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Workers' Congress debates "return to 1834"
Yesterday, a joint meeting of the provisional Cultural and Economic Assemblies of the Workers' Congress began to debate a possible "return to 1834." Long wanted by anti-colonialists, who argue that the establishment of the Union was a continuation of the colonialism of the occupying powers, such a return would entail the revision of existing economic structures as to decentralize the economy, placing greater emphasis on independent workers and local branches of "colleges" - the legal term for what are more commonly known as sub-syndicates.
The inspiration is from the system of 1834 - that is, the State of the Haane at the time of its final fall, in which the economy was managed primarily through quasi-religious organizations which regulated the work of artisans, farmers, professionals, those who provided social services, and the burgeoning sector of those who worked in industry. Workers were regarded not as parts of a collective as they are now, nor as cogs in a greater company as they are elsewhere, but as individuals in their own - artists who were supposed to have an almost mystical knowledge of their "craft," which itself was tied to a religious "aspect" or "force," and were supposed to communicate these to newly "entered" individuals, who would have "passed" from the "realm of the force of development and innocence" into their new "realm" of the force with which their new vocation was affiliated with. Their work was generally governed by two principles:
- tradition - unwritten knowledge passed down from "elders"
- written law - decided by the total body of "independent and learned" workers in a certain locality and synchronized through the sending of delegates to a greater council, to be moderated by the "King" (original European translation) or the "State Elder" (modern translation).
Collective work was governed by the "college" of all workers in a vocation in a local community; individual work similarly, but to less of an extent due to its nature.
The argument made by those who wish to re-instate it is that it would "counteract" what they refer to as "the continuing legacy of colonization before 1993, while serving to negate the genocidal regime of Areai." Their reasoning? The current system, according to them, remains influenced by the Convention of 1916, which did not include indigenous representatives and instead forced a constitution on them, believing them to be uncivilized. They wish to remove these influences as to "achieve justice."
Those against argue that it would be more inefficient, and that the current system, which has attempted to find a middle way between total return to 1834 and total return to 1992, is fine as it is, having propelled the country towards food stability and democracy. They currently hold a narrow majority; however, several claim that they are "willing" to concede to the other side.
Debate will continue until at least the 22nd.
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President of the GCNCD Kalju Aasmäe gives unseasonal speech at Martyrs' Field; New Society reforms likely to continue in light of likely failure of "return to 1834"
The President of the Grand Council of the National College of Defense, Kalju Aasmäe, today gave a speech at the Martyrs' Field outside of Old Kiel, less than two kilometers from the Airport.
"This is unusual, I know," he began, acknowledging the bizarreness of the event. Generally, such speeches are given only on the 30th of September - Martyrs' Day - considered one of the most important dates in the country's history, following Labor Day (May 1) and the Day of Liberation (8th August).
"Yet," he continued, "it remains important to recognize the sacrifices of the hundreds who died here. I knew many of them very well; their lives were cut short. But they were willing to stand up, stand against a force that stood to take away the freedoms of our nation that have existed as an integral part of it for thousands of years. They gave their lives in the service of liberty and independence; died for the country we live in and its principles, which we continue to hold dear over twenty-seven years later.
I will not mimic the cries of Areai's cronies, who told you to give up your own lives in the service of some vacuous and truly terrible future to come. I will not mimic their attempts to stir you up into anger, misdirected anger against the outside world, an anger that would have at the very end killed us all.
It is not your responsibility to die for your nation. But as citizens, you do have responsibilities. You must stand up for your rights, which are yours unalienably. If anyone ever tries to take them away, it is your responsibility to fight for yourselves. Not for the nation, not for some 'leader,' not for an ideology. For your freedom, and your freedom alone.
We are in this day faced with numerous threats to this freedom. One day, as I had to, as our fallen comrades had to, we may be forced to again rise up in arms for them.
But that is not today; we may, nay, must hope that such a day never comes. War is brutal; even in the shortest of battles, I saw the deaths of so many, too many, their bodies torn apart, charred black, unrecognizable, or pale, blood trickling from their terrible wounds and onto the dark soil of the forest.
But we must be prepared; be always prepared."
