Author: Gerald Mcisaac

There are a number of ‘’Independent’’ news networks, operating on the internet. This is to say that they are not part of the mainstream press, not owned by the monopoly corporations. These are referred to as ‘’Leftist’’ news outlets. 

One of these news outlets is known as ‘’BreakThrough News’’. It recently posted an article titled ‘’US Imperialism In Crisis? Century of Bullying Boomerangs Into Resistance On All Fronts’’. 

It is an interesting report, and appears to be presented quite sincerely, but contains a number of serious theoretical errors. As it is quite likely that those who are just now becoming politically active, are likely to read it, those mistakes should be pointed out.

The journalist is clearly concerned with that which she refers to as ‘’genocide in Gaza’’, committed by the ‘’American Vassal state of Israel’’. She then raised the question, ‘’Is the fierce resistance of the people of Gaza a sign of an imperialist system in crisis?…What are the characteristics and contradictions of this US led imperialist order?…Here to discuss this is …an assistant professor of law …and long time activist, and a scholar of critical race theory, with a focus on US imperialism and its impact on domestic law. Her forthcoming book, is called, ‘Imperialism, An American Story’’.

After that glowing introduction, the hostess stated that she wanted to talk about US led imperialism. ‘’What are the characteristics of modern day, US led imperialism? Is this a system in crisis, if so, why?’’

That is a good question, but the answer was at best, confused. The distinguished ‘’Guest’’ answered, by pointing out the particular method of rule, by the American imperialists, as opposed to the method of rule, of other empires. She then proceeded to point out that American imperialism tends to rule through proxy, or’’vassal states’’. These ‘’execute the American agenda, in order to get control of a particular land and its resources’’. She further stated that, in her opinion, ‘’Israel is the most important vessel state, the military arm, the proxy’’, and that the ‘’Gaza War was that of colonialism’’. This was followed by a reference to ‘’Islands’’, which she thought was of great significance. Although that is doubtful, none of this has anything to do with the question!

After this confusing statement, she did manage to get to something specific. In particular, she referred to the ‘’originator and forefather of the intellectual history of anti imperialist thought’’, that of Lenin. This was promptly followed by more confusion, in that she said Lenin wrote ‘’Imperialism, the Last Stage of Capitalism’’. In fact, the title of the book is Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism.

The incorrect title of the book, is rather incidental to her main point of confusion, in which she stated that, Lenin wrote, ‘’In the second paragraph of his volume, because of Czarist censorship, his analysis of imperialism is largely theoretical, and focused on economics. Because of censorship, he cannot speak of politics the way it should be spoken about, with regards to imperialism. So what came from that, all of the great anti imperialist thinkers since then, have focused quite a bit on economics, and militarism as well. But the question of politics, and of the politics that under gird the imperialist project, that is receiving less attention, by the great thinkers. The American imperialist project relies heavily on politics. It would not be able to dominate the world through the dollar without politics, or use foreign aid to coerce foreign nations to do what it wants, without politics, and that has a lot to do with race and racial ideology, in addition to a host of other things. And Lenin, in that second paragraph, also talks about the law, and he cannot talk about legal system. The ICC is a political institution, among others that are upholding imperialism, and this has also not been given a lot of attention, the role of the law in upholding imperialism’’.

This is nothing other than an absolute muddle. In fact, the ‘’second paragraph of the volume’’, to which she is referring, was not written by Lenin. That ‘’second paragraph’’ was almost certainly the second paragraph of the introduction, written by an editor, to the volume written by Lenin. 

This particular editor collected a number of key works of Lenin, and published them in one volume, titled The Essential Works of Lenin. That same individual then wrote an introduction to the article by Lenin, titled Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism. In the second paragraph, of that introduction, he stated that, ‘’The book was written for open, legal publication in Russia; Lenin had Tsarist censorship in mind and devised means to circumvent it’’. 

It is very likely that the Guest confused this introduction, by an editor, with that which was written by Lenin. She then proceeded to express her opinion that, ‘’because of Czarist censorship’’, Lenin did not ‘’speak of politics the way it should be spoken about’’.

This is nothing other than a distortion of one of the revolutionary theories of Lenin. In particular, she maintains that Lenin did not ‘’speak of politics’’ properly. 

