  The experimental fact that standard model superpartners have not been
observed compels one to consider an alternative implementation for
supersymmetry. The basic supermultiplet proposed here consists of a photon and
a charged spin 1/2 preon field, and their superpartners. These fields are shown
to yield the standard model fermions, Higgs fields and gauge symmetries.
Supersymmetry is defined for unbound preons only. Quantum group SLq(2)
representations are introduced to classify topologically scalars, preons,
quarks and leptons.