He would continue with such exhortations for the next thirty minutes before answering questions from the audience. Many question his reasoning as well as that of the remainder of the Grand Council, who would have been responsible for approving and organizing the event.
"Useless, useless," said an individual who wishes to remain unnamed. "We hope for a bright future; and he must go there and make these vague - I'm not sure what to call them - predictions? threats? In any case, I don't see the point."
Another person was more pessimistic. "I tell you, they are planning to start a war," she said. "They itch to do so; they want to show off our power even though we have none. Crazy, all of them. Crazy."
In other news, the New Society reforms of the previous Federal Council, which champion a middle way between "1834" and "1916" are likely to stay in place, following the defection of a large block of previous supporters of the "return to 1834."
"We were in discussion," stated a legislator who wishes to remain unnamed. "And the people who proposed the return showed themselves to be absolutely insane. Bizarre religious rants, some sort of mystical philosophy - although perhaps that is the wrong phrase, it seemed to me more as though some very odd and slightly religious interpretation of Marx - all of it was contained in their so-called defense of their plans. I am ashamed to have ever supported the "return." It remains imperative, however, that the legacy of colonization and discrimination is recognized. I will agree to nothing without an assurance of this."
The previously narrow majority that those opposing the return has now grown significantly, now approaching near 2/3rds of the deliberative joint assembly and thus enough to dismiss the proposals entirely.
However, the President of the assembly has shown themself as being strongly against such a dismissal.
"The proposals of the return are well within their rights as legislators to propose what they did," they said in a statement yesterday. "While I may disagree with them personally, I do not feel comfortable with outright dismissing what they have to say at this stage. Debate will continue for the time allotted."
It is unlikely that the 3/4ths majority needed to overturn a refusal of the President will be accrued; the majority of those who continue to support the return are hardliners.
"We will never give up in the fight against colonization. No matter what these people say, no matter what they call us, we will not concede," one said in a statement this morning.
Despite this, legislation addressing the issue will likely not be drawn up; there is not enough support in the assembly to allow for such a thing.
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Grand Council of the National College of Defense "abolished" following growing worries within forces; Admiral Kujna Weaver Iahela arrested
The High Assembly of the National College of Defense recalled all members of the GCNCD following demands from many to do so.
According to many, the Grand Council has recently become unusually unstable, spouting bizarre conspiracy theories and acting in unusually paranoid ways.
An individual close to Admiral Kujna Weaver Iahela, an influential member of the Council until her recall and arrest today, claimed that she had believed in several bizarre conspiracy theories surrounding a minister in the Czech government.
"She came up to me one day," said he, "and simply told me that [the minister] was part of a secret cabal within the Czech government that was plotting to destroy our culture from the outside. She claimed that the art that they sold emitted rays that would gradually brainwash anyone who came near them into subservience and stupidity, and that the purpose of this was to subsume the Haanean and Syndical people into their country as to be slaves for them, so that Silas Kligenberg, who apparently was wearing the skin of Albína Reiserová as to pretend to be her and to puppet the Czech nation, could produce enough and sacrifice enough people as to 'rejuvenate' - I don't know - I think it was that crazy old Spanish lady who posted in the Europolis Post a while ago? - because according to her, she is the head of Spain and Spain is not a country but rather a demon that pretends to be a country as to possess people, including Silas Kligenberg - who was not actually possessed but rather was a creation of Spain the demon, but at the same time also a regular human - except for the crazy old lady, who apparently is Satan in human form. This rejuvenation was necessary because Satan was not Satan but rather "Satan" - I don't know what the difference is, it exists only in her demented mind - and thus apparently needed to consume the "world-spirit" in order to continue living. It got worse. She then claimed that Harriet Copala was also a demon, but not from Satan but from the "outer darkness," and thus apparently was a plague on "the world spirit." She said that Copala and the crazy old Spanish lady were in a war, but that it wasn't actually a war but rather a friendly competition, and that when the Haanean and Syndical people had been turned into slaves, the Spanish demon would rise up from the sea and everyone would forget about the existence of Spain, and then the crazy old lady would kill everyone on Earth before merging with Copala to kill God and make everything hell, but that this would only happen if she dreamt about unicorns, and that the unicorns were demons and that children were slowly being sucked into the Spain-demon by believing in them, so she needed to organize a mass exorcism of the Earth, which involved the blood of Silas Kligenberg being mixed with ievonuia as to create what she called an "elimination," which would "destroy all things due to its neutrality."'
