PRAVDA - The Hive Newsletter of the Peoples' Advisory Council

[Voltaire]

Soviet National Anthem

Russian lyrics

Soy'ooz neroosh'imi resp'ooblik svob'odnikh
Splot'ila nav'eki vel'ikaia Rus
Da zdr'avstvooyet sozdanni voley nar'odov
Yed'ini mog'oochi Sov'etski Soy'ooz

Sl'avsa ot'echestvo n'ashe svob'odnoye
Dr'oojbi nar'odov nady'ojni opl'ot
P'artia L'enina, - s'ila narodnaya
Nas k torjestv'oo kommun'izma vedy'ot

Skvoz g'odi siy'alo nam s'ontse svob'oodi
I L'enin vel'iki nam put ozar'il
Na pr'avoye d'elo on p'odnal nar'odi
na tr'ood i na p'odvigi nas vdokhnov'il

Sl'avsa ot'echestvo n'ashe svob'odnoye
Dr'oojbi nar'odov nady'ojni opl'ot
P'artia L'enina, - s'ila narodnaya
Nas k torjestv'oo kommun'izma vedy'ot

V pob'ede bessm'ertnih idey kommoon'izma
Mi v'idim grad'oosheye n'ashey strani
I kr'asnomoo zn'ameni sl'avnoj otch'izni
Mi b'oodem vsegd'a bezav'etno verni

Sl'avsa ot'echestvo n'ashe svob'odnoye
Dr'oojbi nar'odov nady'ojni opl'ot
P'artia L'enina, - s'ila narodnaya
Nas k torjestv'oo kommun'izma vedy'ot

English lyrics

Unbreakable Union of freeborn Republics,
Great Russia has welded forever to stand.
Created in struggle by will of the people,
United and mighty, our Soviet land!

Sing to the Motherland, home of the free,
Bulwark of peoples in brotherhood strong.
O Party of Lenin, the strength of the people,
To Communism's triumph lead us on!

Through tempests the sunrays of freedom have
cheered us,
Along the new path where great Lenin did lead.
To a righteous cause he raised up the peoples,
Inspired them to labor and valorous deed.
[Or, the old way:
Be true to the people, thus Stalin has reared us,
Inspire us to labor and valorous deed!]

Sing to the Motherland, home of the free,
Bulwark of peoples in brotherhood strong.
O Party of Lenin, the strength of the people,
To Communism's triumph lead us on!

In the vict'ry of Communism's deathless ideal,
We see the future of our dear land.
And to her fluttering scarlet banner,
Selflessly true we always shall stand!

[Voltaire]

[So long Lenin, and thanks for all the fruit.]

[Snowflake]

The Chinese National Anthem


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March of the Volunteers

Arise,
Ye who refuse to be slaves!
With our very flesh and blood,
Let us build our new Great Wall!
The peoples of China are in the most critical time,
Everybody must roar his defiance.
Arise!
Arise!
Arise!
Millions of hearts with one mind,
Brave the enemy's gunfire, March on!
Brave the enemy's gunfire, March on!
March on!
March on!
on!

(Chinese)

Yiyongjun Jinxingqu

Qilai!
Buyuanzuo nulide renmen!
Bawomende xierou,
zhucheng women xinde changcheng!
Zhonghua minzu daole zuiweixiande shihou,
meigeren beipozhe fachu zuihoude housheng.
Qilai!
Qilai!
Qilai!
Women wanzhongyixing,
maozhe dirende paohuo qianjin!
Maozhe dirende paohuo qianjin!
Qianjin!
Qianjin!
Jin!

[Snowflake]

[QUOTE] Originally posted by Voltaire
[So long Lenin, and thanks for all the fruit.]

The real translation is:
Lead by the Communist Party and Chairman Mao, Build China into a prosperous and strong socialistic industrial country!

[Snowflake]

Step Into New Century

[Snowflake]

Our Army

[Snowflake]

Our Researcher

[Snowflake]

What gives us strength is our beloved party

[Snowflake]

What is happiness

[Snowflake]

Be Ready, We Are Coming!

[Voltaire]

Solidarity Song

Forward, without forgetting
Where our strength can be seen now to be!
When starving or when eating
Forward, not forgetting
Our solidarity!

