What if the Soviet Union won the cold war: Part four, Troubles in the land of the free

  With the election of the hard-on communism Richard Nixon, the United States finally decided to finish the space race. However, on  July 3rd, Yuri Gagarin was the first man to set foot on the moon, claiming, "For all man everywhere, a better world shall be achieved". He planted a Soviet flag, a picture of Lenin, and a copy of the Communist Manifesto, he and his colleagues Vladamir Komarov, and Valentia Tereshkova collected rock samples, recorded data, and left after a two-hour expedition. The entire landing was recorded and shown throughout the world. Every worker in the Soviet world had a day off, and there were parades throughout the entire soviet union. The three cosmonauts were seen as heroes, and all three received the joint metal of Lenin. In NASA however, the response became, "how do we one-up this".

    Meanwhile, there was a crisis in Spain. The unpopular Fransisco Franco was leading a disgruntled Spain. A disgruntled Anarchist shot Franco five times, once in the head. He was presumed innocent, and the resulting disaster lead to a second Spanish Civil War. This was split between the capitalist Caralists the fascist nationalists, the anarchists, and the people's Spanish republic. This Spanish republic received funding from the soviets, resulting in a multi-year stalemate, until the anarchists and communists merged, resulting in a Soviet victory in 1964.

  The Castro regime, finally secure in the defense of his nation, finally sat down to talks in Moscow. Malenkov and Castro decided upon 20,000 Soviet troops in Cuba, 1,000 nuclear missiles on the Island, and consistent trade relations with the USSR. In exchange, the Soviets would supply economic aid, allow them to join the communist economic alliance, and would be invited to the Warsaw Pact in the instance of American aggression.

    This relationship did not bode well with old Tricky Dick. Richard Nixon, a fierce supporter of the Monroe Doctrine automatically threatened to blockade the island and send missiles to Turkey. The response by the Soviets, however, was that of "You were always allowed to put missiles in Turkey". After a week of crisis, the Soviets and Americans agreed that the Americans can keep their missiles, but the Soviets will keep theirs on June 13th, 1963. Nixon believed he would return home a hero, but instead, the entire public panicked with the constant threat of nuclear war looming over their head.

    

    The new missiles in Cuba meant that for every person in the county, the Soviets could nuke their homes any day of the week. Richard Nixon's popularity dropped to the lowest approval of a very unpopular presidency, dropping to 21%. Two months before the midterms, Nixon was stabbed twice in the stomach at the RNC, leading to him dropping out of the race. His VP, Bary Goldwater would remain in his position for the rest of his term.

    In Britain, the Labour party, plagued with an identity issue, would split into the Democratic Socialists and Marxist-Leninist party, with ML winning 24%, thanks to the leadership of the charismatic Harry Politt. This led to a new socialist rebirth in Great Britain, leading to strikes across the country.

    

    In 1965, the Iranian government kicked out the English oil company BPL and nationalized the oil. The CIA and MI6 overthrew and killed the current president, and replaced him with King Pahvlavi, a British puppet. This was extremely unpopular, both in Persia and abroad. A civil war broke out, with a Socialist government taking arms in the communist north, with the easily British accessed south staying loyal to the King. The socialists, controlling around 70% of the nation's populous, and most of the oil, won even without foreign support (the people's republic of Iran received support from the CCCP). This led to a brand new socialist state in the middle east and meant two major powerhouses in the middle east became allies of Moscow.

    In 1967, the Soviets celebrated the 50th anniversary of Communism in the Soviet Union. The Soviets, already throwing the largest parade in human history, the soviets one-upped themselves. Every soldier in the Soviet Union arrived in red square, as with almost a million from other Warsaw Pact nations. The parade lasted almost twelve hours, and every man in the Soviet Union had the day off. Chairman Malenkov gave a two-hour speech, stating new ideas for the union, plans for the almost finished 5-year plan, and new foreign and domestic policy goals. But nothing was more intriguing than the announcement of the new "Palace of the Soviets", a new center in the middle of Moscow for the Supreme Soviet, and would be the largest building ever constructed. The building would take twelve years to construct and would require billions of rubles. Yet it would also be the crown jewel of the Soviet Union and a new symbol for the union.

    

    In 1968, the American election led to the Democratic candidate John Fitzgerald Kennedy being elected by 63% of the vote. The more interesting thing about this election is the CPUSA, or the American Communist Party, won 18%  of the vote, thanks to new-age rebellious postwar children were finally age to vote, voting for the radical leftists, promising relationships with the Soviets, destruction of religion, wealth redistribution, gun restriction, and disbanding of NATO.

    The Irish Republican Army, a large issue with the English control over Northern Ireland, grew too large prominence in 1969, with the bombing of the Northern Ireland Parliament Building. This explosion killed several prominent Northern Irish political figures and led to the English National Guard being sent to garrison the city. A state of guerrilla war broke throughout the island, and many teens were radicalized into freedom fighters. What made this worse is the funding the IRA received from Malenkov, and in particular Mao. Mao began funding freedom fighters all over the globe, from Somali communists to the Mexican Zapatista's, and the Latin American Shining Path. Many of these became hardline Maoists, and in particular, when shining path overthrew the governments of Nicaragua, Guatemala, Bolivia, Chile, and Jamacia, these new nations swore their loyalty to communism, and Mao.

    

    In 1971, Georgy Malenkov died. He was buried in Red Square, near Lenin and Stalin. Unlike his protocessor, he had named his successor, Genneady Yanayev.