The United States Supreme Court just ‘’handed down a landmark decision’’, according to the mainstream press. This has been described as an ‘’unprecedented legal shield’’ for Donald Trump. For once, the mainstream press ‘’got it right’’!
The Supreme Court has effectively ‘’paved the road to the White House’’, for Trump! At the behest of their ‘’lords and masters’’, the bourgeoisie, no doubt!
As for those who object that the Supreme Court is ‘’impartial’’, may I point out that we live in a class society. For that reason, no government agency is completely impartial. All such agencies, including the Supreme Court, serve the ruling class of monopoly capitalists, the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie.
Their ruling is an indication that the same bourgeoisie has come to a decision. Their days of wavering are over. Faced with a crisis in capitalism, as well as with the revolutionary movement of the working class, they are aware that their ‘’time honoured’’ method of rule, that of the ‘’Two Party System’’, is no longer effective. They have decided to change their method of rule. This new method is to be that of a Dictatorship, led by Trump. The Supreme Court ruling leaves no room for any misunderstanding, on that point!
Certain attorneys, who are considered to be authorities on Constitutional law, are of the opinion that this gives a sitting President, as Trump once was, ‘’absolute immunity’’ for ‘’core Constitutional acts’’, while for other official acts, there is ‘’presumptive immunity’’. There is ‘’no immunity’’ for ‘’unofficial acts’’. The expression ‘’clear as mud’’, comes to mind!
The Supreme Court also left it to the ‘’lower courts’’ to define the difference between ‘’core Constitutional acts’’, ‘’other official acts’’, and ‘’unofficial acts’’. In popular terms, they ‘’passed the buck’’!
Trump is currently facing numerous criminal charges, for crimes he allegedly committed, while serving as President. This Supreme Court ruling provides the lawyers, who work for Trump, the opportunity to challenge all such charges, on the grounds that they were ‘’official acts’’, so that Trump is ‘’immune from prosecution’’.
The comparison has been made to the statement of another former President, that of Richard Nixon. As he put it, ‘’If the President of the United States breaks the law, it is not a crime’’.
The Supreme Court has just confirmed that Nixon had it right! The President of the United States cannot commit a crime!
This Supreme Court decision also has a ‘’ripple effect’’, in that it effects the actions of the ‘’lower courts’’. The state of New York recently convicted Trump of thirty four felony charges, and the date of July 11 was set, to pronounce sentence. That ‘’date of sentencing’’ was immediately postponed until September, ‘’at the earliest’’, and probably later. It is very likely that the presiding judge will ‘’set aside’’ those felony convictions, in order to ‘’spare the country’’ the ‘’shame and disgrace’’ of having a presumptive ‘’presidential candidate’’, who is a convicted felon.
As well, the three other trials he is scheduled to face, have also been postponed, presumably until after the ‘’November election’’.
To put this in popular terms, that is ‘’one side of the coin’’, but ‘’every coin has two sides’’. In scientific terms, we say that it is ‘’one side of the contradiction’’, while ‘’every contradiction has two sides’’.
There is a reason I mention this. Because it is so important. As a result of the revolutionary movement, countless working people, those who were ‘’formerly apathetic’’, are now ‘’politically active’’, ‘’rising up’’, determined to ‘’make some changes’’. It is those same workers, or at least the most advanced, ‘’internationalist workers’’, who must become class conscious, raised to the level of true Marxists, Communists, at least in regards to ‘’Party activity’’, according to Lenin.
This reference to a ‘’Party’’, is that of a true Communist Party, which does not yet exist, at least here in North America. More on that subject, later on in this article.
The ‘’activity’’ is a reference to giving direction to the revolutionary movement that is currently sweeping the country. For the moment- strictly for the moment!- it is merely spontaneous, lacking focus. It must become focused on overthrowing the bourgeoisie, smashing the existing state apparatus, and establishing a society of Scientific Socialism, through Council (Soviet) Power, and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.
As the Russian word for Council is Soviet, it is as yet not clear, which word will become common place.
The precise name is incidental. The ‘’members of the public’’, the ‘’common people’’, the ‘’rank and file’’, as that is the manner in which they refer to themselves, will make that decision.
No one, or at least no one ‘’with a lick of sense’’, is about to dispute the fact that capitalism has reached a ‘’state of crisis’’.
The national debt now stands at thirty four trillion, and rising. The President is suffering from dementia. Mass murder is commonplace, drug overdoses are routine, the police are powerless, unemployment is widespread, countless people are hungry, as well as homeless, and the food banks are running out of food. The working people are ‘’fed up’’, demanding change! And the government officials are focused on the upcoming presidential election! Nero fiddled while Rome burned!
What we have here is the very definition of a revolutionary situation.
As Lenin stated, in ‘’Left Wing Communism, An Infantile Disorder’’, ‘’For a revolution to take place, it is not enough for the exploited and oppressed masses to realize the impossibility of living in the old way, and demand changes; for a revolution to take place, it is essential that the exploiters should not be able to live and rule in the old way. It is only when the ‘lower classes’ do not want to live in the old way, and the ‘upper classes’ cannot carry on in the old way, that the revolution can triumph’’. (italics by Lenin)
That is an accurate description of our current state of affairs!
