News from the Republic

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News from the Republic
News from the Republic is a news bulletin for an international audience published daily by the People's Press Chamber. It consists of selected news pieces from the many newspapers, magazines and radio broadcasts across the SWR.
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People's Militia mobilized to fight floods in Burning Hills district, Collisia
Freedmen's Daily

First Minister Miller today authorized the deployment of the state's People's Militia units to contain damage caused by floods in the Burning Hills district. The entirety of Collisia had experienced heavy rainfall over the course of the last two weeks, but the northern districts have been especially affected by the sudden downpour. According to the public authorities, nearly 2000 citizens have been displaced, most of them finding temporary shelter in the state's capital Westport. When announcing the deployment of People's Militia units, First Minister Miller stressed his cabinets desire to rebuild the affected communities as soon as the floods recede.

State of Arvum to reorganize farming
Arvum Public Broadcasting

The People's Assembly of Arvum today passed the controversial "Public Land Reorganization Act" that had been heavily debated since the beginning of last year. By rezoning and redistributing the arable land used by the State's sharecropper farms, the government aims to increase efficiency and maximize the output of agricultural production. The redistribution furthermore involves the reorganization of several farming communities, aiming to centralize several dozen villages into a small number of towns. This measure in particular had been reason for heated arguments throughout the Republic's Breadbasket, but a majority was eventually won over when First Minister Weizmann promised numerous infrastructural improvements, including electrification and train access, to the new agricultural communities.

President Winters invites Ivernish republicans
The Republic

In his weekly adress, President Winters expressed his governments belief that the Republicans in Ivernia were on the losing side of the conflict. "It is with a heavy heart that I must say this," the President said, claiming that this meant a severe blow to the cause of freedom in Europe. Meanwhile, however, he offered the states of the Socialist World Republic as destination for those seeking exile in the wake of the reactionary advances in Ivernia. „Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free."​

 

[Kadikistani Union]

People's Commissariat for External Affairs

"President Winters statements are nothing short of defeatism! As long as the Milesian republic is in the hearts and minds of its people, as long as there are still those fighting for freedom and equality on Milesian's blood-soaked soil we will stand by them in their courageous struggle. Kadikistan will not accept a republican defeat and the rise of a new Ivernian Empire. We will not accept that all those tragic sacrifices would have been in vain. The Socialist World Republic abandoning the republican cause is a dagger in the back of the international working class' struggle for emancipation."

Signed,
_X_
Col. Dimitri Leninov
People's Commissar of External Affairs
Democratic Republic of Kadikistan

 

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News from the Republic
News from the Republic is a news bulletin for an international audience published daily by the People's Press Chamber. It consists of selected news pieces from the many newspapers, magazines and radio broadcasts across the SWR.
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Temperance Union holds rally in Deliverance
The Republic

Roughly 2000 members of the Temperance Union gathered in Deliverance on Saturday in a march on Congress. The Temperance Union advocates a ban on the sale of alcohol throughout the Republic, calling it a 'bourgeoise poison' and deeming the continued production and sale of alcoholic beverages in the Socialist World Republic to be 'anachronistic'. "Alcohol turns caring, loving and hardworking husbands into feral degenerates who slouch on the job and beat their wives," one of the speakers at the rally argued, speaking to a mostly female audience. At Congresshall, the protestors presented its members with a petition before peacefully dispersing.

Congressman Ewans speaks out against the President
Implarian Observer

Following President Winters assesment that the Ivernian Republicans were losing and should seek exile in the Republic, Congressman Ewans from the Social Republican Party issued harsh criticism of this policy. "Telling a people who fought for liberty and justice that their fight was hopeless and that they should abandon it is a most cynical thing to say by the leader of the free world," Ewans said. "As President of the World Republic, Ewans has done nothing to support the Republicans in Ivernia and the Republican Army sits idly while the people of Ivernia are yearning to become the seventh state of the Free World." Ewans is the most popular Social Republican congressman and their designated candidate for president.

