Socialist Worker's Party

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The Socialist Workers Party was a party active from 2026 until 2028. The party was founded by Mark Callaghan and Bernard Soltysik as a split from the Democratic Party. The SWP was founded when the Far Left of the Democratic Party felt that they were being excluded from Policy Meetings and Bill Drafting by Richard Jamonsin, the Democratic Party chairman at the time. At their height they held 2 seats in the House of Representatives. In 2028 they fully merged back into the Democratic Party, after Richard Jamonsin agreed to compromise on Policy Issues and a Left Wing insurgence occurred within the Democratic Party.

## History

In late 2026 the Democratic Party leadership issued a Three Line Whip to it's Representatives to vote on one of their Moderate defence bills. Mark Callaghan, the District 10 Representative and Majority Whip was a well known rogue Trotskyist member of the Democratic Party and he became frustrated with the leadership who he felt were secluding himself and his other Left Wing colleague, Representative for District 2 Bernard Soltysik, from Policy Making and Bill Drafting to avoid conflict between the majority Moderate House Democrats. Callaghan and Soltysik defied the Three Line Whip and didn't attend the vote, after an hour long argument with Democratic Party Chairman Richard Jamonsin, Callaghan, Soltysik and 2 others left the party and formed their own "Socialist Workers Party". Instantly the House Democrats felt the pressure, as their Majority collapsed the House Democrats Leader approached the SWP and asked for a Majority Coalition, the SWP accepted and achieved numerous victories through vote sharing.

## Merge into the Democrats as a Caucus

In mid 2027 after the SWP membership had grown to around 6 members, Richard Jamonsin contacted Mark Callaghan and offered a power sharing deal and more influence if the SWP members were to return to the Democratic Party as a caucus. A vote was held by the SWP leadership and the party unanimously voted in favour of merging, so in mid 2027 the party merged back into the Democrats. Callaghan was re appointed as Majority Whip as per the power sharing agreement, and the Democrats agreed to move their Social Policies from more Classical Liberal stances to Social Democratic stances and gave 2 positions on the 4 person DNC to former SWP members. This was seen as a big victory for the Caucus.

## Full Merge and Disbandment

In early 2028, around 1 week before the upcoming House of Representatives Elections, Mark Callaghan called for the Caucus to merge back into the regular Democratic Party, after a mass insurgence of Left Wing members joining the party, they had taken control of the House Democrats and the Vice Chair position.

## Achievements

The SWP achieved many things in their Congressional era, thanks to vote sharing with the Democrats many of their Progressive bills passed the House and left a long lasting impact on debates in Congress. Some say that the SWP were responsible for the split between Moderate Democrats and the Left Wing of the Democratic Party and AGS in general. Others credit them with beginning the push to make the Democrats a more Left Wing and Progressive Party, which over time has brought them out of electoral wilderness. Whatever the opinion, all people who were there to witness their short lived existence credit them with having lasting impacts on the AGS political landscape.