Author: Gerald Mcisaac

Growing Opposition to Trump and Musk

Gerald Mcisaac

On January 20, 2025, at the inauguration of President Donald Trump, Elon Musk gave the straight arm Nazi salute. It is entirely possible that it was merely a display of exuberance, and not meant to embrace fascism. Yet the actions of Elon Musk suggest that he is a great fan of fascism. 

There are numerous videos on the internet, which express deep concern that the American democratic republic is under attack. With good reason, I might add! Because it is under attack! There is even a strong possibility of a fascist dictatorship. That requires an equally strong response, from all of those who are determined to defend democracy, regardless of their political convictions. This includes those who are considered to be very ‘’conservative’’, or ‘’Far Right’’, as well as those who are considered to be very ‘’progressive’’, or ‘’liberal’’, or ‘’Far Left’’, or even ‘’Independent Socialists’’. This is referred to as an ‘’anti fascist, popular alliance’’, in defence of the democratic republic.

In a time of crisis, those who do not normally associate with each other, tend to come together, against a common enemy. They put aside their differences, even their mutual animosity, at least temporarily, in pursuit of a common goal. This is a time of crisis.

Perhaps an example will be helpful. 

Immediately after the Great Russian Proletarian October Revolution of 1917, the country was still at war with Germany and the Central Powers. The Russian army was also collapsing, literally falling apart, as countless soldiers deserted. 

As a result of this, the German troops were able to advance, practically unopposed. In this time of crisis, as ‘’desperate times call for desperate measures’’, Lenin ‘’rose to the occasion’’, and did that which was normally unthinkable. He requested assistance from the French. 

As the French were also at war with Germany, they responded by sending some demolition experts, led by a French officer, a monarchist, a rabid anti Bolshevik. He met with Lenin, and they were civil with each other, even though there was mutual hatred. After all, they had a common enemy.

I can only suggest that all of those who are defenders of democracy, come together, put aside your differences, at least temporarily, and unite against the trend towards a dictatorship, if not outright fascism. 

That being said, it is best not to expect too much from these ‘’democratic allies’’. They are completely restricted by their bourgeois ideology, simply unable to think in revolutionary terms, that of combining legal and illegal activity. Perhaps the finest example of this, is the video titled: ‘’Trump’s Sparks Dictatorship Fears With Chilling Declaration’’. 

The narrator thoughtfully presents the story, ‘’from two very different angles’’. One ‘’angle’’ is represented by a journalist from CNN, a mainstream news outlet that is considered to be quite ‘’moderate’’, and the ‘’second angle’’ from a news outlet that is considered to be quite ‘’Right Wing’’, Fox News.

The narrator first states that the ‘’breaking news’’ is that of ‘’Trump signalling his plans to take his authoritarian ambitions to a new and dangerous level’’.

The journalist from CNN decries the fact that the ‘’mugshot’’ of Trump, taken at the time he was arrested and charged, ‘’for his efforts to overturn the election’’, is now proudly displayed, in the Oval Office, of the White House. She clearly thinks this is terrible!

By contrast, the journalist from Fox News considers this to be a ‘’great message’’! A ‘’badass mug shot’’! (Trump) ’’channelled the anger of the American people, that the government was weaponized in this way, against a political candidate. We have never seen anything like this, in the United States…something that was supposed to humiliate him, he turned into a triumph’’. This was followed by a comparison to Christianity! As if Trump is a living, breathing, walking, talking, martyr! The Messiah! Sent to rule America!

This is confirmed by a post, allegedly made by Trump, in which he states that ‘’He who saves his country does not violate any laws’’. This is similar to the statement, by Richard Nixon, to the effect that, ‘’When the President of the United States breaks the law, it is not a crime’’.

The narrator then points out that ‘’this is a line straight out of the dictator playbook’’, a ‘’Napoleonic level delusion’’. It means that ‘’laws do not apply to him if he decides he is ‘saving’  America. That’s how authoritarians justify everything’’. 

This is followed by a lovely young lady, a ‘’career public defender for fifteen years in Manhattan’’, who expressed her deep concern, over this ‘’terrifying’’ post by Trump. She considers this to be truly ‘’dangerous’’, a true ‘‘Constitutional crisis in the making…This is how authoritarian regimes operate….In a democracy, it is supposed to be that no one is above the law…and if someone gets to decide that their actions …are justified, no matter what, then there are no laws, there is no Constitution…no democracy….’’ She is so right!

The narrator referred to this statement, by Trump, as a ‘’glimpse into the mindset of a madman…the question is who can stand up to stop him…’’

In this video, the facts were presently, quite accurately. The more ‘’moderate’’, progressive individuals, are deeply concerned with preserving the democratic republic. The more ‘’conservative’’, reactionary, ‘’Right Wing’’ people, are clearly in favour of a dictatorship, by the Oligarchy, led by Trump and Musk.  

The proper question was even asked, that of how to stop Trump and Musk, from establishing a dictatorship. So far, so good. Their answer? To call your Member of Congress!

There is certainly no harm in this, and it is completely legal. At the same time, I cannot help but wonder why they are not also calling for a challenge to the 2024 ‘’Presidential Election’’, on the grounds that it was Unconstitutional. It clearly violated the Twelfth Amendment, which lays out the procedure to be followed, in all federal elections. A Supreme Court decision, on this matter, in our favour, would serve to clear out the whole ‘’pigsty’’, currently referred to as the White House. 

It is also a fact that the proper Marxist approach, is to combine legal with illegal activity. One such illegal activity, is to get involved with Councils, as happened in Russia, before the Revolution. Working people must be trained, armed and equipped, in preparation for the approaching Insurrection. 

There is a second Video, which serves to drive home the urgency of this preparation. That video is titled: ‘’George Conway on defiance of court orders: We are basically a criminal regime’’.

As the title suggests, George Conway made a few fine points. In his words, he alleges that ‘’Donald Trump is a criminal sociopath…they do not want to obey laws, they don’t want to obey rules, they do not think they apply to them,….Donald Trump has no moral conscience, no empathy, he cares only about Donald Trump… (he maintains) that ‘Article two allows me to do whatever I want’. …now we are at stage three, where we are ignoring laws…refusing to spend money  appropriated by Congress, which is against the law,….Musk has not been appointed lawfully under the Constitution …now at stage four, where democracy can die…the rule of law can die and Constitutionalism can die….charges would have to be brought by Trump’s DOJ …the legal mechanism…everyone friendly with Trump gets a pass….the Justice Department is the only way the courts can enforce the orders…the marshals service is part of the Justice Department….   which reports to Trump.…a lawless criminal…a criminal regime…we will soon be in open defiance’’.

Considering the fact that these accusations, even though disjointed, barely coherent, were being made by George Conway, is a very serious matter. This is to say that Conway has never been referred to as a ‘’Leftist’’ person, and would probably be insulted by the suggestion. Yet he is concerned by the attack, on the democratic republic, by Trump and Musk. 

He also pointed out the fact that the courts rely on the Marshals service, to carry out their rulings. The fact is that the Marshals service is under the Department of Justice, which answers to President Donald Trump. No wonder Trump is ‘’purging’’ the Justice Department! Replacing officials who are determined to uphold the Constitution, with those who are loyal only to Trump!

Yet opposition is growing. This is pointed out quite clearly, in another video, titled: ‘’A six resignation kind of day at DOJ, following Trump’s sketchy deal with NYC mayor Eric Adams’’. 

In this video, it is reported that, according to the New York Times, the headlines read, ‘’Order to Drop Adams Case Prompts Resignations in New York and Washington’’. It goes on to state, ‘’Manhattan’s US attorney on Thursday resigned, rather than obey an order from a top Justice Department official to drop the corruption case, against New York City’s mayor, Eric Adams. 

‘’Then, when Justice Department officials transferred the case to the  Public Integrity section in Washington, which oversees corruption prosecutions, the two men who led that unit, also resigned.’’

This was followed by a report, from a separate journalist, to the effect that: ‘’At least three more DOJ, Public Integrity Unit, senior officials resigned, after meeting the same top Justice Department official, on the Eric Adams case. Five in Public Integrity overall. That is six officials who have resigned…’’!

This is referred to as ‘’passive resistance’’, and is most commendable. These highly trained professionals took a stand, on principle! They sacrificed their careers, rather than compromise their principles. Bravo! If only I could meet them in person, and shake their hands!

