Office of Chairman TNF: Red Army takes NM, UT, ID, AZ

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Reading through Midwest statute today, and it struck me that we have some utterly insane levels of taxation for things like cigarettes (50%!), alcohol (40%!), marijuana (40%!), and gun sales (50%!). As Governor, I will fight to abolish sin taxes in favor of socializing industry and bringing in revenue by making the Regional government a major player in the regional economy.

As all of the above products are the instruments of death, destruction, hardship, misery,  debilitation, and result in billions of dollars every year in additional health care costs, I say increase SIN taxes and gun taxes across the board.    

You would. You are after all a unabashed hater of the working masses, albeit in a more genteel way than the granola-crunchers that call themselves leftists.

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CRISIS IN CHEESEWHIZ

Comrades,

The recent months of inactivity in the Althing constitute nothing less than a crisis of epic proportions in the Most Serene Republic of the Midwest. Constitutional reform, pushed by our outgoing Governor, Gass3268, hasn't been given a line in two months by the members of the Althing, who have neglected their duty as legislators for our fair region, all the while some of them continue to be active on other parts of the site and refuse to respond to personal messages from either the Governor or Archduke Dereich.

This is unacceptable. We cannot have democracy in a society wherein the legislators refuse to show up for work and fail to bring the issues of the public up for a public debate. We risk withering on the vine in the same manner of the old Pacific if something drastic is not done to correct this imbalance.

There have not been legislative elections in the Midwest since the month of March. This includes the election of an Archduke, which was supposed to likewise happen in May following the election of Dereich in a special election in early April 2015. Therefore, it would seem that there is, at present, no legally constituted legislative authority in the Midwest. As Governor-elect, I will make plain that I do not consider the persons elected in March, that have been derelict in their responsibilities to the people of the Midwest, as continuing on in legislative service at the present time, for their terms expired in May and were never filled with new representatives.

As such, my first act as Governor of the Midwest will be the appointment of a new Althing. The Althing will elect for itself a President Pro Tempore to temporarily serve as Althing until a special election can be held for both positions under the terms of the Fourth Midwest Constitution, which, to my knowledge, still stands in effect. Likewise, the poor state of the Midwest regional wiki is confusing enough (combined with the clear as mud constitution of the Midwest) that I'm not exactly sure when my term begins. I assume that, with a lack of a definitive start date in the Constitution, my term will begin upon the closing of the voting booth for Governor and my resignation from the Senate. If anyone in the Midwest would like to clarify this matter with me, please do, because I'd rather not wait around when we have no regional legislature to speak of.

If you are a Midwest citizen and wish to be appointed to a position in the Althing, please contact me via PM. I will consider only those citizens that promise to be active and participate fully in the affairs of our region for the duration of the emergency session of the Althing that their election will end ten days after being seated.

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SENATE FAREWELL ADDRESS

Comrades,

Effective at 5 PM EST tomorrow, I will tender my resignation as Midwest Regional Senator. It is my great honor to have served the Midwest for the past two years and, I would contend, as having a record of unparalleled support for the class struggle in Nyman and the working people of not just our most serene republic, but our entire republic. During my term of office, I have worked with Senators of various persuasions to pass the most progressive legislation Atlasia has ever known, from guaranteed paid time off, to a ban on the use of scabs by employers during labor disputes, to the legalization of soft drugs, to the freeing of nonviolent criminal offenders from the Atlasian gulag we facetiously call a prison system.

I leave the Senate to different leaders, both old and new. New Canadaland and Blair represent the future of our party, the Labor Party, the party of the great working mass of Atlasians. While my successor, Snowguy716, is experienced enough to help guide the efforts of these young comrades to successful ends, in alliance of course with our Chairman and my personal friend (although we may disagree on the means of struggle, we invariably agree on the end goal - a world free of discrimination and exploitation), Lief. These leaders, I am confident, shall not only hold the line for the progressive legislation of Labor's past, but will, I hope, press forward in the struggle to construct a welfare state that makes the Sweden look as stingy as Mississippi.