Constitutional Defense Service arrests Left-Totalitarians
Torchbearer's Weekly

Seven members of a Leninovist cell were arrested during a raid in Implarian City this week in a joint effort of National Police forces and the Constitutional Defense Service. According to the authorities, ample evidence was found of anti-constitutional activity by the group which met in an abandoned warehouse on the edge of the city, though no concrete terrorist plans had been made by the Totalitarians at this stage. "We intervened before the organization could develope any substantial infrastructure, but we have proof that they sought to create an armed militant organization seeking to destabilize the Republic through terrorist acts," a spokesperson of the CDS commented the operation. "The CDS will remain vigilant to counter any threats to the Republic, whether it be right-totalitarians, left-totalitarians or monarchist reactionaries."
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News from the Republic is a news bulletin for an international audience published daily by the People's Press Chamber. It consists of selected news pieces from the many newspapers, magazines and radio broadcasts across the SWR.
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Farmers protest reform by burning crops in Ashford
Arvum Public Broadcasting

Farmers protesting the "Public Land Reorganization Act" have gathered in the state capital Ashford on Sunday, holding a mass in front of the Peoples' Assembly, then dumping their crops on the Great Square. The roughly fifty men are opposed to plans that foresee a reorganization of agricultural land and rezoning of numerous rural communities into a number of towns with better connection to public infrastructure like electricity, roads and phone lines. When the men set fire to the piles of crops they had left, National Police intervened, arresting the protestors, who will now face charges of public disturbance and attempted arson.

Republican Navy to hold exercise in Great Sea
The Republic

Officers and Servicemen, as well as the general public, were informed of a maneuver soon to be held by the First and Second Fleet in the Great Sea by the Marshal of the Navy today. According to the Marshal, the maneuver will test the operational capabilities of the Eastern Fleet Command, in particularily the coordination over long distance. The maneuver was announced publically to adress concerns that could arise with families of the ships' crews if the reason of their deployment was left uncertain and also to inform other states so that the deployment of fleets by the SWR was not misinterpreted as an aggressive move against any nation around the Great Sea.

24 hours market opens in Newport
Westport Post

Citizens of the Republic's largest city now have the opportunity to shop for groceries around the clock as the Mayor of Newport inaugurated the Free Worlds' first 24 hour store. The Peoples' Market is opened non-stop due to a special permission granted by the First Minister of Virentia and located at Foundry Street No. 29. The idea of a round-the-clock shopping opportunity arose in particular with industrial workers in mind who have to work in shifts and may not have the opportunity to buy their groceries at normal shopping hours. Located on the border of Westports industrial heart and on the route many workers have to take between their homes and the factories they work in, city planners believe the new concept will help improve the quality of living of industrial workers in Newport.

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News from the Republic
News from the Republic is a news bulletin for an international audience published daily by the Peoples' Press Chamber. It consists of selected news pieces from the many newspapers, magazines and radio broadcasts across the SWR.
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Guest-speaker from Saaremaa at Democratic Party convent
The Dawn

A former member of the Party of the Left from Saaremaa attended the Social Democratic Party convent in Illumination, harshly criticizing the path his party had taken. The man with the name of Andrus Mitt spoke of a Leninovist takeover of the once influental Socialist party, committing the Party of the Left to a policy of terrorism.

"Violence without any sense of strategy, without any realistic assessments of the party's own position and the political climate in Saaremaa has led to a self-destruction of the political left in the country within mere months. Any chance for progress in Saaremaa has been ruined by Kadikistani agent provocateurs, who see the Party of the Left only as an asset to destabilize another country in their Imperialist power struggles."

Following the Leninovist takeover and pledging their party to an official stance of violent takeover, the Party of the Left in Saaremaa had been banned and many of its members left the party. Regardless, this developement had been used by the ruling right-reactionaries in Kuressaare, capital of Saaremaa, to criminalize Socialist ideas as a whole in the country and to begin a policy of persecution against oppositionals. The political climate, Andrus Mitt said, was dominated by fear and a growing sense of nationalism.

"Many on the Saaremaan left now feel a need to prove to the authorities that they are not Kadikistani agents, adjusting their policies to that singular purpose. Of these dozens, if not hundreds, of small splinter organizations that formed after the Party of the Left was banned and, led by the Leninovist rabble-rousers, went underground to fight a war that will only benefit an Imperialist power abroad - all these groups, they try their utmost to be patriotic, to disprove any suspicion of being influenced by foreign agents. And their rhetorics are toxic to a public opinion that is already fed nationalist nonsense and xenophobic chauvinism by the ruling classes."