That being said, I have no doubt that there are a great many other officials, who feel the same way. They have taken an oath to ‘’preserve, protect and defend the Constitution’’, and that is precisely what they are doing. If that involves disobeying an illegal order, from a superior, then so be it!

Truly, the revolutionary movement is now very broad and deep. Trump and Musk may not realize it yet, but their days are numbered.

Gerald McIsaac

Separate American Independent Socialist Council Republics

Gerald Mcisaac

As stated in my previous article, the next American Revolution will closely resemble the Russian Great October Soviet Socialist Revolution, of 1917. This is because Russia, at that time, was a rather highly industrialized capitalist country, one which had also embraced imperialism. Russia had also subjugated numerous other nations, as has America. The similarities are striking.

After that Revolution, the nations which had been subjugated, by the Russian Empire, achieved independence. Most of those newly independent republics, but by no means all, were able to establish Independent, Soviet, Socialist Republics, in that the word Soviet means Council. These Republics, in turn, came together to form the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the USSR.

This is to stress the fact that all of the countries which had been crushed by the Russian Empire, under the rule of the Romanovs, were able to achieve independence, after the Revolution. Yet not all of them were able to establish a state of socialism. Countries such as Poland and Finland became independent, but not socialist. They remained capitalist.

This has certain implications for America. 

First let me state that the citizens of the United States, refer to themselves as Americans. Even though the title is not completely accurate, I have chosen to use that nomenclature, out of respect for those people. And rest assured, I have the utmost respect for Americans! They are a fine people, with a history of revolution, of which they can be most proud. Very soon, they are about to build upon that tradition of revolution!

The United States is composed of fifty states, forty eight of which are located on one land mass, referred to as the ‘’Continental United States’’. The other two ‘’states’’ are those of Hawaii and Alaska, which are really nothing more than colonies, separate republics, crushed under the American Empire. 

Yet there are other republics, which are also crushed by the American Empire. Some of these, such as Puerto Rico, are referred to as ‘’Districts’’, while others are classified as ‘’Protectorates’’.  At the time of the American Revolution, we can expect all of them to win their independence, just as happened at the time of the Russian Revolution.

This brings us to the subject of the break up of the ‘’Continental States’’. As I have documented in a previous article, three separate republics have already taken shape. These are composed of seven states on the East Coast, three states on the West Coast, and seven states in the Midwest, the industrial heartland of the country. Yet other separate, independent republics are also taking shape.

Naturally, the mainstream press is doing their best to keep this ‘’under wraps’’. Yet the ‘’Leftist press’’, or ‘’underground press’’, is covering this, as best they are able, posting videos on the internet. This is to say that the journalists  are doing a fine job of documenting that which is happening, while at the same time, being completely unable to understand the implications. These bourgeois intellectuals either will not, or cannot, imagine anything beyond a capitalist society. As they are under the influence of the bourgeois ideology, this ideology prevents them from examining the development, from a scientific standpoint. These ‘’blinders’’ restrict them to the narrow framework of capitalism.

Perhaps one of the finest, most clear cut examples of this, is contained in a video, titled: ‘’California’s bold move for independence, could Calexit change the US forever?’’

In this video, the narrator documents the fact that California is an ‘’economic power house’’. He also documents the ‘’quiet but determined wave of discontent’’, one which ‘’started as a whisper’’, but has now evolved into a ‘’political movement’’, which is determined that ‘’California should secede from the United States’’. 

This is very true, as far as it goes. But it does not go very far. It neglects to mention the fact that California has recently formed an alliance with the two other West Coast states of Oregon and Washington. Almost certainly, at the same time that California secedes from the United States, Oregon and Washington will join them, and form a separate republic.

As the narrator sees it, this secession could happen only after overcoming various ‘’legal and Constitutional hurdles’’, which would involve ‘’protracted legal battles’’. He was even bold enough to mention the possibility of ‘’federal intervention’’, a most delicate reference to an invasion by American troops. Another Civil War! 

The idea that California could secede from the Union, as a result of a revolution, clearly never occurred to this bourgeois scholar! 

Strangely enough, this is not too surprising. Despite the experience of previous revolutions, including the American Revolutionary War, which gave birth to the United States of America, all bourgeois scholars refuse to recognize the fact that revolutions take place! Their capacity for self delusion is most impressive!