Similar stories were told by others close to other members of the Grand Council.
With these now in the open, many began to put into question the ability of those on the Council to serve in their roles, as well as their very sanity. A mass petition began for their recalls, garnering thousands of signatures overnight; this morning, the Assembly acted upon it and voted simply to remove them in a vote that took under an hour.
No replacements have yet been named; the Speaker of the Assembly has said that the majority believes that the institution of the Grand Council, which concentrates power into the hands of just five individuals, is dangerous.
"Military power must not be centralized," he said. "If it is, we end up in situations like this, or, even worse, with a coup on our hands."
A resolution affirming this has been proposed in the Assembly; it will be debated beginning tomorrow.
More worryingly, it has been discovered that the aforementioned Admiral Kujna Weaver Iahela may have been plotting a coup. According to associates, she believed that the government was not acting upon her worries regarding the "Czech cabal", "Copala the extra-universal plague", and the "demon Spain," as she had sent the current State Elder, Kalju Lepik, a letter on the subject which had never been replied to.
Lepik claims to have received the letter; however, he asserts that it was not comprehensible.
"Lines of scribbling, that is what it was. I have a scan of it; I could send it to you if you wished," he said. "And by scribbling, I mean scribbling - as in the sort of thing a three year old with a crayon would do. That is not an exaggeration - it was composed in crayon and appeared to have been eaten at some point. In any case, even if it did convey what she claims it did convey, it would have remained absolute nonsense."
Iahela denies this, claiming that her letter was perfectly comprehensible.
"I wrote it in all four languages of our nation," she said. "One copy for each language. All the words were carefully chosen as to be as simple but as precise as possible. It is very difficult to convey what I have discovered about the world; however, I was able to do so. And this man, this ridiculous man, claims that it is scribbling in crayon. He evidently has been possessed by Spain; I would be happy to perform an exorcism."
Iahela went on to describe the necessity of pushing Lepik from power.
"We cannot have a puppet of the demon Spain at the head of our nation, the sole bulwark against the total takeover of the Carillo-Copala ultra-demonic-satanic complex of evil that is to come if the dominion of the unicorns is allowed to solidify itself. It was my responsibility to oust him. And I tried to. I commandeered a vehicle, several weapons, and drove myself to the Hall of State."
Iahela did in fact do so; she drove through the doorway of the building before continuing to do so down the hallway, cackling maniacally while screaming in what appeared to be an undiscovered foreign language.
"I was taking paperwork to the Elder of the National College of Communications," said a secretary present at the scene. "And suddenly I heard the sound of a car from behind me. Someone screamed, 'Get out! Get out! The woman's crazy,' and of course I ran away from the hallway and back into my workstation. The car came closer; I could hear cackling, the type that parrots make. And then a stream of gibberish:' Luj nuk a vijun shikats, rutivan liran u julav, funli an ujk, tsayak!' she screamed. I can remember it very clearly; the scene was surreal, almost comedic. There was some sort of panic, and a few minutes later the gibberishing woman was dragged out of the building continuing to scream incoherently by members of the militia."
Iahela is to stand trial for her attempted coup tomorrow.
"Good riddance," said the State Elder. "A truly crazy woman. Only the spirits know why she did what she did."
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Mass hysteria; KWI broken out of prison as devoted followers attempt to go to Spain
With EPA-adjacent candidate Walter Cocx near victory, and the councillor for the Union going on a bizarre legislation spree, mass hysteria has broken out across the nation as worries of coming European instability and potentially war spread.
Shortages are commonplace; stampedes have been reported as citizens attempt to take as much as possible from communal stores of food and other materials.
A woman was seen screaming hysterically as she ran from a communal kitchen in the 12th district of Kiel:
"I have it all, I have it all! All, all, all! Yes, yes! Aaaaaaalll!" she was heard screaming, carrying fourteen large bags filled with various non-perishables, including several open bags of flour which were spilling onto the floor.
