Gerald Mcisaac

American Republic Close To Collapse

February 11, 2025 Gerald Mcisaac

Friday, February 7, 2025. Black Friday! A day which may go down in history, as the beginning of the end of the American democratic republic. The day that American Members of Congress, democratically elected ‘’law makers’’, were blocked from entering several federal agencies. These include USAID, as well as the Departments of the Treasury, Labour and Education. The people conducting the ‘’blockade’’ were unelected officials, working for DOGE, the Department Of Government Efficiency, led by Elon Musk, appointed by President Trump.

A spokesperson for that group, herself a Member of Congress, warned that ‘’Trump’s spending cuts will merely enrich Elon Musk, and harm American families’’. She gave some excellent advice, that of, ‘’Follow the money. Who they are taking it from, and who they are giving it to. Outrageous. Taking it from our kids, and giving it to billionaires’’.

Well spoken! In cases of suspected fraud, it is always a good idea to ‘’follow the money’’. Yet she was careful to avoid any mention of classes. The fact is that the ‘’billionaires’’, to whom she so delicately referred, are members of a class of people, referred to as the bourgeoisie. They are monopoly capitalists, imperialists, and as such, are completely reactionary.

Particular Members of Congress, those who are members of the Democratic Party, assure us that they are not about to take this, ‘’lying down’’. Indeed not. After all, it is the Congress that ‘’controls the purse strings’’. They assure us that the ‘’real fight is still ahead’’. This is a reference to the March 14 ‘’funding deadline’’, at which time the federal government will ‘’run out of money’’, unless the debt limit is increased, once again. Otherwise, the federal government could shut down.

As is well known, the Republican Party has a ‘’razor thin’’ majority in Congress, with a few of those Members considered to be ‘’mavericks’’, completely unreliable, if not outright crazy. For that reason, it is thought that the Speaker of the House, Republican Member Johnson, ‘’could be faced with a shutdown, if Democrats withhold their vote’’.

Consider the fact that the authority of Congress, the legislative branch of government, is being directly challenged, by locking the Members of Congress out of key government agencies, and this is the best they can do! Threaten a federal government shutdown, next month, no less! Reality check! Next month may be too late! By that time, Trump may have already seized power, completely! He may just disband Congress, and declare himself to be President For Life! Dictator! As laid out in Project 2025! Wake up!

Now is not the time to sit and wait, to ‘’play it safe’’. There can be no thought of ‘’straddling the fence’’. Now is the time to take action, to combine legal with illegal work. We live in a class society, and the class struggle is about to break out, into open class warfare.

Even the most dedicated, middle class intellectuals, although defenders of capitalism, are now deeply concerned with that which they refer to as a ‘’Constitutional crisis’’. They are convinced that Trump is ‘’wiping his feet on the Constitution’’, dismantling the democratic republic. And so he is!

On the ‘’legal front’’, so to speak, may I suggest challenging the 2024 Presidential Election, on the grounds that it violated the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution. It is the Twelfth that lays out the procedure to be followed, in all federal elections! There is no ‘’Presidential Election’’! For that reason, Trump is a fraudulent President, and Vance is a fraudulent Vice President. As I have gone into this in detail, in other writings, there is no need to repeat it here.

Allow me to urge all Scientific Socialists, as well as all Independent Socialists, to unite with all those who are determined to defend the democratic republic, no matter how objectionable they may be. Feel free to console yourself with the thought that this alliance is strictly temporary. As well, this individual probably feels the same way about us!

Act now, while we still have a Supreme Court! Tomorrow could be too late!

This brings me to the illegal aspect of revolutionary work, arguably more important. We can learn from previous revolutionary experience, especially from that of the three Russian Revolutions, of the Twentieth Century. That is because the forth coming American Revolution, is almost certain to closely resemble the Great October Soviet Socialist Russian Revolution.

The Russian Revolutionaries of 1917, built upon the experience, of the earlier Russian Revolution of 1905. Even though that Revolution failed, in the sense that the ruling noble family of Romanovs was not toppled, it did succeed in raising the level of awareness of the common people.

At the start of the Revolution of 1905, the common people, workers and family farmers, were mainly honest, hard working, patriotic, tax paying, loyal subjects of His Majesty, Tsar Nicholas. For that reason, when they rose up, in peaceful protest, respectfully asking their beloved Tsar to address their legitimate grievances, they actually expected him to respond accordingly. Instead, he turned the military loose on them. He was not about to allow any discontent!

The 1905 Revolution raged for three years, before dying down, in 1907. Then things quickly ‘’returned to normal’’, or so it appeared. The nobility, landlords and capitalists, breathed a ‘’sigh of relief’’. They actually thought, that was the ‘’end of the matter’’! It most certainly was not! The ‘’mass movement’’, the revolutionary motion, had merely died down! Temporarily!

But as Marx pointed out, these revolutionary motions continue to rise up, ‘’ever stronger, ever finer’’! And so it was!

Several years later, the revolutionary motion flared up, once again. Yet this time, the common people had no illusions. They knew what to expect. They had been ‘’schooled in the class struggle’’. They were still patriotic citizens, but not the ‘’loyal and devoted subjects of His Majesty’’, they once were. Those days were gone! They recognized the Tsar as the butcher that he was.

This, the second Russian Revolution of the Twentieth Century, came to a climax in early 1917. At that time, Lenin was living in exile, in Switzerland, but closely following events in Russia. He wrote five letters, referred to as ‘’Letters From Afar’’, in late March, concerning those incredible developments. As it is so important, I have chosen to quote it, at length:

‘’How could such a ‘miracle’ have happened, that in only eight days…a monarchy collapsed, that had maintained itself for centuries, and that in spite of everything, had managed to maintain itself throughout the three years of the tremendous, nation wide class battles of 1905-07?

‘’There are no miracles in nature or history, but every abrupt turn in history, and this applies to every revolution, presents such a wealth of content, unfolds such unexpected and specific combinations of forms of struggle and alignment of forces of the contestants, that to the lay mind there is much that must appear miraculous.

‘’The combination of a number of factors of world historic importance was required for the tsarist monarchy to have collapsed in a few days. We shall mention the chief of them.

‘’Without the tremendous class battles and the revolutionary energy displayed by the Russian proletariat, during the three years 1905-07, the second revolution could not possibly have been so rapid, in the sense that its initial stage was completed in a few days. The first revolution (1905) deeply ploughed the soil, uprooted age old prejudices, awakened millions of workers and tens of millions of peasants to political life and political struggle, and revealed to each other- and to the world- all classes (and all the principle parties) of Russian society, in their true character and in the true alignment of their interests, their forces, their modes of action, and their immediate and ultimate aims. This first revolution, and the succeeding period of counter revolution (1907-14), laid bare the very essence of the tsarist monarchy, brought it to the ‘utmost limit’, exposed all the rottenness and infamy, the cynicism and corruption of the tsar’s clique…those landlords…who own millions of dessiatines of land and are prepared to stoop to any brutality, to any crime, to ruin and strangle any number of citizens, in order to preserve the ‘sacred right of property’, for themselves and their class.