In his work State And Revolution, Lenin warned against such attacks on Marxist revolutionary theory: ‘’This is how history is written! This is how a great revolutionary doctrine is imperceptibly falsified and adapted to prevailing philistinism!’’

The opinion of this distinguished Guest, is merely one more example of a revolutionary theory being ‘’falsified’’, ‘’adapted to prevailing philistinism’’. She based this falsification upon the writing of an editor, whom she confused with Lenin! 

It is entirely possible that the Guest was sincere, in her misunderstanding of that which she thought Lenin wrote. But an honest mistake remains a mistake. That mistake was compounded by going ‘’on the air’’, and propagating it!

In conclusion, BreakThrough News deserves credit for raising the question of American imperialism, especially as it relates to the War in Gaza. Yet to bring in a Guest who has no idea of what she is talking about, can lead only to ‘’falsification’’ of revolutionary theory. Such a correct revolutionary theory, of Marx and Lenin, has to be clarified, not falsified!

This is all the more reason for working people to read Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, by Lenin. In that book, workers will find the answer to the question raised by the Hostess of BreakThrough News, that of the ‘’characteristics of imperialism’’, and not just American imperialism. 

As Lenin pointed out, capitalism reached the stage of monopoly, at around the beginning of the twentieth century. It was the capitalists who noticed a change in the manner of ‘’doing business’’, and coined the term of ‘’imperialism’’.

The capitalists did not understand these changes, nor did they care. They cared only about the fact that they were making huge profits. 

It was Lenin who conducted an extensive investigation, of capitalism in its new, non competitive stage of monopoly, referred to as imperialism. Based on that investigation,  Lenin came to a few conclusions: 

‘’The question as to whether it is possible to reform the basis of imperialism, whether to go forward to the aggravation of the antagonisms which it engender, or backwards, towards allaying these antagonisms, is a fundamental question in the critique of imperialism. As a consequence of the fact that the political features of imperialism are reaction all along the line, and increased national oppression, resulting from the oppression of the financial oligarchy and the elimination of free competition, a democratic petty bourgeois opposition has been rising against imperialism, in almost all imperialist countries, since the beginning of the twentieth century’’.

It is very likely that the ‘’Guest’’ represents a member of the ‘’petty bourgeois opposition’’, against imperialism. Her criticism, to the effect that ‘’Lenin did not speak of politics the way it should be spoken about’’, was very likely a reference to his statement that ‘’the political features of imperialism are reaction all along the line’’. 

She is determined to ‘’reform the basis of imperialism’’, to ‘’go backwards, towards allaying these antagonisms’’, which simply cannot be done! There can be no question of going ‘’backward’’, to the age of competitive capitalism! The imperialists will never allow this!

Yet Lenin also gave a very complete definition of imperialism, which is monopoly 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 a stage 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 had been completed’’. 

This is not to say that we can expect ‘’peace and tranquility’’, among the imperialist powers. On the contrary, as capitalism develops, among those powers, Lenin calls attention to the ‘’vast disparity of economic and political conditions, the extreme disparity in the rate of development of the various countries, and the violent struggles of the imperialist states’’. This in turn necessarily leads to ‘’the division and re-division  of the world, the transition from peaceful division to violent division and vice versa’’. (italics by Lenin) 

The point must be stressed that monopoly capitalism, imperialism, leads to war. It cannot be ‘’patched up’’! It must be destroyed! It must be replaced with Scientific Socialism, in the form of Soviet Power and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. 

The best way to support the people of Gaza, as well as all of Palestine, is to focus on overthrowing the American imperialists. The American proletariat must become class conscious, aware of the fact that they are destined to mount a revolution, smash the existing state apparatus, and crush the monopoly capitalists, the billionaires, the bourgeoisie, under the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. 

It is proper to give credit to BreakThrough News, for raising the question. The answer provided, by the ‘’democratic petty bourgeois’’ Guest, is incorrect. Imperialism cannot be ‘’reformed’’! Imperialism is ‘’reaction all along the line’’! It must be destroyed!

The working class will soon provide the proper answer. Now it is up to Communists, to provide the proper direction. 

The mainstream press is currently ‘’counting down the days’’, until the ‘’First Presidential Debate’’, between the current president, Joe Biden, and the former president- and convicted felon!- Donald Trump. This is significant, not because two staunch defenders of capitalism are about to ‘’go head to head’’, but because working class people pay strict attention to the news. We can use this to our advantage.