Despite his depressing report from the country of Saaremaa, Mitt ended his speech on a more optimistic note, expressing his hope that the wave of nationalistic and reactionary sentiment will prove only a passing fad and that the progressive remnants of the Party of the Left manage to regroup into a new Socialist party adhering to the noble ideals of World Republicanism instead of petty national resentments.
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[Kadikistani Union]

People's Commissariat for External Affairs

"The self-proclaimed 'Socialist World Republic' once again reveals its true revisionist nature by attempting to divide and thus weaken the glorious Party of the Left. The Peoples' Press Chamber of the SWR even goes as far as blaming the brave militants of the Party of the Left for disgracing the name of socialism as they defend not only their noble ideals but also their very lives. Let us remind the revisionists across the Great Ocean that the Party of the Left and the mighty Promethean Army is waging a war of defence. Defence against the growing repression of the working class by the monarchist regime. The seizing of power by reactionary forces was an attack upon all people of Saaremaa who hold ideas such as freedom, equality and democracy deep in their hearts. The brave men and women of Saaremaa who dared stand against the reactionary forces deserve our solidarity as much as the freedom fighters in Milesia, Justiza and Veniasufia who also face overwhelming odds out-gunned and out-manned against their respective capitalist regimes. Unlike the SWR's adventurist ideas of a 'world republic' we believe that all nation's must find their own national ways towards true communism. But this does not mean that we won't stand by our allies, wherever they may be. It saddens us that a so-called 'socialist' state would rather see the reactionary regime of Saaremaa prevail by attempting to create a rift within the strong and disciplined Party of the Left. If successful the Party of the Left will face internal disunity and will become an easier victim for the repressive anti-communist monster that is the Kuressaare regime.

Furthermore we condemn in the most strongest way the arrests committed by SWR authorities against its citizens who have outgrown the pretentious and inaccurate way the SWR abuses socialism and began looking for the deeper meaning of Karl Marx' and Nikolai Leninov's teachings. It strengthens our resolve that even in the revisionist police state on the other side of the world Marxist-Leninovist groups are beginning to develop, inspired by the visionary leadership of our Glorious Leader Nikolai Leninov. The world wide Marxist-Leninovist revolution must be one without compromise, we must never allow our determination to be weakened. Only Marxist-Leninovism, in its purest form, truly breaks with old socio-economic structures and systems of organised exploitation and oppression. Down with the revisionist and their social-capitalist propaganda."

Signed,
_X_
Col. Dimitri Leninov
People's Commissar of External Affairs
Democratic Republic of Kadikistan

 

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Fleets leave for Great Sea
The Republic

The bulk of the Republic's Great Sea forces in the form of the First and Second Fleet have dispatched for a maneuver in the Great Sea today. Families of the crews had gathered for a symbolic farewell gesture Newport and Alexandria. According to Navy Marshal Harry Skinner, the maneuver will train long-term and long-distance coordination of the fleets and ensure the continued operational capability of the Republican Navy. This means that the maneuver will become the longest deployment of the fleets in the last two years.

Female athletes protest 1956 International Games
The Republic

Female athletes from several countries have demanded the yearly International Games to be opened up for women, echoing demands made by womens' organizations in the SWR for years. Both athletes from Veniasufia and Lovisa have staged practical protests, trying to enter the competition regardless of their gender, while female athletes from several other countries have written open letters to the committee organizing the event. The chairman of the committee, Bob Young, dismissed the protests, claiming there was little sense in allowing women to compete: "No one wants to see athletes who have no chance at winning, while setting up a seperate event would just mean a lot of work to have a less exciting, less competetive copy of the original event."

Experimental rocket explodes before start
Implarian Observer

Scientists of the Implarian University were stumped, when a rocket designed by them exploded on its testing platform in the sea. The rocket was an experimental design meant as a developement step towards a space-going vessel, as demanded by a government call for universities across the Republic. While failure was expected at some point, due to the experimental stage of the project, a complete failure to lift off and the thorough destruction of the starting site was an unexpected and desastrous setback. "Luckily, no one got hurt," the University commented the event, suspecting a flawed rocket fuel to be the source of the error.

