Up Left

Up Left is an underground criminal group. They are also media sweethearts. The actions which Up Left take are meant to be high profile and easily translatable to glossy magazines, sound clips, and television. It is through the media that many of their agents are known. They claim that the reason they commit such heinous crimes is to highlight societal decay and the "inevitable downfall of this bastard-child between capitalistic greed and communistic rhetoric" (quote for Up Left figure head Jack Cording).

Relation to the Unified People's Liberation Front
Up Left is a portmanteau of the now-defunct grass-roots human rights organization the Unified People's Liberation Front. When sisters Julie Straley and Zoe Cording died within two years of one another, the group dissolved. It is unclear as to whether or not Jack Cording is related to Zoe Cording or if he only co-opted her last name.

Contemporary Up Left
While all Up Left members strive to have their exploits told by the media, de facto leaders have been named by the media as Jack Cording and Caroline Pruitt. The exact number of members is unknown. While Cording and Pruitt have been sighted outside of New York, it is believed that New York is their city of origin. However, other cells are appearing in city-states across the continent.

Rhyming Slang
Up Left members are known to speak in a specific rhyming slang. This slang is used primarily among each other; on the contrary, members are surprisingly articulate when leaving messages for the press.

Key names and phrases. It is important to note that in order to further code their speech, these phrases can be truncated to omit the actual rhyming component.


 * Ragweed Pollen: New York's Honorable Judge Kristoph McCullen
 * Mr. Here and Now: New York's Lionel Bristowel
 * Duck and Geese (duckies): Law enforcement
 * Garrett Raven: Rural Up Left outpost in New York

Important Players

 * Jack Cording
 * Caroline Pruitt
 * Richard the Prick
 * The Man with the Beard
 * Thaddeus Polonsky
 * Heroin Mike