We are now less than three months into the second presidency of Donald Trump. Both he and ‘’Co-President’’ Elon Musk have been busy implementing the completely reactionary agenda of Project 2025, along with a few additions. These additions include hawking the sale of Musk’s precious Tesla electric vehicles, on the grounds of the White House lawns, no less. As well, a well known journalist was included in the ‘’top secret’’ planning for a military attack, on a non secure web site. This has given rise to allegations that the individual responsible, for this serious ‘’breach of security’’, was ‘’drunk out of his mind’’. Imagine that!
Then there are the proposed tariffs, to be placed on numerous products, coming into the country. The neighbouring countries of Mexico and Canada are the main focus of those tariffs, with Canada being referred to as the ‘’Fifty First State’’, and the Prime Minister being referred to as the ‘’Governor of Canada’’.
Trump also plans to ‘’take back’’ the Panama Canal, as his loyal boot lickers phrased it, as if it once belonged to America! Which it never did, but that has not stopped them from threatening to go to war, in order to seize control of that Canal. Not that they refer to it as war, but instead use the expression ‘’military force’’. As if the use of such force is not an act of war!
The same can be said of seizing control of Greenland, even though it belongs to the country of Denmark. Bear in mind that Denmark is a member of NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, an ally of America. It should be mentioned that NATO was first established, in order to counter the perceived ‘’threat posed by Russia’’.
Apparently Russia is no longer seen as a ‘’threat’’, but as an ally. Or perhaps it is more accurate to refer to Russia as a ‘’Colonial Master’’, with America being the Colony. The manner in which Trump is ‘’sucking up’’ to Putin, has given rise to very serious allegations, that he is nothing other than a Russian agent.
It is one thing to be a liar and a thief, as well as a convicted felon, many times over. Donald Trump is all of that, and more, yet it is something else entirely to be guilty of High Treason. As the American President, he is the head of state, and the Commander In Chief of the American military. To be guilty of High Treason is a capital crime, which could result in the heath penalty.
The fact remains that all of these threats, especially that of imposing tariffs, has given rise to ‘’nervousness among investors’’, as the mainstream press so delicately phrased it. As a result of this ‘’nervousness’’, the stock market has been fluctuating wildly, and has ‘’lost over five trillion dollars’’, over a ‘’period of three weeks’’.
Allow me to add that such a ‘’loss’’, is merely that of a paper fortune. Which in no way changes the fact that the financial capitalists, the ‘’stock market investors’’, take this very seriously. They are even more concerned that further tariffs, promised by Trump, to go into effect on April 2, will give rise to ‘’further uncertainty’’, and a greater drop in the stock market.
In all fairness to those capitalists, their fears are well grounded, as tariffs give rise to counter tariffs, and to inflation, among other things. In particular, Trump’s threats to place tariffs on all vehicles, not built in America, could raise the cost of automobiles by many thousands of dollars. After all, a great many parts go back and forth, across the border, several times, in the process of production. There are perhaps no vehicles built strictly in America!
As a result of this, the most conscientious bourgeois economists, and such are few and far between, are predicting a recession, and blaming it on Trump and his economic policies, especially that of imposing tariffs.
The vast majority of ‘’common people’’, by whom I mean the workers and family farmers, are already ‘’feeling the pinch’’. There is no need to persuade them of the fact that a recession is ‘’on the horizon’’. As far as they are concerned, it is already here! Wages are at best stagnant, while prices continue to rise. It is becoming ever more difficult to ‘’make ends meet’’.
Without doubt, countless working class people were fooled by Trump and his lies. Not too surprising, as Trump is a first class demagogue. They actually believed him when he promised to eliminate inflation, ‘’on his first day in office’’, among other things. Yet now inflation of raging out of control.
But now the ‘’pendulum has begun to swing the other way’’, so to speak. That which is referred to as ‘’pubic sentiment’’, but which is really the revolutionary motion of the working class, is now ‘’gaining traction’’, if you will excuse the mixed metaphors.
It is significant that, within the pigsty of Washington, there are a few politicians who represent the common people, both workers and family farmers. In the Senate, we have Senator Bernie Sanders, a self described ‘’Independent Socialist’’. As well, in the House of Representatives, we have those who are referred to as ‘’The Squad’’, led by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, or AOC.