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[Holy Frankish Empire]

Burgundian Space Bureau

We invite our colleagues to visit our center and view the launch of our second "crewed" vessel in late April.

 

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Miners in Alliance threaten strike Alliance Daily Times Workers of the United Miners' Union have threatened strike, following a decision made during a session called for by union leaders. Cause of the uproar is the failure of negotiations with the state-owned mining companies operating near Alliance, who refuse a pay-raise demanded by the miners. Miners in Alliance are angered by the fact that their wages have been stagnant for years now, while industrial workers and even miners in other cities have enjoyed numerous payraises. Meanwhile, officials of the mining companies insist that productivity in other sectors and several mines in other parts of the Republic may have gone up, warranting a pay raise at these locations, but that nothing like that has happened to mines near Alliance. Newport historian predicts 'Space Race' The Republic Norman Blum, historian working for the University of Newport, has predicted that nations across the globe would engage in a 'Space Race' over the next decades. Main motivation for this, Blum argues, will be the ever increasing demand for ressources that will drive mankind to claim deposits beyond the planet. According to Blum, the Space Race will end sometime near the year 2000, once Moon and Mars have been reached. "Any country able to colonize these stellar bodies will be flush with ressources and outperform the rest of the world in terms of wealth and military capabilities." Zionist congress in Sunset City Implarian Observer Zionist jews from across the Republic have gathered for a congress in Sunset City, coordinating their efforts to create a 'jewish homeland'. During the congress, the delegates reiterated their intention to have any future jewish state to be a Free State, i.e. a state of the World Republic. Inofficial speakers from both Democrats and Republicans were present, calling for the Zionist movement to engage with either party and convince them to make the creation of a jewish homeland an official goal of the Republic. When discussion fell on the destined location for this future jewish state, the Zionists fell into disagreement, though a majority supported Jerusalem due to its historical connection to Judaism.

 

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News from the Republic is a news bulletin for an international audience published daily by the Peoples' Press Chamber. It consists of selected news pieces from the many newspapers, magazines and radio broadcasts across the SWR.
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President thanks Coast Guard in weekly address Torchbearer's Weekly President Nathaniel Winters has thanked the Coast Guard Corps in his weekly address, commending them on their "tireless service" for the Republic. The choice of subject for this weeks address was an unusual one, with critics claiming there to have been more pressing matters that would warranted a public statement by the President, but Winters rejected such comments. "It is not only in times of crisis that we should be thankful for those who work to protect the Republic", Winters said. "The Coast Guard Corps deserves praise, precisely because they are not involved in any crisis: their efforts have prevented one countless times." UFO sighting causes uproar Oasis Daily The sighting of an unidentified object traversing at high speed across the salt flats of northern Kent have cause rumours as to the origin of the object. Flight authorities report no civilian traffic in the area in question and military officials refuse to comment, leaving room for speculation. Witnesses report that the UFO resembled no known plane design and had furthermore been too fast to be designed by man. More superstitious citizens have already voiced their suspicion that these might have been visitors from outside of Earth, while others cite the local legend of the "Swallowman", a supernatural demi-human capable of flight. Congressman Ewans blames Democrats for situation in Gothic Sea The Republic Congressman Ewans has blamed the policies of the government for the detoriating situation in the Gothic Sea, stating in a speech before Congress that the growing influence of Kadikistan in Milesia is direct consequence of the SWR's policy of non-intervention. "With the Republican movement in Milesia being more and more dependant upon Kadikistani support, however, it became internationally isolated, perceived as little more than a fourth column for Ivar," Ewans argued, claiming that an early intervention by the SWR could have prevented this polarization and escalation along the lines of Imperialist factions. "Had we not sit idle and bided our time, we could have brokered a peace between Milesia and Ivernia and prevented a war that is a civil war in all but name. It is a war by proxy for the Imperialist powers of the general region."

