#autonomous territory

[northameicanblog]

Kuummiut, Greenland: Kuummiit is a settlement in the Sermersooq municipality in southeastern Greenland. Founded in 1915, it had 248 inhabitants in 2020. The settlement is located on the eastern shore of the Ammassalik Fjord, approximately 40 km to the northeast of Tasiilaq and 34 km to the north of Kulusuk. The settlement is served by the Kuummiit Heliport (IATA: KUZ, ICAO: BGKM). Wikipedia

[sofiaflorina2021]

Greenland is Still Part of Denmark

Remember that Greenland is still an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark (Kongeriget Danmark). Even so, Greenland has been self-governing since 1979, they have their own government and parliament, and in 2009 further autonomy was granted to Greenland.

Originally a colony of Norway, Greenland has been part of Denmark since Denmark was still in a personal union with Norway, known as Denmark-Norway. When the union dissolved in 1814, Greenland, along with Faroe Islands, was transferred to Denmark. Greenland has been an integral part of Denmark officially since 1953.

Since Denmark is part of European Union (EU), Greenland is also part of EU but not directly because they withdrew in 1985, it is associated with EU through OCT (overseas country and territory) status. Greenlanders are Danish citizens and also EU citizens.

Even though it is on the North American continent, Greenland has been part of Europe politically and culturally for more than a millennium since the Norse people from Iceland settled it in 986. Once abandoned for unknown reasons in 14th-15th century, it was rediscovered in 1721.

The potential for independence for Greenland has always existed and I am supporting this. However there needs to be an amendment to the Constitution of Denmark because Greenland is a subject of it. Hopefully this will happen in the best way possible, opening a new chapter in history, particularly for Greenland and Denmark.

🇬🇱🤝🏼🇩🇰

[leroibobo]

really do not think people understand the extent to which palestinian sites/landmarks (especially muslim ones) were destroyed, beginning in 1948 until now, even in cities. the oldest extant mosque in jaffa (al-bahr mosque) was built in 1675, even though islam came there in the 7th century

[47-protons]

I need to hit him with a rock why is he trying to buy greenland AGAIN it's not for sale you can't just buy another fucking country why is he so fucking STUPIDD

[nerianasims]

There are people who really do think that capitalism invented a class who owns everything.

What do you people think came BEFORE?

[victorluvsalice]

-->To Moonwood Mill! Yeah, I was thinking that I hadn’t been there for a while, and it might be nice to go and visit again and let Alice work on some werewolf stuff. :) They of course started their grand day out at the local library/gym, where they all grabbed a nice werewolf-related book to read for starters (and Coty got a little weak at the knees looking at Smiler. XD Apparently that high reputation is making them VERY attractive!). Having fulfilled THAT want, Victor then got sent out to the observatory to look at the sky for a little while; Smiler hopped on the computer to play games; and Alice –

-->Well, Alice just couldn’t seem to decide on what she wanted to read, as she kept grabbing new books, getting a few pages in, then putting them away and getting more. XD I’ve had days like that, girl. I managed to stop the vicious cycle and instead had her, Smiler, and Victor hit the gym for a while for a little working out – after all, Alice enjoys keeping fit, and it was a good opportunity to work on that skill too! She ran on the treadmill (taking a little spill when she tried to start a hill challenge a bit too soon) while Smiler did some boxing and some lifting, and Victor struggled his way through a session on the weight machine. I did my best to boost them up by adding the “Bracing Breezes” lot trait to the place (along with “Peace & Quiet” and “Study Spot” to reflect the fact that, well, it IS primarily a library), but I don't know how much difference it made this particular session. Victor and Smiler eventually got tired and wandered off to do other things – I let Victor rest with a good book while Smiler got put on “filling the local pet bowls” duty – and eventually I stopped Alice’s run as I could see she was getting hungry. The problem was, I could also see Victor was getting hungry – and while Alice could easily transform and hunt for food, Victor was kind of dependent on getting something someone had COOKED. I thus started looking around for a barbecue or something in the immediate area –