‘’Without the Revolution of 1905-07, and the counter revolution of 1907-14, there could not have been that clear ‘self determination’ of all classes of the Russian people….which manifested itself during the eight days of the February -March Revolution of 1917. …

‘’For the first great Revolution of 1905…. led, after the lapse of twelve years, to the ‘brilliant’, the ‘glorious’ Revolution of 1917’’. (italics by Lenin)

It may be objected that America has not experienced a revolution, such as that of 1905. True! But America has experienced something very similar, which is the Occupy Movement of 2011.

At that time, in America, the common people, the vast majority of whom were honest, hard working, law abiding, tax paying, patriotic citizens, decided to exercise their democratic right to peaceful protest, as is guaranteed in the Constitution. They were merely trying to draw the attention, of their democratically elected leaders, to the glaring inequalities within society. They actually thought that the system was not working properly, but that once this was brought to the attention of the proper authorities, it would be corrected. They could not possibly have been more mistaken!

As is well known, the authorities responded with clubs, tear gas and pepper spray. The tents of the protesters were torn down, with many people thrown in jail. The system was working precisely the way it was supposed to work! In favour of the multi billionaires!

This was a ‘’rude awakening’’, a ‘’bitter pill to swallow’’. Just as the common people of Russia had learned, in the previous century, the American protesters learned that they had been lied to, all their lives. It was with the utmost bitterness, that the protesters faced the fact that the ruling class of monopoly capitalists, the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie, at that time referred to as the ‘’one percent’’, were in charge, and fully intended to remain in charge!

This revolutionary motion was followed by a time of reaction, as it was in Russia, after the Revolution of 1905.

Now the revolutionary motion has picked up again, but is now ‘’finer and stronger’’. Those who took part in the Occupy Movement, are now seasoned veterans, tempered in the class struggle. They know what to expect, and are leading this current revolutionary movement.

There are numerous videos, on the internet, produced mainly by bourgeois intellectuals, who recognize the danger, posed by Trump and his Oligarchy. Yet none of them can foresee that the future lies with Councils and Scientific Socialism.

It is significant that, immediately after the Russian Tsar was overthrown, in March of 1917, numerous Soviets, Councils, made their appearance. Up until that time, they had been working ‘’underground’’, of necessity, as they were illegal. But at the time of the Revolution, they emerged, and were almost as powerful as the Provisional Government!

This is my less than subtle way, of suggesting that Scientific Socialists get involved with Councils. Illegal activity. Train, arm and equip working class people, in preparation for the approaching Insurrection. The future belongs with these Councils.

Gerald McIsaac

Americans Protesting Against Oligarchy

February 9, 2025 Gerald Mcisaac

Barely two weeks into the second presidency of Donald Trump, and the news reports are quite revealing. First he took credit for securing peace in the Middle East, or at least in the Gaza Strip. Now, as a reward for this selfless act, he plans to create a play ground for himself, and the members of his class of multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie. It is simply a matter of ‘’relocating’’ the two million people who live there, referred to as Palestinians, tearing down the shattered buildings, and ‘’building spectacular developments in Gaza’’.

Who would have thought that we would ever see the day, that the President of the United States, openly called for ethnic cleansing? A crime against humanity!

Yet that is precisely what he is doing! Further, he thinks that he can get away with this. Who can blame him? All his life, he has broken various laws, and not served even one day in jail. This despite thirty four felony convictions!

As well, there have been numerous allegations of sexual assaults! Various women can testify to that! These ladies have every reason to feel bitter. They have been denied justice, as the law does not apply to billionaires. Not only that, but they have also been denied financial compensation!

To such unfortunates, I can only respond that nothing can change the terrible trauma that you endured, nor the fact that you have been denied justice. Yet let me add, that now is not the time to ‘’get mad’’. Now is the time to ‘’get even’’! Rest assured, the latter is far more satisfying! It is just a matter of selecting the proper approach.

With that in mind, consider the fact that there are countless videos, on the internet, containing suggestions, concerning the proper course of action. Most of them are of questionable value, at best, but a few of them are rather revealing.

One of the better videos, is titled ‘’President Musk and his assistant Trump have woken a sleeping giant’’. The narrator, clearly a man with a strong democratic sense, maintains that he ‘’noticed something different over the last couple of weeks…took part in an uprising against Elon Musk’s illegal, Unconstitutional power grab, to shutter government agencies, to hijack American data, installing private servers at the Treasury….there is no oversight…He (Musk) has been appointed to a position of great power, that is outside the purview of Congressional oversight, the coequal branch that has a check on the executive branch….At the Treasury protest, there was a different tone….shifting….from general protest to turning on Democrats, demanding Democrats do their job, to be an opposition Party…This is not the moment to find common ground, this is the moment to save the Republic’’.

This individual is correct, when he states that ‘’something different’’ has taken place, within the last ‘’couple weeks’’. That something different is the mass movement, or more accurately, the revolutionary motion, which has increased dramatically. He is also correct when he states that ‘’this is the moment to save the Republic’’.

Yet his ‘’solution’’, that of ‘’calling the Capitol Switchboard’’, in order to express disapproval with the Democratic officials, would have little effect. Those who took part in the Occupy Movement, of several years ago, can testify to the fact that the two mainstream political parties, Democrats and Republicans, serve the same class. That class is the monopoly capitalist class, the multi billionaires, currently referred to as the Oligarchy, technically referred to as the bourgeoisie.

Yet the title of his article, in which he refers to ‘’waking a sleeping giant’’, exposes an awareness on his part, that the revolutionary motion has now spread to all segments of American society.

A second video is perhaps a bit more pro active. It is titled, ‘’American citizens protest Elon Musk hijacking US Treasury’’.

The narrator says he took part in a protest, against that which he referred to as ‘’Donald Trump’s dangerous agenda, a man who inserted Elon Musk into the actual functioning of the government. They have forced out Treasury officials, overtaken payment systems within the Treasury Department, and in the absence of Congress actually stepping up to do something, citizens are exercising their First Amendment rights, under the Constitution, to redress their government, and express their displeasure and outrage over what is taking place. If you are not able to join in movements like this, in uprisings like this, you find a local group to express your displeasure. It is going to take citizen action, to get anything done, to actually make some change here, so get ready for a fight. People have woken up’’.

In this, he is correct, when he states that it is going to take ‘’citizen action’’, in order to ‘’make some change here’’. He is also correct, when he says that people should join ‘’local groups’’. These groups are known as Councils, many of which are working ‘’underground’’, and are preparing working people for the approaching Insurrection.

This was followed by a speech, by a Democratic Senator. He made the appropriate noises, as was expected from a member of the ‘’opposition Party’’. As it was so completely meaningless, there is no need to repeat it here.

