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Politburo Elects new Premier; Questions Remain Over Election Error

Millions of Sozkanans turned on their TVs and refreshed government websites in anticipation on who Sozkana’s new premier was going to be. It has been a hard and long year for the government, with the original election for premier set to take place back in May, the Politburo decided to postpone the election to deal with the ongoing election crisis. For those unaware, the Supreme Workers’ Council elections were compromised after a computer failure invalidated the results of roughly half of the elections, with the computers showing each candidate in each election having won 999,999,999 votes. The headache of having to run new elections, rescheduling the entire government’s plans, and trying to find what caused the error meant long hours in the office for many politicians, least of all the Politburo. Thankfully the error did not affect the Politburo elections, so the crisis at least had strong leadership to guide the government.

Though the second elections went off without any major incidents, the question of what caused the error remains, and it is for this reason why the Politburo postponed their election for premier until now. And as the Politburo gathered for a meeting to elect the premier, a fire broke out in the next building over, prompting the meeting to be called off before it could begin out of safety concerns. Finally, though, the Politburo was able to conviene and elect a new premier late last night.

The two candidates for premier were Kozlov, a veteran and seasoned politician in the Supreme Workers’ Council elected into the Politburo in 2087, and the incumbent Artemo, also a veteran who has led Sozkana as premier since 2077. Artemo has preferred the status quo over anything else, and so while Sozkana has been safe under his leadership, it has not exactly prospered either, domestically or internationally. With that in mind, the Politburo elected Kozlov as the new premier five to two over Artemo. While Artemo conceded the election and said that had no plans to step down from the Politburo, saying he respects Kozlov and the others and believes he can work together with them to improve Sozkana, he did say he was “disappointed” by the election. Kozlov thanked Artemo for his service as premier in his speech given a couple hours after the election to the Sozkanan public, saying he looks forward to working with him in the future.

Also in his speech, Kozlov said his first priority would be to find out what caused the election error, saying "Democracy is core to Toraism, without it, we have nothing. Any threats to that democracy need to be fought, we will get to the bottom of this." Other topics included in his speech include continuing Sozkana's military modernization campaign, further cooperation with Toraist parties all over the world, housing improvements, greater roles for the labor unions in the economy, and education reform.

To learn more about Kozlov and other members of the Politburo, visit Sozkana's factbook "The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Toraist Party of Sozkana".

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Monsoon season came especially hard this year, with extremely heavy rains all across Chinern. Luckily, due to local and regional governments having constructed levees and emergency evacuation plans, damage was kept to a minimum. The anti-flooding project enacted by the Presidium a few years ago got its first test. As of time of writing, the system has proven to reduce flooding levels by redirection. This monsoon season has also supplied the government with the data needed to improve the defenses.

The world is always changing, politically, physically, and socially. Locations change, the rationale, the objective. However, Chinern strives to always be on top. To that end, we look towards the friendly giant in the east: The People's Republic of Sozkana. Sozkana and Chinern have historically had cordial relations due to both nations having Toraist governments and being in the Sixth Internationale. Since the construction of Pier 54 by Sozkana, Senora, and Chinern, military cooperation between the Toraist Republic and the People's Republic has grown ever closer. This is the culmination of that friendship: Operation People's Shield. Various units of the Chinernian Armed Forces were noted as having arrived in Sozkana for military exercises. The most prominent of these were the deployment of the 038th Special Task Battalion (Panther's Teeth) to train with Sozkanan Spetsnaz. Also noteworthy was the heavy Chinernian Air Force presence during the exercise. Formations of Super Skyflares and ChU-41Us were the most visible, but other heavier unnamed aircraft were also spotted.

Premier Alan Kuveli's long reign has now come to an end. Citing declining health from ulcerative colitis, he has stepped down to receive medical care and rehabilitation. Taking his place temporarily will be the General Secretary Omalayo Yejide. Yejide is known for being a Toraist hardliner. It is unknown when or if Alan Kuveli will return to politics, but as of now the nation can look forwards to the technical premiership of Omalayo Yejide.

Bread in Peace, Steel in War.

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Bomb rocks Zarwia as tensions mount in the Bonple, Debate Rages in Congress, Princess Sunna fights for the monarchy's influence

Though not the rulers of Bonple (that honor goes to the monarchy), the Bonple Congress plays an important role in the ruling of the country. Assembled every two years since 965, the Congress is made up of 500 Deputies which come from all walks of life. Some are elected, some are sent by their local governments, some are prominent politicians in other areas of the government invited to participate, while others receive invitations for a variety of reasons (prominent general, priest, administrator, etc.)

This year's congress, the 564th Bonple Congress, was not opened by Queen Jajka for the first time since 2040, as is tradition for the sitting monarch to do. Instead, Princess and Kaiserin Sunna opened the congress, marking the first time in over 100 years the sitting monarch did not open the congress. As Queen Jajka, though still in fair health, grows closer to the pearly gates, Princess Sunna has taken up many of her old duties in preparation for her rule. Whereas before she was too busy with her duties as Kaiserin of Diemetsa, the Princess has taken a leading role recently in Bonple politics, building influence and finding allies.

But Princess Sunna might also be doing this as a fight for the crown's survival, as some question if the monarchy's days are numbered. After Bonple's defeat in the South Stelin War, rising income inequality, and lack of political rights in some areas of Bonple that are standard in other parts of the world, many have grown skeptical of the monarchy. None are more direct in their criticism of the monarchy then Janusz Kurek (often shortened to "Jarek"), head of the United Workers' Party, who has led Bonple's left to victory after victory in elections. Jarek wants the monarchy ended, claiming that monarchy has no right being an institution of power, in any nation, in the 21st century, and that the people have the right to rule their own destinies, not an "elite family".

While many in Bonple agree the monarchy's powers should be limited, Jarek and his UWP also make many uneasy, with their far-left views which many have labeled Toraist. This is where National Union, a party led by Marcel Konopa, comes into play. They advocate for increased democracy within Bonple, for the Bonple Congress to be entirely elected, and for the monarchy's powers to be limited, with some even advocated a constitutional monarchy.

Currently, 106 Deputies align themselves with the UWP, 119 with National Union, and the other 275 Deputies either part of the pro-monarchy National Party of the Crown or independents, so debate rages on any issue that comes up in the Bonple Congress, with leading Deputies working 14 hour days almost every day since the Congress opened.

But while the Congress was in recess for the weekend (a tradition since its founding), members of the National Party of the Crown and National Union were meeting to hammer out a coalition against the UWP on the issue of customs reform when an armed assailant threw a grenade into the room, causing the members to dive for cover. Thankfully, nobody was seriously injured, but this issue received worldwide attention because a key figure was at this meeting: Princess Sunna.

The Bonple Special Forces, headed by General Kacper Pater (a rising politician in Bonple politics in his own right), led an investigation into the incident as Princess Sunna was cleaning house in the military for the incident. Princess Sunna wanted to sack General Pater, as the two have a history of fierce disagreement, with Princess Sunna, while being a strong believer in aristocracy, also believes in awarding those who serve the Bonple state dutifully, and in living a prim and proper life according to the social standards of the monarchy, which she enjoys. General Pater is the complete opposite; a lover of fast guns, fast cars, and fast women, he awards people who are good at their job regardless of their beliefs or social standing. Unfortunately for Princess Sunna, General Pater is extremely good at his job, and though the assailant and his co-conspiracies were killed in a gunfight with Bonple forces, Kaper's forces seized entire crates of guns and explosives and also tons of hard drives containing vital intelligence.

Princess Sunna and General Pater have, so far, set aside their differences to address the rising security threat in Bonple, which is on the agenda for the Bonple Congress later this month, where General Pater is expected to head an effort to secure more funding for the Bonple military. Regardless of the issue though, debate rages, so it remains to be seen what the Congress will decide and what Queen Jajka will sign off on.

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Queen Jajka passes peacefully in sleep at Zarwia, Sunna, now Crown Princess at 57, to become Queen

The Bonple royal family issued a press statement naught but one hour ago announcing that Queen Jajka has passed in her sleep at 78, reportedly from a stroke, brought on by complications from hypertension, which was further compounded by her undergoing treatment for a fractured skull and concussion which resulted from her falling in her personal residence. Jajka is survived by her only surviving child, now Crown Princess Sunna, also Kaiserin of Diemetsa, and Sunna's husband, Kaiser Hans of Diemetsa.

The news of death, though still fresh in the news cycle, has been met with widespread mourning throughout both Bonple but also our compatriot states of Diemetsa and Kolanica, as well as fellow Sberrj-ruled states of Nedporen and Valirria, and Bonples all around the world. Many, though seeing Jajka as knocking on death's door, were shocked that it happened as soon as it did, as just yesterday Jajka was up and taking a walk around Zarwia, and appeared to be in good health. Nonetheless, doctors found no evidence of foul play in her passing.