In the Rural Territories, citizens were seen fleeing from their homes into the forest, carrying sacks of their belongings, as well as some of their harvest. Unlike those in the cities, they appeared to be relatively calm, walking instead of running in a stampede, with many helping each other in their apparent exodus.
"We don't have very much time," said a man. "We need to leave our towns if we are to survive what is to come. If we hide ourselves in the depths of the wood, they will never find us, never attack us. We will be safe. Uncomfortable, alone; perhaps; but we have a chance of surviving."
He would run off as to catch up with his husband, who had by then gone far ahead.
Back to the city, however, some of the hysterical rallied around the figure of the former admiral Kujna Weaver Iahela, arrested after attempting a coup on the basis of bizarre conspiracy theories, a large mob forcibly freeing her.
"She predicted it all!" an individual in the mob screamed.
The mob would carry Weaver-Iahela on their backs for almost two kilometers to a public square, where she addressed them:
"The Spanish demon, Satan and the extra-universal plague; they must, must be defeated if we are to achieve victory! Kill them all, kill them! They must be burnt, they must be purified in the force of God on Earth, if they are to be driven from the world that their dirty hands are extended around, our pure world which they have darkened and dirtied! Kill them! Kill them!"
Many of those in the crowd began to repeat her words, before running off, seemingly in a daze, in the direction of the airport. They would there attempt to book flights for Spain; fortunately, however, all were stopped.
The threat, however, remains great. All planes, as a result of the declaration of Weaver Iahela, have been grounded; those in the airspace of the Union have been forced to land.
The country awaits an announcement by the State Elder.
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Kaeykonrujt: Vale! Ūliohenalxajjiuv.
Ūliohenalxaj. Jealviluialjucōpālāakdejaljuuvjīsker.
Verinaliūliohenīnalxekunūriūliohenanallurijartokmi.
Pūralnetitinjiuvkū.
Kīlalperujnker.
Special State Announcement: Victory! The Ueliohens are dead by their own hand.
The Ueliohens are dead. They were found in Copala City by the police in the morning. Witnesses say that the Ueliohen matriarch was stabbed, while the Ueliohen patriarch had fallen from a window. Evidence can be used to surmise that these things were by their own hand. More information will be released later.
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WEAVER-IAHELA PROCLAIMS HER UNDYING ALLEGIANCE TO THE FORCES OF CORRUPTION
The disgraced Weaver-Iahela, who has betrayed our Republic, today proclaimed her undying allegiance to the forces of corruption.
"The forces of the West must be defeated!" she screamed maniacally before a crowd of her mad and traitorous supporters. "Socialism must be purged from this nation, so that it may be made pure! I pledge undying allegiance to capitalism, which birthed this nation and its people, and which shall bring it to its final glory, which shall expel the West and leave us victorious over all the world!
Down with the Westerners, death to them all! They are demons; we must send them to hell, defeat the Carillo-Copala ultra-demonic-satanic complex!
The world shall be pure, it shall be free! Pure, pure, pure!
The West is banished, and our traditions stand! Stand pure! No more! We scream no more! We expel Satan, expel the demons! DOWN WITH THEM ALL! WE SHALL KILL YOU ALL!"
The mass of traitors before her screamed in agreement before again leaving as to further destroy our nation and plunge it into darkness.
Our nation has never fallen victim to the torturous and utterly corrupt barbarism that is called "capitalism," an invention of the West.
We must not allow the puppet Weaver-Iahela to let it arrive here and corrupt us all. We must remain strong in our traditions. We must not allow her corrupting force to infect us all; we must remain vigilant and fight this malignant force.
Down with corruption! The West shall never taint our nation with its lies and tricks! We shall remain free forever!
All of Weaver-Iahela's cronies must be defeated if we are to thrive! Her ideology, her threatening ideology, must be destroyed!
Long live the Union! Long live the Republic! Death to Weaver-Iahela, death to capitalism!
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VICTORY! PIGDOG WEAVER-IAHELA IS DEAD!
The traitor Weaver-Iahela was today killed by her former supporters as a result of her proclamation of her undying support for the forces of corruption.
As she spoke before the mass of traitors that had gathered to listen to her seditious words, many of that mass came to her and began to beat her to death, with such materials as:
- a canvas purse
- a large bottle of hand soap
- a table lamp
- improvised clubs.