There are, however, dangers. Activity levels are low, especially in the region that I have been elected Governor of. In the federal Senate, piecemeal efforts have replaced sweeping, reform legislation. Conservatism is creeping in. Parties are becoming sclerotic. Struggle is giving way to consensus. This is a world that may promise defeat for us if we are unable to adapt ourselves to it, to make the most of it, and to restore the activity levels of the past and extend them into an ever expanding future.

I am an optimistic person. I think that our nation's best days lie ahead. But they will not be achieved without struggle. And so, in this last speech of mine in the Senate, I call on the working class of this republic to struggle, through its elected representatives and in the streets, to create a better, and more just world. That world is not capitalism. It is not social democracy. That world of which I speak is a world free from the horrors of exploitation and oppression. That is communism, and that is what I will continue to strive for the achievement of.

We may not win it in our lifetime or even in the lifetime of our children, but we will win. History is on our side, this I believe more strongly now than ever. The exploiters of mankind will get their comeuppance. And it will be the great working masses that deliver that comeuppance and inaugurate, for the first time in the whole history of humanity, true freedom.

In solidarity,

Governor-elect TNF

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I hereby appoint Snowguy716 as Regional Senator for the Midwest.

I hereby appoint Dereich and Maxwell to fill vacant seats in the Althing.

There remains one vacant seat in the Althing. If you are interested in filling it, please PM me.

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With the appointment of Dereich to Althing, the role of Archduke is currently absent.

Wasn't it vacant already in the absent of a May election though?

Correct. I appointed Dereich to the Althing because I am working under the assumption that I do not have the power to appoint the Archduke, and so the new Althing has to elect a PPT until we can elect a new Archduke in nine days.

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Executive Order #1

All previous executive orders issued by previous Governors of the Midwest are hereby rescinded.

Executive Order #2

All Midwestern government bodies are henceforth not to cooperate with federal agents of the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement insofar as their cooperation would result in the deportation of an undocumented worker. Undocumented workers are to be granted safe haven in the Midwest, which shall treat every human being as a human being and no one as an 'illegal' person or persons.

Executive Order #3

All government documents printed by the Most Serene Republic of the Midwest shall henceforth be printed in English and Spanish.

Executive Order #4

All persons currently incarcerated for non-violent offenses (excepting 'white collar' criminals) shall have their sentences commuted to time served and shall be released from prison no later than July 31, 2015.

Executive Order #5

Henceforth, no employer that is (or is not) party to a labor dispute, may 'lockout' workers during contract negotiations (or for any other reason). Doing so shall result in a fine of no less than $250,000 per offense (adjusted annually for inflation), with an additional $500,000 fine for each day workers are not allowed to work on account of the intransigence of the company in question.

Executive Order #6

No police officer employed by the Most Serene Republic of the Midwest be utilized in such a way as to break a strike or attack a picket line, nor may police officers infiltrate labor unions or political organizations, for any purpose. Violations of this order shall result in a fine of no less than $25,000 (adjusted annually for inflation), termination of employment, and forfeiture of any right to a pension or other compensation otherwise owed to the officer in question.

Executive Order #7

The Most Serene Republic of the Midwest shall partner with organized labor to establish union-run hiring halls in impoverished areas. These hiring halls shall provide training and education to job seekers and shall allow for the fullest employment of those seeking employment on useful public projects, with an emphasis on employing persons of color, women, youth (persons under 25), and other historically disadvantaged groups.

Executive Order #8

The Midwestern Department of Internal Affairs is hereby directed to conduct an intensive study on segregation in the Midwest and present said report to the Governor and the members of the Althing no later than December 31, 2015, as well as present potential remedies to address social segregation.