The only surprise was when he stated that ‘’people have woken up’’, and further, ‘’We have to reach out to everyone in this country, conservatives, liberals, republicans, democrats, and tell them that we have not months, and not weeks, but we have days to stop the destruction of our democracy. In this country, it is the people that rule, not the billionaires, we are taking this country back from Elon Musk.’’

To think that even a Democratic Senator was forced to admit that ‘’people have woken up’’! He also faced the fact that the Financial Oligarchy is determined to destroy the American democratic republic. That is an indication of the strength of the revolutionary movement.

Even the highly respected, self described Independent Socialist, Senator Bernie Sanders, expressed deep concern. He is afraid that the Oligarchy is transforming the American democratic republic into a ‘’Kleptocracy’’. Yet, in an interview with CNN, he offered no viable method of opposing this trend. Perhaps he has given up?

Incidentally, by definition, a kleptocracy literally means ‘’rule by thieves’’. It is used to describe governments whose leaders misuse their powers, to steal from their people. It is also referred to as a ‘’thievocracy’’. An accurate description of events unfolding, within the American democratic republic!

Without doubt, the ruling class of multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie, has decided to change their method of rule, from a democratic republic, to a Financial Oligarchy. In the process, they have accelerated the revolutionary motion. The opposition, to this Rule of the Oligarchy, is now broad and deep, extending to almost all classes and segments of society. Even the most dedicated, die hard defenders of capitalism, are expressing their concern. The situation is truly revolutionary!

An Insurrection could break out at any time! The success of that Insurrection depends largely upon the ‘’class consciousness’’, the level of awareness, of the working class, the proletariat.

Lenin went into this supremely well, in his landmark work, State and Revolution. This was written in preparation for the Great October Soviet Socialist Revolution, of 1917. That revolution was successful, because it followed the advice of Lenin.

In State and Revolution, Lenin stresses the fact that the state apparatus came into existence, with the first appearance of classes. The sole purpose of any state apparatus is to ensure the rule of the class in power, by subjugating the ‘’lower classes’’. Under monopoly capitalism, it is the ruling class of monopoly capitalists, the bourgeoisie, which subjugates all other classes. To this end, they carefully established a state apparatus, in order to crush the vast majority of working people, especially the proletariat.

At the time of the forth coming American Revolution, we can first expect to see a ‘’popular uprising’’, technically referred to as an ‘’Insurrection’’, in which the ‘’common people’’ rise up and overthrow the ruling class of monopoly capitalists. But then what?

As Lein phrases it, ‘’This course of events compels the revolution ’to concentrate all its forces of destruction’ against the state power, and to regard the problem, not as one of perfecting the state machine, but one of smashing and destroying it’’. (italics by Lenin)

Lenin clearly stressed the need to smash the existing state machine, with good reason. Previous revolutionary experience- the most bitter revolutionary experience!- has revealed that if the state apparatus is not destroyed, the leaders of the revolution merely take control of that state apparatus, and set themselves up, as the new rulers! Out of the frying pan, into the fire!

Yet after the revolution, after the ruling class of monopoly capitalists are overthrown, classes will continue to exist! And rest assured, the former multi billionaires are not about to ‘’resign themselves to their fate’’. They are not about to embrace a life of ‘’manual labour’’, as that is merely a ‘’Mexican worker’’! On the contrary, they will make every effort to ‘’regain their paradise lost’’! They will resort to every lie, deceit, deception, bribery and threat, to return to power! The experience of the former Socialist Soviet Union, and former Socialist China, leave no room for any doubt!

For that reason, a state apparatus is still required, after the revolution, in order to ‘’crush the desperate and determined resistance’’ of the monopoly capitalists. But as Lenin phrased it, ‘’It is still necessary to suppress the bourgeoisie and crush its resistance. This was particularly necessary for the (Paris) Commune; and one of the reasons for its defeat was that it did not do so with sufficient determination. But the organ of suppression is now the majority of the population, and not the minority, as was always the case under slavery, serfdom, and wage slavery. And since the majority of the people itself suppresses its oppressors, a ‘special force’ for suppression is no longer necessary. In this sense the state begins to wither away. Instead of the special institutions of a privileged minority (privileged officialdom, heads of the standing army), the majority itself can directly fulfill all these functions, and the more the functions of state power devolve upon the people generally, the less need is there for the existence of this power. ‘’ (italics by Lenin)

Incidentally, this new state apparatus, which exists only under a state of Scientific Socialism, is referred to as the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.

After the successful Insurrection, after the monopoly capitalists are overthrown, after we establish the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, we must avoid the mistakes of previous great revolutionaries, including those of Stalin and Mao. As I have gone into this in previous articles, there is no need to repeat it here.

There is a reason for the sense of urgency, expressed by the bourgeois intellectuals, concerning the attack on the American democratic republic. The fact is that the state of California is now openly calling for separation, from the United States. As well, the state of Texas, the ‘’Lone Star State’’, may once again form a separate, independent republic, as it once was.

As I have previously documented, the state of California recently formed an alliance with the two other Pacific Coast states, that of Washington and Oregon. It is very likely that those three states will soon separate and form a separate, independent, Socialist Council Republic.

As well, on the east coast, seven state have also formed an alliance. In the midwest, the industrial heartland of the country, yet another seven states have also formed an alliance. Two more Socialist Council Republics, soon to be created!

Truly, the bourgeois scholars have good reason to be concerned! The American Empire is on the verge of collapse! It will soon give birth to several independent, Socialist Council Republics. It is also very likely that those Republics will form a North American Socialist Council Union.

That largely depends upon the American Revolutionary leaders, taking the advice of Lenin. Choose wisely.

Gerald McIsaac

Trump and Tariffs

February 5, 2025 Gerald Mcisaac

It is well known that Donald Trump campaigned for the office of President, on the ‘’platform’’, or the promise, of ‘’reducing grocery prices’’, bringing ‘’jobs back into the country’’, bringing inflation ‘’under control’’, and in general, ‘’Make America Great Again’’, or ‘’MAGA’’.

Just how he planned to achieve these ‘’noble goals’’, is not so well known. At least, not until now. His plan is simplicity itself. It is simply a matter of imposing tariffs! He could not possibly be more mistaken!

As Trump sees it, in the simplicity of his soul, ‘’The higher the tariff, the more likely it is that a company will come into the US, and build a factory, so that it does not have to pay the tariff’’.

It should be noted that a tariff is nothing other than a tax, on all imported goods, paid for by the company which buys the products, and then passes that added expense, on to the consumer. Higher prices! Inflation! The very thing that Trump promised to reduce!

With that in mind, Trump announced a twenty five percent tariff on almost all products coming into the US, from Canada and Mexico, and a ten percent tariff on products coming from China, starting on February 4. The three largest trading partners, with the US!

To the surprise of no one, with the possible exception of Donald Trump, those three countries responded with tariffs of their own. Imagine that! A good old fashioned trade war! Not at all what Trump had in mind!