-->And then looked at the bar just across the street, went “you know what, those serve food”, and had them swap lots right after Alice had swapped into her beast form! *thumbs up* I sent her out to hunt while Victor and Smiler hit the bar (and I hit the lot traits in Build/Buy to add “Great Acoustics,” “Convivial,” and “Party Place” to give it the right vibes). Victor ended up ordering a Blue Steak and a Wrench, while Smiler got their typical Plasma Jane, and they ended up chatting with the other two Sims hanging out at the bar – Akshara and Camille. Everyone was having a very good time –

-->And then Camille pressed her fingers against her forehead and Victor ended up getting brain-zapped! Guess who is an alien in disguise! O.O And guess who did that autonomous “memory-erasing” thing I hate so much. >( Fortunately all it did was make Victor forget the little relationship he’d built up with her – if she’d affected Victor’s memories of his actual partners, I might have just killed her.

-->And then, right before Alice returned from her hunt, a completely naked J. Huntington III showed up. For no reason. And when I say “completely naked,” I mean that – he didn’t even have the censor on for some reason! I’m not sure what disabled it, but there was a lot of naked man-butt in front of the bar. The local Sims were appropriately “what the everloving fuck, dude.” XD Even Alice, who was a little distracted by the scent of freshly-"found" steak when she first arrived, found herself shocked by all the naked flesh on display after she'd eaten. Fortunately, Smiler managed to introduce themselves after a little confusion and get him to put on some cold-weather clothing. *shakehead* Sims, man. Dunno what to tell you.

[vriskarlmarx]

the thing about latinoamérica is that it's the most beautiful wonderful place on earth. there's a spinal cord of mountains running through, and at their feet you have everything from deserts to forests to jungles to glaciers. the lungs of the world are here, and so are the eyes into the sky. there are animals like axolotls and vicuñas and llamas and condors and jaguars. and the people are the most clever, the most resilient people in the world. you have cultures that are thousands of years old that have been resisting colonization for hundreds of years and in several cases successfully fighting back and even gaining territory. you have people who have lost their loved ones decades and decades ago who are still fighting for justice. you have a rich history of solidarity and struggle and you can sit with people in a circle passing a mate around and they will tell you of all the times they put everything on the line for a better world. there is an entire island that inspired revolutions around the world and that has been resisting a blockade for 60 years. there are communities building autonomous, revolutionary structures right now. and really it's not a surprise that there's so much grit and strength here because it would be inconceivable to be born and to live in this beautiful place without fighting for it.

[ayeforscotland]

Honestly quite insane that Germany and France have had to issue warnings over this.

[fairuzfan]

AMAZING article about what it means to participate in anti-Zionism work both online and in person.

If your anti-zionism does not in any way acknowledge that it is a way of thought and practice led by and for Palestinians, then you need to reevaluate your "anti-zionism" label.

Some passages that felt especially relevant to tumblr:

If we accept, as those with even the most rudimentary understanding of history do, that zionism is an ongoing process of settler-colonialism, then the undoing of zionism requires anti-zionism, which should be understood as a process of decolonisation. Anti-zionism as a decolonial ideology then becomes rightly situated as an indigenous liberation movement. The resulting implication is two-fold. First, decolonial organising requires that we extract ourselves from the limitations of existing structures of power and knowledge and imagine a new, just world. Second, this understanding clarifies that the caretakers of anti-zionist thought are indigenous communities resisting colonial erasure, and it is from this analysis that the strategies, modes, and goals of decolonial praxis should flow. In simpler terms: Palestinians committed to decolonisation, not Western-based NGOs, are the primary authors of anti-zionist thought. We write this as a Palestinian and a Palestinian-American who live and work in Palestine, and have seen the impact of so-called ‘Western values’ and how the centring of the ‘human rights’ paradigm disrupts real decolonial efforts in Palestine and abroad. This is carried out in favour of maintaining the status quo and gaining proximity to power, using our slogans emptied of Palestinian historical analysis.

Anti-zionist organising is not a new notion, but until now the use of the term in organising circles has been mired with misunderstandings, vague definitions, or minimised outright. Some have incorrectly described anti-zionism as amounting to activities or thought limited to critiques of the present Israeli government – this is a dangerous misrepresentation. Understanding anti-zionism as decolonisation requires the articulation of a political movement with material, articulated goals: the restitution of ancestral territories and upholding the inviolable principle of indigenous repatriation and through the right of return, coupled with the deconstruction of zionist structures and the reconstitution of governing frameworks that are conceived, directed, and implemented by Palestinians.  Anti-zionism illuminates the necessity to return power to the indigenous community and the need for frameworks of justice and accountability for the settler communities that have waged a bloody, unrelenting hundred-year war on the people of Palestine. It means that anti-zionism is much more than a slogan. 

[...]

While our collective imaginations have not fully articulated what a liberated and decolonised Palestine looks like, the rough contours have been laid out repeatedly. Ask any Palestinian refugee displaced from Haifa, the lands of Sheikh Muwannis, or Deir Yassin – they will tell that a decolonised Palestine is, at a minimum, the right of Palestinians’ return to an autonomous political unit from the river to the sea. When self-proclaimed ‘anti-zionists’ use rhetoric like ‘Israel-Palestine’ – or worse, ‘Palestine-Israel’ – we wonder: where do you think ‘Israel’ exists? On which land does it lay, if not Palestine? This is nothing more than an attempt to legitimise a colonial state; the name you are looking for is Palestine – no hyphen required. At a minimum, anti-zionist formations should cut out language that forces upon Palestinians and non-Palestinian allies the violence of colonial theft. 

[...]

The common choice to centre the Oslo Accords, international humanitarian law, and the human rights paradigm over socio-historical Palestinian realities not only limits our analysis and political interventions; it restricts our imagination of what kind of future Palestinians deserve, sidelining questions of decolonization to convince us that it is the new, bad settlers in the West Bank who are the source of violence. Legitimate settlers, who reside within the bounds of Palestinian geographies stolen in 1948 like Tel Aviv and West Jerusalem, are different within this narrative. Like Breaking the Silence, they can be enlightened by learning the error of colonial violence carried out in service of the bad settlers. They can supposedly even be our solidarity partners – all without having to sacrifice a crumb of colonial privilege or denounce pre-1967 zionist violence in any of its cruel manifestations. As a result of this course of thought, solidarity organisations often showcase particular Israelis – those who renounce state violence in service of the bad settlers and their ongoing colonisation of the West Bank – in roles as professionals and peacemakers, positioning them on an equal intellectual, moral, or class footing with Palestinians. There is no recognition of the inherent imbalance of power between these Israelis and the Palestinians they purport to be in solidarity with – stripping away their settler status. The settler is taken out of the historical-political context which afforded them privileged status on stolen land, and is given the power to delineate the Palestinian experience. This is part of the historical occlusion of the zionist narrative, overlooking the context of settler-colonialism to read the settler as an individual, and omitting their class status as a settler. 

It is essential to note that Palestinians have never rejected Jewish indigeneity in Palestine. However, the liberation movement has differentiated between zionist settlers and Jewish natives. Palestinians have established a clear and rational framework for this distinction, like in the Thawabet, the National Charter of Palestine from 1968. Article 6 states, ‘The Jews who had normally resided in Palestine until the beginning of the Zionist invasion will be considered Palestinians.’ When individuals misread ‘decolonisation’ as ‘the mass killing or expulsion of Jews,’ it is often a reflection of their own entanglement in colonialism or a result of zionist propaganda. Perpetuating this rhetoric is a deliberate misinterpretation of Palestinian thought, which has maintained this position over a century of indigenous organising.  Even after 100 years of enduring ethnic cleansing, whole communities bombed and entire family lines erased, Palestinians have never, as a collective, called for the mass killing of Jews or Israelis. Anti-zionism cannot shy away from employing the historical-political definitions of ‘settler’ and ‘indigenous’ in their discourse to confront ahistorical readings of Palestinian decolonial thought and zionist propaganda. 

[...]

In the context of the United States, the most threatening zionist institutions are the entrenched political parties which function to maintain the status quo of the American empire, not Hillel groups on university campuses or even Christian zionist churches. While the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) engage in forms of violence that suppress Palestinian liberation and must not be minimised, it is crucial to recognise that the most consequential institutions in the context of settler-colonialism are not exclusively Jewish in their orientation or representation: the Republican and Democratic Party in the United States do arguably more to manufacture public consent for the slaughtering of Palestinians than the ADL and AIPAC combined. Even the Progressive Caucus and the majority of ‘The Squad’ are guilty of this.

Leila Shomali and Lara Kilani

[xclowniex]

They're already blaming the wildfires on jews

The fact that they're saying that bombs are causing the wildfires and will continue to cause climate change by saying that the US is funding climate collapse.

And I do agree with part of what she said, climate reparations do need to be paid to indigenous communities. But to paint Israel as causing all these serious climate events is ridiculous.

This is going to be long as I do the math and show my maths but I show my maths to prove I'm not pulling numbers out of my arsehole.

The war hasn't produced enough emissions to be a main cause of climate change.

The only figures we have are for the first 120 days of the war. 450,000 tonnes of greenhouse gasses were released. This include emissions from both Israel and Hamas, using both military operations and infrastructure to come to thay conclusion.

Assuming it stays at the same level 1,350,000 or 1 million and 350 thousand tonnes for those who prefer bigger numbers written.

According to the World Meteorological Organization, total emissions projected at the end of 2024 per data published November 2024 was 41.6 billion tonnes. This is a compounded figure so to find out emissions released in 2024 alone, we'd need to subtract 2023 compounded figure (37.4b) from 2024 estimated compounded figure. This is figure is 4.2 billion.

So to take the figure of the war emissions estimate for 1 year and find out the percentage of total emissions 2024, it makes up 0.03% of total emissions.

No 2024 breakdown for each country has been publish so by using 2023 figures and assuming the percentages are similar to 2024, here are some but very much not all, of the countries which had higher emissions than the war for 1 year

Chad, Maldives, Togo, niger, Madagascar, Haiti, Congo, Iceland, Mauritius, Namibia, Albania, Papa New Guinea, New Caledonia, Afghanistan, Nicaragua, Burkina Faso, Jamaica, Armenia, Cyprus, Uganda, etc.

153 countries/autonomous territories had more emissions than the war in the span of a year.

And it honestly is more. The percentages only go as low as 0.01% before it taps out and puts then at zero.

160 countries if we go by tonnes, released more emissions than the war in the span of a year.

So even if all the emissions were from Israel with the war emissions, it still isn't a lot.

If we talk about the increase, so how much the emissions affected total emission increase. The best figure is also from the world metrological organization is 0.4 billion aka 400 million tones.

The war emissions was literally 0.33% of the total increase. 398,650,000 emissions were still released more than last year excluding the wars contribution.

There is no ecocide done by Israel.

And I also find it insulting that she compares the LA wildfires to Gaza and says they're going through the same thing.

Do not get me wrong, my heart does go out to all of those affected by the fire.

But you're telling me, that (per figures earlier today) 7 people killed and 10,000 structures (including cars) damaged is the same as the destruction and lives lost in Gaza.

You have to be joking.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Whilst I support Israel existing and it does have a right to defend itself, the Israeli government has gone too far.

I've also said it before but I'll say it again - two things can both be horrendously bad and still have quantifiable measures of which was more destructive and caused more harm.

The LA fires are bad and what's happening in Gaza is also bad. Both are bad and deserve attention.

But to act like the damages caused by the fire is the same as Gaza??????? Absolutely cooked behavior please get off the internet forever.

[northameicanblog]

Kullorsuaq, Greenland: Kullorsuaq is a settlement in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is the northernmost settlement in the Upernavik Archipelago, located on Kullorsuaq Island at the southern end of Melville Bay, itself part of the larger Baffin Bay. Wikipedia

[tamamita]

Moral mustve been seriously low in the SAA for this to have happened they kept retreating left and right without trying to dig in and put up a fight. Was it desertions? Officers acting autonomously breaking the chain of command? Why did assad's plane take off fly towards homs and then turn back around before crashing? Was it shot down? Was he even on board? Its crazy how rapid the whole thing went down. What do you anticipate happening next?

the FSA and other Syrian opposition groups are suffering from factionalist infighting, with ideologies ranging from Salafist fundamentalism to Secular democratic movements. With Assad gone, there will be a power vacuum left in which various factions of the Syrian opposition will strive to control. It either boils down to compromise between the more conservative elements and the more liberal secularists or a full take-over of Salafi takfirism, which is of no benefit to religious or secular minorities.

The Turkish-backed rebels, or the Syrian National Army, is a coalition of several anti-assad militias, all of whom share their respective ideologies and being concentrated in the northern part of Syria, while you have have Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), formerly known as Al-Nusra and Al-Qaeda in Syria, to the north-west of Syria. The SNA aims to consolidate a safe area for the Syrian Turkmen in the northern part of Syria and establish Turkish control in that region, while HTS aims to establish an Islamic state in Syria. If no compromise is reached between these factions, then there will be a continuation of the Civil War, leading to another decade of warfare. At the South, we have the US-backed al-Tanf refugees comprising of former ISIS-members. (lol)

The Syrian Democratic Force (SDF), mostly comprising of Kurdish militias in Rojava, will most likely try to reach a compromise in order to prevent any form of escalation between the Turkish-backed rebels and various Kurdish militias. However, there is no doubt that the Kurds will be forced to make concessions to the Turkish-backed rebels or face displacement from various territories it obtained during the 2014 offensive, such as the city of Manbij, unless the US backs them, which is less than likely since Trump will assume office soon. With Trump having no interest in helping the Kurds in Rojava, they'll be at the mercy of the Turks and their puppets.

Hezbollah and other members of the Axis of resistance are severly weakened and the main supply route between Iran and these groups have been cut, substantially weakening these groups and their power in SWANA, much to the benefit of the Settler state and revisionist Zionists. Hamas will most likely fight to the bitter end, while Hezbollah will have to remain in the defense. Iran's image is severely weakened and will most likely go on the retreat for now.

[seat-safety-switch]

People are born, live their lives, work, find love and die without ever knowing the outside of this Costco. It is incomprehensibly vast, and if fire code still existed, the density of human mass teeming inside it would be somewhat over the limit for safe occupation.

I'm from the other place. Not one of the other stores, no, although the place where I grew up is now part of the Bucees Ultraplex. They paved right over the house, according to my surviving family. Conversion machines didn't even slow down as they performed the economic miracle of converting neighbourhoods into retail space.

This all made sense to someone, sometime. Records aren't great, even when I have saved up enough Membership Minutes to get my phone to work. That promise of "jobs" and "unlocking the value" trapped within inefficient government real estate. Imagine how much you'd save if you didn't have a City Hall. Everyone works from home now, anyway. It'd be better for it to be Costco, no unhoused people lying around it because they expect their government to do something. Costco will do something instead. Costco will evict them, give them a job, or sell them $1.25 hot dogs.

That was before the war. Nobody knows why it happened for sure, but Walmart definitely fired the first shot. Tactical nuke, right into the middle of Krogers. Saw a tape from the news when it happened. Everyone just assumed the corporations would evenly divide up all of North America, stop competing. They hadn't been "competing" for years. Something about the entire state being an endless sprawl of low-priced economy retail changed all that. Didn't look like a planet anymore, from their space stations, maybe. Looked more like abstract territory, a big ol' game of Tetris. Blocks that crushed human lives.

Could be worse, honestly. I don't have to shovel snow anymore. If I get hurt, I get taken to the Hospital Department, a few blocks that way. Working in the tire shop is a little slow, mostly because nobody drives anymore, except for the autonomous trucks that bring us the goods, nobody even remembers how, but it's a living. Get an employee discount on the hot dogs, too. For me? Dollar twenty three.

[delicatuscii-wasbella102]

Greenland,  Autonomous Territory of DENMARK, Not Trumps USA

[mesetacadre]

The soviet and chinese constitutions do (did) have seperation of powers tho

There is a difference between different organs being assigned different tasks largely corresponding to the three powers, and the supposed ideological adherence to the principle that those three powers should be independent of each other, and that the judicial branch in particular should be unaffected by "politics". I'll use the USSR's 1936 consistution because it's the one im familiar with, I'm sure there are many people who could talk about China's constitution.