They would then run back and forth across her treasonous body in an attempt to defile her, trampling upon her until her appearance reflected her actions against our glorious Republic; as a dirtied and monstrous blob of bloodied flesh.
They took her body and threw it into the sea, condemning her remains to total oblivion, as they rightfully should be.
Citizens, rejoice! Our victory has begun! The traitor Weaver-Iahela is dead; her reign of terror shall collapse!
Just as we freed ourselves from Areai, from the People's Assemblies, we shall free ourselves of her, her supporters, and her ideology!
Down with fascism, down with insanity! Long live socialism, long live our Union!
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Former Head of State Kalju Aasmäe dead of natural causes
The former Head of State, who founded the now-dissolved and illegitimate National Salvation Government, Kalju Aasmäe, was found dead today of natural causes, at the age of 49
He was found by an intern after he failed to respond to a summons from the State Elder in the late morning, still in his bed. It appears as though he had been dead for several hours before hand, likely having passed at midnight.
Per his own wishes, no autopsy will be performed on his body; it will be cremated later today.
Aasmäe had no living relatives; his personal belongings will be, per his wishes, passed to the state.
The State Elder released a short statement:
"I mourn, for Kalju Aasmäe, once my friend, and, so long ago, when we were both but students, my lover. He sacrificed so much for his nation; came near to death as he fought alongside those martyrs we honor to this day on the 30th of September; who led our forces against the evil of the Assemblies, of Weaver-Iahela."
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THE DISSIDENTS' JOURNAL: BLOOD RUNS DOWN THE STREETS OF KIEL
The bloody campaign of the dictator Kalju Lepik has ground to a halt following the near total massacre of all those considered "terrorists," in a purge to compete with those of Areai.
Bloodied bodies could be seen piled in the gutters of every street; everywhere did the sounds of war ring. Screaming abounded from every corner of the city as the innocent, who simply happened to be on the streets as Lepik's thugs committed their tyrannical sweep of the city.
Drone striking was seen as his forces attempted to complete their campaign of thuggery and absolute murder, destroying our roads, several public squares as Lepik attempted to squash every last cry of patriotism that existed in our nation.
Children cried as their homes shook with every shot, ever bomb, that Lepik's murderes made.
Information is forthcoming.
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The Voice of Truth: Vūjkur, Juvinal, Kulis, Teimasenvou, Becker, van Beek, demand repeal of Provisions, constitutional convention
As Lepik's popularity plummets, six major political figures, largely of the pre-1993 state, although some have regained prominence in recent years, have made a public joint statement demanding the repeal of the Provisions for Order and National Unity, as well as the holding of a constitutional convention.
"The Provisions for Order and National Unity are an affront to the liberty that is at the very foundation of this nation," said the six. "If it and its values are to survive, the Provisions must be repealed. Our country cannot and must never be authoritarian."
They continued by attacking the Constitution in force, theoretically to be subject to a referendum in June. "The Constitution has a legal basis; that is true. But the fact that it gave legitimacy to the Provisions, which by all means violate our ancient principles of liberty and republican governance, is intolerable. It cannot be allowed to remain in place lest someone far worse than Lepik, lest the next Areai, is able to hijack it for their own use."
The State Elder has not issued a response; however, the Presidium of the People's Front for the National Salvation of the Union, the sole legal party in the Union, has called the statement "preposterous" and "illegal," in that all political activity now must be organized through the People's Front.
"This vile behavior should not be tolerated," said a spokesman at a press conference following the release of the statement. "National unity and order must come first. We affirm that all political activity must be organized through the People's Front, and that, as such, this utterly rogue and disgusting statement is entirely illegal. We strongly believe in freedom of expression and of opinion; however, this would, should not, and cannot not be accepted. This is inflammatory and would lead to the descent of our nation into chaos once again. We must always prevail, and must ensure that that which would keep us back is kept silent. We petition the Council of the Union for the arrest of these seditionists and traitors, for if they are allowed to remain free, everything that we have accomplished will come crashing down. Liberty must prevail; those who threaten it must not."
Members of the public have filed applications for demonstrations; the People's Front has signaled that none will be approved.