Faced with strong opposition to his hare brained scheme, Trump backed down. He announced a ‘’thirty day pause’’, on imposing tariffs on Canada and Mexico.

As one mainstream journalist phrased it, ‘’Faced with real world consequences, Trump ‘blinked’. Many countries have tried various tariff efforts, for many decades, affecting supply chains, products, grocery prices and shipping. A sudden one way effort, which does not tend to benefit the country that started the trade war’’.

That same journalist then introduced a ‘’Nobel Prize Winning Economist’’, an expert on the subject, who quickly agreed with the narrator. He stated that such a tariff ‘’effectively becomes a new tax, increasing inflation’’.

The conversation which followed was somewhat disjointed, but I have attempted to reproduce the gist of it here, as the economist stated:

‘’There is no US manufacturing sector. The free trade area has been integrated for over thirty years now. Different pieces of cars are made in all three countries (United States, Canada and Mexico), components may cross the border seven or eight times, so that tariffs merely impose costs on our industry. If Canada and Mexico respond in kind, that will further increase costs, more hurt to the US. The countries are mutually dependent. A tariff is crazy! It is an effective tax on neighbouring countries, will increase inflation, will not lower prices. Even the threat of tariffs will raise costs!’’
That is the professional opinion of a highly respected, bourgeois economist, one of the finest. In his opinion, Trumps plan to impose tariffs are ‘’crazy’’!All Americans, including Donald Trump, would be well advised to take note!

Yet the Trump plan, that of introducing tariffs, as a means of raising prices to the point that a ‘’company will come into the US, and build a factory, to that it does not have to pay the tariff’’, may make sense to a great many working people. The implication is that the factory would merely sell its products, within the US.

In fact, this is characteristic of capitalism, in its early, competitive, pre monopoly stage. Although under competitive capitalism, goods were frequently sold abroad.

There is only one problem with this rosy picture. We already live under monopoly capitalism! Imperialism! The ‘’good old days’’ of competitive capitalism, are a dim and distant memory!

Monopoly capitalism has characteristics which are quite different from that of competitive capitalism, as Lenin explained so well, in his landmark work, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism. As Lenin phrased it: ‘’If it were necessary to give the briefest possible definition of imperialism, we should have to say that imperialism is the monopoly stage of capitalism…..But very brief definitions, although convenient, for they sum up the main points, are nevertheless inadequate, because very important features of the phenomenon that has to be defined, have to be especially deduced. And so, without forgetting the conditional and relative value of all definitions, which can never include all the concatenations of a phenomenon in its complete development, we must give a definition of imperialism that will embrace the following five essential features:

1) ’’The concentration of production and capital developed to such an extent that it creates monopolies which play a decisive role in economic life.

2) ‘’The merging of bank capital with industrial capital, and the creation, on the basis of ‘finance capital’ , of a financial oligarchy.

3) ‘’The export of capital, which has become extremely important, as distinguished from the export of commodities.

4) ‘’The formation of international capitalist monopolies, which share the world among themselves.

5) ‘’The territorial division of the whole world among the greatest capitalist powers is completed.

‘’Imperialism is capitalism in that stage of development in which the domination of monopolies and finance capital has established itself; in which the export of capital has acquired pronounced importance; in which the division of the world among the international trusts has begun; in which the partition of all the territories of the globe among the great capitalist powers has been completed.’’

Allow me to stress the fact that ‘’monopolies play a decisive role in economic life’’. In fact, it is ‘’finance capital’’ which gives rise to a ‘’financial oligarchy’’! In America, this small group of multi billionaires are simply referred to as the ‘’Oligarchy’’! They are determined to seize power, to destroy the democratic republic!

As well, under imperialism, it is ‘’capital’’ which is exported, and not just ‘’commodities’’, as are exported under competitive capitalism. This capital includes such items as factories!

We now have ‘’international capitalist monopolies’’, so that the multi billionaires who control them, are members of different nationalities. The American multi billionaires have no loyalty to America! Their loyalty lies with the international monopolies! They are not the slightest bit patriotic!

The ‘’whole world’’ has been divided up! They ‘’share the world among themselves’’! There is no competition!

As that is the case, consider the ‘’brain storm’’ of Trump, to ‘’impose tariffs’’, as a means of ‘’forcing companies to build factories, so that it does not have to pay the tariffs’’.

Donald Trump is ‘’living in the past’’! He actually thinks that he can ‘’turn back the hands of time’’! He plans to set the American economy back one hundred years! To the time of competitive capitalism! Which can only lead to monopoly capitalism!

As I was wondering if that man even has a brain in his head, I received an email, on that subject:

‘’Don’t try to explain anything complicated to a man who felt it necessary to explain to the nation and the world that the helicopter or the plane involved in the Washington crash should have moved out of the way.’’

That answered my question!

Monopoly capitalism is not about to revert to competitive capitalism! The ‘’international capitalist monopolies’’ are already in existence! As well, the ‘’Financial Oligarchy’’ is also in existence! They ‘’share the world among themselves’’! The American Oligarchy is not about to relinquish their wealth and power! They are not about to allow an independent company to ‘’come into the country and build a factory’’. This would require the banks to provide the financial backing, which the Oligarchy would never allow.

Placing tariffs on goods coming into the country, would only result in higher prices, within the country. Other countries would in turn retaliate, imposing their own tariffs, giving rise to a trade war.

In conclusion, we can say that capitalism has long since reached its highest stage, that of monopoly, imperialism. There can be no question of reverting to competitive capitalism, or even of ‘’patching up’’ imperialism. The Financial Oligarchy is focused on enhancing their wealth and power. Nothing else!

The imperialists have to be overthrown, and this can happen only through revolution. The revolutionary movement is growing steadily, and will soon result in an Insurrection. The success of this Insurrection depends largely upon the level of consciousness of the revolutionaries. They have to become class conscious, aware of themselves as a class, with their own class interests, which are diametrically opposed to the interests of the imperialists.

As Lenin made clear, in State and Revolution, the existing state apparatus, which has been set up to crush the ‘’lower classes’’, must be smashed, and replaced with a different state apparatus, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. Scientific Socialism!

As the astute reader may have already guessed, this is my way of giving a broad hint, to middle class intellectuals, who are aware of the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin. It is up to such ‘’Conscious People’’ to bring that awareness to the working class, the proletariat.

For those who are reluctant to ‘’shoulder that burden’’, may I suggest that you consider the alternative. The Oligarchy has determined to abolish your democratic republic. No more democratic rights! Scrap the Constitution! At the same time, wipe out the middle class. No more small businesses! Only the ‘’Chosen Few’’, those that are ‘’Too Big To Fail’’, are to be allowed to survive!

Do not wait for the ‘’axe to fall’’! Become politically active!

