Xsampa

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100th Anniversary of the Bargas Chenpo; A Full Century.

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October 10th, 5699
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One hundred years ago, the greatest tragedy to ever fall unto Xsampa occurred. The Bargas Chenpo. One hundred years since, we've rebuilt. Not without scars. Not without painful memories. But Xsampa has persisted. We've rebuilt. But not forgotten. While those who remember the Bargas Chenpo first hand are long gone, the state has made sure that the Bargas Chenpo isn't forgotten. Today is different then the other Memorial Days, on account of it being the 100th anniversary, but it is no less important. From the docks of Gramdkarpo to the schools of Tsélame-Sur-Yol, there is mourning. In Metz-Leonid, the epicentre of the Bargas Chenpo, and the only city in Dovani to hold a title it never asked for; being the only city in Dovani to be a victim of a nuclear strike, mourning there is especially strong. Unlike other holidays earlier this year, like May Day or the Festival of Lights, there are no parades, no celebrations, no clapping hands. Voices were kept low across the country, radios were off, televisions were kept at a low volume. At exactly 09:54 AM, a moment of silence was held in all public spaces in Xsampa, lasting until 10:02 AM. 

Afterwards, in Metz-Leonid at the Memorial to the Victims of Nuclear War, the proper memorial began, as the rest of the country observed and continued on with life. Several members of PAX, the Public, Premier Asselin, and Custodian Tsemo were at the Memorial to the Victims of Nuclear War. Alongside this, for the first time, foreign dignitaries were invited to attend the memorial service. President of Valruzia, Pawlik and the Marshall of Kampania Anton Sajdak, the Egelian Empress Isabella and High Councilor Juan Carlos Formoselle y Castilla, Premier of Bianjie, Niohon Dusan and Foreign Minister Eje Cidumu, the President of the Kundrati Union, Sir Thomas Harney, Her Imperial Majesty's Foreign Minister, Tom Harney and Chancellor of the Empire, and Lord Reg Hanson from Kalistan, and Luthori Minister of State for Dovanian Affairs, Rob McHenry, and the Luthorian Ambassador for Xsampa, Kate Burns-Mahon. The most surprising, was a representative from Wrnuke, Ambassador Sófz Altándrsme Brtlé, which, while surprising, is welcomed deeply. The presence of all foreign dignitaries shows that even with disagreements, even with ideological differences, friend or foe, those differences are nothing, for today, we are all citizens of Terra. We thank our foreign comrades deeply. 

There, at the memorial, the Custodian, Tsemo, gave a speech.

Comrades. Friends, companions. Today, we look back on the past, not with rose tinted glasses, nor regrets or hatred. But with a heart full of grief. Xsampa has endured a tragedy that no nation ever should've endured. No nation should ever have had to experience a nuclear attack. No mother should have to mourn her children who were taken away from a single bomb. No friend should mourn losing his Comrade to a single bomb. But we cannot change history. We can however, learn from it and prevent it from repeating. Xsampa was taught the most painful lesson with the Bargas Chenpo. But a lesson that is vital, nonetheless. The world was reminded of the horrours of nuclear warfare. The terror. The pain. It is my hope, and my dream to see a world without war. A world without ever again needing nuclear weapons. Whether possible or not, the Bargas Chenpo showed us that we cannot give up on that hope. Not for our children, or their grandchildren, but for the grandchildren of the world. Recently, we asked children to write a letter, a question about the Bargas Chenpo. I'd like to read it out to conclude my speech. I ask all of you to remain silent. From Sangyal, aged 8. Why didn't they stop it?

A question with no answer, that neither Xsampa or the world can answer.

At the People's Committee of Interior Affairs, the People's Commissar of Interior Affairs, Comrade Woeten spent several hours, personally reading the names of documented casualties in the Bargas Chenpo, only stopping to take a quick drink, before continuing to read aloud names of the deceased to the public. 

In schools across the country, the schedule is changed for today. Instead of learning the standard curriculum, each classroom will instead teach something else. Something simple. A day in the life of someone who was killed during the Bargas Chenpo. Teachers are encouraged to not moralize, but instead teach. Life 100 years ago was not radically different, and the Bargas Chenpo occurred in what was thought to be normal times. 

We can never forget what happened. Even if those who experienced it are gone now. We cannot forget for their sake, and for the sake of the future. The future of not just Xsampa, or Dovani, but all of Terra.
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In Other News;

No Other News is available at this moment due to the nature of Memorial Day. We ask for a moment for silence.

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Today's Quote of The Day; “The atom fell upon a city of children, and the earth was poisoned with a shadow that will not leave us.”
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Glory to the Xsampan Revolution! Glory to the Xsampan Proletariat!

The People's Committee for Information is a worker owned, news source in Xsampa, dedicated to spreading the words of the revolution. Ensuring that Xsampans hear news, both foreign and domestic from a strongly socialist lens, the PCI ensures a strong, stable, socialist society for Xsampa.

གྲལ་རིམ་ལ་གཟི་བརྗིད་ཤོག

Gloire à la Révolution ! Gloire au prolétariat!