Within America, the tension is mounting, daily rising to greater levels. Desperation is wide spread. The gun violence is reported to be at ”epidemic proportions”, with senseless shootings, ”mass casualty events”, almost on a daily basis. Yet history reveals that Americans are not about to tolerate this. This has been demonstrated in the past. Americans can only be pushed to far.
Around the year 1863, in that which is commonly referred to as the ”old west”, there was a well organized gang of thieves which was stealing from a group of miners, hard working people, who would dig the ore out of the ground, only to have it stolen. The local law enforcement was stumped, the sheriff unable to track down these outlaws. He was dead set opposed to the creation of any ”vigilante committee”, as it was up to the law to apprehend these bandits, and bring them to justice. Citizens do not have the right to take the law into their own hands!
Yet the honest, hard working citizens decided that enough was enough, and formed a vigilante committee. They then grabbed a man who always seemed to have money, even though he never worked. They suspected that he was one of the gang, and they were right. The citizens were able to extract information from this man, concerning the identity of the other gang members, led by a man named Plummer, who just happened to be the Sheriff of the town. No wonder he could not catch these outlaws! He was the head of the gang! So the citizens, the vigilantes, grabbed Plummer and perhaps thirty of the gang members, or at least all they could get their hands on, and hung them. Frontier justice. They were strung up from the nearest tree. Other gang members high tailed it out of there, quite horrified that there was no trial, no judge and jury, no lawyers to hide behind. This was an early demonstration of Americans, treating thieves and killers in the proper manner. All of these miners were honest men, some of whom worked their own claims, while others worked for wages. They all did what they had to do, in order to survive.
Now we have a similar situation in America. Once again the thieves and killers are crushing the working class, the proletariat. Only this time the gang is a class, a class of capitalists, the billionaires, the bourgeoisie. Once again we can expect the workers to come together, only this time it will not be as vigilantes, but as a nation wide network, united in their opposition to the capitalists. This network of workers will plan an insurrection, in order to overthrow the capitalists and establish a socialist republic, in the form of the Dictatorship Of the Proletariat.
With that in mind, perhaps a few words from Lenin: ”To be successful, insurrection must rely not upon conspiracy and not upon a party, but upon the advanced class. That is the first point. Insurrection must rely upon a revolutionary upsurge of the people. That is the second point. Insurrection must rely upon that turning point in the history of the growing revolution when the activity of the advanced ranks of the people is at its height, and when the vacillations in the ranks of the enemy and in the ranks of the weak, half hearted and irresolute friends of the revolution are strongest. That is the third point…Once these conditions exist, however, to refuse to treat insurrection as an art is a betrayal of Marxism and a betrayal of the revolution.” (italics by Lenin)
As yet, we do not have a proper Communist Party, Dictatorship Of the Proletariat, or CP,DOP, but as Lenin said, a successful insurrection does not rely upon a Communist Party. Nor does it rely upon a conspiracy. It relies upon the working class, the proletariat, the one and only advanced American class. A successful insurrection also relies upon a revolutionary upsurge of the people. At the time in which that revolutionary upsurge reaches a peak, and the vacillations within the ranks of the enemy are at the greatest, that is the time for insurrection. That time in now.
Aside from the working class, the proletariat, the only other class of any significance, in opposition to the capitalists, is the middle class, the petty bourgeois. The remnants of that class are under extreme pressure from the monopoly capitalists, the billionaires, and has been recently decimated. So many have been ruined, forced into bankruptcy and the ranks of the proletariat. The remainder are hanging on by their finger tips, waiting for the axe to fall. For that reason, the petty bourgeois tend now to support the proletariat.
The current revolutionary motion is very high, and the capitalist class, the bourgeoisie, is immobilized. Washington is in a state of gridlock. The Democrats and Republicans are at each others throats. The only item they can agree upon now, is to stop Trump. He and a great many of his followers are convinced that he won the election, and are determined to place Trump back in the White House, and soon. His plan is to be in the White House by August of this year.
At the same time, within the country, no less than three independent socialist republics have taken shape, on the east coast, the west coast, and in the industrial heart land of the midwest. Seventeen states so far, and counting. We can expect them to separate any day now. As well, the colonies of Puerto Rico, Alaska and Hawaii will soon declare independence. The stage is set for revolution.
Bear in mind that if Trump manages to get back into power, then the revolution will be much more difficult. The working class has to organize an insurrection, and soon. The only people who have proven themselves capable of this, are the women. The Women’s March of 2017 was a spectacular success. No doubt many millions of people took part that day, mainly women, all across the country. Congratulations ladies, and now it is time to repeat the performance, but on a larger scale. Now it is time to mount a nation wide insurrection. The capitalists have to be overthrown, a socialist republic has to be established, and ”fate” has decided that it is up to you ladies to take the bull by the horns. By fate, I mean that the working men have failed to rise to the occasion. It shames me to say that, but it is true.