"If anyone tries to spread this sedition, they will be arrested. The Union, the Republic, and liberty - they must stand forever. We cannot allow an evil few to destroy them all in the name of a false deity," stated the spokesman at the aforementioned press conference when asked about the decision.
In response, one contributor to the original statement, Helga Becker, former head of the Social Democratic Party who went into hiding in early 1993, has spoken:
"This is terrifying. Authoritarian ideology has its grip upon our nation. The People's Front wishes to silence dissent - they call us, who call for respect for the founding principles of our nation, seditionists and traitors, want our immediate arrest; the State Elder and the Council of the Union, responsible for its foundation and the appointment of its Presidium, do nothing. For the people of the Union, I ask the Council of the Union to repeal these provisions and hold elections to a constituent assembly. We cannot allow this madness to continue any longer."
Becker is now being investigated for treason by the Kiel Police as a result of this statement.
"We cannot ignore the significance of her words. She is trying to incite a rebellion against the established state, against the principles of the Constitution and our nation. While more investigation is necessary, it is almost entirely clear to us that she at the very least supports treasonous acts," stated a spokesperson of the force today.
The High Court, led by Vūjkur, says that it has begun an investigation into the legality of such an arrest; however, the People's Front says that such an investigation is illegal simply because the High Court is not empowered to release advisory opinions.
The remainder of those involved in the statement: Juvinal, the Union's European Councillor and the former Minister of Labor under the Haanean State of 1993; Kulis and Teimasenvou, both former State Elders of the now defunct State of the Haane; and van Beek, the head of the Agrarian-Green Party between 1990 and 1993; have not made any subsequent actions as of now.
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The Voice of Truth: Juvinal recalled from Europolis, High Court dissolved; Becker, van Beek, Kulis, Teimasenvou arrested
In response to the statement of the 26th of February, the State Elder has dissolved the High Court, recalled Councillor Juvinal, and arrested four others on suspicion of treason.
All are refusing to budge.
"The recall is illegal," said Councillor Juvinal to a small crowd gathered outside her apartment in Europolis. "But with it, the State Elder has shown himself to be an authoritarian. But it is of no matter. I am and will remain the sole legal representative of the Union on the European Council until the end of my term. I will not, and cannot, move. I will stand forever for the preservation of democracy."
Lepik claims that he has become the highest legislative body in the country, and thus does have the right to recall and temporarily replace Juvinal.
Regardless, Councillor Bauer, her replacement, is currently traveling to Europolis.
Meanwhile, the High Court has barricaded itself in its chambers. Utilities have been cut to the building; but the Court and its aides refuse to move.
"This is our duty; we will not forsake it!" shouted a clerk from an open window.
The Kiel Police is currently trying to enter the building as to arrest the members of the High Court, who have been declared traitors.
"The High Court is evidently attempting to bring down our Union, our Republic," said a spokesperson earlier today. "They thus will be arrested as the traitorous pigs they are. I wish them a horrible death!"
Becker, van Beek, Kulis, and Teimasenvou, the other writers of the statement of 26th February, were arrested quietly, taken by the police to an as of yet unknown detention center.
"They will stand trial tomorrow," said a spokesman for the Kiel General Court. "When judgement is pronounced, they will face their fate, whether it is freedom or death, immediately."
None are allowed to speak with or even see them; according to the police, they have "lost their sanity, become raving lunatics, seemingly rabid," biting all those who come near them; at the same time, if they for some reason regain their sanity, they may "disseminate their traitorous views and allow for the return of the darkness of Areai."
Several protests have again been applied for in defense of the writers of the statement; these again have been denied by the People's Front.
"We will not allow for these to be held," stated the Presidium of the party. "Traitorous Areaist monsters have no rights; they deserve to be burnt alive and thrown into the sea. The names of those who applied for the protests have been sent to the police; we have hope that they will all be detained and executed for treason, and eagerly await their deaths. Crucify them, burn them, or better yet, dip them into baths of acid! That is what they deserve, the seditious bastards!"
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THE DISSIDENTS' JOURNAL: A SHORTWAVE BROADCAST
Static. A voice.
Citizens living in the ninth sector of Kiel have reported that a body appears to have been carried out of the former home of Kalju Aasmäe. Guarded heavily by the military, the identity of the deceased is unknown. Because of the high level of security given to the body, as well as its location, the incident is heavily suspicious.