The Bonple Congress, still in session, held a moment of silence upon the news of her passing, and then, following with tradition, awarded her her epithet, with "the Great" winning the vote handily. Several members, including General Kacper Pater and Marcel Konopa, also gave their condolences to Crown Princess Sunna, and gave speeches remembering Jajka the Great, praising her leadership and devotion to duty and success in building Bonple into the great power it is today, as well as praising her as an outstanding military leader and a more than capable monarch.

That sentiment is shared by many Bonples, but there are those, including Janusz Kurek, who view her differently. Though they acknowledge her as a great leader, they have also come to question some of her achievements, claiming it was the average person that allowed Jajka to accomplish many of the things she did. Kurek has also, in particular, been critical of her role during the South Stelin War and her failure to take action in removing radical nationalist elements from the government sooner, which he says would have prevented the war.

Nonetheless, many Bonple historians hold Jajka the Great in high regard, and the government has ordered all flags at half-mast for the rest of the week. Sunna will now take on the role of Crown Princess until her official coronation, which, along with Jajka's funeral, do not have a date set yet, though Sunna promised that both will occur soon and that the dates will be given as soon as possible.

The Queen is dead, long live the Queen!

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A new ship and a new day.

It is with great joy that the workers of the Okparo Shipyard announce that the second planned carrier of the Ogechukwukama-class was completed today. There are currently three of this type of ship slated for construction, and the groundwork of the third and last one will be started next year. The construction of the ship was slated to take much much longer, but with an infusion of Sozkanan engineering experts and resources, the time needed for production was dramatically reduced. A few hours ago, with much fanfare, the CNV Udo made slid into the water from its position at the drydock and into the sea. The carrier will be host to Carrier Strike Group 92, which is made up of two squadrons of F/A-18 "Sea Snakes." The Udo is assigned to the Second Carrier Strike Group, and their immediate mission is to head to the Sozkanan coast to perform air drills with a newly equipped Sozkanan air wing. The First Secretary gave a long winded speech during the christening of the vessel, transcribed here:

"The men and women who accompanied Frederick Darmkes and Charles Osser at their burials were few. Today the lives of thousands of millions of men and women have been profoundly affected and changed by the enduring ideas of Tora. In two continents, workers, taking control of their destiny, are building a happy future, are building Toraism.
Against Toraism, imperialism mobilizes incalculable human and material resources. The most sophisticated weapons, the threat of thermonuclear, bacteriological and chemical disaster, the ocean depths and cosmic space are deployed in an attempt to neutralize and destroy Toraism.

For the oppressed peoples and classes, for the peoples and workers who have taken control of their destiny, Toraism is a shining path, a sun of hope and certainty that never sets, a sun that is always at its zenith.

Toraism, the science of revolution, is the fruit of practice, of mankind’s struggle for a better future and so is renewed and developed through human practice. The experience of revolutionary struggle of the Sozkanan people provides an illustration of this principle.
Dear comrades, our history validates the thesis that the motive force of history is class struggle. Class struggle was and is a reality on our island homes.

Our pre-colonial society was familiar with complex state formations, such as Uzoma and Nneka. They were political and social systems of a feudal type, at differing stages of development. In some there survived elements of earlier slave systems. In others there were already emergent mercantile strata which, in another phase of history, would come to shape a new evolution in society. In all of them there was a distinction between exploiters and exploited.

Colonial repression of these state formations and the integration of society into the capitalist and imperialist system, which was emerging in the era, brought new historical changes.

The antagonists within the society facilitated colonial occupation. Representatives of the exploiting strata betrayed the national cause and made an alliance with the foreigner to continue the domination and exploitation of their own people. Once the country was conquered the betrayers of the nation were also subjected to domination, since they in turn were betrayed by their erstwhile ally.

Colonial conquest, by introducing a system of large plantations and landholdings, exploitation of minerals, and the building of railways and roads, began the process of proletarianizing the countryside.

Our country’s liberation struggle arose as a consequence of the contra- diction between colonized and colonizers, between exploited and exploiters. Reformist patterns of nationalist pressure were precluded by the very nature of colonial-Fascism.
It was legally impossible to establish Chinernian social organizations and even less a nationalist party or a trade union. There was no earthly hope of dialogue with the colonial power to lead to self-determination, much less to independence.

The historical alternative for our people was recourse to revolutionary violence to put an end to imperialist violence. The Toraist thesis of making war on war to achieve peace reveals its correctness once again. In the founding of the Chinernian Freedom League it was essentially plantation workers, poor peasants subjected to forced labour, who provided the social base for the organization.

In the process of armed struggle for liberation, liberated areas were created. We had to determine in practice what power to establish in the areas. With the production of material goods, basic questions presented themselves in an acute form. It was a question of understanding whom the struggle served, since former and new exploiters, aspirants for bourgeois status, wanted to establish their power over the people.

