National Progressive Pact
The National Progressive Pact (NPP), is a coalition of various political parties that makes up one of the two major power blocs in the United States of America against the establishment Republican Party and Democratic Party.
The NPP suffers from a lack of unity on various issues such as civil rights. Political analysts claim that this may lead to a collapse of the party in the future. However, the NPP has unity on issues such as foreign policy and some progressive policies e.g. opposition to certain wars or conflicts and a militaristic approach to reclaim former U.S. lands for the former and welfare for the latter.
Namely, these lands are the territories lost to Japan after World War II. These territories include Hawaii, various Pacific islands and the treaty ports in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Most members of the party both have a strong national distaste for both Japan and Germany. Despite this, the party is more concerned with Japan due to their aforementioned occupation of former U.S. lands.
Constituent parties
The NPP is made out of various minor parties:
- The Communist Party USA, which consists of communists, is in favor of replacing capitalism with socialism, and is led by Gus Hall.
- The Farmer-Labor Party, a local state party originally from Minnesota. Mainly comprised of Democratic socialists and Left-wing Populists, they are part of the Socialist caucus of the NPP.
- The Nonpartisan League of North Dakota. Another small local party who are part of the Socialist caucus.
- The Progressive Party, consisting of progressives and democratic socialists and led by Henry M. Jackson, is in favor of improving healthcare and education through welfare and social reform.
- The Louisiana Progressive Party, a moderate party inspired by and following the policies of the late Huey Long. They are a nationalist party in support of expanding welfare. While an ally of the State's Rights Party, the two argue over their conflicting views on segregation.
- The Nationalist Party, which is divided between neoconservatives and paleoconservatives.
- The Conservative Party of New York State, a small, local conservative party closely allied wiith the Nationalist Party.
- The States' Rights Party, a white nationalist and pro-segregationist party made of Dixiecrats. They continue to push for segregation under the guise of "protecting states' rights".
- The National States' Rights Party, an offshoot of the States' Rights Party who openly advocate White supremecy, Neo-Fascism and strict segregationist laws, as well as a strong antisemitic sentiment.
- The American National Vanguard, an openly National Socialist party founded and led by Francis Parker Yockey. This faction is in favor of a detente with Germany.
Members
Communist Party USA
- Gus Hall - Potential 1972 presidential candidate
- Paul Robeson - Potential 1972 vice presidential candidate
- Alger Hiss - Potential 1972 Secretary of State candidate
- Larry Itliong - Potential 1972 Secretary of the Treasury candidate
- William Martin - Potential 1972 Secretary of Defense candidate
Progressive Party
- Robert F. Kennedy - Potential 1964 presidential candidate
- William Guy - Potential 1964 vice presidential candidate
- Claude Pepper - Former 1956 presidential candidate, Former 1960 vice presidential candidate and potential 1964 Secretary of State candidate
- Maurine Neuberger - Potential 1964 Secretary of the Treasury candidate
- Henry Mucci - Potential 1964 Secretary of Defense candidate
- Glen H. Taylor - Potential 1968 Secretary of State candidate
- Douglas Fraser - Potential 1968 Secretary of the Treasury candidate
- William Winter - Potential 1968 Secretary of Defense candidate
- Henry M. Jackson - Potential 1972 presidential and Secretary of Defense candidate
- Sid McMath - Potential 1972 vice presidential candidate
- Frank Church - Potential 1972 Secretary of State candidate
- Augustus Hawkins - Potential 1972 Secretary of the Treasury candidate
- Arleigh Burke - Potential 1972 Secretary of Defense candidate
- Vito Marcantonio - Leader of the Progressive caucus
- Ralph Nader - Potential Leader of the Progressive caucus
Farmer-Labor Party
- Henry A. Wallace - Former 1944 presidential candidate
- Michael Harrington - Potential 1968 presidential candidate
- Irving Howe - Potential 1968 vice presidential candidate
Nationalist Party
- George S. Patton - Former 1952 presidential candidate
- Albert B. Chandler Former 1956 presidential candidate
- Curtis LeMay - Potential 1964 vice presidential candidate
- Wilbur Mills - Potential 1964 Secretary of State candidate
- J. William Fulbright - Potential 1964 Secretary of the Treasury candidate
- Robert Byrd - Potential 1964 Secretary of Defense candidate
- Maxwell Taylor - Potential vice presidential candidate and 1972 Secretary of Defense candidate
- L. Mendel Rivers - Potential Secretary of Defense candidate
- Margaret Chase Smith - Potential 1968 presidential candidate
- Spiro Agnew - Potential 1968 vice presidential candidate
- Caspar Weinberger - Potential 1968 Secretary of the Treasury candidate
- Phyllis Schlafly - Potential 1972 presidential candidate
- John B. Anderson - Potential 1972 vice presidential candidate
- Jerry Falwell - Potential 1972 Secretary of State candidate
- James Buckley - Potential 1972 Secretary of the Treasury candidate
- Clay Smothers - Potential Leader of the Nationalist caucus
States' Rights Party
- Strom Thurmond - Former 1960 presidential candidate and potential president
- George Wallace - Potential 1964 presidential candidate
- John Stennis - Potential 1968 Secretary of Defense candidate
Louisiana Progressive Party
- Russell B. Long - Potential Secretary of the Treasury candidate
All-American National Vanguard
- Francis Parker Yockey - Potential 1972 presidential candidate
- Louis T. Byers - Potential 1972 vice presidential candidate
- Revilo P. Oliver - Potential 1972 Secretary of State candidate
- Harold Keith Thompson - Potential 1972 Secretary of the Treasury candidate
National States' Rights Party
- John G. Crommelin - Potential 1972 Secretary of Defense candidate
Trivia
Among the various senators that can represent the NPP, one that might seem random is Lucille Ball as a potential NPP-L senator from New York. However, this is actually a reference to how during the 1930s, she was registered as a communist (and in real life, she was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee to testify about her registration).