September Protests

The September Protests, also known as ATC Spring 2.0 (named after the Arab Spring 2.0) and the September ATC Protests, were a series of protests and civil conflict in the Alternate Territories Wiki following the September Constitution roughly from September 20, 2021 to October 6, 2021. Though, it can be argued that the September Protests lasted from September 21, 2021 (start of actual fighting) to October 4, 2021 (end of actual fighting). It resulted in the collapse of the New Left Movement along with it's successor, the Alpha Politics Movement, and Alpha leaving the wiki briefly. The September Constitution has been since abandoned and is remebered as a failed attempt to restore politics.
== Causes ==
The roots behind the ATC Spring 2.0 began with the ATC Civil War and the April Revolution if you account the long-term causes. In short-term causes, the main one is the September Constitution being implemented on September 20, 2021.
=== ATC Civil War ===
Main article: ATC Civil War
Following the April Revolution, the first political parties on the ATC were founded. This began the history of ATC politics. The Leo Conflict came ahead between the first four political parties, the Popular Revolutionary Leonidasian Party (PRLP), ATC Jacobin Club, Popular Constitutionalist Party, and Alphadonian Party. This Leo Conflict led to the overthrowing of the PRLP and the banning of Leo, being the first political controversy.
=== Liuan-Alpha Tensions ===
Main article: Liuan-Alpha Tensions
Skipping over 4/28, we go to the main political controversy era; the Liuan-Alpha Tensions. This started with Freecoder suggesting a vote to see whether or not politics should be removed. The vote passed, and Liuan and Alpha clashed in the Liuan-Alpha Politics Conflict. After compromises failed, Alpha and Patriot attempted the May Revolution. This failed and politics were removed the wiki. This was controversial to pro-political forces.
=== ATC Winter ===
Main article: ATC Winter
Throughout the ATC Winter, there were many moves to revive politics. The most notable attempts prior to the New Left Movement were the aftermath of the Patriot-Belastan War and the July 11 Coup d'état. Later, the New Left Movement (NLM) was founded by Patriot and Alpha as a Marxist political group. On September 20, 2021, the September Constitution was implemented by Alpha, causing apolitical protests.
== Timeline ==
=== September 20, 2021 ===
* Alpha published the September Constitution on the wiki.
=== September 21, 2021 ===
* Bstew, Liuan, and Freecoder (now Silva) criticized by the September Constitution.
* Liuan restored the OK Empire page after Hi removed it.
=== September 22, 2021 ===
* Patriot complained about being pinged by Alpha.
* Alpha told Bstew that the constitution was opposed to authoritarianism.
* Bstew claimed the constitution was authoritarian anyways.
* Patriot defended the parts of the September Constitution that he wrote.
=== September 23, 2021 ===
* Liuan yelled at Alpha for causing new drama.
* Alpha responded by claiming that Liuan caused the drama first.
* Patriot and Freecoder asked everyone to stop fighting.
* Bstew criticized Patriot's, however ignored Freecoder's, opposition to the fighting.
* Patriot got mad about Bstew over the criticism.
* Liuan began a poll about whether or not Hi should be demoted.
* Alpha proposed a compromise to resolve the conflict.
=== September 24, 2021 ===
* Liuan asked everyone to stop arguing.
* Alpha proposed that the compromise should revive the ATCPolitics Wiki.
* Freecoder and Liuan said that Alpha's proposal could work.
* Hi was demoted and Bstew was promoted as his replacement.
* Hi protested this move.
* NotFinland jokingly founded the ATC Opposition Organization and merged it with the Fart-Banana People's Party.
* Liuan asked Hi to stop complaining.
* NotFinland complained about the ATC Soviet, a legislative organ created under the September Constitution, being organized as a soviet.
* Alpha held a compromise vote, resulting in a tie.
=== September 25, 2021 ===
* NotFinland comedically accused Liuan of being a racist and a bigot, although most people failed to the recognize that it was satirical.
=== September 26, 2021 ===
* Freecoder broke the compromise vote tie, making the revival of the ATCPolitics Wiki official.
* The ATC Opposition Organization held their first official meeting, declaring the ATC Soviet to be bad.
=== September 27, 2021 ===
* Alpha requested people to start forming political councils.
*Liuan formed both the Anti-Peanut Butter League and the Cola Society.
*Bstew made a post about adding his "Joke Party," which was simply just a joke about a party in Grebia that people eroneously associated with the drama.
=== September 28, 2021 ===
* Patriot thought that everyone was mad at him and announced his depature from the ATC.