Executive Order #9

The five (5) hour day is hereby established for all workers employed by the Most Serene Republic of the Midwest. Upon the expiration of existing contracts between the Most Serene Republic of the Midwest and private service providers, a condition of any future contracts enacted must be the observance of a 5 hour workday, with wage adjustments upward to guarantee no loss in pay for workers on contract. Likewise, the wages of regional workers shall adjust to guarantee pay equivalent to existing payrates under a shorter workday system.

Executive Order #10

The Department of Internal Affairs shall shut down any existing database that provides information to the public pertaining to the 'sex offender' status of any person, and destroy such information effective immediately. All sex offenders that have been released from prison and served their time shall no longer be cataloged into public databases or tracked on account of a previous conviction resulting in jail time that has been served. Police 'sting' operations directed at capturing 'sex offenders' via the use of entrapment are hereby prohibited, and the arrest and detention of persons for the viewing of any currently prohibited pornographic material shall likewise be prohibited. The last clause of this executive order shall not be interpreted as interfering with existing prohibitions on the production of said material, which shall continue to result in all appropriate and established legal penalties.

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If you have an issue with my actions, I suggest you bring a lawsuit against me. As it stands I will consider my acts entirely within the implied powers of my office.

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I hereby appoint Gass3268 as Most Serene Representative.

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Executive Order #11

The Most Serene Republic of the Midwest shall henceforth be styled as The People's Republic of the Midwest. The title of Governor shall henceforth be styled Chairman of the Committee of People's Commissars of the People's Republic of the Midwest, and the Althing shall henceforth be styled as the Volkskammer. The official maxim of the People's Republic of the Midwest shall be Workers of the World, Unite!, the official song shall be The Internationale, and the official drink of the Midwest shall henceforth be Pabst Blue Ribbon.

Executive Order #12

The flag of the People's Republic of the Midwest shall be as follows:

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As Chairman of the Committee of People's Commissars, I am calling on the formation of said committee. In lieu of a function legislature, the Committee of People's Commissars will act as a legislature in the interest of the toiling masses. If you are interested in joining that committee, please let me know. Otherwise, I will simply have to appoint interested parties from among our veritable NPC population as members of this most esteemed committee, until of course we are able to elect a functioning, responsible legislature.

Thank you.

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Executive Order #13

All regional military forces are hereby styled as the People's Self-Defense Forces and are hereby placed under the direct command of the Committee of People's Commissars.

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Committee of People's Commissars Rehabilitation Initiative #1

In accordance with the committee's implicit goal of reviving the Midwest, it shall undertake the maximum possible efforts to rehabilitate (in true Soviet style) former Midwest citizens and current non-persons Snowstalker and LeBronFitzGerald. In order to carry this momentous task out, both will be introduced somewhat critically in Midwestern textbooks but overtime become less critically viewed and more accomplished and well-spoken of in their presentation. At this time, the Committee shall also generously offer a pardon of both for any crimes they might have committed while representing the Midwest.

In addition, the week of July 5 shall be declared 'Teens Week' in honor of former Governor and political prisoner LeBron FitzGerald.

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Governor, any chance I could request being portrayed as a bloodthirsty tyrant in said textbooks?

Your wish is my command, Mr. President!

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THE TIME HAS COME!

Comrades:

Yesterday, scheduled elections for the Volkskammer were not called. While at first this may seem a simple oversight on the part of the Council of People's Commissars, it was not. Yesterday, I, as Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars, ordered the occupation of all voting booths by members of the People's Self Defense Forces and the Nat Turner Brigade. For those of you who may have been confused by the inability to cast a ballot, this is why.

I made this order after careful deliberation and am making it public now because we can no longer afford to keep trudging forward in the same, sorry manner. Our Archduke, Maxwell, has resigned. Few people are even bothering to vote on the proposed constitution. The federal government is in disarray. The solution to all of this lies, of course, in the overthrow of the bourgeois state and the immediate establishment of a dictatorship of the proletariat.