Yet that is not enough. For a revolution to be successful, something more is needed.
That ‘’something more’’ is the raising of the level of awareness of the working class. They must become ‘’class conscious’’, aware of themselves as a class, complete with their own class interests. Or as Lenin stated, ‘’A majority of the workers (or at least a majority of the class conscious, thinking and politically active workers) should fully realize that revolution is necessary, and that they should be prepared to die for it’’.
As yet, the ‘’majority’’ of the most advanced workers, those who are ‘’class conscious, thinking and politically active’’, have not reached that point. Not all of them are convinced of the ‘’need for revolution’’, and all too many are not ‘’prepared to die for it’’.
Our current situation is similar to that which existed in Russia, in the summer of 1917. The previous ‘’March Revolution’’ had managed to overthrow Czar Nicholas, so that a democratic republic had been established, a ‘’Provisional Government’’, led by Kerensky, under the control of the capitalists and landlords. The ‘’common people’’, the workers and family farmers, referred to as peasants, had certain democratic rights, if only ‘’on paper’’.
As is well known, Lenin returned from exile in April of that year. He was determined to carry the Russian revolution through to a proper conclusion, to Scientific Socialism, Soviet Power and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. But only when the workers and poor peasants were properly prepared!
Shortly after his return, there was a ‘’spontaneous uprising’’. This has gone down in history as the ‘’Revolutionary July Days’’. This could have led to a full scale revolution, with the proletariat and poor peasants seizing power. It did not, as Lenin called for calm, a peaceful demonstration. There is a reason for this.
Lenin wrote an article, titled ‘’The Eighteenth of June’’, concerning the ‘’Revolutionary July Days’’. Within that article, there is one paragraph which I find to be of particular importance: ‘’Let the people break with the policy of trust in the capitalists. Let them put their trust in the revolutionary class- the proletariat. The source of power lies in it, and only in it. It alone is the pledge that the interests of the majority will be served, the interests of the working and exploited people, who, though held down by war and capital, are capable of defeating war and capital!’’ (italics by Lenin)
This is to stress the fact that the proletariat, and only the proletariat, has the power to overthrow the bourgeoisie!
As Lenin also stated, in his article ‘’Three Crises’’, ‘’The vast majority of the country’s population is petty bourgeois by its living conditions, and more so by its ideas….There is an urban proletariat in this country, mature enough to go its own way, but not yet able to draw at once the majority of semi proletarians to its side’’.
This is to say that the level of awareness, the class consciousness, of the working class, the proletariat, was insufficient. Before a successful revolution could be mounted, the class consciousness, of the proletariat, had to be raised.
It was only when the ‘’urban proletariat’’ was strong enough, sufficiently class conscious, to ‘’draw at once the semi proletarians to its side’’, that the revolution could succeed.
From this, it is clear that our immediate goal is to raise the level of awareness, of the proletariat, in preparation for Scientific Socialism, in the form of Council Power and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.
As for those who may object that this is a ‘’tall order’’, I can only respond that you are right. Yet under far more difficult circumstances, Lenin was able to perform that very task. Within a few short months, the workers and poor peasants of Russia were able to mount the successful Great October Soviet Socialist Revolution.
By contrast, the majority of the American population is working class, proletarians, and quite well cultured. Most of them own, or at least have access to, digital devices. This makes it possible to raise their level of awareness, through the use of the internet.
No doubt, there are certain members of the middle class, who consider the election of Donald Trump, to be a matter of no concern. May I suggest that such people are either ‘’not overly bright’’, or are ‘’living in denial’’.
For those with a ‘’modicum of intelligence’’, we should point out that your ‘’days are numbered’’. Your ‘’dream’’, that of joining the ranks of the billionaires, the bourgeoisie, is about to be shattered. All businesses but seven, and all banks but five, are Too Small To Succeed! Very soon, you are about to become financially ruined, forced into the ranks of the proletariat.
Even among the ranks of the bourgeois economists, the more astute can see the ‘’writing on the wall’’. From the depths of bitterness and despair, they face the fact that Marx was right. They even ‘’wave around’’ a copy of the Communist Manifesto, as if it is their very own personal ‘’death certificate’’. And in a very real sense, it is!
They must be given credit, for at least having the honesty to face the fact that capitalism is failing. The stock market is about to ‘’crash’’, and countless banks and businesses are about to go broke. The country is about to enter a Second Great Depression, even more severe than the First!
They must also be given credit for being men of action! Rather than ‘’slashing their wrists’’, or just sitting back, waiting for the ‘’axe to fall’’, they are preparing for the approaching financial collapse. In fact, they are ‘’hoarding’’ valuable metals, in the form of gold and silver, placing them in Safety Deposit Boxes. As if that is going to do a ‘’world of good’’! It merely postpones the day that they will have to ‘’enter the ranks’’ of the proletariat, to go ‘’looking for a job’’!
