Chapter 107: Parade
At Varina's urging and help, it took three days for the Workers' Union Party to be established in its entirety.
The original Dead Eels and Squirrels are its two relatively independent legs.
In order to really put these two legs on the body, the Squirrel Gang is okay, and the Dead Eel Gang can be said to have carried out a major purge.
A large number of the original gangs, those who could be reformed were forcibly "persuaded", and those who could not be reformed were driven out of the gang after being lynched, and a large number of workers joined them.
The red-haired Kirk first inexplicably became the president of the union, and then saw the gang being forcibly transformed into a different form, and there was a dreamy feeling these days.
But that doesn't affect anything.
Varina is interested in Kirk's status as the former boss's deputy, and wants the appearance of a smooth transition to stabilize the client.
As for his specific level of ability, it doesn't really matter.
In terms of ability, Haz is several times stronger than him.
The main body of the Workers' League Party is the workers who often listen to Varina's speeches in the taverns.
During these three days, Makarov had a few assistants to help him, and he stayed in the Workers' Union tavern, talking to the workers present, ascertaining their level and willingness, and then deciding whether to let them actually join the "Workers' Union" party, which had only an empty name.
The question he gets asked the most is-
"Why isn't the leader Mr. Lexar?"
Each time, he patiently replied and explained, "This is what Mr. Lexa himself meant." ”
"He said that he was essentially a bounty hunter, not a worker, and naturally unfit to be the leader of the 'Workers' Union Party.'"
"We can only follow what he wants, but I don't think that prevents us from thinking of him as an honorary leader, right?"
It was not until noon on the third day that he finalized the list of the first party members, and the "Workers' Union Party" was really established.
Of course, the tissue that is barely pinched together in this way is quite fragile.
It's like a sick man who has leaned forward and is about to fall.
Varina also knew that if he had time, he would be willing to help again, and spend more time to let this new organization run in for a little longer.
But alas, he didn't.
So there was only one other way he could do.
If you force the sick man to run a few steps, maybe you can regain your balance?
This "running a few steps" is actually the main body of his plan - launching a march to express his demands.
This was not only the key to his role in digestion, but also the first large-scale movement of the new organization, which required the participation of a large number of members.
Varina can only hope that they can really complete the run-in in the process.
Because the march is over, he is about to run away.
On the 9th, the third day after the tripartite talks.
In the evening, the Workers' Union Tavern.
Varina began to agitate for marches.
All the middle and upper echelons of the three sections of the Workers' League Party were called to be present and, along with the many workers who were already in the tavern, heard the crucial speech that Varina had devised with the most care.
The rhetoric was very agitatory, and the atmosphere at the scene was even more fanatical.
As a result, even in the other two sections, the members who had never heard a speech before felt a burst of excitement and some identification with the nascent organization.
At the end of the speech, Varina suddenly jumped on the table and asked, as usual:
"What are we?"
For those who frequent the tavern, even if they haven't listened carefully to Varina's speech, this question will probably be answered.
Therefore, as soon as the question came out, the vast majority of people in the tavern immediately answered loudly, and the voice was quite neat.
"We are workers!"
"It is the producer of goods, the provider of the kingdom, the cornerstone of society!"
The crowd's cry of truth is extremely penetrating and infectious.
The members who came to the tavern for the first time listened to it with enthusiasm, and after listening to it only once, they remembered this dialogue.
Varina asked again, "What do the workers want?" ”
"Workers want to survive!"
"You want a reasonable wage, you want your rights, and you want to live with dignity!"
Varina continued to agitate: "What are we going to do? ”
"We are united, we are reasonable, we are demonstrating!"
The atmosphere in the tavern has been fully mobilized, and the previous two successes have given them a lot of confidence.
In the midst of a sea of raging and intense emotions, Varina maintained absolute calm.
Finally, he asked aloud, "What are our demands?" ”
"Repeal the Corn Laws!"
After the emotion is stirred, the next thing to do is to channel the emotion and solidify it into the motivation for action.
This requires the preparation of an action plan in advance.
Varina has put a lot of effort into this.
In fact, since he had the idea for such an action, he has been constantly refining and adjusting the specific plan of action;
In the past few days, he has exchanged views and discussions with the high-level leaders of the newly established party to check and fill in the gaps.
After the speech, these people began to disperse the plan of action, and it was important to ensure that there was enough organizational strength to ensure that the march was controlled as a whole.
After all, this action is not the first two petty fights, and the level of stimulation must be controlled to an extremely subtle degree in order to have the desired effect.
Ensuring controlled action is a top priority for ensuring personal safety and communicating demands.
……
Saturday, February 10th.
Before eight o'clock in the morning, a large crowd of more than two thousand people gathered on the streets near the dock union.
At eight o'clock, Varina and a group of people showed up, bringing banners and slogans.
After a few brief words of mobilization, the crowd set off on a predetermined route.
Starting from the Docklands, then on Greenland Road in the East by the Docklands, and then on to Black Palm Street...... Dharavi Street, then Red Brick Lane...... White Rum Street in the Bridge District, to Beckland Bridge...... Enter the south area of the bridge.
The number of people has increased from more than 2,000 at the beginning, and at the peak, the number is close to 100,000!
When we got out of the East End and crossed the Beckland Bridge, there were still more than 50,000 people in the crowd.
After entering the southern area of the bridge, the number of people began to slowly decrease.
By the time the 2,000 people in the front core set foot on King's Road, which leads straight to Queens, there were still 20,000.
It was also at this time that they encountered the first wave of police blockades and blockades.
……
From eight o'clock to eleven o'clock, when the crowd marched in the Eastern District, except for the area they passed, the rest of the place was not affected, and there was a sense that nothing happened;
It wasn't until the crowd crossed the Beckland Bridge that the National Police Agency, located at the junction of West and Queens, was notified by telegram, but this did not attract enough attention;
Therefore, when the crowd stepped on King's Avenue in the south area of the bridge, there were only about 100 police officers who came to stop them.
Barely enough to block the wide, straight King's Road.
However, what they are facing is -
The black pressed a large area, pulling banners, holding slogans, shouting neat slogans, and the crowd could not be seen at a glance.
They had guns, but no one dared to open fire.
The blockade is in vain!