Take action, before it is too late! Become involved with Councils! Spread the message! Take part in challenging the 2024 Presidential Election, on the grounds that it violated the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution! Unconstitutional! Trump is a fraudulent president, just as Pence is a fraudulent Vice President. Act now, before it is too late! Before the Supreme Court is abolished! Which is precisely what the Oligarchy has planned!

By contrast, all middle class professionals have a bright future, under Scientific Socialism. We are supremely well aware that it is one thing to run a machine, and something else entirely, to run a business. And under Scientific Socialism, it is necessary to run businesses, not for the purposes of profit, but for that of the common good. That requires the expertise of highly educated, will trained professionals. You will be paid accordingly.

As the working class is quite well cultured now, complete with various digital devices, it is much easier to ‘’spread the word’’. We have the technology, and would be fools not to use it.

I have long maintained that the best way to educate people, is to entertain them, at the same time. Education through entertainment!

There is no shortage of professional entertainers, in America. May I suggest that such people apply your skills, to the cause of Scientific Socialism. May I also suggest that those same, highly skilled professionals, avoid the use of vulgarity. There is already far too much of that, in the videos on the internet. It is not only disrespectful, but detracts from the message.

I am sure you will do a masterful job. I have complete confidence in you.

Gerald McIsaac

Continuous Attacks On American Democratic Republic

February 1, 2025 Gerald Mcisaac

It is just over a week into the second term of the Presidency of Donald Trump, and the ‘’Oligarchy’’ has wasted no time in implementing their completely reactionary agenda, that of Project 2025.

Clearly, the ruling class of multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie, have decided to change their method of rule. No more democratic republic! Americans are about to be relieved of their duty of voting in elections. A few of the wealthiest members of the bourgeoisie, each worth hundreds of billions, have come forward to form that which is referred to as an Oligarchy, a small group of people, to run the country.

They have decided to keep Trump as their figure head President, as he is a proper stooge. In fact, he is in the ranks of Curly Howard, perhaps the finest of the Stooges!

The plan is to further impoverish the working class, the proletariat, while further enriching the monopoly capitalist class, the bourgeoisie. At the same time, the middle class, the petty bourgeois, is to be wiped out.

One of the first orders of business, was to ‘’deal with the Illegals’’. The ‘’gloves came off’’! The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, ICE, was given ‘’free rein’’. No restrictions! They are now allowed to conduct raids on schools, churches and other places of worship. If they even suspect someone of being an ‘’Illegal’’, then that individual is arrested, denied any legal representation, and deported. In direct violation of the Constitution!

Trump has also announced his intention to open the Guantanamo Bay ‘’Detention Centre’’, so that he can ‘’detain’’ up to thirty thousand people, before deporting them.

The mainstream press is also reporting that Trump just fired at least fifteen Inspectors General, in that which they are referring to as the ‘’Friday Midnight Massacre’’. That same bourgeois press is also reporting that such a firing is illegal, as by law, the President is required to give the Congress, thirty days notice. So much for the ‘’rule of law’’!

In addition, wide spread ‘’chaos and confusion’’ was created, immediately after the White House issued a ‘’vague memo’’, to ‘’temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all federal financial assistance’’, that could ‘’conflict with President Donald Trump’s agenda’’. Whatever that means!

The effect was to create a ‘’federal funding freeze’’, on all ‘’federal grants and loans’’, to ‘’as many as twenty six hundred programs, within the federal government’’. This includes such programs as providing food for the Seniors, school lunches for children, food banks, food stamps, Medicare and Medicaid. An attack on the poorest, most vulnerable segments of the population! All because such programs could ‘’conflict with President Donald Trump’s agenda’’, according to a Spokesperson for the White House.

She is so right!

The ‘’agenda’’ of Donald Trump, is to further impoverish the working class, by cutting any and all social programs, while at the same time, further enriching the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie, with tax cuts.

The Seniors and school children can go hungry! No food stamps for the poor! Let the food banks run dry! No medical services for those who cannot afford it! No shelter for the homeless! Cut expenses! No mercy!

At the same time, the middle class is to be wiped out. All businesses which are Too Small To Succeed- all but five, including General Motors!- are about to ‘’go the way of the dodo bird’’! Monopoly capitalism! Imperialism at its finest!

In this way, the government will make it possible to reduce taxes on the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie. Allowing them to become ever more wealthy, ever more powerful! That is the ‘’agenda’’ of Donald Trump!

This gave rise to a ‘’huge push back’’, as the mainstream press so ineloquently phrased it. In fact, there was a nation wide uproar, with opposition coming from various segments of the population.

As many as twenty two states immediately challenged this memo, in federal court, and the Judge issued a ‘’temporary stay’’, at least until February 3.

In response to this, the White House issued a statement which ‘’rescinds the memo ordering the federal funding freeze’’, although she was careful to add that ‘’this is not a rescindment of the actual federal freeze, just the memo itself’’. Whatever that means!

Even a leading Senator spoke out against these federal cuts: ‘’Though the Trump administration failed in this tactic, it’s no secret that they will try to find another, and when they do, it will again be Senate Democrats there to call it out, fight back, defend American families. The big question is Medicaid. The White House was not clear whether that was part of the freeze, with 72 million people affected. This is the first win for Democrats in the new Trump era, the party of the middle class’’.

This Senator is correct when he states that, although the Trump administration ‘’failed in this tactic’’, they will no doubt ‘’try to find another’’.

Not that this was a ‘’win for Democrats’’. It was the mass movement, the revolutionary motion, that stopped these cuts. The Senator merely took credit for this. In fact, both mainstream political parties serve the same class of monopoly capitalists, the bourgeoisie.

This was quickly followed by another White House memo, one which ‘’encourages millions of federal workers to resign’’. Those who choose to ‘’accept the offer’’, are being promised eight months pay, as a reward. Those who choose not to resign, are being threatened with being fired.

There is only one little hitch. The President has no authority to make such an offer! Those federal workers who resign, can expect to receive nothing! Trump is merely doing that which he does best. Lying!

It is to the credit of the leaders of the Labour Unions involved, that they are letting their members know the truth. Most of these Union members are determined to fight Trump, to fight for their democratic rights. The power of Unions!

The aforementioned is a sampling of the damage that Trump has wrought, within a mere few days of taking office. All branches of the federal government are at a near stand still. The heads of each branch, including the military, seem incapable of making a decision. They are afraid that any decision they do make, will result in their dismissal.

The mass movement against this attack, on the American democratic republic, commonly referred to as the ‘’Opposition to the Oligarchy’’, is now very broad based. It includes a great many members of the middle class, those who are concerned with defending our democratic rights. Those people are our allies, on this one particular issue.

When I use the word ‘’our’’, I am referring to all Socialists, whether Independent Socialists or Scientific Socialists.

The strongest supporters of capitalism, as well as of the democratic republic, tend to be middle class intellectuals, as the middle class is the most patriotic class. This places them in the rather strange position of defending the democratic republic, which the bourgeoisie is determined to destroy! While at the same time, defending the bourgeoisie! Duh!

