A spokesman, for an organization known as Canada Unity, has just announced plans for a ”Freedom Convoy 2.0”. This is also being referred to as a ”World Unity Convey”. The plan is to gather in Winnipeg, Manitoba, from February 17-20, 2023. This ”reunion” is to start on the anniversary of the last day that the truckers occupied Ottawa, on February 17, 2022.
The original ”Freedom Convoy”, of 2022, was billed as a ”protest against the Covid 19 vaccine mandates, public health protections, and the Liberal Government generally”. The organizers even came up with a ”Memorandum of Understanding”, MOU, that ”called on the Governor General and the Senate to form a committee with Convoy protesters to end all Covid 19 health protections nation wide.” This MOU was later withdrawn, if for no other reason than the fact that carrying out that demand, is simply not possible! The Governor General and the Senate do not have that authority! Such is only possible through the House of Commons!
The leaders of Canada Unity say that the Freedom Convoy to Winnipeg would focus on ”solutions for a better world for all Canadians”. He claims that the city of Ottawa was ”hostile to them”. Imagine that! He wants their ”voices to be loud but safe”. The proposed plan is for a three day gathering, to include a ”peaceful, multi day assembly, featuring speeches, ceremonies, events and guest speakers.” That sounds very similar to a religious gathering! Yet the working people need Revolution, not religion!
A lady, who posted a separate video on the Canada Unity page, said ”The goal is to facilitate a grass roots movement of citizens world wide”. Another possible leader of Canada Unity had more to add: ”The simple fact is that we can’t have Unity without Reconciliation which has to come from ‘We the People’, and not from our Government. Let’s be grown up and start addressing the root of division, discrimination and segregation in Canada by changing our focus away from division to that of one word, ‘Unity”’.
All of the aforementioned is consistent with their ”Vision and Mission” statement, posted on July 17, 2022:
”Who We Are:
”Our Vision is to advocate, educate and participate in awareness campaigns, to restore and preserve Canadians Constitutional right to be free from government overreach.
”Our Mission is to successfully hold the Government accountable for the rule of law and end all mandates. We stand together with our countrymen impacted by these illegal policies and fight for justice, reckoning and restitution.”
First, allow me to make it clear that the leaders of Canada Unity are technically referred to as ”bourgeois democrats”. They are focused on ”patching up the system”, and in particular, in defending our democratic rights. Nothing wrong with that! They are determined to unite people. They are careful to make no mention of classes. As ”our countrymen” include capitalists, then their idea is to ”unite” with the capitalists!
These Unity Canada leaders, as bourgeois democrats, are the ”natural and desirable allies” of the working class, according to Lenin. Those of us who are Marxists, currently referred to as Communists, have no problem with bourgeois democrats! We would like nothing so much as to work with them!
Having said that, an essential condition for such an alliance must be complete liberty for us, the Marxists, the Communists, to reveal to the working class that its interests are diametrically opposed to the interests of the monopoly capitalists, the billionaires, those who are technically referred to as the bourgeoisie. There can be no question of ”Unity” with the capitalists!
For the purpose of this article, I simply refer to the billionaires as capitalists. They are not to be confused with the small business owners, technically referred to as the petty bourgeois. They too are the natural allies of the working class, the Proletariat.
Now to the heart of the matter, the Truckers Protest. The fact of the matter is that last year, these protests spread all across Canada, and to America, so that the movement is very broad and deep. Yet it is still largely spontaneous. The drivers are well aware that there is strength in numbers, and further, that there is a certain antagonism between workers and employers. Yet that is a far cry from being aware of themselves as members of a class, with their own class interests.
The truckers are not to be blamed for this! No worker is aware of this, as the conditions of life of the working class, do not lead to that awareness! That awareness can be brought to workers only from an outside source! That outside source is middle class intellectuals. In particular, Marx and Lenin!
Ideally, it is up to Members of a true Communist Party, to carry the message to the working people, including the truckers. Yet as we have no true Communist Party, at least not here in North America, it is up to the members of the working class, to educate themselves.
In years gone by, this was almost impossible. Not now! Now most working people can read. Further, a great many of them have computers, or digital devices of some sort. The younger workers especially, know how to use them! The capitalists have thoughtfully provided us with the internet, with which we can down load various Revolutionary works of literature, as well as order Marxist books. As most workers also have credit cards, that is not difficult.
As mentioned in previous articles, the most important Revolutionary book now, is State and Revolution, by Lenin. Then too, there is Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, What Is To Be Done?, and Left Wing Communism, An Infantile Disorder, all written by Lenin. As well, the Communist Manifesto, by Marx and Engels, can easily be downloaded from the internet. A careful reading of those Revolutionary works will provide workers with a fine grounding in Revolutionary Marxism, otherwise known as Communism.
I stress the importance of State and Revolution, as it is so relevant. Whether people know it or not, and most do not know it, we are leading up to a Revolution. It is just a matter of time before the Insurrection takes place. At that time, the working people will seize power. Right then and there, the state apparatus, which has been set up to crush the working class, must be smashed! Otherwise, the leaders of the Revolution will take over the state apparatus, and set themselves up as the new rulers! That is the last thing we need!
After the existing state apparatus is destroyed, a new state apparatus must be set up, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. A Dictatorship is just that, a Dictatorship! The capitalists will have no rights! The ”shoe will be on the other foot”! We will see how they like it! They will make every attempt to regain their wealth and power, to restore their ”paradise lost”! And we, the working class, the Proletariat, will not allow that! The days of hiding behind high priced lawyers will soon be over!
It is very likely that the workers will then establish workers courts, possibly in the form of a team of three workers, to act as judges. These may be referred to as tribunals. The ruling of these tribunals will be final. There will be no court of appeal.
