Children of Marx

The Children of Marx was a split off group from the Knights of Liberty. Their current leader is Norman Thomas as they are based in France. Their main headquarters is in New York City. Their main goal is to first establish an independent country in what is now the British Dominion of New England.

History
Founded by Eugene Debs as they first broke off from the Knights of Liberty realizing their ideals of running an independent government were too different. It was originally called the Children of the Revolution in 1903 and it was later changed in the 1920's to honor the late Karl Marx. Founded in British Indiana when Eugene Debs founded the party, after a split from the Knights of Liberty. At first they were a minor branch of the Knights of Liberty but later split off entirely after members in France moved back to America to found the party. They believe that to establish an independent state, they first need to be based in the New World, not in some mansion in France. Britain at the time was slack on socialism. This lead to the rise of major interest in New York and the Midwest. Following the 3rd Anglo-Spanish War the British lead a crackdown on revolutionary movements, which made the cause to slowly die down. Soon the group collapsed into more than a dozen different leftist political parties. For a time the group seemed to disappear and collapse entirely, until the late 1920's. A hopeful man named Norman Thomas realized that this was getting no where. He rallied for a United Front, this got the attention of the various parties. At first a few slowly joined mostly the more social liberal and socialist groups joined. When the 1931 London Stock Market Crash hit, everything just collapsed. Workers strikes begun to happen, and a growing support for the more radical. Hard Liner Communists and other leftists gave into the United Front as the group as reformed. The 1933 Brooklyn Strikes would erupt resulting in violent police crackdowns on protesters. This lead to more and more people joining the Group which as of today it would have over 2,300,000 members, mostly of lower class and entirely in America.

Beliefs
The Children of Marx, has many different beliefs ranging all over the leftist scale. The two biggest parts of the Group are the Trotskyists and the Normanists which are more socialist than they are communist. Their beliefs are workers unions, an independent state, anti-imperialism, and encouraging the spread of the revolution. Following the Depression the police have cracked down on protesters while riots are increasing. It seems that the Children of Marx have one advantage over it's rival organization. They are based in America and feed off the working class which seems to go more left every second.