To that end, I am now ordering the arrest of all members of the Volkskammer and am ordering a ban on all parties that oppose the seizure of power by the Midwestern proletariat, represented of course via the Council of People's Commissars. The Fourth Constitution of the Midwest is hereby declared null and void and all power is transferred to the Council of People's Commissars.

The People's Self Defense Forces and Nat Turner Brigade are, as per order of the Council, hereby merged into the Red Army and continue to be under the direct command of the Council. As Chairman of the Council (and thus, commander-in-chief), I hereby order the Red Army of the People's Republic of the Midwest to invade and occupy the Pacific region. If the bourgeois politicians in Nyman will not move to consolidate our regions by legislative means, the working class shall do so by the only means available to them.

The Council hereby also promulgates the immediate seizure of all factories and factory farms and all other facilities in which workers are employed by a boss for a wage and/or salary by the Council of People's Commissars. The Council shall devolve all administrative power, effective as soon as is possible, to workers' councils established by the workers employed by the seized firms in question. The Council likewise promulgates the establishment of an economic planning bureau, which shall hereby democratically plan and administer the nationalized economy to be established.

The Council likewise declares hostility to the entire bourgeois government of Atlasia, and demands that the so-called leadership in Nyman resign or risk being put on trial by revolutionary tribunal. You have 48 hours to respond to this ultimatum, lest the Council move forward with plans to invade and occupy the South, the Mideast, and the Northeast.

Likewise, the Council calls on workers in every region: rise up against the bourgeois state and the capitalist pigs! Smash that state which binds you to the status of embittered wage slave in the meatgrinder that is capitalism! You have nothing to lose but your chains. We shall also make it known that any attempt to suppress workers by any regional government or Nyman shall be met with retaliatory force.

More to come as the events allow. Remember, workers, this is your nation, this is your world! Stand up for it! Seize power!

Chairman TNF

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This morning, I was informed by regional commanders of the Red Army that the disputed territory of New Mexico had been successfully occupied by proletarian forces. Rejoice, comrades!

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This morning, I was informed by regional commanders of the Red Army that the disputed territory of New Mexico had been successfully occupied by proletarian forces. Rejoice, comrades!

The Southern Shotgun Society and Militia are deploying 7,500 troops to defend our Texas border and will deploy them if necessary into New Mexico.

Reminder: any attempts to destroy proletarian power will be met with retaliatory force.

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POLITICAL BULLETIN #1: COMMENCING THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION

In accordance with the seizure of political power by the working masses, the following measures shall be taken to destroy the capitalist social edifice and ensure the fullest possible freedom for the toiling masses:

1. The People's Republic of the Midwest hereby establishes fraternal relations with the People's Republic of China, the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, the People's Republic of Laos, the Republic of Cuba, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. An attack on any of these countries shall be regarded as an attack upon the People's Republic of the Midwest, and shall be responded to accordingly.

2. A campaign to root out discriminatory attitudes among the Midwestern population is hereby declared. The television, radio, Internet, and all other forms of media shall feature broadcasts dedicated to rooting out racism, sexism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, and all other forms of discriminatory thought henceforth.

3. It shall hereby be illegal in the People's Republic of the Midwest to publicly display the Confederate flag, the flag of the old United States of America, the flag of the Republic of Atlasia, and the flag of the Most Serene Republic of the Midwest, all of which shall be considered flags of high treason and treated as such by the Red Army. The standard of the People's Republic of the Midwest, the red flag of the labor movement, and the black and red flag of the anarchists shall be the only flags allowed to fly in the Midwest, along with any flags of individual state governments, provided that they have been modified to reflect the change in leadership in Denver, the provisional capital of the PRM.

4. A coordinated campaign of Red Terror is hereby declared against all enemies of the PRM. Local workers' councils are empowered to arrest, try, and execute all counterrevolutionary elements, following a thorough investigation and a fair trial, assuming the latter is possible under the conditions of civil war raging throughout the country. Executions shall be public and conducted via firing squad.

5. A draft is hereby declared for all able bodied persons aged 15 to 35, regardless of sex, for the immediate defense of the People's Republic of the Midwest.

