Democratic National Convention, 2024

Now that President Joe Biden has ‘’dropped out of the race’’, as he ‘’decided not to run for re-election’’, he has decided to ‘’pass the torch’’ to his Vice President, Kamala Harris. Now it is up to Harris, to make the Democratic Party proud, to bless the country with its first female President, and a ‘’Black Female President’’, at that. Or at least, so say the political pundits.

In fact, Biden was forced to step aside. The ruling class of monopoly capitalists, the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie, decided that he had to go, for whatever reason. The fact that Biden is very feeble, and probably suffering from dementia, was very likely a factor in this decision. As well, Trump was trouncing Biden in the polls. Better to ‘’place someone else’’ in the White House, someone more ‘’reasonable’’ than Trump, someone who can be counted upon to do as they are told. That ‘’certain someone’’, that more ‘’reasonable’’ person, is Kamala Harris. 

The appointment of Kamala Harris, as the nominee of the Democratic Party, by the Democratic National Convention, is a mere formality. There is no harm in this. The harm comes when the American voters are forced to choose between the two candidates, of the two mainstream political parties, Democratic and Republican, for the office of the Presidency. Especially as they have nothing to say about this! 

In fact, it is completely illegal. Unconstitutional. A violation of the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution. As I have published that Amendment in previous articles, along with the fact that the whole ‘’November Presidential Election’’ process is completely illegal, there is no need to repeat it here.

Of course, the mainstream press is well aware of this, but makes no mention of this ‘’little detail’’, this perversion of the federal election. Completely understandable, as that same press serves the class of people in charge, the monopoly capitalists, the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie. Yet the ‘’Leftist’’ press, the ‘’Underground’’ press, is also remaining silent! Strange but true. And completely unacceptable!

These ‘’November Presidential Elections’’ give rise to fraudulent Presidents, and fraudulent Vice Presidents. Just as Biden is a fraudulent President, so too, Harris is a fraudulent Vice President. And now she is determined to become a fraudulent President!

At the moment, the press is reporting that a great many protesters have flocked to Chicago, ‘’Ahead of the DNC’’. If nothing else, they are very loud and clear, ‘’making their voices heard’’. The journalists report that they are ‘’calling attention to abortion rights, economic injustice and the war in Gaza’’. They also maintain that their ‘’mission remains the same’’, that they ‘’learned their lesson from the RNC’’, that they ‘’predict bigger crowds and more robust demonstrations’’. 

If only that were true! If only they had ‘’learned their lesson’’! They have not learned a thing! They are merely repeating the same mistakes! Only louder!

These ‘’bigger crowds and more robust demonstrations’’, merely amount to an increase in volume. People are already well aware of the fact, that the American government supports the Israeli’s, in their ‘’War In Gaza’’. Yet protesters are screaming this, at the top of their lungs!

The fact is that the American government represents the interests of the ruling class of monopoly capitalists, the bourgeoisie. Those same capitalists have decided to support the government of Israel, no matter what. President Biden merely does as he is told. Assuming Vice President Harris becomes President, as is very likely, she too, will do as she is told. Different faces, serving the same class. 

No amount of ‘’bellowing’’, on the part of the protesters, will change that fact.

What is needed is not more noise, but an increase- a dramatic increase!- in the level of awareness of the working class, the proletariat. It has to become class conscious, aware of the existence of classes, and the irreconcilable differences between those classes.

The conditions of life, of the working class, does not lead to the awareness of itself, as a class. Nor are they aware of the fact that they are in a constant state of war with the monopoly capitalist class, the bourgeoisie. This war is usually quiet, hidden below the surface, but it occasionally flares up, into open rebellion. Revolution. We are close to a full blown Revolution.

As Marx stated, in the Communist Manifesto: 

‘’The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. 

‘’Freeman and slave, patrician and plebeian, lord and serf, guild-master and journeyman, in a word, oppressor and oppressed, stood in constant opposition to one another, carried on an uninterrupted, now hidden, now open fight, a fight that each time ended, either in a revolutionary reconstitution of society at large, or in the common ruin of the contending classes’’.

Now we are at the point that the ‘’class struggle’’, of the ‘’oppressor and oppressed’’, of the proletariat with the bourgeoisie, is about to become an ‘’open fight’’, which is about to end in a ‘’reconstitution of society at large’’. This ‘’open fight’’ is referred to as a Revolution, and the resulting ‘’reconstitution of society at large’’, is referred to as Scientific Socialism, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. 

As yet, the working class, the proletariat, is not aware of this. It is the duty of conscious people, those who are aware of the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin, to bring that awareness to the working class. The most advanced workers must be raised to the level of conscious people, referred to as Communists. 

Lenin explains this supremely well, in his excellent work, What Is To Be Done? As he stated, in reference to the history of the Russian proletariat, ‘’the workers were not, and could not, be conscious of the irreconcilable antagonisms of their interests to the whole of the modern political and social system….This consciousness could only be brought to them from without. The history of all countries show that the working class, exclusively by its own efforts, is able to develop only trade union consciousness, that is, it may itself realize the necessity for combining in unions, for fighting against the employers and for striving to compel the government to pass necessary labour legislation, etc. The theory of socialism, however, grew out of the philosophic, historical and economic theories that were elaborated by the educated representatives of the propertied classes, the intellectuals. According to their social status, the founders of modern scientific socialism, Marx and Engels, themselves belonged to the bourgeois intelligentsia.’’

