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Estellan wrote:

It's so weird to hear about Eurovision as an American lol, can we vote in it or is it only an EU member thing?

Outside of Europe votes also count. As “the rest of the world”

Unfortunately, I don’t think Waffland will be doing Eurovision this year

There are several reasons for this, most notably the fact that the Waffish conlang needs some changes (again) which means that I would unable to make any names, lyrics, etc.

Maybe next year tho!

Sovietskogo Soyuz wrote:

Statement from the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions of the USSR.

by The Federation of Sovietskogo Soyuz

7 May 2024

Today, the Presidium of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions of the USSR wishes to applaud Comrade Chairman Shavkat M. Miriziyoyev for his efforts to give wider powers to the working people of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, particularly by championing the establishment of the All-Union Council for Worker's Control (VsSRK), which is to be a body under the Ministry of Labour, and comprised of members elected by the trade unions.

As a result of this proccess, the Presidium of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions announces that Comrade Yuriy Mykolayovych Kulik, former chairman of the Council of Trade Unions of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, has been elected to serve as Acting Chairman of the All-Union Council for Worker's Control, until such time as the Congress of the trade unions is convened, and elects the permanent Council.

Additionally, preparations are now underway to convene an Extraordinary Congress of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions of the USSR as soon as possible, in order to elect permanent members to the VsSRK.

- Mikhail Viktorovich Shmakov
Chairman of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions of the USSR.
Chairman of the Presidium of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions of the USSR.
Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Hero of Socialist Labour.

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Excuse me sir can I have help explaining my Marxist political party 😇

Osterreich-Deutschland wrote:

Excuse me sir can I have help explaining my Marxist political party 😇

In my timeline, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is a reformist party, and now embraces the ideological principles of 'Socialism of the 21st century'. Since the liberalization of the economy which began in 2006 under Anatoly Lukyanov, trade unions in the Soviet Union have had greater autonomy to engage in collective bargaining on behalf of their workers.

The Rhine and Danube wrote:

re-post: Is it necessary for the government to intervene in the economy to protect consumers?

No sh#t Sherlock, it's obviously NAH LET EM STARVE (jk it's help them)

Osterreich-Deutschland wrote:

I don't know what that means my small 20th century 1910s brain is stuck in the old world

Strong state influence on the economy via central planning, with private enterprise being permitted. It entails an administrative-command system managed by a distinctive form of central planning, with basic elements of a highly-regulated free market. For my nation, the Soviet Union's economy is still shaped primarily by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union through successive Five Year Plans, decided upon at the plenary sessions of the Central Committee and Party congresses.

Osterreich-Deutschland wrote:

You still do five year plans?
I do 50 year plans...

Shouldda had one in 1914 then...

A reminder to all WA members to vote in the poll, as we need quorum!

Osterreich-Deutschland wrote:

Nah (joke)

you really should though.

Brenadin wrote:

help my door is stuck because a screw got stuck in the door frame

Help you how?

i tried slamming my body into it

Brenadin wrote:

i tried slamming my body into it

You should get help

im glasses were in there also so i think we have to resort to breaking it down