Lenin pointed out the fact that, even the best of the bourgeois scholars, manage to work themselves into a ‘’muddle’’. And this is what will ‘’bring about the downfall of the bourgeoisie’’!

This same bourgeois scholar also neglected to mention the creation of Councils, or Soviets, which is taking place throughout the country. Just as happened in Russia, before the Revolution, these Councils are underground, illegal, growing, becoming ever stronger. Also, just as happened in Russia, at the time of the Revolution, these American Councils will emerge, ‘’come to the surface’’, a militant proletarian organization, a power with which to be reckoned!

The narrator is to be given credit for the fact that he mentioned the state of Texas, which may also soon secede. The ‘’Lone Star State’’, as it refers to itself, was once a separate republic, and may soon be a republic, once again. A fourth separate independent republic, carved from the Continental United States!

No doubt, these independent republics will come into existence, at the time of the American Revolution. The only question is, will they embrace Scientific Socialism, with Council Power, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, or will they remain capitalist?

That largely depends upon the efforts of Scientific Socialists. It is up to such people to raise the level of awareness of the working class. The members of that class, proletarians, must be made aware of themselves, as a class, with their own class interests. Those interests are diametrically opposed to the interests of the monopoly capitalist class, the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie, currently referred to as the Oligarchy. 

This is to say that the working class, the proletariat, must be made aware of the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin. As the proletariat is in the vast majority, and well cultured, with access to various digital devices, this is not the ‘’tall order’’ that it once was.

Allow me to once again, urge all Independent Socialists to face the fact that Marx and Lenin were correct. The ‘’way forward’’ is through Scientific Socialism, Councils and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. 

The alternative is a continuation of monopoly capitalism, under separate, independent republics. Not a vast improvement.

Gerald McIsaac

Council Power

Gerald Mcisaac

Russia, 1905. The time of the first Russian Revolution, of the Twentieth Century. Also the first time that Councils made their appearance. 

In the Russian language, these Councils are referred to as Soviets. For the purposes of this article, as I am writing with Americans in mind, I have chosen to refer to them as Councils.

Contrary to popular belief, these Councils, or Soviets, were not a creation of the Marxists. They were created spontaneously, by the common people, by whom I mean the workers and family farmers, those who are referred to as peasants. As the ‘’mass movement’’, the revolutionary motion, of the common people gained strength, that same movement gave birth to the Councils.

The Marxists of that time, referred to as Bolsheviks, later referred to as Communists, could not possibly have been involved in the creation of those Councils. The reason for this is quite simple. All such Marxists had been previously arrested, sent to prison, and were either executed, died or had been exiled. Lenin was no exception. He was first sent to Siberia, and only later, allowed to leave the country. Exiled.

In 1905, the Russian Empire was huge, one of the largest, most powerful Empires in the world. For three centuries, it had been ruled by the Romanov family. The Emperor, or Tsar, at that time, was Nicholas the Second, commonly referred to as ‘’Nicholas the Bloody’’. He believed in ‘’running a tight ship’’! He was not one to tolerate any discontent! As he was ‘’appointed by God’’, he had a rather high opinion of himself. Further, it was his belief that his ‘’subjects’’ needed a ‘’firm hand’’. Nicholas was just the man to apply that ‘’firm hand’’!

Yet in that same year, the common people rose up, in that which has gone down in history as the ‘’Russian Revolution of 1905’’. For three years the Revolution raged, and the Romanov monarchy was deeply shaken, but not toppled. At the end of the Revolution, Tsar Nicholas remained in power.

The Revolution of 1905-07, was followed by a time of reaction. All dissent was crushed, with the utmost brutality. The Councils were forced ‘’underground’’, all but wiped out. 

Several years later, around 1910, the mass movement picked up, once again. At first, it was weak, but gradually gained strength. As the revolutionary motion gained strength, so too, the Councils also gained strength.  

The Second Russian Revolution, of the Twentieth Century, broke out into open rebellion, in February of 1917, partly as a result of the First World War. As Lenin pointed out, this War served to ‘’accelerate the course of world history’’. 

