The current crisis in capitalism, which has been intensified by the Corona Virus, has led to widespread unemployment, homelessness, hunger, drug abuse and gun violence, due to a sense of desperation and despair. The press reports that over the July 4 long weekend alone, 233 people were shot dead. These are politely referred to as ”mass casualty events”. On average, there are 54 people who are shot and killed in America each day! The experts expect a ”dramatic increase in gun violence” over the summer months.
In addition, the restrictions on travel and gatherings, which have been used so effectively against the virus, are being eased. Under certain conditions, face masks are no longer required. Public gatherings are once again taking place. Bars and restaurants are reopening. The airlines are once again doing a booming business, or at least this holiday weekend.
Yet the virus has mutated, to a new, more ”hypertransmissable” strain, (the adjective is not mine), referred to as the ”Delta” variant. This has given rise to a ”ten percent” increase in the daily infection rate, so that the country is seeing the highest daily rate of infections since April. If this trend continues, then we can anticipate that the virus will return, with a vengeance.
It is clear that the government leaders in Washington, our democratically elected officials, are not losing any sleep over such little details. They are preoccupied with the ”Big Lie”, as well as the ”January 6 Insurrection”. The two are related, two sides of the same coin. The Big Lie is a none too subtle reference to the belief, among millions of Americans, that Trump won the presidential election, so that Biden is an imposter president. The demonstration in the capital of Washington, on January 6, in which protesters occupied the government building of the Congress, is being referred to as an ”Insurrection”. Those protesters are being referred to as anarchists, which they are not. They are devoted followers of Trump, convinced that he is the true president, and want him placed back in the White House.
This stands in stark contrast to anarchists, who want no government.
The bourgeois politicians have their priorities well established. The death of so many Americans, due to the Corona Virus, now well over 600,000 and rising, as well as the shooting deaths of thousands more, do not concern them. Their only concern is that of maintaining the power of the capitalists, the billionaires, the bourgeoisie.
Their fears are well grounded. It is entirely possible that Trump did indeed win the last presidential election, if only because of an archaic system, in the form of the Electoral College. As we have gone into this in another article, there is no need to repeat it. Suffice it to say that it is not the citizens who elect the president, but the members of the Electoral College. Falsifying those election results is simplicity itself.
The manner in which elections are falsified was documented, quite clearly, by the former personal lawyer for Trump, Rudy Giuliani. It was a valuable public service, and revealed one of the methods of rule, of the capitalists. As a ”reward” for this public service, he is now no longer allowed to practice law in the state of New York.
As for those who took part in the largely peaceful protests of January 6, in Washington, hundreds have been arrested and charged with very serious crimes.
The capitalists, the bourgeoisie, consider Trump and his followers to be a threat to their authority, as indeed they are. They are concerned with maintaining their rule, rather than the death and destruction caused by the Virus and gun violence.
As was documented in a previous article, the collapse of a rather large apartment building in Florida is cause for great concern, as it draws attention to the fact that the infrastructure of the country is in desperate need of repair. Without those repairs, we can expect the collapse of more buildings, as well as bridges and tunnels. Our roads and highways are also in desperate need of repair. At the same time, the sewage, electric and telecommunication systems are also on the verge of collapse. But as was pointed out previously, according to an article in Business Insider, the capitalists are afraid that such repairs would strengthen the working class, and ”enable workers to demand higher wages and force the wealthy to pay a fairer share of taxes”. Those repairs are not about to take place. The capitalists are prepared to allow the country to sink to the level of underdeveloped countries, of the so called ”third world”, rather than pay more taxes.
The capitalists are about to find out that there are limits, to that which working people are about to tolerate. Those limits are rapidly being approached.
The latest episode in the ”gong show”, the ”soap opera”, which is currently referred to as America, is the release from prison of a man who was a convicted sex offender. He was released on a technicality, and not because he was innocent. Yet he is also a ”celebrity”, a well known comedian, and of course quite wealthy. For that reason, he was able to hire expensive lawyers, and they were able to secure his release, upon appeal.
No doubt, this has added to the bitterness and frustration of countless American women, especially those who claim that this same ”skinner” (as that is the popular name of sex offenders) has also raped them. In fact, possibly fifty women have come forward with this accusation, and very likely there are a great many others. Many women, who have been raped, dare not come forward, if only due to the social stigma involved with being raped. Sad but true.
As well, at the end of this month, the moratorium on housing evictions will be ended. At that time, possibly seven million Americans will face eviction, and will be forced to join the ranks of the homeless.
So many desperate people, with no place to turn. All government agencies serve the same class, the capitalists, the bourgeois. The only people who care about working people, are other working people. For that reason, anarchy is a distinct possibility.
A similar situation took place in 1917 Russia, immediately after the February revolution, in which the Czar was overthrown. The capitalists, the bourgeoisie, were then able to seize power.
Yet the common people, by whom we mean the workers and peasants, had formed Soviets, or in English, Councils, and had considerable power. There were Soviets of Workers, Peasants and Soldiers. The problem was that they were voluntarily surrendering their power to the capitalists. This too, gave rise to the threat of anarchy.
Of course, Lenin was appalled by this, properly so. It made the necessity for revolution ever more urgent. For that reason, among others, the Central Committee of the Communist Party decided to mount an Insurrection, in the interests of seizing political power, so as to establish the Dictatorship Of the Proletariat.
In fact, that Insurrection happened on November 7, new style calendar, or October 25, old style calendar. For that reason it is called the ”October Revolution”, and it brought the common people, the workers and poor peasants, to power.
By contrast, there is currently no Marxist political party in America, which is to say no Communist Party, one which calls for the Dictatorship Of the Proletariat. Yet that is a rather minor detail which can be easily remedied, now that we are blessed with the Internet. We also have no shortage of middle class intellectuals, those who are familiar with the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin. More accurately, former members of the middle class. The virus has served to accelerate the course of world history, so that countless members of the middle class have been ruined, forced into the ranks of the working class. Welcome, my brothers and sisters, my comrades! As you are aware of those revolutionary theories, and you have impressive computer skills, you can quickly form a proper Communist Party, Dictatorship Of the Proletariat.
Then, it is a rather simple matter of organizing an Insurrection, as happened on November 7, 1917, in Russia. Bear in mind that the events of January 6, 2021, in Washington, has exposed the weakness of the capitalists. The capital is practically unguarded!
Now, here in America, ”Autonomous Zones” are being established. These are the American equivalent of Soviets, or Councils. People have learned to not stake out geographical areas, as that results in the assault of government forces, in overwhelming numbers. This happened in Seattle. Instead, such ”Zones” are being established, as parts of cities or whole towns, and should be encouraged. The members of those Zones should learn to use firearms, at least twenty twos. Both male and female. Such rifles are quite inexpensive, and the ammunition is far less expensive than that of high powered rifles. The impact on the shoulder is also quite manageable.
American women have proven themselves to be excellent organizers, as was proven by the Womens’ March on Washington. Ladies, you have done it before, you can do it again. Only this time, no half measures. Go for broke. Seize political power. January 6 was not an ”Insurrection”, as the capitalists claim. Let them know precisely the meaning of the word Insurrection!
We do not need anarchy. We need socialism, in the form of the Dictatorship Of the Proletariat. Now is the time for Insurrection.
Gerald McIsaac Science Project 