Social Cooperation Party of Kalșeri

 

Social Cooperation Party Giabrerdoeri
Leader	Cindy Vargas (EV)
Chairperson	Aleksandrus Șáșnegi (LG)
Spokesperson	Sharon Molinari (TK; Senate) Hon. William Kusznieski (KL; House)
Slogan	United we stand, divided we fall
Founded	February 16, 1934 (1934-02-16)
Preceded by	Kalhan Front
Headquarters	55 Conway Street, Uslar, Evalria
Newspaper	Progress (party-owned)
Student wing	Student Cooperation
Youth wing	StartGen
LGBT wing	SCPride
Women's wing	Women's Union
Membership  (2018)	455,000
Ideology	Majority: Social democracy Democratic socialism Social liberalism Green politics Factions: Nationalism
International affiliation	Socialist International Progressive Alliance
Official colors	Red (official) Green and white (additional)
Senate	10 / 42
House of Reps	58 / 200
Governorships	2 / 14
Cantonal seats	201 / 531
Election symbol
A red bull, traditional mascot of the party.
Website
scp.kl

The Social Cooperation Party (Kalhan: Giabrerdoeri, commonly known as the Reds or the SoCoops) is a center-left political party in Kalșeri. Founded in 1783 as the Kalhan Front, the Social Cooperation Party has the second-highest number of Members of Congress, and is also present in cantonal governorships and in cantonal legislatures.

Founded in 1783 as the Kalhan Front, itself derived from the Hișon Vionia movement that brought Kalșeri to its independence, it was one of the two main political forces in Kalșeri, with the other one being the liberal Kalhanseri Party. During the Lág monarchy, the Front had few and brief stints at the helm of the country; this changed throughout the 1930's and the 1940's, when the party saw the most popularity under Prime Minister Ignașus Holbek, a practical figure who was at the helm of several important social reforms. The period of alternation between the Social Cooperation Party and the Liberal Democratic Party (and its past incarnations) regularly took place until 1977, when it was ousted from power after Prime Minister Raimund Tógisi was arrested, as part of the investigations around the Lockheed scandal. It regained power in 1987, with Edward R. Schindler, and in 2001, when Domingo Cardo succeeded Alejandra Ríos Soriano as Prime Minister after the latter lost a vote of no confidence.

The party's traditional ideals include social democracy, democratic socialism, greater state intervention and, starting from the 1960s, social liberalism and progressivism. Nationalism and green politics have also been increasingly associated with the party to some extent.

Logo used for Kalhan-language material

Party positions

Internal policy

• Phase out all power plants from non-renewable sources
• Support environmental protection laws

Economic policy

• Keep the welfare state
• Introduce minimum wage
• Strengthen workers' rights laws
• Issue tax credits for companies working in the renewable energy industry and in information technology
• Raise taxes on high-income individuals
• Establish a tuition fee cap
• Issue monthly checks for low-income college students and workers

Social policy

• Expand LGBT rights in the country
• Introduce legislation that penalizes online hate crimes
• Support the right for a woman to a safe abortion
• Allow individual cantons to depenalize or legalize cannabis and other light drugs
• Abolish mandatory sentencing
• Oppose censorship of online content, unless "objectively offensive"
• Support a nationwide school curriculum
• Support animal welfare laws
• Support naming laws

Foreign policy

• Support an advisory referendum on membership in the NATO

Factions

Intransigents

The Red Bloc, commonly referred to as the Intransigents, is the left-wing faction of the Social Cooperation Party. The Red Bloc is ideologically close to the Communist Party and advocates for the gradual nationalization of key companies, as well measures to foster the employment of the less privileged and pacifism.

The Intransigents have recently come to notoriety for proposing animal welfare measures, such as when Intransigent Representative Lea Conley (LG) proposed to ban intensive farming.

Patriots

The Patriots are the center pole of the party; they stay true to the party's principles of social democracy and patriotism. The Patriots are known for their measures to safeguard the Kalșerian society from outside intervention.

Ignașus Holbek is said to have belonged to the Patriots.

Loose Ends

"Loose Ends" is the nickname given to the group that comprises every party member that has not publicly stated affiliation to any other internal faction.

The Loose Ends constitute the majority of the party's electoral base. Because of the very nature of the group, it is difficult to determine specific ideologies unique to the group.

Liberal Cooperationists

The Liberal Cooperationists, also called Blue Bloc or, disparagingly, Blue Spies, are the right-wing faction of the Party. The Liberal Cooperationists advocate for fiscal conservatism and are more sensitive to religious causes, with some of them embracing Christian democracy.

The faction used to be popular from the Holbek period to the early 2000s, with the last prominent Liberal Cooperationist being Pete Clatter, Secretary of the Party from 1977 to 1990. However, since then, the faction has produced no relevant politicians. Although ideologically a Christian democrat, former Secretary Domingo Cardo has stated that he does not identify with the bloc, saying that he does not advocate for fiscal conservatism.