It is no exaggeration to say that, in February of 1917, the whole world was shocked. Tsar Nicholas was forced to ‘’abdicate the throne’’. For three centuries, the Romanovs had ruled one of the biggest, most powerful Empires in the world. Now the Tsar was forced to ‘’step down’’, by the ‘’common people’’, no less! The power of revolution!

As if that was not ‘’bad enough’’, it soon became apparent that the Councils, which had been working underground, illegally, gaining strength, were now a force with which to be reckoned! In fact, they were strong enough to challenge the authority of the Provisional Government, of the Kerensky Regime! Almost evenly matched!

This is to stress the fact that Councils do not just ‘’magically appear’’, at the time of a Revolution, as if a ‘’fairy godmother waved her magic wand’’. Indeed not. They come into existence as the revolutionary motion gains strength, underground, illegally, before the beginning of open hostilities. 

Nor do they always appear, in every Revolution. Yet they are certainly ‘’alive and well’’ in North America. The experience of the city of Seattle, in which a segment of that city declared itself to be autonomous, the ‘’Capital Hill Autonomous Zone’’, is proof of that. The Zone was led by a Council.

Of course, that Zone was crushed, with considerable brutality. After all, it was a challenge to the state power, of the monopoly capitalists. By declaring the Zone to be ‘’Autonomous’’, the revolutionary members of that Zone, were challenging the authority of the ruling class of monopoly capitalists, the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie. Not to be tolerated!

Bear in mind that, as Lenin said, writing in July of 1917, ‘’Let us not forget that the issue of power is the fundamental issue of every revolution’’. This is to say, ‘’Which class holds state power’’?

On that subject, it is significant that, at the time of the February Russian Revolution of 1917, Lenin was still in exile, living in Switzerland. He was able to return to Russia, in April of that year. To this day, bourgeois scholars cannot understand the reason that the Provisional Government of Kerensky, did not arrest him, as soon as he stepped off the train, in Saint Petersburg.

Because they did not dare! The Councils were that powerful! Immediately after the February Revolution, which overthrew Tsar Nicholas, the Provisional Government was forced to share power with the Councils!

Of course, this ‘’sharing’’ of state power could not last, and did not last. After all, the state apparatus is merely set up by one class, the ruling class, in order to crush any and all subordinate classes. One class must rule! The other class must submit!

In the case of Russia, in early 1917, the situation was further complicated, due to the existence of various classes. These included the nobility, with the Romanovs at the head. Closely allied with the nobility, was the class of landlords, those who took great delight in exploiting the family farmers, the peasants, a different class. Then there was the class of monopoly capitalists, the multi millionaires, the bourgeoisie, as well as the small time capitalists, the middle class, the petty bourgeois. And lest we forget, the one and only consistently revolutionary class, the working class, the proletariat.

As can be expected, these different classes were represented by different political parties, who fought for their best interests. These included the Constitutional Democrats, or ‘’Cadets’’, considered to be very ‘’Right Wing’’, as they were deeply concerned with the nobility and landlords. The Socialist Revolutionaries, SR’s, were considered to be more ‘’moderate’’, and represented a great many family farmers. They in turn were divided into ‘’Left’’ and ‘’Right’’, with the Left Socialist Revolutionaries closer to the Bolsheviks. Then there were the Mensheviks, those who claimed to be Marxists, but were revisionists. 

All of these Parties had a voice in the Russian government, whether in the Provisional Assembly, or in the Councils. If I am not mistaken, they even shared the same building, within the capitol of Saint Petersburg. This is to say that Lenin certainly has his hand full!

There is a reason I have gone into the political situation, in Russia, in the middle of 1917, in detail. Because it bears a striking resemblance to our current situation. Our forthcoming American Revolution will closely resemble the Great October Russian Proletarian Revolution. 

That Revolution is referred to as a ‘’Proletarian Revolution’’, even though the Russian proletariat was in a minority. That is because it was the proletariat that led the Revolution!

By contrast, in North America, the proletariat is in the vast majority. The monopoly capitalists have done -and are continuing to do!- a most impressive job, of wiping out all other classes. It is safe to say that only the remnants of other classes, are still in existence. These include the family farmers, and the small business owners. 

The class struggle is now sharp and clear. The multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie, against the working class, the proletariat. 

