Daffodil Revolution

Modern radical politics in Kaisa can be traced from the Kaisan Revolution of 1333. While the revolution was suppressed by a combination of political concessions and military force, the conditions that the uprising sprouted from remained the same or intensified since. In 1350 CE, a coalition of revolutionary parties and organizations, pejoratively and then reappropriatively called The Daffodils began a campaign of open revolt against the Kaisan Symvouli, sparked by the hardships of the Last War, a lack of political representation, and radical political agitation.
In 1333 CE, the Synedas Ergiada Kaisiko was declared an illegal organization by the Kaisan Symvouli, but the labor federation continued to operate underground for more than a decade, through the start of the Last War. In 1344 CE, the SEK entered affiliation with the Eletera Symvouli Kaisiko, forming the SEK-ESK, and began to organize against the continuation of the Last War. Over the next several years, the SEK-ESK organized strikes and countless community and labor meetings throughout Kaisa, under constant repression by the Etnofroura. The Kaisan population, tired of food shortages and ever-increasing conscription quotas, were highly responsive to their agitation.
In 1349 CE towards the end of the Last War, when Kaisa declared a doomed counteroffensive and mutiny began spreading throughout the Kaisan troops, the SEK-ESK saw their opportunity and declared a general strike. They demanded an end to the war, the resignation of the entire Symvouli, and the transition of power to the organizing committee of the SEK-ESK. Fearing a full uprising, the Symvouli signed a ceasefire with the IJU, as negotiations towards the end of the war commenced. The SEK-ESK, instead of being assuaged by this concession, were invigorated, and the general strike expanded across Kaisa. After the armistice was signed on the 19th of the Month of Hope, 1350 and the Last War was officially ended, the Symvouli moved to disarm the military, seeing that Kaisan army units that were already broadly sympathetic to the radicals were beginning to engage in open rebellion.
In response, the Isostathis Ergato Kampa Kaisiko, which had significant representation in the Laida Synekio declared their support for the SEK-ESK and boycotted the synekio. Most representatives from the Psiforos Kampa Kaisa and some more radical members from other liberal parties followed suit. The Symvouli proceeded to dissolve the Laida Synekio in its entirety. Army units and bands of citizens aligned with the ultra-radical factions of the Daffodils began to engage in acts of open rebellion, marking the beginning of the Daffodil Revolution.

Conflict Type

Rebellion

Start Date

1350 CE

Belligerents

The Daffodils

• Arati Taxarchia
• Isostathis Ergato Kampa Kaisiko
• SEK-ESK

Led by

• Erdem Bulut
• Raine Vlahakis

Symvouli

Strength

~60,000 members of the Etnofroura

Casualties

Less than 300, to date

Objectives

Maintain the cohesion of Kaisa, with itself at the head of the government.