6. The Midwestern Federation of Labor is hereby granted administrative authority over all workplaces within the People's Republic of the Midwest. Workers shall elect administrative councils in every workplace, who shall come together in municipal workers' councils to plan the municipal economy, which shall elect progressively higher councils to do the same at the state and regional level, with aid from advisory bodies such as the economic planning bureau.

7. All debts owed by the Most Serene Republic of the Midwest are hereby declared null and void. The financial system of the People's Republic of the Midwest shall be controlled by the People's Bank, which shall consist of an amalgamation of all existing financial institutions of the Midwest. The People's Bank shall seize all assets of rebellious capitalist forces and transfer them as property to the People's Republic of the Midwest.

8. All sin taxes, sales taxes, and excise taxes are hereby declared null and void. The People's Republic of the Midwest shall be financed by rent payments paid for land use by the various collectivized industries within its confines.

9. A regional industrial plan, the First Five Year Plan (2015-20) is hereby declared. The goal of said plan shall be the immediate re-industrialization of the Midwest, the expansion of heavy industry, and the production of war material to secure the revolution against the invaders and counterrevolutionary enemies of the people.

10. Agriculture is to be treated the same way as industry, i.e., agriculture is to be nationalized and planned as if it were any other industrial enterprise. Family farmers shall be paid in full for their holdings and transitioned to work as farm workers in the agricultural combines that shall result from nationalization, unless they would like to seek work elsewhere in the planned, nationalized economy.

11. All private, charter, religious, and home schooling is hereby prohibited. All schools not already part of the People's Republic of the Midwest education system are hereby integrated as component parts of it, and all education is declared to be free, comprehensive, socialist, and secular. University fees are hereby abolished and stipends shall be paid to all students over the age of 15 in the Midwest.

12. All racist, sexist, xenophobic, homophobic, etc, etc. groups are declared counterrevolutionary by the People's Republic of the Midwest and shall be liquidated. The People's Republic shall be protected by a Committee for Public Safety, which shall have the ability to infiltrate, root out, and destroy all hateful, counterrevolutionary enemies of the people. The penalty for participating in such groups and counterrevolutionary attacks upon the People's Republic shall be death by firing squad.

13. Transportation is hereby collectivized. Incentives for the surrender of private vehicles to the People's Republic of the Midwest shall be given by the People's Bank in order to coordinate the transport of all soldiers to the front for the defeat of counterrevolutionary bandits.

14. All communication systems are hereby collectivized. The People's Republic shall own all television, Internet, radio, and other media systems and shall allow for the free flow of content on these, with exceptions for counterrevolutionary propaganda, which shall be punishable by death via firing squad if found guilty.

15. A program to build and sustain nuclear reactors is hereby established. Likewise, the People's Republic shall embark upon the path toward uranium enrichment and thus, the building of nuclear weapons for the self-defense of the republic.

16. The People's Republic of the Midwest, in accordance with its role as revolutionary midwife of the new society, declares full support for all avant garde art, architecture, etc, etc. These efforts shall be financed via a Department of Culture, which shall have full freedom to promote all revolutionary arts against the barbarian culture of the decrepit bourgeois society.

17. No person shall be homeless in the People's Republic of the Midwest. All unoccupied housing shall henceforth be declared housing for the homeless, and all persons owning more than one home shall surrender (upon penalty of death for noncompliance) excess housing for the occupation of the homeless. All new housing construction shall be communal in nature.

18. No person shall suffer from lack of medical care in the People's Republic of the Midwest. All care is declared free at the point of use and all hospitals are declared public property of the People's Republic of the Midwest.

19. No person shall starve in the People's Republic of the Midwest. In accordance with the ongoing conflict, the parceling out of food shall be placed upon a ration-based system for the duration of the revolutionary war, and all persons, regardless of previous status, shall have the right to adequate nutrition.