It is to the credit of both Sanders and AOC, that they have embarked on a ‘’Fighting Oligarchy Tour’’. Even though neither one is running for any political office -both have already been elected!- they are doing this as a public service.
The response of the working people, has been quite remarkable. The crowds which are ‘’turning out’’, are even bigger now, than the crowds which appeared, at the time Sanders was running for president! As the Leftist journalists point out, this is most surprising, as ’’there is no election now’’, including ‘’no midterm and no primary’’. It is the opinion of those same journalists that ‘’the people need a place to put their energy’’, and that ‘’they trust Sanders and AOC far more than they trust other Democrats, who are doing very little’’, or worse, actually ‘’helping the Trump administration’’. Well spoken!
Even though this journalist made no reference to classes, he documented the fact that the working class people are in motion, more politically active, gradually becoming more aware that the Democratic Party does not represent them. In fact, both mainstream political parties serve the same class of monopoly capitalists, the bourgeoisie. Now this has to be explained to them.
It is even more encouraging that a number of ‘’celebrities’’, are now becoming politically active. Apparently the mass movement, the revolutionary motion of the working class, has reached those people. That is a fine indication of the strength of that motion.
One of the finest examples is that of a popular comedian, Chris Rock, who is reported to have ‘’unleashed an absolute firestorm across American social media, racking up over five million views’’. That begs the question: What exactly made this performance go viral?
The answer is that, according to the narrator, the comedian ‘’had the audience erupting with laughter, comparing Trump’s leadership to a reality TV show…cleverly transformed Trump’s serious public image into one of the funniest moments we’ve ever seen….turning this hilarious bit, into a surprisingly informative revelation…hit Trump exactly where it hurt most, his famously fragile ego…flooding every corner of social media within hours….an online phenomenon…’’
As I have stated so many times before, the best way to educate people, is to entertain them, at the same time! This comedian has just provided us with a superb example of this!
Another fine example of exposing the hypocrisy of Trump, was provided by a superb actor, Robert De Niro, a ‘’Hollywood Movie Star’’. He expressed his opinion of Trump, in terms which left no room for any misunderstanding: ‘’He’s a punk. He’s a dog. He’s a pig. He’s a con artist. He’s a mutt, who does not know what he is talking about. He doesn’t do his homework. It makes me so angry that this country has gotten to this point. That this fool, this bozo, has wound up where he has….He thinks he’s gaming society, does not pay his taxes…He’s a national disaster, an embarrassment to this country. …He is genuinely a sick person, that somehow has been allowed into our system…There is not one redeeming thing about (Trump)… He is so narcissistic and self centred…’’
As the narrator pointed out, ‘’When De Niro talks, people listen…The more Trump rants, the more people listen to what De Niro actually said’’.
This is to drive home the point that celebrities have a great deal of spiritual power. Their fans listen closely to that which they say, especially if those celebrities are ‘’Hollywood Movie Stars’’. Mind you, such celebrities can also be professional athletes, for example. Strange but true.
This is not to imply that the mere act of achieving celebrity status, automatically elevates an individual, to the level of being an expert on political matters. It most certainly does not. It simply means that such people have a certain amount of spiritual power, as their fans deeply respect their opinion.
As for those who may suspect that this is a less than subtle hint, that other Leftist celebrities should become politically active, I can only respond that you are correct. I deliberately singled out ‘’Hollywood Movie Stars’’, as such people tend to have the most deeply devoted fans.
More than that, many of those same celebrities, especially the females, have very likely experienced some form of sexual assault. The ‘’powers that be’’ in Hollywood, commonly referred to as ‘’Moguls’’, consider this to be one of the ‘’perks of the job’’, that this is merely the ‘’cost of success’’. In fact, it is nothing other than sexual assault. But then such people have no sense of morality.
Their victims have every reason to feel bitter, as they have largely been denied justice. To such people, I can only suggest that, ‘’tis better to get even, than to get mad’’.
Bear in mind that you are a ‘’Hollywood Celebrity’’, and as such, have a considerable amount of spiritual power. Feel free to use it, not only against those who have assaulted you, but against the whole class of monopoly capitalists, the multi billionaires. Until that whole class of bourgeoisie is overthrown, nothing of substance will change.