 

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Sunset City college basketball star injured Implarian Observer College basketball star Hank Adams, who plays for the University of Sunset City, was injured in a match that left him with a complicated fracture of his lower leg. The player stumbled mid-game and hit the ground in such an unfortunate position, that the doctors are now predicting that it will be at least six months before Adams can play again. This means he will not participate in the rest of the season, leaving the odds-on favorite of this semester without one of their strongest players. Republican firebrand takes Alexandria The Republic Thirty-eight year old Samuel Anthony Lowe is the new congressman for the city of Alexandria. The young member of the Social Republican party has built himself a reputation as firebrand, stirring the masses with his enthusiastic speeches and having an uncanny talent to sway crowds to his policies. Taking a traditional democratic stronghold, such as the city of Alexandria, is considered quite a feat within the party and beyond and has energized the Republicans, as well as earning Lowe supporters within the party who foresee a steep career for the newly elected congressman. Lowe's campaign emphasized a more proactive foreign policy, in line with usual Republican policies, but also emphasized civil liberties, a more proactive pricing and a more interventionist fiscal policy. Department of Culture sponsor Himyari exhibition Global Public Broadcasting The World Republic's Department of Culture has announced a travelling exhibition that will be available in most major cities over the course of the year. Titled 'Forgotten Cultures', the exhibition displays findings from southern Himyar, intending to raise awareness for Black Himyari cultures. "The Imperialist mindset that these people were primitives without culture is still widespread, even in the Free States," the Department of Culture explains in regards to the exhibition. "Our department thus has decided to sponsor this exhibition to cast a proud heritage into the spotlight that has been stamped out by the boots of Imperialists."

 

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An Roinn Stáit - Cór Taidhleoireachta na gComhlathas
Tāhuhu o te Kīia - Fa'ehau Takawaenga o te Tū-wehe
Department of State - Commonwealth Diplomatic Corps​

29ú Feabhra 1956

On behalf of the republican Commonwealth of Anderin and the administration of First Consul Téodóir Riordan, the ambassador and diplomatic staff in Deliverance offer our sincere congratulations and support to the Socialist Republic in North Boreas for its thought-provoking and vital initiative to exhibit the lost or endangered indigenous cultural traditions in colonized parts of the world, Himyar in particular. Imperialism has negatively affected the lives and cultural survival of many peoples throughout the world and our very own Commonwealth is no exception, having perpetrated past wrongs and significant damage to the culture native to the Anderin island-continent, or Motu'o'vero, in blind ignorance or the influence of old colonial prejudices. Indeed, there is still much which can be done and our own Department of Culture and Heritage spearheads archaeological and linguistic efforts to salvage some of what was lost for future generations of Implarians to take pride in and for Anderian citizens of all backgrounds to study and understand. If the Republic's Department of Culture would be inclined to sponsor additional 'Forgotten Cultures' exhibits in the future featuring to promote anthropological science, the government of the Commonwealth of Anderin would be supportive and amenable to provide examples of Southeast Implarian culture and material history on loan from the Commonwealth Civilization Museum and with appriopriate academic experts to handle and care for the artifacts as well as educate and engage.

While our respective governments may have different mentalities and may not always see eye-to-eye, we strive for common goals for all mankind and could take pride in future cooperation.

 

[Socialist Commonwealth]

Department of Culture
Socialist World Republic

We would gladly welcome an exhibition of native Implarian culture within the Free States and will help facillitate cooperation amongst museums within Anderin and the World Republic.

 