It is my most fervent hope, that those who consider themselves to be Independent Socialists, will take these facts into account. It was Lenin, a true Marxist, a Scientific Socialist, who led the Russian October Revolution to victory, against all the odds. But only because he followed the scientific theories of Marx!

Feel free to take note, Independent Socialists, my Brothers and Sisters, my Comrades in Arms. The only true socialism is Scientific Socialism, as outlined by Marx, as applied to monopoly capitalism by Lenin, and carried through to success in October of 1917, in Russia.

At the same time, face the most unpleasant fact that you have been lied to, deceived, misled, by professional liars. The Universities are filled with such individuals! The best of them are quite charming! Smooth! Sophisticated! Persuasive! With years of experience! Experts at faking sincerity!

There is no need to be too hard on yourselves. Over a period of many years, these bourgeois frauds have mastered the fine art of deception. As they are so highly respected, they are able to exert a certain influence over honest people. The spiritual power of the bourgeois intellectuals! Professor Power!

Now is the time to cast off that spiritual power! Break those invisible chains! Face the fact that Marx and Lenin were correct all along! That the only true socialism is Scientific Socialism!

Now is also the time to stop the Oligarchy, before the democratic republic is completely destroyed. To combine legal with illegal work. To legally challenge the imperialists, in a court of law. To get involved with Councils. To arm, train and equip working people, in preparation for the approaching Insurrection. Illegal work!

Time is not on our side. Project 2025 is currently being put into place. We are very close to a fascist dictatorship. The Oligarchy is wasting no time. 

Bear in mind that you have no future, under monopoly capitalism. The imperialists will see to that! By contrast, you have a bright future under Scientific Socialism. Your organizational skills, as well as your training and experience in running a business, will be in demand. As a highly skilled professional, you will be appreciated and rewarded, most handsomely. Any past service to the monopoly capitalists, will not be held against you. Those of us who are Scientific Socialists, Communists, will make sure of that.

That is certainly preferable to a fascist dictatorship.

Gerald McIsaac

Constitutional Crisis

Gerald Mcisaac

It is to the credit of a considerable number of bourgeois scholars, that they are deeply concerned with the American democratic republic. They are convinced that President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, are determined to overthrow that republic, and establish a dictatorship, possibly even a state of fascism. Which is precisely what they are attempting, as they are following the directions contained in Project 2025. It may help to think of this as the American version of Mien Kampf.

As not all readers are Rhodes Scholars, for the benefit of those who may not be aware, I should mention that there are three branches of the American government. These consist of the legislative, judicial and executive, as per the Constitution. The intent, of the Founding Fathers, was to ensure that no individual or group will have too much power. 

Each branch has the authority to respond to the actions of the other two. This is referred to as the ‘’system of checks and balances’’. 

The legislative branch is essentially made up of Congress, which is the Senate and House of Representatives. They make the laws, can confirm or reject presidential nominations for federal agencies, federal judges and the Supreme Court. As well, only the Senate has the authority to declare war, while the House of Representatives controls the money. 

For example, the president, as head of the executive branch, can veto legislation created by Congress, although the Congress can also override that veto. Congress can also confirm or reject the nominees of the president. That same Congress can also remove a president from office, although this has never happened. At least, not yet!

The judicial branch is mainly composed of courts, headed by the Supreme Court. The justices of that Supreme Court, nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate, have the authority to strike down any laws which they consider to be Unconstitutional. 

Since the creation of the country, this system has worked reasonably well.  Not any more! The multi billionaires, monopoly capitalists, imperialists, the class of people technically referred to as the bourgeoisie, currently referred to as the ‘’Oligarchy’’, can no longer rule in the ‘’old way’’. They have decided to change their method of rule! That is where Donald Trump and Elon Musk come into play. And make no mistake, they must be stopped!

There are a number of videos available on the internet, concerning that subject. In my opinion, one of the finest is titled, ‘’Judge slaps Trump with brutal criminal warning’’. 

In this video, the narrator does a fine job of documenting the fact that ‘’the whole point of signing a whole mountain of ridiculous, disruptive and illegal executive orders, on day one, was not only to create chaos, but (also) a confrontation with the judiciary’’. 