Leaders

Name	Born	Died (if applicable)	Nomination	End of term
Ignașus Holbek	(1871-05-02)May 2, 1871 Evalria	August 14, 1953(1953-08-14) (aged 82) Piombino, LG	February 23, 1934	November 13, 1949
Ioen Táșagi	(1894-03-13)March 13, 1894 Percy, KL	July 29, 1966(1966-07-29) (aged 72) Adams, KL	November 13, 1949	April 7, 1956
Terenșus Senugi	(1912-04-16)April 16, 1912 Evalria	May 8, 1978(1978-05-08) (aged 66) Hartleyville, LN	April 14, 1956	December 25, 1963
Robert Fairstone Jones	(1915-09-11)September 11, 1915 Fabianston, SR	January 18, 2003(2003-01-18) (aged 87) Evalria	February 7, 1964	April 7, 1967
Eduard Hals	(1913-03-04)March 4, 1913 Las Encinas, SR	July 25, 2015(2015-07-25) (aged 102) San Pedro, SR	June 1, 1967	March 6, 1969
Raimund Tógisi	(1907-11-20)November 20, 1907 Evalria	January 2, 1995(1995-01-02) (aged 87) Naples, Florida, United States	March 6, 1969	March 14, 1977
William Kuznetsoff	(1929-04-28)April 28, 1929 Evalria	June 11, 2013(2013-06-11) (aged 84) Evalria	March 20, 1977	September 21, 1979
Edward R. Schindler, Esq.	(1929-11-12)November 12, 1929 Evalria	May 6, 2010(2010-05-06) (aged 80) Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland	November 1, 1979	August 1, 1989
Jolanda Dumfries	(1925-07-25)July 25, 1925 Cape Sundervale	September 2, 1999(1999-09-02) (aged 74) Cape Sundervale	October 1, 1989	May 11, 1992
Roger Kirk	(1949-10-31) October 31, 1949 Percy, KL	living	July 1, 1992	November 24, 1997
Domingo Cardo	(1959-01-03) January 3, 1959 Loskaf, SR	living	January 15, 1997	December 1, 2003
Robert Havlicek, Esq.	(1952-03-29) March 29, 1952 Evalria	living	February 1, 2004	May 21, 2009
Aleksandrus Șáșnegi	(1966-11-26) November 26, 1966 Murphyville, TK	living	July 8, 2009	November 3, 2013
Maksimilianus Ureska	(1969-04-27) April 27, 1969 Evalria	living	January 13, 2014	October 5, 2021
Cindy Vargas	(1973-03-17) March 17, 1973 Evalria	living	October 5, 2021 (acting until September 10, 2022)	incumbent

Election results

Presidential elections

Election	Candidate	Percentage of votes (%)	Votes cast	Opponent	Outcome
1979	Ludvik Nínfongi	46%	2,817,500	John Berschleider (D)	Loss
1984	Edward R. Schindler	48%	4,212,000	Ionas Miagi (D)	Loss
1989	Edward R. Schindler	42.6%	4,110,900	Phil Garner (D)	Loss
1994	Roger Kirk	46.1%	6,108,250	Phil Garner (D)	Loss
1999	Domingo Cardo	47.9%	6,945,500	Alejandra Ríos Soriano (D)	Loss
2004	Robert Havlicek	51.6%	8,746,200	George Wellkiss (D)	Victory
2009	Aleksandrus Șáșnegi	44%	7,700,000	Sebastianus Linș (D) Cassandra Newell (K)	Loss
2014	Maksimilianus Ureska	46.9%	8,192,500	Élena Kunar (D) Damian Feynman (L) Cassandra Newell (K)	Victory
2019	Maksimilianus Ureska	33.7%	6,677,434	Alejandra Ríos Soriano (D) Damian Feynman (L) Cassandra Newell (K) Matthew Chandler (M)	Victory

House of Representatives electionss

Election	Percentage of votes (%)	Votes cast	HoR seats	Seat change	Chairperson	Majority?
1977	41%	2,234,500	80 / 194		Tarkuinus Iútigi	No
1982	46.8%	3,510,000	93 / 200	▲ 13	Pete Clatter	No
1987	51.7%	4,627,150	103 / 200	▲ 10	Pete Clatter	Yes
1992	47.5%	4,916,250	95 / 200	▼ 8	Iakob Sigi	No
1997	45.3%	5,209,500	91 / 200	▼ 4	Roger Kirk	No
2002	52.9%	6,956,350	106 / 200	▲ 15	Domingo Cardo	Yes
2007	51%	8,045,250	103 / 200	▼ 3	Domingo Cardo	Yes
2012	48.9%	8,557,500	98 / 200	▼ 5	Domingo Cardo	Relative
2017	40%	7,156,500	78 / 200	▼ 20	Aleksandrus Șáșnegi	Relative
2022	TBA	TBA	58 / 200	▼ 20	Aleksandrus Șáșnegi	No