a significantly marked increase in worker militancy. The WPA/WCP grew to become a significant challenger to the established Republican and Democratic parties. Following the Great Depression which began in 1930, the WCP entered into an electoral pact with the agrarian Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, running Norman Thomas in the 1932 presidential election by a large margin. In response, reactionary elements within the American government and military orchestrated a fascist coup d'etat, executing key members of the WCP, including Thomas. This triggered the establishment of the Union of American Socialist Republics and the Second American Civil War, with Red forces victorious.