Tengiz: 'We are your voice...'

**THE TIMES |** A multitde of people gathered outside the Heekel Mine in the northern mountains of Zonă Muntana. For months since the proclamation of independence from the Steinards, coal miners across the region have been in limbo in regards to their wages, their jobs and their futures. The Glooviki Miners' Union (GMU), a local organisation consisting of the thousands of workers which depend on the rich mineral industry of the Glooviki Mountain Range in north-eastern Muntana. Their representative, GMU Leader Kemal Ozkan, led the masses through the streets of local towns and the nearby city of Torku. Upon arriving in Torku, small clashes took place between anarchists that used the opportunity to seek conflict with the local police force that was tasked with maintaining the peace. After the expected friction that naturally comes from such a large mobilisation of passion, the masses gathered in the city centre. Ozkan, who stood atop of the stairs of Torku City Hall, rallied the workers, subsequently inviting various speakers to make passionate pleas to the workers. As the closing speaker, Ozkan introduced 3RP leader Noe Tengiz, who had travelled from the capital to speak to the Glooviki miners.

> Comrade Tengiz … we welcome you to Torku. But—we think that the principal task of the revolutionary democracy is now the defence of the revolution from any encroachments either from within or from without. We consider that what this goal requires is not disunion, but the closing of the democratic ranks. We hope you will pursue these goals together with us for the furtherance of the peasants and workers across Muntana and all of Nydia.
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Below are some excerpts from his speech:

> The enemies of the working people, the landowners and capitalists say that the workers and peasants cannot live without them. "If it were not for us," they say, "there would be nobody to maintain order, to give out work, and to compel people to work. If it were not for us everything would collapse, and the state would fall to pieces. We have been driven away, but chaos will bring us back again." But this sort of talk by the landowners and capitalists will not confuse, intimidate, or deceive the workers and peasants. Labour discipline, enthusiasm for work, readiness for self-sacrifice, close alliance between the peasants and the workers-this is what will save the working people from the oppression of the landowners and capitalists for ever.
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> Do not be fooled by the gospel of the crowns. Those crowns which do not serve any other purpose but to grant one out of many with power above that of regular people like you and me. We fought against the Steinards to remove the tyannical crown. We must not remain ever vigilant to guarantee that the revolution serves it's purpose, which is to break the shackles of the Nydian peasants and workers. My opponents serve their Gods and King, I on the other hand serve you, the Nydian people. As a revolutionary democrat and republican, it is my ultimate goal to return power to it's true owners, the people, and to take it away from these illegitimate elements that hinder the emancipation of the proletariat.
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> Much like unions are the sword and shield of the proletariat to unite against it's common capitalist foe that seeks nothing but the oppression of the working class -- the 3RP is the political wing of the proletariat. **Radical** because that is the direction that must be taken in order to restructure our society into one of solidarity and equality. **Republican** because we believe in democracy and that the power of the state should be vested in the people. **Revolutionary** due to our conviction to the continuation of the revolution's ideals of equality, brotherhood and liberty for the peasants and workers of Nydia. We are your voice, of the farmer, of the peasant, of the worker and of the unions which represent them.
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