Revolution Rises in the East
Chapter 9
-With Russia's entrance to the war, now is the time to strike! While they are weak!
-I agree. The two forces are fighting amongst themselves, and it is our time to advance the Revolution.
-No, now is not the time. They need to weaken each other more before we can even consider it. We have made many strides, but not that many.
From the minutes of Japanese Politburo, 29 January 1944
The following is a short clip from a newsreel appearing in Japanese theaters in May 1938:
Arise, Workers of Japan! We bring you word of the International Proletarian Revolution.
The Forces of the Comintern were victorious starting with the beginning days of the war against the Combined Syndicates! Guam and Wake Islands fell without a fight! The Capitalists are weak in their resolve!
Even Hawaii itself is in our hands! Yes, the ships of the Japanese People's Navy now visit Pearl Harbor. What was once a center of Reactionaryism is now the forward base of Revolution!
In North America, the war between the two armies rages. The CS Army, which is mostly untrained militia from their civil war, is quickly collapsing. Already the Mid-Atlantic and the Midwest are under siege from Canadian forces.
In Africa, the Tuareg people have risen up against their French overlords. While they have not industrialized enough for this to be a Worker's Revolution, it is a sign of how oppressive the Westerners can be.
Along with oppressive, they can be greedy as well. Romania, which has already annexed all of Bulgaria, declared war on Serbia without cause. Reactionaries are on the March in Europe.
In North America, the Combined Syndicates are in retreat! On all fronts--save one--they fall back in defeat. The only place they hold their own is in the Midwest, but even there they will surely lose soon. In the west, the Pacific States survive, but with their soul taken from them. Staying on the peripheries, they too will meet their demise before long.