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Reactionaries are setting the world aflame The Republic The tension is almost physically perceivable at the border between Kadikistan and Carinthia-Harkány, where more and more soldiers on each side take their positions as both nations gear for war. This recent escalation is a direct consequence of the civil war in Milesia, a breakaway Republic of the High Kingdom of Ivernia, as the conflict has spilled over to the continent, thanks to the tireless efforts of regional powers to escalate the war through their belligerent policies. War in Milesia was actively promoted by the Ivernian government, whose massive shift towards authoritarianism had prompted the secession in the first place. What is ironic, however, is the massive amount of foreign support it had managed to acquire. Ironic, because the official policies and the ideology of the High Kingdom would suggest more caution from its neighbours, who are eagerly supporting Ivernia with forcefully keeping its industrial and economic center part of a nation whose policies the local population does not support. Ironic, because the Ivernian regime has made no secret out of its intentions for the future. It has repeatedly made clear that these very same industrial capacities will be used for an aggressive imperialist policy of racial unification. Annexing all of Vaalbara into a racially defined unified Celtic nationstate is the official goal of the Ivernian state. Neighbouring states who would be the direct target for such an endeavour are actively supporting Ivernia in one of the most important steps towards that goal: securing the necessary industrial base by enforcing the compliance of the liberal Milesians. They are doing this, because they fear two things: that Milesia could set an example, or that Milesia could not. Either that Milesia becomes truly a Free State, prompting people all over Vaalbara to rise up, or that it fails to, much rather becoming an imperialist outpost of the Kadikistanis. Either option has prompted local powers to forego all caution and support a direct rival, setting the stage for decades of conflict. Conflict, however, is profitable to the monopolists and oligarchs who run he nations across the Great Sea. Steel magnates and chemical industry are welcoming the tensions. The same holds true for the quasi-feudalistic left-reactionaries in Kadikistan. They have involved themselves in Milesia, seeing an avenue of expansion. Perhaps not even in Milesia itself, but by antagonizing the entire region and promoting long-term instability, Kadikistan is creating the conditions in which its own model of government can flourish. Just like feudalism took over after the collapse of the Tiburan Empire, the Leninovists hope that people will flock to its unreleting, punitive and brutal form of stability once they have managed to eradicate all achievements of civilization. However, there is hope to be had in the face of the machinations of war profiteers, imperialists and reactionary ideologues. Because, where the ruling classes in all countries wish for the world to be at war, its peoples, across borders, do not. Every working man, woman and child realizes that war can only bring about the terrible destruction of the products their very hands had shaped and this pride of the many creative and laborous producers is a force more powerful than the greed of the few. Across the globe it is time for the peoples to unite and let the rallying cry of freedom ring: peace in our time!

 

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An Roinn Stáit - Cór Taidhleoireachta na gComhlathas
Tāhuhu o te Kīia - Fa'ehau Takawaenga o te Tū-wehe
Department of State - Commonwealth Diplomatic Corps​

1ú Márta 1956

The Commonwealth Diplomatic Corps hereby makes an inquiry of the Socialist World Republic government regarding the Commonwealth Navy's Grand White Fleet on its global tour of goodwill and amity. Specifically, we ask permission to enter the territorial waters of the Free States and conduct at least one stop at a port-of-call of your choosing in the Free States to open our ships to, and interact with, the public and any government dignitaries who choose to be on hand. Date of arrival would be March 3rd to 5th, 1956. Any course changes or scheduling will be wired to the lead ship CAS Conamara before arrival or, if approval is not obtained, instructions to avoid the territorial waters of the Socialist Republic.

Thank you for your cooperation on this matter. Long live the people of the Free States and the people of Anderin.

Signed and Sealed,
Eóin Cainnech Mac an Léigh
Secretary of State by Will of the People, Commonwealth of Anderin

 

[Socialist Commonwealth]

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Anderin ships not to visit World Republic The Republic The federal government has rejected a request by the Commonwealth of Anderin, which sought to add the World Republic to the list of territories to be visited by its Navy on a goodwill tour. While principally welcoming the efforts for peace and mutual understanding, the Presidential office stated in a press release, the idea of a visit by military ships of a foreign power must be rejected on principle, even if their purpose is to promote peace. President Winters cabinet has asked the Commonwealth not to interprete this decision as an insult and expressed its hope for mutually benefitial policies in the greater Implarian region, stressing that this was a decision made on principle. First athletes arrive in Alexandria Alexandria Post Several hundred sports enthusiasts have welcomed foreign athletes at the airport, greeting their arrival in the city for the 1956 International Games. The games, which will see athletes compete in six disciplines over the course of the next week, are hoped to promote the capital of Virentia and allow it to step out of the shadow of its bigger and more internationally known sibling Newport. Competitors come from a range of nations as diverse as Kadikistan, Bourgogne or Anderin, and the Games will start with a ceremony on saturday, to be transmitted live on television for the first time in the history of the games. Left-totalitarians released Implarian Observer Seven men who had been arrested by state police and Constitutional Protection a little over a week ago were set free by the judge reviewing their case, finding there was insufficient proof of criminal plans. While there was little doubt about the political affiliation of the men, who had formed a Leninovist group in Implarian City, the judge found the circumstantial evidence submitted by the CPS to be insubstantial and not warranting a trial. The past activities of the group warrant no continued imprisonment, the judge found. While CPS did not comment the events, a police speaker said that they would remain vigilant and keep an open eye on left-reactionary acitivity.

