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This short (63 pg) collection of material details one of the best satires and practical jokes of the czech anarchist Jaroslav Hasek. Along with a group of his anarchist friends, he formed a party to participate in the 1911 Austro-Hungarian elections for a district in Prague called Vinohrady. Hasek of course never meant it to be a serious party, it's purpose was to mock and satirize elections and the politicians who run in them. Thus he even gave the party a satirical name, mocking the cowardice, and hypocrisy of the popular parties: The Party of Moderate Progress within the bounds of the Law.

This collection includes an excerpt which talks about the formation of the party and its public meetings from a book written by one of Hasek's friends, several “electoral speeches” by Hasek, and several humorous sketches of party members and their imaginary “adventures” written by Hasek after the fact. Enjoy this hilarious satire of bourgeois parties and the pointless elections they take part in: