#independent commonwealth

[rabbitcruiser]

South Carolina was declared an "independent commonwealth" on December 18, 1859.

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"Pathologic isn't a queer game everyone is just projecting"

OH YEAH? Then why is it outside of CIS?

[stillunusual]

Meanwhile in vatnik clownland…. According to the eloquent words of this eminent Russian historian, Poland has only existed since 1918.

However, back in the real world, this is yet another Russian lie, because Poland actually came into existence nearly a thousand years before that - in the year 966 to be precise.

Poland's name is derived from that of a West Slavic tribe - the Polanie ("people of the fields") - who settled in Central Europe in the 6th century. On 14th April 966, Mieszko I, the ruler of the Polanie, accepted Christianity through the auspices of the Roman Church and this is generally accepted by real historians as the founding event of the Polish state.

In 1025 Poland became a kingdom, which later united with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1386. Nearly two centuries later, in 1569, the Union of Lublin formally established the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, a huge multi-ethnic state which was regarded as one of Europe's great powers at the time. A century later the Commonwealth began a spiral of decline which led to its eventual demise at the end of the 18th century, when it was taken apart by its neighbours - Prussia, Austria-Hungary and Russia.

The first attempt to resurrect a Polish state was the creation of the Duchy of Warsaw in 1807 by Napoleon, which only lasted a few years before disappearing from the map again after Napoleon's defeat in the east. Uprisings in 1830 and 1863 were also brutally suppressed.

However, the Polish people never lost their sense of identity, and despite attempts to germanise and russify them, preserved and passed on their language and culture from one generation to the next until Poland finally regained its independence in 1918, with the creation of the Second Polish Republic, which established and successfully defended its borders over the next two years after victorious conflicts with Germany and Soviet Russia.

In 1939, Poland was invaded and partitioned once again - by Nazi Germany and the USSR - and remained under Soviet occupation until 1989, when communist rule was peacefully overthrown and Poland once again re-established itself as a democratic state, initiating the collapse of the Soviet bloc….

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#OTD in 1921 – Dáil Cabinet Discusses Treaty Proposals.

Following an acrimonious and poorly written meeting minutes, Michael Collins and colleagues were asked to return to London for further negotiations. The Irish delegation consisted of Collins, Arthur Griffith (Chairman of the Delegation), Robert Barton (Minister for Economic Affairs), George Gavan Duffy and Eamonn Duggan. The delegates were styled ‘Envoys Plenipotentiary’ and given power to…

[thetruearchmagos]

New Worldbuilding idea; whenever Pioneers from the Corps of Engineers march in parade, instead of carrying rifles they carry axes.

[workersolidarity]

Photo: AzerNews

🇷🇺🇵🇸🇮🇱🇺🇲 RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN BLAMES THE US' ONE SIDEDNESS FOR ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN WAR

Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed the United States for a one-sided policy with regards to the Palestine conflict.

Speaking at the meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Russian President Vladimir Putin told the meeting, "The one-sided stance of the Americans has for many years kept the situation in a deadlock. The Middle East ‘quartet’ of international intermediaries was not employed,"

The 'Quartet' refers to the diplomatic group of four (Russia, the United States, the European Union and the United Nations) known as the 'Quartet on the Middle East, an intergovernmental organization tasked with mediating the conflict between Israel and Palestine authorized by the United Nations.

In his address, President Putin told CIS that the United States used far-fetched pretexts to stall the work of the group.

"Actually, there was an attempt to solve the political problem, the core problem, namely the formation of an independent Palestinian state, through certain economic incentives," Putin said. "But all this, along with the settlement activities, gradually led to the present-day tragedy."

Conflict has returned to the region after Gaza's Hamas launched a surprise offensive against border cities and towns surrounding the Gaza strip.

Currently, the Israeli Military is demanding all 1.1 million Gazans living North of Wadi Gaza must relocate south or face destruction as Israel prepares to launch a massive ground offensive into Gaza and bombards the entire strip with air strikes and missiles.

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[iacyper9]

"This is Radio Freedom, voice of the Minutemen. All's quiet across the Commonwealth, which is how we like it. Stay safe people."

"It's 9pm, stay safe out there."

I started a new character yesterday... Retaking the Castle, hearing that old violin of Radio Freedom for the first time in years. Man, let me tell you, I teared up so fast...

[reiverreturns]

my anti monarchist ass on sitting down on a friday night to watch harry & meghan in full

[vogelmeister]

koningsdag actually kinda makes me wish australia had a national day thats not surrounded in controversy

[ms-hells-bells]

eurasian radfems be like yes, i am cis

[batsarebetterthanpeople]

Me, looking at a map of the Caribbean for Reasons TM: Why do we own Puerto Rico? Yeah yeah colonialism, but there's like 5 whole countries in between the mainland US and Puerto Rico.

Me: Wait hold on....

Me: *looks and Hawaii* *Looks at Alaska*

Me: hm.

[jewishbarbies]

literally anyone: *calls themselves a royalist*

me:

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Column: Wausau, cut handouts to wealthy developers instead of cutting public services

Instead of eliminating our Humane Officer over $25K, Wausau should stop taxpayer handouts to developers and cease spending money on silly things, Kilian says.

Wausau’s Independent: By Tom Kilian for Wausau Pilot & Review The new trend in local policymaking is for municipal government to make bad decisions under the guise of cost-savings to the taxpayer. Instead of moving toward a semblance of financial sanity by cutting pork and fat in budgets – or reducing public investment in half-baked ideas – City Hall and the council are apparently cutting valued…

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"Tanner Starts I.L.P. Branch," Border Cities Star. April 19, 1934. Page 6. --- Former C.C.F. Organizer Says Four Charters Approved ---- Vancouver headquarters of the Independent Labor Party has approved of the issuance of four charters in the Border area, Charles Tanner, former Labor Party organizer, announced to-day.

Mr. Tanner, who announced last January when he left Windsor branch of the Labor Party he would organize the I.L.P. in this neighborhood, says he is now ready for business and will furnish information about the I.L.P. at his home, 1161 Marentette avenue.

Membership in the I.L.P., Mr. Tanner explains, is not to be dual. One will not be able to join the I.L.P., and still belong to the United Front, the Workers' Unity League, the Communist Party, the Canadian Labor Defense League, the Workers' Ex-Servicemen's League, the Workers' International Relief, the Labor Party or any other parties not included in this list. The I.L.P., Mr. Tanner says, has accepted the Regina manifesto of the C.C.F.

[workersolidarity]

🇷🇺🇮🇱🇵🇸 STATEMENT FROM THE MEETING OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES ON HAMAS-ISRAEL WAR:

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, speaking to reporters at the meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States said it was important to facilitate negotiations, of which CIS is in agreement.

Lavrov told reporters it was necessary to focus on the "substance" of the problem of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

"Today we touched on this issue, we will see before the [CIS] summit whether it will be possible to agree on a common position for its official presentation. But everyone is of the same opinion. Today we discussed it in a small group, that it is necessary to stop this conflict immediately, to respect international humanitarian law, to prevent any manifestations of terrorist actions, indiscriminate use of force, from which civilians on both sides can suffer and are already suffering in large numbers," Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov told reporters at the meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

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