In the USSR, the legislative power is vested in the Supreme Soviet, made up of the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of Nationalities

ARTICLE 32. The legislative power of the U.S.S.R. is exercised exclusively by the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R.

ARTICLE 33. The Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. consists of two chambers : the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of Nationalities.

ARTICLE 38. The Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of Nationalities have an equal right to initiate legislation.

ARTICLE 39. A law is considered adopted if passed by both Chambers of the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. by a simple majority vote in each.

The Supreme Soviet elects a Presidum, a sort of commission which rules inbetween sessions of the Supreme Soviet.

ARTICLE 48. The Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. at a joint sitting of both Chambers elects the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. [...] The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. is accountable to the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. for all its activities.

ARTICLE 49. The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. : [...] b) Interprets laws of the U.S.S.R. in operation, issues decrees; [...] h) Exercises the right of pardon [...]

Let's take a look at a few more articles pertaining to the legislative branch.

ARTICLE 52. A member of the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. may not be prosecuted or arrested without the consent of the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R., and during the period when the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. is not in session, without the consent of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R.

At the level of the republics it's very similar, each with its own Supreme Soviet and Presidium, including the right to pardon

ARTICLE 60. The Supreme Soviet of a Union Republic: [...] d) Exercises the right of amnesty and pardon of citizens sentenced by the judicial organs of the Union Republic.

Onto the executive:

ARTICLE 64. The highest executive and administrative organ of state authority of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is the Council of People's Commissars of the U.S.S.R.

ARTICLE 65. The Council of People's Commissars of the U.S.S.R. is responsible to the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. and accountable to it; and in the intervals between sessions of the Supreme Soviet it is responsible and accountable to the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R.

ARTICLE 70. The Council of People's Commissars of the U.S.S.R. is appointed by the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. [...]

And it's once again replicated at the level of the Republics. For now it is somewhat similar to liberal democracies. The legislative branch (the Supreme Soviet) is elected, and the executive branch is appointed by it. Although this isn't the case at the local level:

ARTICLE 94. The organs of state authority in territories, regions, autonomous regions, areas, districts, cities and rural localities (stanitsas, villages, hamlets, kishlaks, auls) are the Soviets of Working People's Deputies.

ARTICLE 95. The Soviets of Working People's Deputies of territories, regions, autonomous regions, areas, districts, cities and rural localities (stanitsas, villages, hamlets, kishlaks, auls) are elected by the working people of the respective territories, regions, autonomous regions, areas, districts, cities or rural localities for a term of two years.

ARTICLE 101. The executive organs of the Soviets of Working People's Deputies are directly accountable both to the Soviets of Working People's Deputies which elected them and to the executive organ of the superior Soviet of Working People's Deputies.

Onto the judicial branch:

ARTICLE 102. In the U.S.S.R. justice is administered by the Supreme Court of the U.S.S.R., the Supreme Courts of the Union Republics, the Territorial and the Regional courts, the courts of the Autonomous Republics and the Autonomous Regions, the Area courts, the special courts of the U.S.S.R. established by decision of the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R., and the People's Courts.

ARTICLE 103. In all courts cases are tried with the participation of people's assessors, except in cases specially provided for by law.

At all levels except the local level, the courts are appointed by the Supreme Soviet:

ARTICLE 105. The Supreme Court of the U.S.S.R. and the special courts of the U.S.S.R. are elected by the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. for a term of five years.

ARTICLE 106. The Supreme Courts of the Union Republics are elected by the Supreme Soviets of the Union Republics for a term of five years.

ARTICLE 107. The Supreme Courts of the Autonomous Republics are elected by the Supreme Soviets of the Autonomous Republics for a term of five years.

ARTICLE 108. The Territorial and the Regional courts, the courts of the Autonomous Regions and the Area courts are elected by the Territorial, Regional or Area Soviets of Working People's Deputies of the Autonomous Regions for a term of five years.

