In Marx We Trust

"Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrate

Abandon all hope, ye who enter here

Dante Alighieri, "Divine Comedy"."

Explanations
This ATL is translation of the russian ATL.

Author is Artyom Shirinsky.

ATL is ASB based, but ASB impact is minimized and the ATL is tried to make realistic(excluding socialist revolution in the USA) We hope, the Americans reate this TL, and of cource we answer every question in talk.

Point of Divergense
It was July 1933. Leon Trotsky was peacefully sleeping in Paris. It seemed that the failed Soviet leader was absolutely calm. Suddenly the room was illuminated by bright light, that striked in the Trotsky's eyes. Trotsky woke up, he saw Glow under himself. Prompted by some strange feeling, he went to him ...

We do not know, what happened after that, but the next morning, Trotsky left Paris and went to Dunkirk, and then - in the United States. Already after the second American recolution he told his comrades in private conversations that he spoke with unknown creatures which promised him "The victory in the most industrialized nation of the world"

Trotsky arrives in America
9th of July Leon Trotsky came to New York. Along the way he got false documents that allowed him to deceive immigration services and get into the country. Throughout July he was looking for supporters among American people. And he had found. They formed Revolutionary Workers Party of America. It was the first big Trotskyist party of the world.

In 26 august Party organised the murder of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John Garner. Death of both the president and the vice president at critical for the country time destabilized situation again. The Congress has appointed Rexford Tugwell as temporary president with hoping to calm people. James Patrick Cannon in his newspaper "Militant" promised a socialist revolution in the nearest future.

28th august - 8 september: The calm before the storm.
Tugwell came to the power in desperate times. His "New Deal" began to bring the country out of the crisis but the people did't feel improvements of life. RWPA enjoyed: it by increasing the rate and aggressiveness of agitation, was gaining popularity. September 2nd the Chicago strike started: the president did not dare to use the police. Sensing his strength, the revolutionaries infiltrated into the trade unions and they organized protests. 6th september strike came out from the police control.

September 8th Global strike started. Crowds of people went out on the streets, started battles with the police and blocked roads. At the emergency meeting in the White House it was decided to send National Guard in Chicago. It started attack on the city, but then troops faced with barricades. The soldiers did not expect resistance and stoped in anticipation of orders.

On the morning of September 9th Chicago in fact came under the control of the RWPA and its allies - trade unions. Cannon led the Revolutionary Council of Workers, which took power in the city. At the same time, the Chief of the National Guard ordered to begin assault. government troops went attack.

9th September - 15th September - Revolution
In Chicago the crowd of desperate unemployed and impoverished workers resisted the forces of NG. Only for noon the troops got into the city, but there they faced with more resistance, and they had to go to the suburbs.

10th Septemder Leon Trotsky published a "Letter to the Workers of America." In the letter, he announced the beginning of the socialist revolution and called on everybody went to barricades. He was supported by the majority of trade unions launched an indefinite strike.

11th - 12th September The US government started use the army in Chicago fighting, but with no result. At the same time RWPA mutinied in New York City and San Francisco. Parts of the National Guard went on revolutionary side. Cannon wrote "Call to communists all over the World" from burning Chicago. Call required every conscious communists to go to the US for help the Revolution.

13th September Rebellion broke out across the States: the army went out of control, and the National Guard had gone to rebelion side. Rexford Turgvell decided to call the UK for help, but all communications in the US capital were destroyed.

14th September Revolution Victory: every industrial state moved under control of RWPA, the fight for agrarian south started. Leon Trotsky arrived in the ruins of Chicago, and said, "The September Theses". At the same time Turgvell told the nation with a call for peace. He said he was willing to transfer power to the revolutionaries, if it will help to avoid civil war.

15th September - Trotsky, Cannon and other leaders of the Revolution went to The White House. Turgvell gave them power and left. According to legend, when he was leaving, he said: "I give the post to madman."

Order restoring
New country experienced numerous internal turmoil since September and to the end of October. Despite the fact that due the transition of the army to the side of the new government managed to prevent civil war, riots started. Different sects have declared holy war to "not our country" and began to arm themselves. The former masters from the Wall Street tried to escape, and some of them to sponsor anti-government demonstrations.

In such a complex situation, Trotsky estabilished martial law, system of soviets which became governments. At the time of emergency also created the Panamerican Extraordinary Commission, which was entrusted to defend the revolution. Every old government structures had been dissolved.

Massive nationalization began - to 18 October almost every enterprises have moved to the state ownership. PEC proceeded to executions of the bourgeois and exploiters.

Such measures to November 1st, new power was definitively established. Washington opened I RWPA ​​Congress.

I-st Congress of the Revolutionary Workers Party America
1st November RWPA Congress was opened in Wasington. Trotsky addressed the delegates with a speech in which he congratulated the American workers and peasants, "a dream come true." it was also announced the list of reports:
 * 1) Reconstruction of State (Speaker - Trotsky)
 * 2) Report of the Panamerican Extraordinary Commission (Speaker - Cannon)
 * 3) Project of superindustrialization of the States(Speaker - M.Eybern)
 * 4) Reform of the Armed Forces of the States (Speaker - ????).