Aurlûnor Forward Movement

Aurlûnor Forward Movement (Aurlûnor Póna Hatse in Aurlûnoren) was a political movement in Aurlûnor, primarily active during the Free State era.

Beliefs
AFM was a movement pushing for radical liberalization of Aurlûnor, reorganization into a liberal republic, the "Aurlûnor Renminde" (Aurlunoren People's State). It based itself around five postulates:


 * Power to the people! - Democraticize the Free State.
 * Capital for Aurlunor! - Reduce Vale Mandate to former Temple Territories territory, bringing Lhumar back as formal capital of Aurlunor.
 * Out with the Free Speech Wall! - Open up for foreign opinions.
 * Administrative reform! - Make subdivisions in provinces!
 * Land in National Parks only for the state!

While these five postulates were the golden postulates of the movement for several years, this does not mean that its beliefs did not adapt to the changing world. However, their views for their whole existence revolved more or less around liberalism and republicanism.

Foundation
The movement was founded shortly after the United Crowns of Syltör collapsed, and the Aurlûnoren Free State was formed. The liberalization of the Aurlunoren state forced by the collapse was seen as an opportunity to push further by the founders.

Quote from a leaflet announcing AFM's formation.

Mass Propaganda Campaign
Following the formation, AFM ran a massive propaganda campaign, focusing primarily on Lhûmar and Quacomar, the streets of which were showered in posters, however other cities were also included. The posters were mainly targeted at the lower class, which was especially apparent in Lhûmar, where most of the posters were located in the Phoenix District, informally referred to as slums of the city, and Lingrinwe, where middle class lived.

A massive part of the propaganda campaign was "The Wind of Liberty" which was the movement's newspaper. However that is described more in depth in a different section of this article.

Progress
The AFM, despite some moderate success, at the end of the day turned out to be a cardboard organization, with it's only successes being pushing Nori Geon-Sauranis, the Phoenix Regent, towards action to bring back Lhûmar, running "The Wind of Liberty" and later pushing government towards enacting LCPA, which while brutally, succeded at cracking down on crime in low income districts of cities.

Death of Yanis Chenon
In the late evening of 6th Luyander 1041, a hanging man was found in one of darker Phoenix District alleyways by a group of teenagers coming back from a house party. Shortly after, police arrived on the scene. The police investigators identified the person as the leader of the rebel movement, and found no signs of struggle, hinting towards the suicide of Y. Chenon.

Radio Silence
Shortly after Y. Chenon's death, the AFM went radio silent, with The Wind of Liberty bankrupting, despite scoring really high in media popularity, in richer districts overtaken only by the IBS, and the absolute top in poor areas, and the movement itself shrouding itself in radio silence. Ever since then the movement has been considered defunct.

The Wind of Liberty
The Wind of Liberty was the party newspaper of the AFM. Despite coming out as clearly anti-governmental at several occasions, it managed to slip through the tight censorship laws of Aurlûnor, partially thanks to the chaos in governmental structures and the recession that government-funded media outlets faced after UCS collapse, because the Free State's government decided to allow them to operate to keep the population satisfied with media quality, even though several hits from censorship were recorded, such as the delay in the 5th Nulanawe 1033 issue, which summarized Nori Geon-Sauranis's controversial political career, after she announced her retirement.

The newspaper itself was known for being staunchly anti-governmental, but besides often overdosing on government skepticism in it's issues, it was known as informative, often even competing with the Lhumarite Imperial Gazette even in the richer districts who were perfectly satisfied with the current government.