Olvo Colvéz Navino

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In this Creeperian name, the first or paternal surname is Colvéz and the second or maternal family name is Navino.
Olvo Colvéz Navino
File:Olvo.jpg
Colvéz Navino (furthest left) in 1938
Born
Olvo Mateo Colvéz y Navino

20 July 1900
Died5 July 1953(1953-07-05) (aged 53)
Cause of deathBombing
Years active1924–1953
OrganizationRed Eagle
Known forCreating the Red Eagle, organizing multiple strikes in Rakeo
Political party Action Party for Granilla (1924–1925)
Areĝa (1931–1937)
Criminal statusDeceased
Parent(s)Martín Colvéz Pelvo
María Navino Calino
Criminal chargeIllegal prevention of wartime manufacturing
PenaltyDeath

Olvo Mateo Colvéz y Navino (20 July 1900 – 5 June 1953) was a political activist, labor organizer, and convicted criminal who founded and led the anti-war/Miguelist group Red Eagle from 1937 to 1953.

Early life

Olvo Mateo Colvéz y Navino was born in Puerto Atlántida, Atlántida del Sur, Creeperopolis, on 20 July 1900. His father was Martín Mateo Colvéz Pelvo and his mother was María Isabela Navino Calino. He moved to Rakeo in 1917, then still a colonial possession of Creeperopolis, in pursuit of work. As an agricultural worker, he was made deeply aware of the class divisions of the island.

Political career

In 1923, Colvéz Navino organized a strike in the hemp fields of the Jinosiá Hemp Company. Scabs were brought in to break the strike, and the demands of the union went unmet. The Jinosiá Hemp Company later met with parliament to design the 1924 Right to Contract act, which allowed companies to aggressively crack down on internal union activities with governmental support.

Disillusioned with the failure, Colvéz Navino fled back to San Pedro, Creeperopolis. Living off an allowance created by his compatriots back in Rakeo, he met and trained with members from the paramilitary wing of Action Party for Granilla (PASP). Prior to the San Pedro coup attempt, Colvéz Navino returned, in hiding, back to the island of Rakeo.

Once again he began to expand his connections, associating with members of the nationalist Areĝa party, and eventually having enough political legitimacy to stop hiding from the law. When Areĝa was banned and the Creeperian Civil War began, a confident Colvéz Navino created the Red Eagle group to both continue the party’s goal of “removing the unspoken colonialism still present in the government and actions of our nation”, as well as pursuing his own goals of liberating the agricultural worker.

In 1939, the Red Eagle led the first successful strike in the hemp industry, shutting down a fabric producing factory for 60 days. As scabs were brought in, they were stoned by passersby, and group members turned back buses, sometimes blocking roads with their bodies. Finally, parliament conceded the demands for a work-free Sunday and increased pay. A similar 1941 strike at a munitions plant ended in disaster- and the group was deemed an illegal organization. Strikebreakers fired on RE members following a confrontation between scabs and strikers, and military force was eventually used to disperse the strike.

He was convicted in absentia for "illegal prevention of wartime manufacturing," and sentenced to death on 28 September 1941.

Once again, Colvéz Navino went underground, reemerging at a party meeting in 1942. While the group would begin mainly focused on nationalist liberation rhetoric, they would continue to move further left, discarding their catholic leanings, as it became clear that other groups did not support its aims of reclaiming industry for the worker. In 1943, the group claimed to have adopted "Miguelist Goals and Style".

The styling of Red Eagle flag was later co-opted by the Militants for National Revival, although it largely disagreed (oftentimes violently) with the leftist leaning of the group.

Colvéz Navino himself was killed on 5 June 1953 when a bomb hit his residence during an air raid. His death was confirmed by Red Eagle officials on 8 June 1953.

Legacy

File:OlvoMural.jpg
A mural dedicated to Colvéz Navino in Ajakanistan.

Colvéz Navino remains an obscure figure for much of the world, but has admirers in leftist and communist nations. In Rakeo, displaying his likeness has been illegal since 1957, and as a self-declared Miguelist, Creeperian law also prohibits distribution of his writings.

Escape conspiracy

Some allege that they saw Colvéz Navino years after his reported death. A conspiracy theory put forth is that he either faked his own death, or was paid to leave Rakeo by the Stratocratic Authority.

See also