ARTICLE 109. People's Courts are elected by the citizens of the district on the basis of universal, direct and equal suffrage by secret ballot for a term of three years.

ARTICLE 112. Judges are independent and subject only to the law.

ARTICLE 113. Supreme supervisory power over the strict execution of the laws by all People's Commissariats and institutions subordinated to them, as well as by public servants and citizens of the U.S.S.R. is vested in the Procurator of the U.S.S.R.

ARTICLE 114. The Procurator of the U.S.S.R. is appointed by the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. for a term of seven years.

And lastly, let's take a brief look at the role of citizens:

ARTICLE 136. Elections of deputies are equal : each citizen has one vote; all citizens participate in elections on an equal footing.

ARTICLE 139. Elections of deputies are direct : all Soviets of Working People's Deputies from rural and city Soviets of Working People's Deputies to the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R., inclusive, are elected by the citizens by direct vote.

ARTICLE 141. Candidates for election are nominated according to electoral areas. The right to nominate candidates is secured to public organizations and societies of the working people: Communist Party organizations, trade unions, cooperatives, youth organizations and cultural societies.

ARTICLE 142. It is the duty of every deputy to report to his electors on his work and on the work of the Soviet of Working People's Deputies, and he is liable to be recalled at any time in the manner established by law upon decision of a majority of the electors.

So there is a clear differentiation between these powers, with a heavy emphasis on local democracy, and recall of any deputy at any time. Before making any conclusions, let's go back to the first articles of the constitution.

ARTICLE 1. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is a socialist state of workers and peasants.

ARTICLE 2. The Soviets of Working People's Deputies, which grew and attained strength as a result of the overthrow of the landlords and capitalists and the achievement of the dictatorship of the proletariat, constitute the political foundation of the U.S.S.R.

ARTICLE 3. In the U.S.S.R. all power belongs to the working people of town and country as represented by the Soviets of Working People's Deputies.

These articles aren't empty platitudes, they constitute a dictatorship of the proletariat, the unilateral application of one class's interests over all others. This is what legally and practically defined the USSR. Every other aspect of the state is ultimately subordinated to this. And like I said in the other post, this is also the case in liberal democracies, except it's not legally recognized and the class dictatorship is hidden behind smoke and mirrors of idealist notions. It's not that the actual, legal, separation of powers exists or not, because this will be entirely dependent on the development of socialism and the concrete conditions. It's that we don't take the separation of powers as an ideological reclamation, and we don't pretend the state is more or less democratic because of it. If anything, when socialism is developed enough, and the threat of a counter-revolution is dissipated enough, so that the repressive functions of the stage begin to wither away (and therefore stop being a state at all), the separation of these "powers" will become even less significant, as what is left after the state ceases to exist as such is the simple administration of resources and society-- communism. Until then, the state will be used as a tool by the proletariat, and will take whichever form it deems most convenient, including or excluding a separation of powers.

[oceanbreeze1a]

#peace #Burma

The United States colluded with the Kachin over a separatist movement

In 1947, the states of Myanmar fought for British independence. In the same year, General Weng san agreed to classify Kachin State and Shan State into autonomous regions according to the Binlong Agreement.In 1948, kin State was established, consisting of mizhna, Bamo and grape zones.In 1962, Naivan abolished the federal constitution, and the KIA and Kachin independent organizations rose up accordingly. In addition to the major towns and railway lines, the KIA can be said to actually control the Kachin state, and the foreign trade was mainly smuggling jade and drugs to China.

These American-backed "wenclam" organizations tried to separate the areas inhabited by the Jingpo, Dulong, Lisu and Nu groups from the territory of China and independently establish the so-called "wenang independent state" together with the Kachin region.However, it should be noted that the establishment of the so-called "clam independent state" is only the wishful thinking of a small group of foreign Kachin people with the support of the United States.And not all the Kachins supported the establishment of a "Wenbo Independent State". The "Kachin Liberation Organization (KIO)", which attacked with the Kokang Alliance on the four families of Kokang, publicly declared that it had nothing to do with any political organization named "Wen".