The problem is not Trump. He is merely a loud mouthed fool, a demagogue who has ‘’visions’’ of crowning himself as Emperor, a stooge in the hands of the bourgeoisie.
The real problem is one of monopoly capitalism. The current ruling class of monopoly capitalists, the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie, have to be overthrown. This can be accomplished only by the working class, the proletariat, the only truly consistent revolutionary class. Now they have to be made aware of this.
As previously stated, it is my opinion that the ‘’key link’’ now, in the class struggle, is to raise the level of awareness of the working class. They must be prepared to overthrow the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie, to smash the existing state apparatus, and replace it with Council Power, and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat! Scientific Socialism!
Perhaps we can best think of Trump as the ‘’immediate problem’’, as that is precisely the case. In the process of stopping Trump, we can also raise the level of awareness of the working class.
Pressure must be applied, to the ruling class of multi billionaires. This necessarily involves the use of both legal and illegal methods.
Consider the legal methods. Experts on Constitutional law must challenge the 20-20 ‘’presidential election’’, on the grounds that it was fraudulent, as it did not follow the procedure laid out in the Constitution, and in particular, the Twelfth Amendment. It follows that Biden is a fraudulent President, and Harris is a fraudulent Vive President. For that reason, they should be removed from office.
It is also a fact that Biden is a sick man, mentally ill, suffering from dementia. As he is incapable of making rational decisions, he should be removed from office, using the Constitution, and in particular, Section 4 of the Twenty Fifth Amendment.
Both of these proposed court challenges, must also be highly publicized. As this will attract the attention of countless working people, it can be used to raise the level of awareness of that class, the proletariat.
It is entirely possible that the attorneys, who are making those arguments, may well be ‘’muzzled’’, placed under ‘’gag orders’’, by the judges. For that reason, others, possibly Leftist ‘’celebrities’’, preferably ‘’movie stars’’, may be called upon to make the appropriate statements, to the press.
These ‘’statements’’, by Leftist people, must include references to classes, and the conflict between the classes. It is best to use the popular terms, followed by the correct scientific terms. Such examples may include the ‘’monopoly capitalists’’, the ‘’multi billionaires’’, the ‘’bourgeoisie’’, formerly referred to as the ‘’one percent’’. The working class, the ‘’common people’’, the ‘’rank and file’’, are the ‘’proletariat’’. It is necessary to overthrow the bourgeoisie, smash the existing state apparatus, and crush that class of parasites, under ‘’Council Power’’, and the ‘’Dictatorship of the Proletariat’’.
Working people pay strict attention to the opinion of ‘’celebrities’’! If ‘’movie stars’’ are making this pitch, the level of awareness of countless members, of the working class, will be raised! These terms will soon become ‘’household expressions’’. At that point, we will know that we are succeeding!
As well, social media must be ‘’flooded’’ with such statements. We can only hope that they ‘’go viral’’.
This brings us to illegal methods. The various Councils, which have sprung and are working in secret, have to redouble their efforts. It is essential that they get in touch with other Councils, as well as with ‘’groups of internationalist workers’’, and prepare for the Insurrection. At the same time, the leaders of those Councils, along with the most advanced ‘’internationalist workers’’, must create a true Communist Party, one which calls for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. As I have covered this in previous articles, there is no need to repeat it here.
Allow me to reassure all middle class people, including those who are considered to be ‘’upper’’ middle class, possibly with assets of tens or even hundreds of millions: Communists are not the enemy! The enemy is the bourgeoisie. They have decided to ruin you. Unless, of course, you have assets of at least a billion dollars! Not many people do!
For all others, the skills you have learned, under capitalism, will be in demand, under Scientific Socialism. You will receive the respect that you deserve, and will be paid accordingly.
As regards the class of people, the bourgeoisie, who are determined to ruin you, feel free to embrace the age old adage: ‘’Better to get even, than to get mad’’!
Believe me when I say that, the science books are filled with distortions and outright lies. Very soon, common people will locate several huge animals, which I have identified, using the directions I have provided.
The books of social science, as taught in University, merely distort the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin. Feel free to read the essential works, of those two great revolutionaries, with an open mind. Then bring that class awareness, to the proletariat.
Bear in mind that Trump is now being ‘’fast tracked’’ for the White House. Further bear in mind that ‘’Project 2025’’ is now set to be implemented.
There is no need to wait, for the revolution to spontaneously break out, into open class warfare. In October of 1917, Lenin took action, in order to prevent a ‘’catastrophe’’.
That catastrophe was the plan of Kerensky, to surrender the capital of Petrograd, as a means of forestalling the Russian revolution.
In much the same manner, the plan of the American bourgeoisie, is to set up Trump as a figurehead President, soon to be Dictator, in order to forestall the American revolution. For that reason, an insurrection is required, before Trump is sworn into office. Otherwise, our task will indeed be a ‘’hundred times more difficult’’.
Perhaps another slogan is appropriate:
Prepare For Insurrection!
Gerald McIsaac Science Project 