* Liuan tried to correct Patriot's incorrect stance on the matter, although Patriot largely ignored the correction.
*Liuan warned the community to stop causing more drama.
*Everyone believed that Patriot was overreacting and seeking attention.
*NotFinland disbanded the ATC Opposition and founded the Albanian Revolutionary Guard.
*MGG jokingly founded the ATC Reichstag as a fascist movement on the ATC, although it was largeley criticized in a troll campaign.
=== September 29, 2021 ===
* The Albanian Revolutionary Guard reverted from the stance of the defunct ATC Opposition and endorsed the September Constitution.
* Alpha held the first ATC Soviet election.
=== October 1, 2021 ===
* The Albanian Revolutionary Guard reverted their stance again and declared that they had been "disguised ATC opposition" the entire time, a move that was criticized by Liuan.
=== October 2, 2021 ===
* The ATC Soviet election concluded with the election of Freecoder. Freecoder complained about it because he had never declared candidacy and was not interested in having the political institution on the main wiki, insisting that it violated the ATCPolitics WIki compromise.
=== October 3, 2021 ===
* Patriot criticized both Freecoder and Alpha for violating the compromise by fighting over the ATC Soviet and asked Alpha to move it to the ATCPolitics Wiki.
=== October 4, 2021 ===
* Bstew jokingly created an unnamed isism political party, unveiling a new flag for the organization.
* A prolonged argument happened on the ATC Discord between Alpha, Freecoder, and Patriot. Patriot formally ended his insistence for politics on the ATC and disbanded the Patriot Politics Movement. Alpha continued to fight through the Alpha Politics Movement, although declared his official departure from the ATC after losing the argument altogether. From there, the main fighting concluded, however trolling continued into the following days.
=== October 5, 2021 ===
* Bstew named his ismism party the Catalan-American Monarchist-Anarchist Californian Libertarian Socialist Conservative Anarcho-Capitalibertarian Communist LGBT Walleye Virginia Movement, or the CAMACLSCACLCLWVM for "short."
*MGG declared the Alternate Territories Reich.
=== October 6, 2021 ===
* MGG declared himself Chancellor of the Alternate Territories Reich.
* Patriot founded ATC Antifa in opposition to the Alternate Territories Reich.
=== October 7, 2021 ===
By October 7, 2021 the September Protests were over. Some mostly satire tension still existed, largely between the Alternate Territories Reich and ATC Antifa, however it ultimately led nowhere and became an inconclusive part of the later events that occurred in mid to late October.
== Aftermath ==
Main article: Aftermath of the September Protests
Alpha left the ATC on October 4, 2021, which concluded the September Protests. He returned shortly thereafter, however. By October 7, the satire tensions had died down and a phase of fragile peace began. The Age of the Cold began immediately afterwards, climaxing with the December Coup.
== Legacy ==
Still to this day, the September Protests have a lasting affect on the ATC as it was another turning point in the history of the ATC. The September Protests began the transition from wars to protests on the ATC. On November 22, 2021 Patriot proposed that the article for the September Protests be labeled as a good article. The September Constitution was used as inspiration by Alpha to create the November Constitution later on.
== Parties to the Civil Conflict ==
=== Protesters ===
==== Wiki Apoliticals ====
* User:Bstewotteragain (September 20, 2021 - September 24, 2021; September 25, 2021 - October 1, 2021)
* User:NZball (September 24, 2021)
* User:Liuan333This user's status in the conflict is controversial as they didn't default strictly to one side.
==== ATC Opposition Organization ====
* User:NotFinland (September 20, 2021 - September 28, 2021)
==== Fart-Banana People's Party ====
* User:NotFinland (September 24, 2021 - September 28, 2021)
==== ATC Reichstag ====
* User:MGG3923
==== Albanian Revolutionary Guard ====
*User:NotFinland (September 28, 2021 - October 1, 2021)
=== Anti-Protesters ===
==== Wiki-Political Voters ====
* User:-ACheesyNameHere- (September 24, 2021)
* User:Bstewotteragain (September 24, 2021)
==== New Left Movement ====
* User:AlphaBeta906Alt (September 20, 2021 - October 1, 2021)
* User:MapOfFish (September 22, 2021 - September 28, 2021)
==== Patriot Politics MovementThe Patriot Politics Movement was officially neutral in this conflict, however was de facto involved through Patriot/MapOfFish's involvement. ====
* User:MapOfFish (September 22, 2021 - September 28, 2021)
== Notes ==
Category:ATC Winter
Category:Timelines
Category:Protests
Category:Events