Now it is a matter of raising the level of awareness of the working class, making them aware of themselves as a class, with their own class interests, as it is the working class, the proletariat, that is destined to overthrow the bourgeoisie.
The best way to do this, is by entertaining them at the same time. But then, that is your specialty.
With that in mind, may I suggest reading the Essential Works of Marxism, such as the Communist Manifesto, by Marx and Engels, as well as State and Revolution, What Is To Be Done?, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, and Left Wing Communism, An Infantile Disorder, all by Lenin.
Further bear in mind that the scientific socialist revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin, are taught only in Universities, and then only with a view to distorting them. Feel free to read those articles with an open mind.
The monopoly capitalists, the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie, have determined that they can no longer rule in the old way, and have decided to change their method of rule. America is about to go from a democratic republic, to the rule of an Oligarchy. At least, that is their plan. They must be stopped.
It is up to the working class, the proletariat, the ‘’only consistency revolutionary class’’, to stop them, although we can expect the family farmers and middle class people, to assist them. The multi billionaires must be overthrown, through revolution, and then crushed, under the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.
That is a fundamental tenet of Scientific Socialism, of true Marxism. Yet as such theories are taught only in Universities, and as few working class people are able to attend Universities, they have no way of knowing this. For that reason, it is necessary for middle class people to bring them that awareness. That is where Celebrities come into action.
Those who are ‘’Hollywood Movie Stars’’, are especially qualified to fulfill this task. After all, you are supremely well trained in the art of entertaining. Now it is a matter of applying those skills to the task of raising the level of awareness of the working class. We will know that we are being successful, when the expression Dictatorship of the Proletariat, becomes common place.
This goal is no where near as difficult as it once was. The working class is now quite cultured, with the vast majority of workers having access to digital devices, able to access the internet. Bear in mind that the Essential Works of Marx and Lenin is readily available, on the internet.
Yet there is a sense of urgency to this, as the Oligarchy is determined to destroy the democratic republic, and quickly. We can reasonably expect this to accelerate the growth and development of the revolutionary movement, as is currently happening. Now is the time to prepare for the approaching Insurrection, which will mark the beginning of the Second American Revolution, and the beginning of Scientific Socialism, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.
As for those who are skeptical, may I draw your attention to a key paragraph, from the article by Lenin, titled Left Wing Communism, An Infantile Disorder:
‘’The fundamental law of revolution, which has been confirmed by all revolutions, and especially by all three Russian revolutions in the twentieth century, is as follows: 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. This truth can be expressed in other words: revolution is impossible without a nation wide crisis (affecting both the exploited and the exploiters). It follows that, for a revolution to take place, it is essential, first, that 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; second, that the ruling classes should be going through a governmental crisis, which draws even the most backward masses into politics (symptomatic of any genuine revolution is a rapid, tenfold and even hundredfold increase in the size of the working and oppressed masses- hitherto apathetic- who are capable of waging the political struggle), weakens the government, and makes it possible for the revolutionaries to rapidly overthrow it.’’ (italics by Lenin)
May I suggest that the current situation fits the requirements, for the ‘’fundamental law of revolution’’. The ruling class of multi billionaires, can no longer ‘’live and rule in the old way’’. They have decided to abolish the democratic republic, and set up the rule of an Oligarchy.
As well, the common people, the workers and farmers, the ‘’exploited and oppressed masses’’, have decided that they can no longer, ‘’live in the old way’’, and are ‘’demanding changes’’. That is the very definition of a revolutionary situation!
In my opinion, the preceding paragraph should be copied in poster form, and hung in the homes of all advanced workers. I would be the first to purchase such a poster!
In conclusion, may I suggest that all Leftist celebrities have their work cut out for themselves. In particular, those who consider themselves to be Scientific Socialists, Communists, have to find a way to bring the awareness of classes, the necessity of Revolution, and the subsequent Dictatorship of the Proletariat, to the working people. Rest assured, I have complete confidence in you.
For the moment, may I suggest that our emails and posters proclaim the following slogans:
Dictatorship of the Proletariat!
Scientific Socialism!
Workers of the World, Unite!
Crush the Oligarchy!
Gerald McIsaac Science Project 