Remarkably enough, this is very likely the case! Bear in mind that only a madman would deliberately challenge the judiciary! A judge, especially a federal judge, has tremendous power! That power has been given to them, by the Founding Fathers, in the Constitution. To challenge a federal judge, is to challenge the Constitution! Trump is placing himself above the Constitution! The law does not apply to him! He thinks that he can do anything he wants!

According to a legal expert, this challenge, to the judicial system, is ‘’maybe the most critical of our lifetime…our democracy depends upon the courts being able to enforce and interpret the law…Vice President Vance says that ‘judicial orders need not be followed’…there is no more control or restraint around the executive…no guard rails…three branches of government turned into one’’.

The narrator refers to this as ‘’full blown fascism’’, and ‘’must be taken seriously’’. 

Yet it is also a fact that the courts are taking action. In fact, a separate legal expert is of the opinion that the federal court will ‘’move to criminal contempt…they are going to rule against the administration in that case, and the Supreme Court is going to back them up’’. We can only hope that is true!

The narrator went on to state that a federal judge, in the state of Rhode Island, has ruled that the Trump administration has defied his ruling, and his order.

Apparently, this has attracted the attention of one of the most highly respected news papers in the country, the New York Times. According to the narrator, he quotes the NYT as saying, ‘’ (Judge) McConnell said the White House has defied his order to release billions of dollars in federal grants, marking the first time a judge has expressly declared that the Trump White House was disobeying a judicial mandate. …The ruling by Judge John J. McConnell Jr in Rhode Island federal court ordered Trump administration officials to comply with what he called the ‘plain text’ of an edict he issued on January 29’’.

The narrator considers this to be the ‘’initial step to define contempt’’. This was followed by a further statement, by the judge: ‘’Persons who make private determinations of the law and refuse to obey an order generally risk criminal contempt, even if the order is ultimately ruled incorrect’’.

This brings us to the ‘’interesting’’ question, posed by the narrator,  as to whether ‘’the US Marshalls will follow through on a court order? This is where the real test of our democracy will come to a head. Our courts lack the legal means of enforcement. They rely on the US Marshalls service, to carry out the will of the court. And guess which branch the US Marshalls service is in? Yes, the executive. That would be the very branch that Trump is purging and replacing with loyalists. Democracy will hang in the balance of that decision’’.

The narrator could have added that, in order to make the transition, from a democracy to a dictatorship, all officials must first take a different oath, from that of perhaps ‘’preserving, protecting and defending the Constitution’’, to that of loyalty to an individual, perhaps Donald Trump. 

As that is the case, we certainly have cause for concern, especially as he has been busy purging various government agencies, including the Marshalls service. Dedicated, patriotic, hard working Americans are being replaced, with those who are completely MAGA, loyal to Trump, above all else. Or so the Project 2025 people believe!

In my opinion, Trump and Musk have ‘’bitten off more than they can chew’’! I personally know a great many Americans, and rest assured, have deep differences with most of them. Not too surprising. Yet I would never accuse any of them of being traitors, people who would betray their country, break their oath of allegiance. I suspect that is true of the most die hard fans of Trump. 

I am sure that, if a member of the Marshalls service was ordered, by the courts, to arrest a member of the Trump administration, even Donald Trump himself, then that arrest would take place. 

No doubt, a great many readers may wonder why a Scientific Socialist, a Communist, would be so concerned with a democratic republic. Because, according to Lenin, ‘’The democratic republic is the best form of the state, under capitalism. But we have no right to forget that wage slavery is the lot of the people, even in the most democratic bourgeois republic’’. 

As that is the case, it is up to all Scientific Socialists, as well as all Independent Socialists, to unite with all those who are determined to preserve the democratic republic. That includes those who are the most avid supporters of capitalism. 

As the federal courts are already taking an interest, preparing to charge members of the Trump administration- perhaps even Trump himself!- with ‘’criminal contempt’’, then may I suggest that we ‘’add to his burden’’. More charges! It is the least we can do!

Of course, I am referring to the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution. That outlines the procedure to be followed in all federal elections! As that procedure was not followed, in the ‘’2024 presidential election’’, then it follows that Trump is a fraudulent President, and Vance is a fraudulent Vice President.

I am sure that all bourgeois intellectuals, with a democratic sense, can agree to work with us, on this one particular goal. That is so much better than fascism. 

American Republic Close To Collapse

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