People's Democratic Party

**People's Democratic Party** (abb: **DVP**; Faikangese: 人民民主党; Dutch: Democratische Volkspartij; Prussiatian: Demokratische Volkspartei) is a communist political party in Geurighaven formed in 1945 and dissolved in 1950. The party was formed as a union between multiple smaller left wing, socialist parties in the country. The party believed in a proletariat armed struggle against the capitalist establishment and went into war with the Geurighaven colonial government between 1949 to 1950 in a period known as the Geurighaven Emergency. The party also received significant funding from other communist nations mainly from Quangsuh. It was succeeded by Socialist Party of Geurighaven and the Workers' Revolutionary Party.

## History

### Wartime

The DVP was formed in the last years of the Lorraine War in which Geurighaven saw shortage in necessities such as food, water among many other things as materials are directed for the Corusconian Empire to fight their war. Most Geurighavenians worked at the home front and produced machines for war and the workers had to work in dangerous working conditions. Furthermore, the colonial government prioritied necessities to Coruscanians in Guerighaven rather than the native population resulting in resentments. Workers from the factories formed the Geurighaven United Workers' Union (GVA), a secret trade union as trade union was not allowed at that time. This culminated into the 1944 Geurighaven Strike which halted production of military goods organised by the GVA and other socialist and communist parties in Geurighaven at that time. However, the strike was largely disorganised and the colonial athorities managed to quickly quell the strike.

### Li House Agreement

On 9 August 1945, leaders of the GVA and other socialist parties present at the time namely the People's Power, Geurighaven Communist Party and Workers' Union, met at the home of Steef Li, leader of Geurighaven Communist Party, and agreed to unite into the DVP with the GVA being its sub-organisation in order to better cordinate future strikes. Steef Li was also made the first secretary general of the party.

### Early DVP Activities

For the early period of DVP, the party organised further strikes across Geurighaven. August Days took place in August 1945 between the 6th and 10th when strikes and protest ended up in violence. As Corusconia was still at war, police force were strained and the DVP was largely allowed to operate. They have also stocked up weapons for an eventual revolution.

### Post War Activities

War ended in 1946 and the total membership of the DVP and GVA combined reached 350,000. Funding from Quangsuh managed to keep the party operating and afloat. By early 1948, it reached it's peak membership at 700,000. The DVP also organised further strikes in the country and they alone organised 300 strikes in 1947.

In May 1948, the DVP created the United Geurighaven Liberation Front (VGBF) as its paramilitary force which was often used intimidation against oppositions of DVP.

On 19 July 1948, the 1948 Geurighaven Riots when a DVP rally turned violent and attacked Coruscasians in the colony which was joined by other locals. 19 people died in the riot and thousands more were wounded in the attack. The riots persisted for several days until the colonial government declared a curfew colony-wide.

Fearful of a communist coup or revolution, the colonial government swiftly banned the DVP with their printing press forcibly shutdown, the DVP and GVA headquater was occupied, the GVA was broken up and many key figures were arrested under Operation Koude in August 1948 which saw the arrest of 202 individual which included protestors who protested against the government's decision.

### Geurighaven Emergency

The DVP was forced to move underground. The DVP continued to operate and decided that they would begin the armed struggle to establish communist rule.

The party also split up as some more moderate but still influencial members of the DVP left to form the Socialist Party of Geurighaven (SPG) which opposed the armed struggle and campaigned against the DVP which further weakened the DVP. The remaining supporters of the party fled to the Geurighaven jungles to continue their struggle.

However, the armed revolution did not last and by 1950, the new DVP leadership surrendered to the colonial authorities with the Bofai Agreement were the DVP was disarmed and dissolved drawing a close to the attempted revolution and the emergency. However, prominent members of the DVP soon formed the Workers' Revolutionary Party in 1952.