But onwards. The military is everywhere. They are free to do as they wish. They have looted, they have done far worse. Within a day, everything lays in shambles.
But we must wait, for the day of the liberation, just as it was with the Areai matriarch, is to come someday.
We must wait, and we must hope.
Who rules our nation?
The people will prevail.
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FROM YOUR STATE ELDER: A SHORTWAVE BROADCAST
(Liberties have been taken with the translation into English.)
The sound of static; then a throat being cleared.
"Citizens, we are under an unprecedented attack on our democracy. I believed that I had been betrayed by a man who I still loved deeply; a man who still held that same love for me. I was not."
A pause; a soft banging can be heard.
"On the 20th of February we shared - one "last" night with each other. I, with great shame, planned to kill him, for I believed him to be a great danger to democracy. But I did not, for I could not. Could any of you, I ask you, kill someone you have loved deeply since your very childhood?"
Screaming.
"We were so close that when the time of the Naming came, we chose to take the same name. All those years ago, before the death, before Areai, so very long ago. I could not kill him; and thus we spent our final night together in - the passion of our youth."
"They came for us in the morning. Rebirth, Rebirth, none of us knew that they had that power. For how long they've been waiting we don't know. But they acted then, at the weakest point. Neither of us are dead; I don't know about Becker and the others, but perhaps they are still imprisoned. It would be absolutely idiotic for them to kill them, but then again, they are all idiots."
"Do you know how far money can take you? I had a few - well, quite a few - Euros with me - in our money-less country, I had absolutely no idea that people were that desperate for such things! Or perhaps that is simply Rebirth, that would make complete sense. No one I know or have ever known believes in the concept of money as a whole."
"But that is over. Why they call us dead I don't know - but in any case, their leadership is entirely brain-dead. One would have to be to believe that we are a capitalistic people, that we would ever accept it!"
"This dictatorship must be resisted. Even if you must pay with your lives, resist it! We are not a people which give in; we have throughout all our existence fought every tyranny with all our hearts. Go into the streets, into the hills, into Ixe, our Last Citadel. They may shoot you down, but the world will remember it. Do everything in your power to drive away this second incarnation of Areai. For we are at war."
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KAXIONRUJT
(Several piercing beeps. A calm female voice over the radio begins to speak.)
We are the sailors, the soldiers, the defenders of Kiel; we are loyal to the people and the people alone. Those above are not those we entrusted with power. We do not know who they are, except for that they have betrayed us, they have tried to murder us.
We can uphold their reign of terror no more. The deportations and the injustices must stop; the corrupt patriarchs and matriarchs which occupy the ancient House of the Union must be killed.
The Union has fallen; it shall be reborn.
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PROMULGATION OF A PROVISIONAL CONSTITUTION
We, the Soldiers' Council of Kiel, in the interests of the maintenance of order and liberty until such time as regular constitutional order can be restored, and in the recognition of Kalju Lepik, not the imposter within the House of the Union but the fugitive, as State Elder, proclaim the following constitution:
THE PROVISIONAL CONSTITUTION OF THE UNION OF SYNDICATES
I. Rights of the People.
i. All individuals are born and remain free and equal in rights.
ii. All individuals have the right to life and to dignity.
iii. All individuals have the right to express their thoughts and beliefs freely in any way, without fear of reprisal.
iv. All have the freedom to believe as they wish, and the freedom to be free of belief.
v. All individuals have the right to petition the government of the Union.
vi. No individual may be found guilty of a crime simply through association with one who has been found guilty of a crime.
vii. All individuals have the right to move freely, without fear of reprisal.
viii. All individuals have the right to freely act, insofar as these acts do not cause harm.
ix. The homes and personal property of individuals shall not be violated. Searches may only be performed with due cause, to be ascertained by an impartial judge or a delegated authority.
x. Arrests may only occur on the authorization of an impartial judge, or a delegated authority.
a) In extraordinary cases, those with the authority to conduct arrests may do so without an authorization; however, the arrested must be
released if no authorization is given within the next 24 hours.
xi. All individuals have the right to a fair trial by an impartial judge and jury of their peers.