 

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Kadikistan attacks Republican aid effort The Republic According to the Foreign Ministry, humanitarian efforts in the Ivernish breakaway-Republic of Milesia have been attacked by Kadikistani-led forces. A ship from the World Republic, anchored in Waesfjord to evacuate refugees from the Ivernian civil war, has come under fire from a brigade identifying itself as a Kadikistani-led Leninovist unit, demanding the World Republic to abandon all humanitarian efforts in the Milesian Republic. No official figures have been released yet, but the Foreign Ministry stated that it is already certain there have been deaths and that the ship, a transport ship of the Republican Navy, is heavily damaged. Fleets currently on a maneuver in the northern Great Sea have been dispatched to the Gothic Sea to protect the humanitarian effort and to counter Kadikistani aggression. Meanwhile, President Winters has protested the unprovoked attack in the strongest possible words, called in the Kadikistani ambassador to demand an explanation for his government's actions and stated that the SWR is taking different measures of retribution into consideration. International Games begin Alexandria Post The 1956 International Games have formally started with a ceremony in Alexandrias 'Stadium of the Republic'. During the four-hour event on saturday, the delegations from all over the world presented themselves to the public audience and jointly lighted a torch residing over the stadium. Following that, the Alexandria Philharmony presented several pieces by contemporary composers from the Free States, concluding with an avantgardist rendition of the Internationale. Over the course of the next days, the athletes will meet in the same stadium for friendly competition to promote the values of peace and understanding between the peoples of the world. Man vandalizes Arvum parliament, gets arrested Arvum Public Broadcasting A man was arrested today in the state capital of Ashford after sneaking into parliament and vandalizing the session hall. "The individual in question was armed and we currently assume he was searching for First Minister Weizmann. When he realized that no meeting was in session and the parliament building vacant, he vented his frustration at the furniture," a police spokesperson commented. According to state police, the man is mentally ill and felt threatened by the land reform bill that had been passed by parliament last month, even though he himself is not a citizen of any of the communities affected.

 

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Implarian Aviation unveils plans for 'flying wing' passenger aircraft Implarian Observer Engineers of the Implarian Aviation Syndicate surprised the public today when announcing the design of a new passenger aircraft. The futuristic vehicle will feature the shape of a 'flying wing' with seats in the interior of the wings, deviating from more traditional design concepts for maximum efficency. Currently labelled as Implarian Intercontinental Liner Project, the Syndicate plans for the airplane to service long distance flights from southern Himyar to Gallia, Germania and even Scania. "Given the distances involved, we sought to maximize fuel efficiency," the engineers explained their design choice. Implarian Aviation plans for production to start by the end of the decade. Santee First Minister hospitalized after car crash The Republic First Minister Nicholas Doux was hospitalized after his car swayed from the intercity road 7 near Illumination last night, crashing into a tree besides the road. A spokesperson for the Minister reported that Doux is "feeling well, considering the circumstances" and that he will recover from the injuries sustained, though they will obstruct him from performing several of his duties as First Minister for several months to come. He also rejected claims that Minister Doux was drunk at the time of his crash. Jewish groups fight over Jerusalem The Republic Members of the largest jewish political association in the Republic - the Zionist Congress and the Jewish Socialist Federation - have traded insults since earlier this month, arguing with increasing hostility about the proper response to the Pelasgian policies in Jerusalem. The Pelasgian Empire, controlling the ancient jewish homeland and its capital of Jerusalem, has responded with drastic measures to a series of revolts in the Holy Land, going as far as interning jewish citizens in concentration camps to quell the unrest. While the Zionist Congress maintains the continued importance of Jerusalem to the jewish people and advocating support for the establishment of political infrastructure in the holy land, countering the forceful assimilation policies of the Pelasgian Empire and encouraging a policy of jewish settlement into the holy land, the Jewish Socialist Federation has rejected such policy plans as "unfeasible" and "utopic", stating that this will only serve to endanger jewish pioneers to persecution by a reactionary regime. The JSF instead campaigned for a policy of exile, stating that "the survival of jewish minds is more important than the survival of jewish architecture" and that jews who left Pelasgia to settle in the World Republic could achieve more for a future liberation of the Holy Land as free men than they ever could in a Slavestate.