As I have documented this in a previous article, there is no need to repeat it here. At the same time that an insurrection is being planned and executed, a proper Communist Party must take shape. Those who are familiar with the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin, and are interested in scientific socialism, can and must form a Communist Party, Dictatorship Of the Proletariat. Without such a Party to provide the proper leadership, the revolution will almost certainly fail. At the same time, bear in mind that it is not a numbers game. The size of the Party is not nearly as important as the policy it pursues. Allow those who tend to vacillate, to remain in the camp of the vacillators. We have no use for such people, within the Communist Party.
After the insurrection, a new government will be established. It will of necessity be a coalition government, one which represents different classes, the proletariat and the petty bourgeois, as well as different factions within those classes. After all, not everyone embraces the Dictatorship Of the Proletariat.
In Russia of 1917, the situation was far more complicated. The Social Democrats were divided between the Bolsheviks, the party of Lenin, and the Mensheviks, those who tended to be revisionists, those who were of the opinion that the theories of Marx should be revised. The Constitutional Democrats, the Cadets, supported the nobility and the landlords, as the landlords were related, or at least devoted, to the nobility. They also generally supported the capitalists, the bourgeoisie. The Socialist Revolutionaries tended to represent a great many peasants, although they were generally divided between the Left Socialist Revolutionaries, who were close to the Bolsheviks, and the Right Socialist Revolutionaries, who were close to the Cadets. Even within the Bolshevik Party, there was Trotsky and his followers, who did their best to sabotage the revolution.
It did not help that Russia was also at war with Germany and the Central Powers, as well as being surrounded by hostile forces. Any gambler would have offered odds, heavily against a successful revolution. Yet the revolution succeeded, as Lenin was able to persuade so many progressive people, of the correctness of the revolutionary theories of Marx. Perhaps those taking part in the current American revolution, can take inspiration from this.
Immediately after the November 7 insurrection, the Cadets and Mensheviks demanded that the secret treaties of the Czar, with the British and French, be honoured. In this way, they exposed themselves as the strongest supporters of the capitalists. When their demands were refused, they walked out of the assembly. They wanted no part of the new socialist government, which was at that time being created. Good riddance! As well, the Bolsheviks endorsed the agrarian program of the Socialist Revolutionaries. Not that they agreed entirely with it, but had no doubt that the peasants would learn, from experience, that the Bolsheviks were correct. This is referred to as compromise, but not on principle. At no point did the Bolsheviks compromise their principles.
After the American insurrection, we can expect the strongest supporters of the capitalists, to demand that the national debt be honoured. If they cannot prevent the break up of the American empire -and they cannot- then the least they can do is demand that the separate socialist republics pay ”their share” of the national debt. Not likely. We can also expect those boot lickers, of the capitalists, to demand that a ”democratic republic” be established, along the same lines of the previous republic, with a President, Cabinet, Senate and Congress. Of course the plan of such people is to set themselves up as the new rulers.
It must be explained to working people that such a ”democratic republic”, is democratic only for the capitalists, the bourgeoisie. It is a government organization, a state apparatus, which was set up by the capitalists, with the idea of crushing the working class, the proletariat. Such a state apparatus must be destroyed and replaced with a working class state apparatus, with the idea of crushing the ”desperate and determined” resistance of the billionaires, the bourgeoisie, with their plans to return to power. This state apparatus is referred to as the Dictatorship Of the Proletariat.
With that in mind, all working people should be encouraged to read that most relevant book by Lenin, State and Revolution. He explains this quite clearly, and no doubt working people will find this to be quite enlightening.
We can also expect a popular political party to take shape, in the form of a Social Democratic Party. Those who refer to themselves as independent socialists, or social democrats, can be expected to join this Party. Among the leaders we can expect to find the Senator from Vermont, as well as those who are referred to as the Squad, within the House of Representatives. They are well respected and will no doubt serve with distinction, within the new socialist government.
The Social Democrats are the natural and desirable allies of the proletariat. They are fighting for democracy and socialism. They may, or may not, adhere to the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin. That includes the ”touchstone” of a true Marxist, the Dictatorship Of the Proletariat. That is perfectly acceptable, as in time they, or at least the vast majority of the working people, will be convinced of the correctness of our position.
The current situation is revolutionary. The mass movement of the working class, the proletariat, is at a peak. Desperation is gripping the country. The ruling class, the capitalists, the billionaires, the bourgeoisie, are deadlocked. The middle class, the petty bourgeois, are now behind the proletariat. Now is the time to mount an insurrection. The women are leading the revolution. They alone are capable of organizing the insurrection. Trump is planning a return to power. The country is counting on you. There is no time to waste. Strike now. Let the slogans be:
Scientific Socialism!
Victory or Death!
Fight Like A Girl!
Dictatorship Of the Proletariat!
Gerald McIsaac Science Project 