The conflicts experienced in the Red Front in the period 2020-2024 were, above all, class conflicts. Out of the correct solution of the conflict a qualitative advance was made by the Chinernian revolution. Once again class struggle was revealed as the cause of advances in history. The creation of liberated areas made viable and current the issues of property and power, and brought as an ingredient in the claim for independence the question of the social regime to be set up.

That is how in the process of class struggle, within the Front and in the liberated areas, the seed was sown of the Toraist party, of the socialist revolution, of the people’s democratic state. There was an acceleration in the revolutionary process. An acceleration of the movement towards toraist, even though the working class was weak in size and in awareness of its class interest.

The war situation acted as a powerful catalyst which, thanks to political work, encouraged understanding of the real aims of the conflict. An awareness of the great sacrifices that were demanded stirred in the society a felt need for radical changes in its internal relations. The accumulated experience of mankind in the struggle against exploitation, synthesized in Toraism, enabled the Chinernian revolutionary movement to benefit from and absorb that experience. In the process Toraism was enriched.

Under Chinern’s conditions, revolutionary practice led us to give pride of place to toraist revolution, and led us to launch the process of building toraism in a context of widespread illiteracy, a narrow working class and in the absence of an established Toraist party. The struggle by Chinernian workers, under the leadership of the vanguard nucleus generated by the Red Front, enabled us to find correct responses to these problems. In this sense, although each people’s revolutionary experience is specific, it does not lie outside Toraist thinking.

Dear comrades, this description in synthesis of the main strands of our experience has led to some essential conclusions. A first conclusion indicates the universality of class struggle, of contradiction as the motive force of history. A second shows the leading and decisive role of working- class ideology in the correct solution of conflicts prevailing in present-day society.

The revolution has triumphed in Chinern with the victory of the people’s war of liberation. It has triumphed in the sense shown by Tora, as a correlation of forces, as a determination to build toraism, since with the people’s support the interests and concepts of the proletariat have been placed in control.Tora’s thinking demonstrates that it is vitally important to settle the question of where power lies, who wields power.

The dictatorship of the proletariat is as alive today as at the time of the Commune. State action depends on it in the long and complex process of transforming social relations, in establishing a material and scientific base, in educating man. Such state action and the broad management of society require the organization of the workers’ vanguard into a party equipped with the scientific ideology of the proletariat. So, at the First Congress in 2022, our Toraist Party was born from its embryo in the Front.
Dear comrades, internationalism, unity of the exploited of the earth, is one of the basic constants in Tora’s thinking. In our own time, in the face of imperialism’s mounting aggressiveness, it manifests itself in the need for closer and closer union between the components of the contemporary revolutionary movement. Internationalism in our era acquires an extra dimension, with the need to struggle for peace and against catastrophe.

We are witnessing today an uncontrolled arms race, we see imperialism’s insistent efforts to deploy its weapons of mass destruction in various parts of the world. We are witnessing today the growing support imperialism gives to the most retrograde forces of mankind, to monarchist and capitalist regimes that oppress, exploit and massacre the working classes.

These actions by imperialism are meeting growing resistance from peace- and progress-loving peoples, in the light of the unbreakable determination of the workers of the world to thwart such actions.

In the struggle for peace it is Toraist forces who must lead mankind’s struggle for survival. The broadest front has been built around this struggle.
The struggle for peace must prevent the causes of war.

Imperialist exploitation and an unjust international economic order are a cause of war.
The imperialist policy of destabilization and aggression against states that refuse to submit to imperialism and that embark on the road of revolutionary change is a provocation to war. Economic, financial and military blackmail, provocations against socialist states all over the world are factors for war.

Chinern’s independence was the contribution made by the Chinernian people to the struggle for peace. Today, in association with other Toraist countries for the purposes of worldwide economic co-operation, and in concerted action to prevent the real danger of war already posed by the capitalist regime, we have established a significant front in the struggle for peace.

Dear comrades, a century after the death of Tora, the cause of Toraism has ceased to be a dream and has become a reality that changes the world. The vitality of revolutionary science, systematized by Tora, can have no better proof than the facts themselves.
The toraist countries assert themselves and advance. The experience of toraist revolution, of toraist construction, is overall an enrichment and constant broadening of Tora’s original teachings. Each country and each revolution makes a new contribution to the development of our science, of our heritage.
With the concepts of Tora, the peoples of the world will triumph in their just struggle for peace, for progress, for Toraism.

The struggle continues!
The revolution will win!
Toraism will triumph!"

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