Confederal Syndicate of Labour

The Confederal Syndicate of Labour (Syndicate) is a broad-church, libertarian to democratic socialist and syndicalist political party based in the Confederation of Santochi. The motto of the party is "Liberty, Equality, Solidarity".

History
The Syndicate was founded in the previously independent town of Langlade by Jakon Snaku, where it gradually grew in membership, before being elected to the COL/COC Senate, and later representating Langlade in the Senate of the Confederation of Santochi.

The Syndicate officially joined the Socialist International of Rathnir and Eldham on the 31/12/2021.

Etymology and Origins
Zejkunism (tsey-ku-nism) or Zejkun Communism roughly translates as "bread for the people" in Old Cheloni. Zejkunism is based on the traditional lifestyle of the Cheloni people before the colonisation of Eldham, which can be called a form of primitive communism, with a particular focus on harmony with nature.

Zejkunism
Zejkun Communism is a politcal ideology based on the principles of altruism, collectivism, egalitarianism, democracy, and ecologism. Zejkunism also heavily focuses on anti-nationalism, anti-imperialism, anti-capitalism, along with fighting the cis-heteronormative patriarchy of the state.

Zejkunism advocates for the proletarian and peasant classes to decentrally organise into confederated unions to bring about a revolutionary overthrow of the status-quo. Zejkunism recognises the potential for participating in bourgeois democracy in order to raise class consciousness. While Zejkun thought is heavily critical of the corupting power of the state, it recognises that in some circumstances, it may be necesarry to sieze the state apparatus, before brining about communism, and therefore, accepts that socialism may be a requirement under certain material conditions.

The blended approach of syndicalism, socialism, and democratic participation is driven by the primary aim of Zejkunism, which is fundamentally to better the lives of sentient beings. Some who follow Zejkun thought focus only on the humanist side, while others have a broader vision of sentientism, where every sentient being is recognised to have moral worth, and therefore, deserves the right to self determination.

Another thing advocated for by Zejkunists is food autonomy, where workers and peasants alike take control of their own food, by creating communal gardens and farms, while working with nature through the use of permaculture and ecological horticulture.

Symbolism and Propaganda
The Syndicate uses a banner of crimson and black, with a white gear in the centre.


 * White Gear- Represents ingenuity, creativity and our natural instinct to improve our lives through altruistic, collective development.


 * Crimson- Represents our solidarity with one another, the blood we have shed while fighting alongside our comrades, to give what we can in our common struggle for egalitarian liberty.


 * Black- Represents the liberation from oppression and destruction of inequality, while creating a brighter future from the ashes of oppression.

Symbols used in propaganda include the party colours, and the fist of solidarity.

Propaganda broadcasts
The first Syndicate propaganda broadcast laid out the policies to be implemented after the January Election.