 

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News from the Republic
News from the Republic is a news bulletin for an international audience published daily by the Peoples' Press Chamber. It consists of selected news pieces from the many newspapers, magazines and radio broadcasts across the SWR.
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President wants to give thousands of Pelasgian jews citizenship The Republic President Winters announced his intention to offer a total of 20.000 Pelasgian jews citizenship in the World Republic if they so desire, as the situation for religious minorities in the Empire seems to be detoriating rapidly. In doing so the President has clearly sided with the Jewish Socialist Federation who stated, in opposition to views held by the Zionist Congress, that the holy land is currently not safe for jews and that there is little prospect of the Pelasgian Empire changing its repressive policies in face of open revolt by jewish and muslim militants. According to the Office of the President, Pelasgian jews who wish to emigrate can contact the embassy of the Republic and will be provided with necessary assistance. Colonial criminal leaves prison Alexandria Post Michael Burns, former police chief of Alexandria under Engell colonial rule and sentenced to thirty years of imprisonment in 1926, was released from prison today after serving the full length of his sentence. Burns had been arrested after the revolution and charged for his participation in colonial crimes, including the persecution of anti-colonial resistance and socialist revolutionaries, as well as runaway slaves. Following the release of the now 78 years old Burns, the former police chief commented that he just wishes to spend his last days in peace and that he does not recognize the city he used to watch over anymore. Current chief of the municipal police Tim Sanders commented that Burns had received his just punishment and that the socialist authorities would do their duty in ensuring he could live out the remainder of his life as the free man he was again, discouraging any vigilantism and acts of revenge. Jazz musician finishes tour of Engell colonies Global Public Broadcasting Famous Virentian Jazz singer Daniel David Lewis returned to Newport by plane earlier this morning after finishing his tour of the Himyari states of the Republic of Engellex. The tour had been subject of controversy, considering the colonial past of the states of the World Republic itself, but also due to the continued practice of slave ownership in the Engell state. Lewis, who himself is descended from former black Himyari slaves, stated that it were his duty as faithful christian to "bring light to the darkest of places" hoping that his music might help give hope to those still suffering from this despiseful institution. Returning from the state of Camden, Lewis' manager furthermore announced the musician's intention to present a musical tribute to "the common people of this country" titled "Ellie and the C" after a common nickname for the metropolis of Elephant and Castle.

 

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JEWISH ASSOCIATION OF THE PELASGIAN EMPIRE
Joint Statement by the Executive Council

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The Empire's Jews have no need for the "protection" of the self-proclaimed "World Socialist Republic". Its puppet instruments, such as the "Jewish Socialist Federation" have no right, whether legal or moral, to speak for the members of our Jewry. The Holy Land, as well as the Empire's other cities, are perfectly safe for the Pelasgian Jews, who are proud, loyal and law-abiding citizens of the Empire, filling many of Her highest offices of state, science, intellect, medicine, economy and culture, while enjoying respect and love by their fellow Pelasgians, regardless of the latter's background and faith. In fact, we invite the Jews of the so called "World Socialist Republic" to move to the Holy Land, so as to enhance Jewish presence in our Ancestral Homeland and to exercise their faith and traditions under the protection of the Empire's laws. Within a few years, they will be naturalised citizens, as we have complete faith in their intent to respect the laws and traditions of the Empire.If any Jew wishes to migrate, they only need contact their local Imperial Diplomatic Authority or Rabbi associated with the Grand Synagogue of Hierosolyma.