Charter of the Workers International
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Preamble
We, the followers of socialist thought, hereby declare the formation of a Workers International. We do so in order to unite all oppressed people behind a common banner in the struggle against exploitation and imperialism. We are united by the ideals of liberty, equality and brotherhood and aspire to a future where, in place of a society built on the inherent oligarchy of capitalism, we have one in which the free development of each is the condition for the free development of all and where no one will go without.
Alliance Rules
Article One: Applications
The Workers International welcomes all Communists and Socialists, whether they come to us as a party of comrades or as the heads of a revolutionary state. In return, we expect those after membership to meet the following conditions.
- The applicant is expected to follow in its entirety the Charter of the Workers International.
- The applicant must be capable of being an active member of the alliance
- The applicant must be at peace with the members of the Workers International and must be ready to accept them as fraternal comrades.
- The main hub of alliance activity is our alliance forum. Therefore, applicants must be ready to create an account of our forum if accepted into our ranks.
- The applicant must be an adherent to socialism or follow an ideology compatible with socialist principles, as determined by the Central Committee. The basic requirement is that the means of production be controlled by the working class, either directly through entities like the Worker Co-operative or indirectly through the state.
- The applicant, if a state applicant, should be capable of providing a sum of money equivalent to about 1 Billion USD to the Alliance treasury. However, we intend for our budgeting to be progressive. If a member is experiencing economic troubles or considers the sum to be beyond their means, they can ask for the sum to either be reduced or cut completely, depending on the circumstances of the member. At the same time, we ask members who can pay more than the standard sum to do so according to their ability.
It is expected that the applicant submits a completed version of the following form to us as soon as possible. There are some sections where you may not be able to put anything. In such cases, put N/A in the section. Of course, we'd prefer you do your best to fill in all sections.
Article Two: Basic Alliance Structure
-The supreme legislative and representative body of the Workers International will be the Council of People’s Deputies. This body will be composed of representatives from the member nations. All parties with membership in the Workers International will be entitled to one representative. This will be headed by the Deputy Secretary of the Workers International, in his/her role as Speaker.
-As the presiding officer of the Council of People’s Deputies, the Deputy Secretary will be expected to act in an impartial manner and will be granted only a tie breaking vote.
-In addition to it’s duties in enabling the passage of policy bills and legislative proposals, the Council of People’s Deputies will elect the Central Committee of the Workers International. This executive body will consist of both the General Secretary as the chair of the Central Committee, the Deputy Secretary and a number of Commissars, each assigned a Commissariat portfolio.
- The authority of the Council in matters of legislation shall be considered absolute. The powers of the executive office cannot be used to change the organization of the Workers International, to dissolve or to interfere with the functioning of any elected organs of state power. In this case, the powers of the executive office cease immediately.
-When making decisions, a quorum of two thirds of the active alliance membership will be required to pass any motion, unless it is the consensus of active members that this should not apply. If the motion does not achieve quorum within two weeks, it will fail to pass and the Council will be expected to review why the bill failed to pass and makes changes to it based on their conclusions.
-All members of the Council of Peoples Deputies will be bound by Democratic Centralism to support alliance policy, when agreed upon by either the Central Committee or the Council of Peoples Deputies. This will be implemented as to maximise the democratic areas of this policy and thus will allow alternative tendencies and factions within the alliance, as long as they keep to the duties expected of alliance members by this policy.
Article Three: The Defence of Socialism
- The members of the Workers International will defend any member of the Alliance if they come under attack. However, if the rest of the alliance decides that the nation being attacked has either done something that conflicts with the principles of the alliance or that the attacker has reasons that can be justified properly to the Central Committee, the alliance can decide not to act in defence of the member being attacked. This rule applies to members attacking other members. Unless the attacking member either persuades the Central Committee that they have just cause for their actions or halts their actions, they will be expelled from the alliance and immediately considered to be a hostile nation.
- The defence of socialism is a pillar of what the Workers International stands for. To protect our socialist ideals from counter-revolutionary and anti-socialist forces, member nations will allow their fellow members to intervene in their internal affairs if the legitimate socialist government is under threat from hostile forces. In this, Yaroslavl wishes to remind those reading this that there have been instances in the past of nations with reactionary governments financing the overthrow of legitimate governments, which is why this measure is necessary. It is the ultimate guarantee against attempts by anti-socialists to try and cause the overthrow of governments that they do not like.
- Given the need for the Workers International to react quickly to changing situations and unexpected event on the international stage, members of the Workers International will agree to allow the Central Committee to create strategic bases in the territory of member states where it is deemed necessary by the Central Committee.
- The Workers International must be capable of conducting more than defensive actions if it is to defend Socialism. If deemed necessary, the Workers International can issue declarations of Hostility upon states or entities that are hostile to the organisation. However, this can only be done through a unanimous decision by all the full members of the alliance. It cannot be done by any other way, even by the Central Committee. Naturally, member states retain the ability to make war at their own discretion, but they cannot claim it to be a project by this organisation if no declaration of hostilities is issued by the Council of Representatives.
Article Four: Solidarity Between Members
- The Workers International must be capable of representing itself in a unified manner on the international stage. This task will be given to the Commission for External Alliance Affairs. This Commission will be structured like the foreign nation, but with alterations to account for the multinational nature of the Pact and will be headed by the Commissioner for External Alliance Affairs. The diplomats will be initially from the Federal Socialist Republic of Yaroslavl, with diversification of the diplomatic corps created as diplomats are recruited from other member nations.
- Workers International members will agree to the construction and operation of an Internal Political Commission, for diplomatic and administrative purposes, in its political capital. These are to be funded by the member nations which the Commissions are based in, unless the member is incapable of supporting their Internal Political Commission branch. If that is the case, the Internal Political Commission will be funded by the Workers International.
- The Federal Socialist Republic of Yaroslavl has long maintained a programme which allows the citizens of other nations to go to Yaroslavl to receive education in the schools and Collages constructed as part of the Yaroslavian program, the International Education Program (IEP). For this program, there are specially constructed education centres, though many are still sent to normal Yaroslavian educational centres. This applies to all who seek university level education, as the creation of new universities is considered to be unproductive. In the Workers International, the Yaroslavian programme will be linked to other such programs through the Association of International Educational Programs, so that they can coordinate their efforts in making the best education opportunities be available to the citizens of all Workers International Nations.
- It is important that the members of the Workers International stand together in all areas of life. Considering this, the Workers International will allow member nations with troubled economies to apply for an economic package from the pact to enable an economic recovery. The member nation will not have to pay back the package. However they might have to agree to undertake economic reforms before they are allowed to receive the package. There is also a application form that members have to fill in before a decision can be made by the pact. If the request is due to sudden events, unconnected to the actions of the nation's government, like a natural disaster or terrorist attack, there is a second, alternate form for the member to fill out in place of the first form.
Application Form 1 (economic aid)
Full nation name:
Population:
Type of Political system:
Type of Economic System (please provide as much detail as possible on how the economy is structured and how it is run):
Is your nation running a trade deficit or a surplus?
Is your nation involved in any particular costly projects or wars?
How bad is the economic situation in your nation?
What problems would you personally identify with how your economy is presently structured and run?
Application Form 2 (disaster relief)
Full nation name:
Population:
Type of Political system:
Type of Economic System:
Reason for the request:
