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Red Squad

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General Information
Country Flag-New Zealand.jpg New Zealand
Abbreviation RS
Colors Red
Founded May, 2011
Dissolved June, 2013
Political
President zoomenger
Members 0
Congress Occupancy 0/27 seats, 0%
Succeeds Partido Socialista de Chile
Succeeded By People's Political Party
Orientation Totalitarian
Ideology Far-left/Communist


Red Squad (May 2011-June 2013 ) was a far-left, communist, political party formally active in New Zealand. It was the longest lasting "communist" party in NZ political history. It went under various guises throughout its history.

History- Red Block

The Red Squad was originally founded in May, 2011 by veteran NZ communist and former Red label Party founder zoomenger. He left RLP after being PTO in the April 15 party president (PP) elections and joined the then morbid Partido Socialista de Chile, which had remained in NZ following Chile's defeat in the February war.

In the May 25 elections, he won the PP and subsequently renamed the party, the Red Block. He sought to realign it firmly with a communist ideology but kept a distance from his former party, the RLP. During this period, the party remained outside the top-five and therefore was relatively limited in what it could accomplish.

Red Squad

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The founding logo of Red Squad

By late May, zoomenger sought to establish a new party, that was firmly rooted along a communist doctrine. He therefore disbanded the old "Red Block" and founded a new party, the Red Squad. He sought to bring the party into the mainstream of NZ politics and in the June 5, 2011 Presidential elections, he support RLP candidate Koska De STRAH in his losing bid.

Following this, zoomenger sought to build up the parties profile and worked to get it into the top-five. He issued the Commies are here manifesto, that outlined his vision for the party and the goals it wanted to accomplish. During this period, the party flirted with top-five status, as it and the Taranaki Tribe routinely traded the #5 position. Eventually, the party fell back to #6 and has generally been stalled in its growth.

The party had a breakthrough during the month of July. In the Presidential elections, it endorsed RLP candidate and eventually victor Kurojca. However, its real breakthrough came in the July 25 Parliamentary elections when it won 2 of 40 seats. This was the first time a communist party had earned representation in NZ.

It continued to remain an active party in NZ during the months of August and September. In both elections, it supported the RLP Presidential candidate (Splindza in August & Koska De STRAH in September) and contested Parliamentary elections. It returned to Parliament in September (1 seat) after being out during the month of August.

The party supported UIS candidate DaRkO 206 in the October Presidential elections. However, since the victory, the party has seen its membership suffer a sharp decline, dropping to a low of 11 members. Many have shifted to either the newly formed Love and Peace (L&P) or the resurgent UIS.

However, in the lead-up to the November parliamentary elections, the party choose to run 4 candidates and this time sought out aid from L&P. This paid off as the party elected 4 MP's, the most in its history. They agreed to support the administration of Helen Moon.

In the subsequent PP race, zoomenger was unopposed, thereby solidifying his hold over the party. Even the elected MP's did not bother to challenge him, with two eventually departing from the party to join L&P. In the December Presidential elections, the party shocked the NZ community when it supported Peace 'n' Prosperity Party candidate Mortalbeta, this was the first time the communist party had backed a centre-right party.

Ranginui Influx

The party experienced a major shift in December, as the swift and steady rise of Crocus Valley saw Ranginui knocked out of the top-five parties. In order to remain electorally competitive, many Ranginui members shifted to Red Squad. The parties reached an agreement where the Ranginui members did not contest zoom's control of the party, in exchange for running under the party banner in parliamentary elections.

This agreement has generally remained in place and helped to explain the party's relative continued representation in the Parliament. However, in recent months the party has lost ground as Ranginui members left eNZ and its leadership stagnated under zoom's control. The party has also recently adopted the policy of running a CP candidate in every election. They have usually come a distant 4th or 5th.

Stagnation and Argentina

The stagnation of the party continued under Zoom and even after running candidates in CP elections, it continued to be a minor force in NZ. Few new members joined it and the more established parties offered limited cooperation with it. Zoom, didn't appear to bother and faced limited internal opposition. Although he was occasional challenged, he typically saw it off with his core backers. An exception to this was Aty87, who won in October 2011, but he remained PP for only a month before resigning and Zoom returned to the leadership.

Zoom finally relinquished his control in July 2012 when former Ujedinjenje ili smrt PP Spartac ran against him. He lost the June election but then defeated Zoom in the July election to become PP. His victory was meant to restore the party with some newly election members and slowly the party began to election between 1-2 MP's every election.



Party Presidents

Month Party President Notes
May, June 2011 zoomenager Founder and former PP of Red label Party
July, 2011 Fromic/zoomenager Fromic PTO the party but resigned days later.
August - October zoomenager 10x PP. Returned for a second term.
October, 2011 Aty87 A splinter player from the Templar's
November, 2011- July, 2012 zoomenager 22x PP. Third term. Party stagnated under watch.
July, 2012- May, 2013 Spartac 11x PP. Former UIS PP and last party president.