Union Factions
The different philosophies held by members of the Union have nicknames which ascribe them more coherence than they actually have. Like any forum, the Union has flame wars and arguments. People make alliances, and exchange details and thoughts privately with people they've never met face to face.
Most in the Union are Home First advocates: you look after your own. Your own turf, your own family, your own community. It's not about taking the fight to them. It's about keeping your part of the world safe. Having said that, members who become part of the Union community find that their part of the world soon extends to include the friends they've made through the web.
Members of The General Strike are much more extreme: they believe that it's the Union's job to fight the forces of oppression across the world. The moral imperative, they say, is to go out and find those monsters and, when they discover them to be dangerous, kill the bastards. Not many members of the Union believe this. This is partly because, let's face it, the Union numbers a few hundred ordinary people worldwide. And also because Union members who favor the General Strike tend to get themselves killed. A lot.
Politicals want to go back to the Union's predecessors, and go even beyond the General Strike: they say it's the Union's job to fight all oppression, both from the supernatural monsters, and the human ones, who exploit people all over the world. Politicals are often very dangerous people — they're extreme in their views and actions. Some of them even end up on security agencies' lists of suspected terrorists. Blowing up a train car to get one’s message across… it’s hard business, but they do what they think they must.