This in no way changes the fact, that these middle class intellectuals are our allies, on this one particular subject. That of defending our democratic republic. Truly, ‘’politics makes for strange bed fellows’’!

Yet it is best to not expect too much from such people. As Lenin pointed out, ‘’even the most intelligent members of the bourgeoisie have become muddled, and they cannot help committing irreparable errors. That, in fact, is what will bring about the downfall of the bourgeoisie’’.

By contrast, the vast majority of Independent Socialists do not defend the bourgeoisie. They tend to be honest, concerned citizens, but labouring under the influence of the bourgeois ideology. For that reason, they tend to think that socialism may be a ‘’good idea’’, but simply ‘’not about to happen’’.

This is an example of bourgeois ideology, which Marx refers to as ‘’spiritual power’’, having an influence over people. This spiritual power is every bit as real, as that referred to as the ‘’physical force elements of repression’’. The only difference is that the ‘’spiritual power’’ is invisible, and for that reason, in my opinion, is far more dangerous.

Allow me to stress the fact that all too many middle class, intelligent, intellectual, Independent Socialists, are under the influence of this bourgeois ideology, this ‘’spiritual power’’. Largely without being aware of this!

To those people, my Comrades In Arms, I can only suggest that you ‘’break the invisible bonds’’! Feel free to face the fact that the bourgeois are liars! Further face the fact that both Marx and Lenin were Scientific Socialists!

Marx examined society from a scientific standpoint! That included, but was not limited to, capitalism! Marx then proved, that capitalism would give birth to Socialism! Marx further proved that, after the revolution, after the proletariat seizes political power, the completely reactionary class of bourgeoisie, would have to be crushed, smashed, under Scientific Socialism, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat!

Just as Marx predicted, early competitive capitalism evolved into monopoly capitalism, at around the beginning of the twentieth century. The capitalists of the time, knew that something had changed. They did not understand these changes, and really did not care. They just knew that their profits had increased dramatically, or as they phrased it, they were ‘’making money hand over fist’’. This new stage of capitalism, they referred to as ‘’imperialism’’.

It was Lenin, another Scientific Socialist, who ‘’followed in the footsteps’’ of Marx. He examined capitalism in its ‘’new and latest’’ stage, that of monopoly, referred to as imperialism. He determined that imperialism is not the ‘’latest’’ stage of capitalism, but the highest stage of capitalism! He documented this supremely well in his landmark work, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism.

Lenin also determined that, while early, competitive capitalism has certain progressive features, such is not the case of monopoly capitalism, imperialism. As he phrased it, ‘’Imperialism is reaction, right down the line’’!

I mention this, for the sake of my Comrades In Arms, those who consider themselves to be Independent Socialists, which is to say, Utopian Socialists. They are people of principle, capable of honesty, unlike the monopoly capitalists. Such people can face the fact that the multi billionaires are making a supreme effort to starve the Seniors, as well as children of poor people, deprive the poor of medical assistance, further impoverish all working people, in order to further enrich their class, the bourgeoisie.

That same class of people, also take great delight in slandering all Scientific Socialists, also known as Marxist Leninists, or Communists. With good reason, I may add! We are their bitterest enemies! Determined to overthrow them, during a revolution, and then crush them, under the Dictatorship of the Proletariat! The worst nightmare of every imperialist!

In particular, American Independent Socialists should be well aware that revolutions happen. After all, it was the ‘’Revolutionary War’’ which gave rise to the United States! So to say that ‘’nothing good ever came from any revolution’’, is to deny the American Revolution!

Contrary to what the ‘’Oligarchy’’ would have you believe, a Second American Revolution is about to take place.

Just as a ‘’popular uprising’’ took place in 1776, in opposition to the rule of the British Crown, which did not represent the Colonials, so too, a second uprising is about to take place, in opposition to the bourgeoisie, which also does not represent Americans.

In contrast to the First American Revolution, which was led mainly by the ‘’propertied classes’’, the Second American Revolution will be led by the working class, the proletariat. For that reason, the outcome will be somewhat different.

As I have pointed out in a previous article, the forthcoming Socialist Revolution will result in the collapse of the American Empire. The continental United States will break up into a number of separate, Independent, Socialist, Council Republics. Three such republics have already taken shape. These include seven states on the east coast, three states on the west coast, and seven states in the midwest, the industrial heartland of the country.

I use the word ‘’Council’’, which translates to Soviet in Russian, for a reason. In 1917, the Soviets spontaneously appeared in Russia, in time for the Great October Soviet Socialist Revolution.

So too, these Soviets, or Councils, have also spontaneously appeared in America. Just as these Soviets took power in Russia, after the Revolution, so too, the American Councils will also take power, after the forthcoming American Revolution.

If I can be excused for pointing out the obvious, allow me to state that the next American Revolution is about to replace imperialism, monopoly capitalism, with Scientific Socialism!

All Independent Socialists are welcome to take part in this historic event. First, face the fact that you are under the influence of the bourgeois ideology, the spiritual power, of the bourgeoisie. Break those ‘’invisible bonds’’! To paraphrase Rosa Luxembourg, ‘’you have nothing to lose but your chains’’! Embrace the revolutionary theories of Scientific Socialism! Transform yourself into a Scientific Socialist!

The working class, the proletariat, is not ‘’class conscious’’, aware of itself as a class. It is certainly not aware of the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin. Nor is it aware of the fact that it is destined to over throw the monopoly capitalist class, the bourgeoisie. This awareness has to come from an ‘’outside source’’. In other words, middle class, intellectual, Scientific Socialists. You are that ‘’outside source’’!

Now is not the time to be shy! If nothing else, encourage your middle class attorney friends, especially those who are experts in Constitutional law, to challenge the 2024 ‘’Presidential Election’’, on the grounds that it was Unconstitutional. In direct violation of the Twelfth Amendment! Trump is a fraudulent President! Vance is a fraudulent Vice President! Act now, before it is too late! Before the democratic republic is completely destroyed!

My Friends, much as I regret putting this burden on your shoulders, I can see no other way of stopping the Oligarchy from seizing power.

The working class is about to rise up, to overthrow the monopoly capitalists, with the Oligarchy at their head, in an Insurrection. Yet without the proper direction, this Insurrection could fail. Working people need leaders! Proper leaders! Leaders who will provide the proper direction! That proper direction lies in smashing the existing state apparatus, and crushing the monopoly capitalists, under a state of Scientific Socialism, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.

I just received an email, which I have chosen to use, in order to close this article. It is posted under, We the People, Under Siege:

‘’So ICE set up a hotline where people can call to report undocumented immigrants. But they had to shut it down yesterday because over 90 percent of the calls were reporting (the richest man in America)’’.

May I suggest that the other ten percent were reporting the First Lady! Clearly, their days are numbered!

An Open Letter To Independent Socialists

January 29, 2025 Gerald Mcisaac

The American democratic republic is under attack. Now that Donald Trump is once again President, he has wasted no time in implementing his completely reactionary agenda, referred to as Project 2025.

Barely one week into his second term, he has already made several attempts to ‘’terminate the Constitution’’, with his executive orders. As one Leftist journalist pointed out, ‘’Trump has provided ample ammunition for a third impeachment’’! This journalist is referring to the fact that, on ‘’day one’’ of his administration, he first violated the Fourteenth Amendment, nullifying birth right citizenship, by ordering the deportation of American citizens. Then, he ordered the state of California to amend their election laws. The penalty for not doing so, is to withhold federal money, for the severe losses the state suffered, due to the brush fires, within the city of Los Angeles. A clear example of ‘’election tampering’’!

It is noteworthy that twenty two states have gone to federal court, in an effort to stop Trump’s ‘’birth right citizenship order’’. A Leftist journalist documented this in a fine article:

‘’Today, a federal judge, who has been on the bench for forty years, and was appointed by Reagan, just told Trump, and his administration, and his DOJ lawyers, who went into court to argue in favour of that executive order, that it is blatantly Unconstitutional, and issued a temporary restraining order to block it’’. As the judge stated, ’’I have been on the bench for four decades. I cannot remember another case where the question presented was as clear’’.

A second Leftist narrator added that the same Judge ‘’scolded the Justice Department attorney’’, by stating that ‘’I have difficulty understanding how a member of the Bar can state unequivocally that this is a Constitutional order. It boggles my mind’’. The narrator then went on to state that he was ‘’Surprised that the judge has not sanctioned lawyers, really out of bounds for lawyers, a shocking thing to come up with’’.

Those two narrators, whom I just quoted, may object to being referred to as ‘’Leftist’’. They may prefer such adjectives as ‘’progressive’’, or perhaps ‘’democratic’’, in reference to themselves.

Regardless of the manner in which they choose to classify themselves, the fact remains that they have taken a progressive stand, in favour of defence of the American democratic republic. It is significant that they make no claim to being socialist. It is an indication of the breadth and depth of the mass movement, against the completely reactionary agenda of Trump and his handlers, the multi billionaires. It has now extended to the upper stratum of the middle class, the petty bourgeois.

This brings me to the subject of those who consider themselves to be ‘’Independent Socialists’’, of one shade or another. Such individuals may, or may not, be a member of a particular political party, or of a socialist organization, or both. Yet it is safe to say that all such self described Socialists, are progressive people, at least concerned with people in general, and with the democratic republic, in particular. We can work with such people, as they are honest, people of integrity.

It is reasonable to assume that the vast majority of self described Socialists, are intelligent, well educated members of the middle class, complete with University degrees. As that is the case, they are at least aware of the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin, as those theories are taught only in University.

More accurately, the scientific theories of Marx and Lenin are not so much taught, as distorted in Universities! As all Universities are ‘’bought and paid for’’, by the bourgeois, this is perhaps not too surprising.

Yet as those who refer to themselves as ‘’Socialists’’, are predominantly honest, I am convinced that they are prepared to listen to the ‘’voice of sweet reason’’. If nothing else, feel free to keep an open mind.

Bear in mind that Marx was, first and foremost, a Social Scientist. This is to say that Marx examined society from a scientific view point. The fact is that society develops according to certain laws, and not according to a haphazard assortment of random thoughts! Regardless of how pleasant those thoughts may be! And rest assured, the thought of socialism is indeed most pleasant!

Having said that, let us examine how Marx phrased it, in 1852:

‘’And now as to myself, no credit is due to me for discovering the existence of classes in modern society, nor yet the struggle between them. Long before me, bourgeois historians had described the historical development of this class struggle, and bourgeois economists the economic anatomy of the classes. What I did that was new was to prove: 1) that the existence of classes is only bound up with particular historical phases in the development of production; 2) that the class struggle necessarily leads to the Dictatorship of the Proletariat; 3) that this Dictatorship itself only constitutes the transition to the abolition of all classes and to a classless society.’’

It should be stressed, that Marx was concerned with something more than capitalism and socialism. Indeed, the ‘’historical phases in the development of production’’ led to something more than the ‘’existence of classes’’. It was only at the point that the ‘’development of production’’ led to a surplus, so that people were enabled to enslave people, a time referred to as ‘’civilization’’, that classes first came into existence. Slaves and slave owners.

Yet before civilization, in a time commonly referred to as the ‘’Stone Age’’, society still existed, albeit devoid of classes. At that time too, society developed, but still according to certain laws, based upon the ‘’development of production’’.

It was an American anthropologist, Lewis Henry Morgan, who wrote a book in 1877, titled: Ancient Society: Researches In the Lines of Human Progress From Savagery Through Barbarism To Civilization.

Morgan made it abundantly clear, in that book, that society develops ‘’as the product of successive enlargements of the sources of production, which were then reflected in changing family forms’’.

Marx most emphatically agreed! For that reason, he planned to write an article, based at least in part, on that book. He even wrote notes on that subject.

As Marx stated: ‘’Social relations are closely bound up with productive forces. In acquiring new productive forces, men change their mode of production, and in changing their mode of production, in changing the way of earning their living, they change all their social relations. The hand mill gives you society with the feudal lord; the steam mill society with the industrial capitalist’’.

Yet before he could complete that work, Marx died, in 1883. So his close friend, Friedrich Engles, carried on the work that Marx was able only to start.

As Engels stated, ‘’Marx had made it one of his future tasks to present the results of Morgan’s researches in the light of his own- within certain limits, I may say our- materialistic examination of history, and thus to make clear their full significance. For Morgan, in his own way, had discovered afresh in America, the materialist conception of history, discovered by Marx forty years ago, and in his comparison of barbarism and civilization it had led him, in the main points, to the same conclusions as Marx.’’

It should be noted that the ‘’gens’’, to which Engels refers, are commonly referred to as ‘’clans’’, in North America. Also, the title ‘’American Indians’’ is no longer politically correct, as they now prefer to be referred to as ‘’First Nations People’’.

That is somewhat incidental to the point that Engles was trying to make: ‘’According to the gens (clans) of the ‘’American Indians’’, organized according to mother right, he discovered the primitive form out of which had developed the later gens organized according to father right, the gens as we find it among the ancient civilized peoples. The Greek and Roman gens, the old riddle of all historians, now found its explanation in the Indian gens, and a new foundation was thus laid for the whole of primitive history.’’

It is significant that Engels referred to this as a ‘’definitive book -as definitive as Darwin’s was in the case of biology- on the primitive state of society’’.

This gave birth to the article that was written by Engles, titled, The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State. An absolute masterpiece, in my opinion. That is also the opinion of numerous scholars. Bear in mind that it is perhaps more accurate to say that it was written by Marx and Engles.

This is my own personal, less than subtle way, of stressing the fact that society develops according to certain laws, and not just under capitalism. As Engels stated, the same ‘’gens’’, or clan system, which developed in North America, also developed in Europe. The ‘’old riddle of all historians’’, the ‘’Greek and Roman gens’’, was explained by Morgan. Society developed, on different continents, according to the same laws.