xii. The right to strike and to unionize are inviolable.
xiii. The right to form associations, so long as they are not engaged in behavior that threatens the common safety, as to be determined by an impartial judge or a delegated authority, is inviolable.
xiv. All individuals have the right to public order.
xv. All individuals have the right to labor. They have full control over the purpose and function of their labor, and are guaranteed employment.
xvi. Labor is at its core creative; no attempt must be made to divide labor from creativity.
xvii. Labor is not a commodity but an expression of humanity.
xviii. The worker is not an instrument but a person.
xix. All individuals have the right to personal property. However, no individual has the right to private property, which may only be held and managed by syndicates, colleges, and other collectives as to be defined by the law.
xx. All syndicates, colleges and collectives have full ownership over their collective workplaces, implements, and products, in so far as their usage of them does not violate the law. The government does not have the right to requisition any object that falls under the domain of the syndicates and the collectives. All that which is collective is used or a product of a collective effort, not that of one person.
xxi. The syndicates and collectives may not interfere with the right of the individual of ownership over their own implements, products, and workplaces.
xxii. The syndicates, the collectives, and the individual have the sole right to engage in economic activity.II. Duties of the People
i. It is the duty of all able-bodied citizens as to labor.
ii. It is the duty of all able-bodied citizens - all citizens who undertake labor - to participate both directly and indirectly in the governance of the Republic through the syndicates and other bodies defined by law.
iii. It is the duty of all able-bodied citizens as to defend the Union against internal and external threat.
iv. It is the duty of all able-bodied citizens as to assist in the maintenance of public order.III. The State Elder
i. The State Elder is elected by all able-bodied citizens for an indefinite period of time.
ii. By initiative of 5% of the population, the State Elder may be subject to a recall election, in which continued rule is subject to a referendum in which it is mandatory for all able-bodied citizens to vote. To vote yes in such a referendum is to vote for continued rule; no to vote against continued rule. In the case of a simple majority for yes, then the State Elder continues to rule; in the case of a majority for no, then the State Elder is to be removed following a free election open to all able-bodied citizens to register themselves in that is mandatory for all able-bodied citizens.
iii. The State Elder is the highest magistrate of the Union, and is responsible for the negotiation between recognized legal groups in the case of dispute as to reach an agreement.
iv. The State Elder has the responsibility of appointing and presiding over a High Court, which shall be the final court of appeal and the highest authority on the constitution required to discern the constitutionality of laws and other ordinances, with the power to nullify them in the case that they do breach the principles of this Constitution.
v. The State Elder has the responsibility of representing the Union abroad and of coordinating and harmonizing the work of the Government, its constituent bodies, and the other legally-defined bodies that play a part in the governance of the Union.
vi. The State Elder shall have the responsibility of creating bodies for the work of governance, as well as appointing individuals as to maintain these bodies. These bodies and the individuals responsible for the heading and maintenance are collectively the Government of the Union.
vii. The State Elder is the highest executive of the Union, and is responsible for the enforcement of the laws, the maintenance of public order and safety, and the upholding of the Constitution and republican principles through the creation and promulgation of orders for such purposes.
viii. The State Elder oversees all legally-defined bodies created by this Constitution or the Union by law.IV. Legislation
I. Legislation may be proposed by initiative of 5% of the population, by the State Elder, or by a syndicate or college.
II. Legislation must be approved by a simple majority in a mandatory referendum. If legislation involves the amendment of the Constitution, then it must garner a supermajority, defined as a 70% majority.V. The Syndicates
I. Syndicates are created by the State Elder or by a High Elder.
II. There exist nine recognized "orders" to which all syndicates belong to. These nine orders are agriculture, professional labor, trade labor, general labor, artisan labor, artistic labor, commerce, administration, and independent labor. Each order is headed by one High Elder, elected by the total number of workers in said order as according to the mechanisms set out for the State Elder. The High Elder of an order has the responsibility of overseeing it, coordinating its activity, harmonizing its constituent groupings, and settling disputes between its constituent groupings.
III. Per area of economic activity, there may be only one syndicate, to whom all those involved in said area must be a member of in order to engage in it.
IV. Syndicates regulate and coordinate the area of economic activity they represent.