That which applies to the capitalists, also applies to the criminals. They will be crushed. Their days are numbered! The sex offenders and pedophiles will be held accountable! The dope dealers will have to answer for all the overdoses they have caused! The mobsters will learn the meaning of the word Dictatorship! The days of being mollycoddled in a ”correctional institution” will soon be over! They are about to learn the restorative value of manual labour!
The bourgeois democrats call for ”Unity”. Of course, they have every right to do just that. Yet such a call ignores the fact that we live in a class society. There can be no question of ”uniting” with the capitalists! We are class enemies!
In the work by Lenin, What Is To Be Done?, he stresses the fact that we live in a class society. Bourgeois and Proletarian! One or the other! There is no middle ground! Either bourgeois or Proletarian ideology! As we live in a society torn by class antagonisms, there can never be a ”non class” or ”above class” ideology. The point is that ”to belittle socialist ideology in any way, to deviate from it in the slightest degree, means strengthening bourgeois ideology….the spontaneous development of the labour movement leads to its becoming subordinated to bourgeois ideology…pure and simple trade unionism… and trade unionism means the ideological enslavement of the workers to the bourgeoisie”. (italics by Lenin)
It is clear that as long as working people have the ideology of the capitalists, the bourgeois, then they will continue to fight for better wages, working conditions, and even democratic rights. Nothing more! This is referred to as ”trade unionism”. This is fine, as far as it goes! It does not go far enough! We do not need paltry reforms! We need Revolution! The working people must be made aware of this!
It is very likely that the truckers will be in motion in early February. This is not to say that the truckers should go to Winnipeg for three days of ”speeches, ceremonies and guest speakers”, seeking ”solutions for a better world for all Canadians”. There is no need to ”seek these solutions”! We already know the solution! Socialism! Through Revolution! The Dictatorship of the Proletariat!
It is very likely that Councils were active during the Truckers Protest in Ottawa. I say this because Revolution gives rise to Councils, otherwise known as Soviets. Plus the fact that the occupation of downtown Ottawa was supremely well organized. That is only possible through Councils! Now is the time for those Councils to become ever more active.
As mentioned in a previous article, it is very likely that the Canadian capitalists will agree to a ”buy out”. That is far preferable to a violent Revolution. According to Lenin, the four conditions, which are necessary for a non violent Revolution, exist in Canada. These are a cultured Proletariat, a Proletariat in the majority, strong unions, and a ruling class which is accustomed to rule through a process of compromise. Faced with the proper motivation, it is very likely that the Canadian capitalists will soon become ”sweetly reasonable”.
That proper motivation may well come from the truckers, as well as those who support them. Perhaps the most important support, of the Truckers Protest, can come from the railroad workers. Assuming the trucks and the trains go on strike, then the country will soon, almost immediately, come to a stand still! That is sure to get the immediate, undivided attention of the capitalists!
It is no secret that the railroad workers are not at all happy! With good reason, I might add! Their working conditions are deplorable, and the government just forced a contract ”down their throats”! A contract the workers voted down, I might add! Legislated back to work!
Now is the time for the Councils, which have taken shape around the Truckers, to get together with the Councils which have taken shape around the railroad workers. An Insurrection is critical, but timing is all important! The Insurrection can be successful, only if the vast majority of working people support a Revolution! In fact, get together with as many Councils as possible! The level of discontent of the common people must be accurately gauged! Not just in Canada, but also in America.
The bourgeois press is reporting that a great many common people, those who previously supported Trump and his followers, are now ”moving to the Left”, without stating it in those precise words. Yet it is very likely correct, as the journalists get paid to give an accurate report of such events.
Assuming the level of discontent is deep and wide spread, then it is time for the Insurrection. At such a time, it is necessary to act decisively! As Marx stated, ”the defensive is the death of every Insurrection!” The capital must be occupied, as well as all major cities. The trains must be shut down, the major bridges and tunnels blocked. Who better to blockade than the trucks? The airports must be closed, as well as the sea ports. All government officials must be arrested, on a federal and provincial level. All communications networks must be secured.
It would be far better if an Insurrection, here in Canada, was coordinated with an Insurrection in America. The only difference is that there can be no talk of the American capitalists agreeing to a ”buy out”. That is not about to happen. By contrast, it is very likely that the Canadian capitalists will ”resign themselves to their fate”.
If the Insurrection is swift and well organized, as was the case in Russia, in 1917, then the bloodshed will be minimal.
It is to be hoped that the bourgeois democrats have learned a thing or two, since the Truckers Protest of last year. Since then, a mere few months ago, there has been considerable change. Inflation has sky rocketed! Far more people are now hungry! Many others are forced to choose between eating and having a roof over their heads! More food banks are now empty! More people are homeless! Drug overdoses are commonplace! Gun violence is routine! Now people are openly requesting assisted suicide! The suffering of the common people has now reached horrendous proportions!
The lesson to be learned, my bourgeois democratic friends, is that half measures get us nowhere! That includes demanding paltry reforms, such as the recognition of our democratic rights.
The point is that workers must be made aware of the Revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin. They must become aware of themselves as the members of a class, that of Proletarians. They must be made aware of the fact that the capitalists are responsible for the current state of affairs, this ”crisis in capitalism”. The only solution is through Revolution, the smashing of the existing state apparatus, and establishing the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. There is no other way!
On the website of Canada Unity, the slogan ”Hold the Line” was suggested, as well as ”Freedom”. Indeed, those slogans were repeated in the Truckers Protest, and not just in Ottawa. Yet neither slogan contains any class content! May I suggest a several different slogans, which contain class content:
Revolution!
Scientific Socialism!
Workers of the World, Unite!
Dictatorship of the Proletariat!
Gerald McIsaac Science Project 