20. Women shall not be slaves in the People's Republic of the Midwest. All women shall have the right to a job and the necessities of life (as shall all men), and shall have a right to be free from domestic work. The People's Republic declares its intention to build and administer socialized laundromats, kitchens, daycares, and ultimately, socialize all domestic labor via communal living spaces.

21. The People's Republic of the Midwest is officially atheist. All properties owned by religious organizations not specifically used for worship are to be seized by the municipalities in which they reside and a public campaign against religion is hereby declared.

22. The People's Republic of the Midwest hereby establishes the Young People's League as the official youth (15-25) organization of the Midwest and the Young Pioneers as the official children's (5-15) organization of the Midwest. Alongside these, the Women's Revolutionary League and Black Liberation League are established for the purpose of organizing against sexism and racism and pushing forward with the liberation of both women and blacks in the People's Republic of the Midwest.

23. The fullest possible sexual freedom is declared in the Midwest. No person shall be arrested or detained for participating in a consensual sexual act, and all reactionary anti-sex laws are hereby abolished.

24. All persons shall have the right to enjoy freedom from state harassment. All 'crimes without victims' are hereby declared legal, with exceptions for counterrevolutionary activity and 'white collar' crimes.

25. The right of all persons (excepting counterrevolutionaries) to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

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POLITICAL BULLETIN #2: THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL

In accordance with the need to coordinate the activities of all likeminded workers' organizations the world over, the People's Republic of the Midwest calls on all supporters of international socialism to gather in Denver for the convening of a Fifth International.

The Fifth International shall be an organization of all working class parties committed to the revolutionary overthrow of capitalism in the bourgeois West and the overthrow of Stalinist bureaucracies in the deformed workers' states of China, Viet Nam, Laos, Cuba, and North Korea. We call for nothing less than the establishment of a proletarian world socialist republic, based upon workers' councils and workers' power. If you share our end goal, gather with us in Denver to declare a Fifth International!

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POLITICAL BULLETIN #3: REVOLUTIONARY CONTINUITY

Out of respect for past revolutionaries and the need to establish a new, proletarian bedrock whereby a workers state may grow forth and expand outward, the following changes are to be made with regard to the government of the Midwest:

GOVERNANCE

The People's Republic of the Midwest shall consist of different levels of government with varying levels of autonomy and administrative control. At the root shall be the Neighborhood Council, consisting of workplace councils within neighborhoods as defined by local governments at present. Neighborhood Councils shall themselves amalgamate into Municipal Councils, which shall be responsible for coordinating economic and political activity in a single municipality.

Municipal councils shall themselves amalgamate into Regional Councils, which shall themselves amalgamate into Socialist Republics (replacing the old State governments). The Council Republics shall amalgamate at the level of the People's Republic of the Midwest, and shall form the All-Republic Council, which shall meet at least twice per year. This council shall elect the Volkskammer as a standing legislature when it is not in session, and the Volkskammer shall elect a Council of People's Commissars to manage the day-to-day operations of the government.

INTERNAL DIVISIONS

The internal divisions of the People's Republic of the Midwest shall be as follows:

There shall be a number of Autonomous Socialist Republics, representing larger municipal governments, that will have a greater amount of power, roughly corresponding to the Socialist Republics. The Eugene Debs Autonomous Socialist Republic, or Eugene Debs A.S.R, formerly the city of Denver, shall serve as the capital of the People's Republic of the Midwest. Other Autonomous Socialist Republics shall include:

Karl Marx A.S.R. (formerly Oklahoma City)
Friedrich Engels A.S.R. (formerly Calgary)
Vladimir Lenin A.S.R. (formerly Edmonton)
Leon Trotsky A.S.R. (formerly Winnipeg)

The Socialist Republics of the People's Republic of the Midwest are to be renamed as follows:

Rosa Luxemburg Socialist Republic (formerly the Northwest Territories)
Karl Liebknecht S.R. (formerly Alberta)
Maurice Spector S.R. (formerly Saskatchewan)
Jack MacDonald S.R. (formerly Manitoba)
Farrell Dobbs S.R. (formerly Minnesota)
Snowstalker S.R. (formerly North Dakota)
James Cannon S.R. (formerly South Dakota)
Malcolm X S.R. (formerly Nebraska)
John Brown S.R. (formerly Kansas)
Mechaman S.R. (formerly Oklahoma)
Big Bill Haywood S.R. (formerly Montana)
Albert Parsons S.R. (formerly Wyoming)
Turkisblau S.R. (formerly New Mexico)

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RED ARMY ON THE OFFENSIVE

The Council of People's Commissars is directing the Red Army, hot off of the successful occupation of the disputed territory of New Mexico (now Turkisblau Socialist Republic) to move forward with plans to invade and occupy the rest of the Pacific. Paratroopers have been deployed over the skies of Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, San Diego, and all other major metropolitan areas in the Pacific region, and Red Army tank crews are moving across the regional border to begin operations.

Operation Pacific Rimjob has commenced. The People's Republic of the Midwest calls on all working people in the Pacific to rise up against their capitalist oppressors and overthrow the government of the Pacific with all due haste. The integration of the Pacific into a unified People's Republic of Western Atlasia is the ultimate end goal of this revolutionary assault upon the bourgeois state, which shall pave the way for a Socialist Republic of Atlasia, should the government in Nyman not respect the ultimatum issued by the Council of People's Commissars last night.

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As a Trotskyist, I unconditionally defend the states in question from outside attack or internal counterrevolution (i.e. attempts at destroying the proletarian basis of the regime). However, I do not support the Stalinist bureaucracies in those countries and support the overthrow of them by the workers in a proletarian political revolution. That may mean that the states in question reject my aid and support, but so be it. The question at hand, right now, is the destruction of the old republic. Once a new, socialist republic, has come into being, we can hash out our differences and change the direction of the international socialist movement.

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DARING RED ARMY RAID FREES SNOWSTALKER

A raid upon the federal maximum security prison that had housed political prisoner Snowstalker was successfully completed by Red Army paratroopers earlier today. The former Senator, Governor, and Provisional Red Army commander was delivered to Debs A.S.R. and was received by Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars TNF before a massed crowd of thousands. The Chairman has decided to appoint Snowstalker as both Vice Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars, People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, and Head of the Red Army, effective immediately.

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Political Bulletin #4: The July Revolution

Henceforth, July 17 shall be celebrated as the official start date of the July Revolution, or the Atlasian Revolution, wherein the working masses of Atlasia finally rose up and began the process of destroying the old social edifice of capitalist exploitation and plunder.

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Political Bulletin #5: Arrest Warrants for Known Counterrevolutionaries

The following persons are to be arrested and detained for trial before revolutionary tribunal if any citizen of the Midwest (or proletarian elsewhere) comes into contact with them:

North Carolina Yankee
Classic Conservative
Leinad
Cris
Simfan34

These persons are dangerous counterrevolutionaries and must be brought to justice.

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Statement on Chinese Stalinists' betrayal of the international proletariat

Reportedly, the President of the Chinese deformed workers' state has made his opposition known to the proletarian seizure of power in the Midwest. This is unsurprising, given his disdain for the workers of his own country and his repeated attacks upon independent labor action and disregard for the proletarian property relations of the Chinese deformed workers state, continually pressing forward with a policy to restore capitalism in China and open the world's largest country up to penetration by Atlasian and European Capital.

The People's Republic of the Midwest does not shirk from a defense of the Chinese deformed workers state. If the PRC is attacked or aggravated in any way by the Japanese, South Koreans, Taiwanese, Republic of Atlasia, or any other capitalist or imperialist government, we would defend it with our lives. But we will not defend the Stalinist bureaucracy from its own people. We call upon the Chinese working class to overthrow the Stalinist bureaucracy and join hands with the Midwest in fighting for a socialist world.