Peoples of the world, together
Join to serve the common cause!
So it feeds us all for ever
See to it that it's now yours.

Forward....

Black or white or brown or yellow
Leave your old disputes behind.
Once you're talking with your fellow
Men, you'll soon be of one mind.

Forward....

If you want to make this certain
We'll need you and your support.
It's yourselves you'll be deserting
If you rat on your own sort.

Forward....

All the gang of those who rule us
Hope our quarrels never stop
Helping them to split and fool us
So they can remain on top.

Forward....

Workers of the world, uniting
That's the way to lose your chains.
Mighty regiments are fighting
That no tyranny remains!

Forward, without forgetting
Till the concrete question is hurled
When starving or when eating:
Whose tomorrow is tomorrow?
And whose world is the world?

[Micha]

Wow, that should become our new anthem!
It´s kind of ... rousing...

As for the government structure:
Ministry of Economics Affairs: Prosperity Planning and Realization would fit better, don´t you think?
Ministry of Science and Technology:
Ministry of Information: me! me! please! me!
Ministry of State Security: if nobody else occupies that position, I´ll apply for it too
Commission of Foreign Affairs: heavily supported by the propaganda information agency

ministry synonymes:
department, agency, bureau, authority ...

[Voltaire]

Originally posted by Micha
Wow, that should become our new anthem!
It´s kind of ... rousing...

Originally posted by Micha
As for the government structure:
Ministry of Economics Affairs: Prosperity Planning and Realization would fit better, don´t you think?

I like, I like.

Originally posted by Micha
Ministry of Information: me! me! please! me!

Well no one else wants the job, all that we need to do now is get your candidacy approved by the people... I'm thinking of a poll, with only one choice.

Originally posted by Micha
Commission of Foreign Affairs: heavily supported by the propaganda information agency

Now that's the position for me!

Originally posted by Micha
ministry synonymes:
department, agency, bureau, authority ...

But none of them seem to be catchy... well we could always fall back on commissariats.

[Voltaire]

Internationale

Stand up, all victims of oppression
For the tyrants fear your might
Don't cling so hard to your possessions
For you have nothing, if you have no rights
Let racist ignorance be ended
For respect makes the empires fall
Freedom is merely privilege extended
Unless enjoyed by one and all.

CHORUS:
So come brothers and sisters
For the struggle carries on
The Internationale
Unites the world in song
So comrades come rally
For this is the time and place
The international ideal
Unites the human race

Let no one build walls to divide us
Walls of hatred nor walls of stone
Come greet the dawn and stand beside us
We'll live together or we'll die alone
In our world poisoned by exploitation
Those who have taken, now they must give
And end the vanity of nations
We've one but one Earth on which to live

And so begins the final drama
In the streets and in the fields
We stand unbowed before their armour
We defy their guns and shields
When we fight, provoked by their aggression
Let us be inspired by life and love
For though they offer us concessions
Change will not come from above.

[Jamski]

Good to see I'm not the only one awake this morning.

Comrades - the people are grateful for your many contributions to PRAVDA !

@Honorary Comrade Maniac - I'll be moving down south in about 8 weeks to Schwäbish Gmünd. (It's near Stuttgart) So I won't be leaving Germany yet. Ruddy German economy = toilet

@Comrade Voltaire - Great to have your pictures in PRAVDA. Where did you get them, may I ask? I found lots of Soviet posters on this website. Nice suggestions for Party positions. We'll probably have to do more than one each. I'd like to become the Official Editorial Deputy to the Peoples' Advisory Council - that means keeping PRAVDA up to date and spamming the other factions newspapers.

@Comrade HongHu - I was worried you wouldn't make it. For some strange reason I couldn't send you a PM yesterday. Any idea why? Good to have you on board comrade.

@Comrade Micha - I was looking for the old SED anthem, and you've already found it for me Gute Arbeit !

We should decide who is doing what initally so everything is sorted out in time for the game to start (And for the second edition of PRAVDA )

Who wants to be the starting Chairman of the PEC? Please submit your nominations. I don't think we need a poll. Once we have that decided, the Chairman can make a series of one choice polls for the other positions, or the Minister of Democratic Public Opinion can Let's try to get it sorted out today if possible, eh comrades?

FORWARD IN COMPANIONSHIP, FELLOWSHIP & BROTHERHOOD!

-Jam