We can add that Lenin also, was a middle class intellectual, an attorney by training. I mention this for the benefit of certain working class people, those who are prejudiced against middle class intellectuals. Get over it! Such a prejudice can only work in favour of the capitalists, and do great harm to the revolutionary motion. 

It is our duty, that of conscious people, previously referred to as Social Democrats, or Bolsheviks, now referred to as Communists, to bring this awareness to the working class, to explain to them the revolutionary Scientific Socialist theories of Marx and Lenin.

This class struggle can be compared to a boxing match, in which one of the boxers is blindfolded, swinging wildly in all directions. No doubt, an occasional blow will be landed, but strictly by chance. Of course, the other boxer, being able to see quite well, is able to land blow after blow.

In this extremely over simplified comparison, the boxer who is blindfolded, is of course the working class, the proletariat. The boxer who can see very well is the monopoly capitalist class, the bourgeoisie. Rest assured, the capitalists are supremely class conscious!

The ‘’solution’’ to the problem, is quite simple: Remove the blindfold. In class terms, this means raising the level of awareness of the proletariat, so that they are class conscious, aware of themselves as a class, with their own class interests. In this way, they can focus on striking out against their class enemies, the monopoly capitalists, as opposed to swinging wildly.

Of necessity, class consciousness includes becoming aware of the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin. The working class, or at least the most advanced workers, must become familiar with those theories. Those advanced workers will in turn, lead the less advanced.

Now to return to the protests at the DNC. 

Of all the signs and posters that were displayed on the internet, only one made any reference to class content. That was a poster by the Green Party of the United States, GPSU, which stated, ‘’We Need A New Party For The Working People’’.

That is most emphatically true! We need a new Party, but not that of the Green Party. They have a Party Platform of ‘’non violence, social justice, environmentalism, grassroots democracy, anti war, anti racism’’. Pacifist nonsense!

We need a true Communist Party, one which calls for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. Scientific Socialism! That is the one and only alternative to monopoly capitalism!

It is only such a Communist Party which can properly lead the working class, can raise the level of awareness of the proletariat, in preparation for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.

Working people need to hear about the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin! They need to become class conscious! At least the most advanced workers must be raised to the level of true Communists!

In the absence of a true Communist Party, one which calls for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, we can still raise the consciousness of the proletariat, if only by becoming involved in the struggles which interest them, and in the process, explaining the class conflict.

At the moment, working people are focused on the DNC, and the protesters. For that reason, we need to make sure that the protesters carry signs and posters, which contain class content.

It is best if these posters are written in a manner which is entertaining. After all, the best way to educate people, is by entertaining them, at the same time. Such details are best left to entertainment specialists. Or as working people phrase it, ‘’never tell a mechanic how to pull a wrench’’!

Having said that, it is important that workers be made aware of the fact that the scientific name for their class, is that of proletariat. They must also be made aware that the scientific name of the monopoly capitalist class, is that of bourgeoisie. The current lack of awareness, of the proletariat, of the scientifically correct class terms, is used by the capitalists, against the working class. 

As well, such posters must call for Revolution, for the over throw of the bourgeoisie, for Scientific Socialism, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. We will know that we are being successful, that the level of awareness of the working class is being raised, when these expressions become common place. 

This brings us to the ‘’legal front’’, so to speak, one which is closely followed by the workers. 

With that in mind, may I suggest a court challenge to the ‘’November Presidential Election’’, as it is in direct violation of the Twelfth Amendment. Unconstitutional. 

No doubt, there are people who may object that the Twelfth Amendment is hardly democratic, as it does not allow the voters to cast a ballot for their President and Vice President. True. But that is not the issue. The fact is that the democratic republic must be defended. Every effort must be made, to force the government to abide by the Constitution. That is a matter of principle. 

It is of the utmost importance to defend our democratic rights, as they are constantly under attack, by the capitalists. These democratic rights include that of a free and fair ‘’federal election’’, as guaranteed in the Constitution. There is no mention of a ‘’November Presidential Election’’, in the Constitution! Nor is there any mention of any political party! The voters have nothing to say, concerning any federal election! As well, the states have no right to meddle in any federal election! Forcing the Electors to vote for a particular candidate, of one political party, is Unconstitutional!

It is up to the Electors to choose an individual of their choice, for the office of President, as well as an individual of their choice, for the office of Vice President. As per the Constitution!

We will know that the protesters have indeed ‘’learned their lesson’’, when those same protesters challenge the ‘’November Presidential Election’’ in a court of law. We can only ‘’dream of the day’’, when middle class attorneys, experts on Constitutional law, stand before the Supreme Court, making these arguments.

Without doubt, the working people will be closely following these proceedings. For that reason, it is up to conscious people, Communists, to explain to those people, in terms they can understand, that which is happening. This, in turn, will serve to raise the level of awareness of the proletariat.

To have the Supreme Court declare the ‘’November Presidential Election’’ to be Unconstitutional, is to be regarded as a bonus. It is also quite likely. At that point, the Electors will be allowed to vote for the individual of their choice, for the office of President, and on a separate ballot, vote for the individual of their choice, for the office of Vice President. 

The ‘’individual’’ they vote for as President, could well be Kamala Harris. Or not. As well, the ‘’individual’’ they vote for as Vice President, could well be her ‘’running mate’’. Or not. That is entirely at the discretion of the Electors. As per Constitutional law. 

For the moment, may the signs and posters also read:

Workers of the World, Unite!

Scientific Socialism!

Dictatorship of the Proletariat!