Colleens

The Colleens is a socialist organization based in New Lyeford. They are named after a group of miners, originally from Suddery and Ustley, who worked mines in the White Mountains in the 1530s. They used militant tactics to organize, strike for wages, etc., and are often associated with the socialist and labor movement. They issued death threats, carried out murders and were generally regarded as "terrorists." They considered themselves allied to the Ust Nationalist Movements.
They were idolized by some downtrodden Ust. The New Lyeford organization has little to do with the original Colleens, though a few of its organizers claimed to have been involved with them. After the brutal "Centralia Street Massacre" the original Colleens were left leaderless and in disarray.
Rebuilding underground over ten years, they sought a theme that would recapture some popular support to harness the growing unrest. They hit on the strongly nationalist "Colleens" as appealing to the Ust element that made up their strongest constituency.
The Colleens are identified with the Suddery Joes, though the two concerns are neither the same, nor allied. Still there is belief that at the high level, the Joes are sympathetic to the Colleens. The Suddery Joes have at times refused to break strikes and supported calls for wage or ration improvement along the waterfront, making them popular with the Colleens.
The re-imposition of rationing boosted support for the Colleens tremendously. The Colleens support the "The Immigration," meaning a diaspora of lower class citizens to Pawsatucket.
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