The Jan 9th Uprising was an attempted overthrow of the Aurelian monarchy by members of the Spartakist Paramilitary organization, made up of socialists and communists, mostly industral workers. The uprising started due to bad working conditions in the empire, espically in industral areas. The socialists and communist parties used this excuse to try for radical reforms, including the ending of the monarchy. And so, on Jan 5th, the reds marched on the palace. They also seized a ship and attempted to fire on the palace, only hitting the wall, before being put down by loyalist marines. The rest of the revolt sieged the capital, in a 3 day siege, the Imperial Guard held them off, until members of the Freekorps and Vossock cavalry relieved the defenders. The reds were sorrounded and commmunism along with radical forms of socialism were banned, heavily weakening the leftwing parties and allowing the right wing to grow.