Those same laws, concerning the development of society, also apply to civilization. The first classes, slaves and slave owners, gradually died out, and gave birth to the feudal system, with their more complicated arrangement of nobility, Kings and Queens, Knights, landlords, tradesmen and serfs. In turn, the industrial revolution gave birth to capitalism, with two new revolutionary classes, the bourgeois, or capitalist, and the proletariat, or working class.

Just as slavery gave way to feudalism, and feudalism gave way to capitalism, so too, capitalism will give way to socialism. It was Marx who proved this, through his thorough, scientific examination of society.

With that in mind, may I suggest that all Independent Socialists read another excellent book by Engels, that of Socialism, Utopian And Scientific. In that work, he draws a clear distinction between the Utopian Socialists, those who think that socialism is merely a good idea, but probably not feasible, and the Scientific Socialists, those who are aware that it follows from capitalism.

As well, I can also suggest the classics, such as The Communist Manifesto, and the Essential Works of Lenin. These include State and Revolution, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, and What Is To Be Done? Also, I highly recommend, Left Wing Communism, An Infantile Disorder.

It is very likely that most, if not all, Independent Socialists are at least familiar with those books. Yet there is a big difference between the bourgeois distortion of the scientific theories of Marx and Lenin, and the theories themselves. Night and day, in fact!

The Democratic Socialists of America, DSA, has an excellent web site, on the internet. I am sure their goals are at least similar to the goals of all self described Independent Socialists, so I have decided to copy part of their web site:

Who we are

The Democratic Socialists of America is the largest socialist organization in the United States, with over 92,000 members and chapters in all 50 states. We believe that working people should run both the economy and society democratically to meet human needs, not to make profits for a few.

What we do

We are a political and activist organization, not a party; through campus and community-based chapters, DSA members use a variety of tactics, from legislative to direct action, to fight for reforms that empower working people.

It is clear that they are a fine, progressive, Leftist organization. It is just as clear that they are completely misguided. The fact of the matter is that we live under a state of monopoly capitalism, referred to as imperialism, and as such, it is the multi billionaires who are in charge. There is no chance that the ‘’working people’’ can possibly ‘’run the economy and society democratically to meet human needs’’.

That point is driven home by a separate video, titled ‘’The Oligarchy’s Power Is Waking America’’.

The two narrators are clearly dedicated capitalists, by no means Leftist, but still, concerned citizens, complete with a democratic sense. They are of the opinion that the ‘’billionaires and CEO’s are trying to curry favour with Trump’’.

In this, they are mistaken. In fact, the ‘’billionaires and CEO’s’’ are the puppet masters who are ‘’pulling the strings’’ of Trump. They are the ‘’handlers’’, and Trump merely ‘’dances to their tune’’.

The narrators referred to these multi billionaires as ‘’current robber barons’’, in this ‘’second gilded age’’. It is merely a matter of ‘’following the money’’, to ‘’get to the monopoly’’, which is ‘’combined with data’’, so that ‘’American democracy is undermined’’.

The video is presented in a very convoluted manner, as the narrators are quite confused, but the point is valid.

It is significant that the narrators mentioned the existence of classes. They referred to the ‘’Oligarchy’’ as being members of a class of people, being ‘’zero point zero one percent of the population’’. This is to say that a small fraction of the population, one hundredth of one percent, controls more wealth than the ‘’bottom half of the population’’. The scientific term for this class of people is bourgeoisie, not oligarchy.

They also pointed out that just one of the richest men in America, put a quarter of a billion dollars into the election campaign of Trump. They refer to this as ‘’monopoly power wedded with politics’’. That is one way of putting it!

They then complain that the ‘’three richest men in the country’’, were ‘’standing in front of all Republicans’’, the elected leaders of the country! The narrators were of the opinion that those three multi billionaires were ‘’not there for working class Americans’’. Really? What was your first clue?

Even though this video is presented in a most disjointed manner, by two dedicated capitalists, it is clear that even they are concerned with the power of the monopoly capitalists. They even mentioned the existence of classes.

Conclusion

I consider all Independent Socialists to be my Brothers and Sisters, my Friends, my Comrades in Arms. I say this because all are honest, hard working, law abiding citizens, people who care about other people, especially the less fortunate. As do all Scientific Socialists.

For that reason, I have gone to considerable length to document the fact that the capitalists are, first and foremost, liars. All of their text books are filled with distortions, at best, and outright lies, at worst. It is simply not reasonable to expect anything better from them!

Even the best of the upper middle class, intellectual bourgeois scholars, cannot seem to ‘’think straight’’! First they state certain facts, then they become confused, and end up in a ‘’muddle’’, as Lenin phrased it. But then they are not capable of being honest!

By contrast, all Socialists, whether Independent or Scientific, are honest people. It is also safe to say that, all such Socialists have been misled by the capitalists, to one degree or another.

In particular, American bourgeois propaganda is intense! It sets the standard for lies and hypocrisy! Not too surprising, as the monopoly capitalists, the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie, can afford to hire the finest liars and swindlers!

Do not be fooled! The fact is that monopoly capitalism is destined to give birth to Scientific Socialism! In the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat! That was proven by Karl Marx!

The capitalists are on the offensive! Those with tens, and even hundreds of billions, are determined to destroy the American democratic republic! They are ‘’wiping their feet’’ on the Constitution! Defying it at will! At the same time, reducing taxes on the members of their class! Trump is merely their puppet! Their Stooge! He puts Curly Howard to shame!

Now is not the time to ‘’play doormat’’! Now is the time to get active. If nothing else, re-read State and Revolution, by Lenin, this time with an open mind. He wrote that in preparation for the Great October Proletarian Socialist Revolution. We can use that to prepare for the approaching American Socialist Revolution.

Now is the time to transform yourself, to take the ‘’quantum leap’’, to graduate from an Independent Socialist, to a Scientific Socialist.

Time is not on our side. To paraphrase an old proverb, ‘’Time and Revolution wait for no one’’! Just as your ancestors did not wait for their Colonial leaders to give the ‘’go ahead’’, in 1776, so too, the American public of today, is not about to wait. The Second American Revolution could break out, at any time. The monopoly capitalists are about to ‘’force the issue’’!

No one knows which particular ‘’spark’’ will trigger a popular uprising, an Insurrection. We do know that the better prepared we are, the better the chances of success. Heaven help us if we fail!

That is where Scientific Socialists come in. It is up to them, ‘’conscious people’’, to provide the working people with the proper leadership.

Now the ‘’ball is in your court’’, so to speak. As you are aware of the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin, it is up to you to bring that awareness to the working class, the proletariat. There is no other way!

We will know that we are being successful, when certain slogans become common place:

Prepare For Insurrection!

Dictatorship of the Proletariat!

Scientific Socialism!

Revolution!