The ruling class of monopoly capitalists, the billionaires, the bourgeoisie, have found the ‘’Two Party System’’ to be a convenient method of rule. Even though it directly violates the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution, so that it is Unconstitutional! As I have documented this in previous articles, and reproduced that particular Amendment, there is no need to copy it here. 

The fact remains that American citizens are being presented with a choice, between the candidates of two parties, for the office of the Presidency. The Democrats have chosen Biden, and the Republicans have chosen Trump. Both Biden and Trump get to choose their own ‘’running mates’’, the candidates for the Vice Presidency. Then comes the farce of ‘’Presidential Debates’’, followed by another farce of a popular vote, in November. As if the voters have any legal right to vote for their President and Vice President! They do not! That is the duty of the Electors! And the states have no right to meddle in a federal election! As I have documented this in previous articles, there is no need to repeat it here. 

Yet as the mainstream press is focused on this ‘’Debate’’, it must have the attention of countless working people. This provides conscious people with the opportunity, of raising the level of awareness of the working class, the proletariat. Those who are aware of the existence of classes, and the conflict between the classes, which is to say Communists, must seize this opportunity, before it is too late! 

May I suggest that Communists post articles on social media, get in touch with their friends and anyone else who is considered to be ‘’Leftist’’, and disrupt that ‘’Debate’’. Perhaps posters and signs demanding the election follow the procedure laid out in the Twelfth Amendment. Feel free to be vocal. Now is not the time to be shy! Be creative! Enlist the services of celebrities! Working people pay strict attention to the opinion of celebrities!

The press is reporting that Trump has a ‘’fifty-fifty chance’’ of once again becoming President. True! Unless he is stopped!

The best way to stop Trump, is to force the capitalists to abide by their own laws! That will only happen when countless working people, demand that the federal election follow the procedure laid out in the Twelfth Amendment! And that will only happen when their level of awareness is raised to another level! 

Time is not on our side! The illegal November election is a mere few months away. Yet Leftist Americans, especially women, have managed to organize nation wide protests, in less time than that. Now is the time for you ladies to organize another such protest. It is to be hoped that a great many men will join in this worthy cause. And what cause can be more worthy, than demanding that the capitalists abide by their own laws?

As yet, we have no true Communist Party, Dictatorship of the Proletariat. That is the reason I have resorted to such a drastic measure. It is with the utmost reluctance that I make this request. The last thing I want to do, is to increase the burden placed upon American women. Yet desperate times call for desperate measures. Trump may, yet again, become President, and that is the very definition of a desperate situation! 

Bear in mind that, at the time of his election, no one was more surprised than Trump. For that reason, he was not prepared to assume the office of presidency. Yet he still managed to do considerable damage. 

This time, in anticipation of once again occupying the White House, Trump is prepared. Project 2025 has been completed. The first six months of his anticipated presidency, have been carefully planned out. Nothing is being left to chance. At the end of those six months, if all goes according to plan, Trump will effectively be established as a Dictator.

At the moment, we are living under bourgeois democracy, which is better than no democracy. Our goal is proletarian democracy, with Soviet- Council- Power, and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. To achieve that goal, we have to raise the level of awareness of the working class. By making the proletariat aware, that the ruling class of monopoly capitalists are breaking their own laws, concerning the federal election, we are serving to raise that level of awareness, while at the same time, stopping Trump from establishing a Dictatorship. Or to put it in popular terms, ‘’killing two birds with one stone’’.

Ladies, you have done it before, and you can do it again. Only this time, no half measures! Keep your ‘’eye on the ball’’, if you will excuse the sports metaphor. Focus on our goal, Soviet Power and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. After all, it is only under Scientific Socialism, that you will achieve true equality.

That involves uniting all the Councils, or ‘’Soviets’’, as that is the scientifically correct term, as well as all true Leftist groups, in opposition to the billionaires. As well, we urgently need a true Communist Party, Dictatorship of the Proletariat. Now that we have the internet and a cultured proletariat, these goals are well within reach. I have complete confidence in you. 

Gerald McIsaac

The country of Israel is very small, with a population of less than ten million people. It is also a Zionist country, in that it was created in 1948, by certain members of the Jewish faith. These particular people believe that the ‘’Holy Land’’, otherwise known as ‘’Palestine’’, was given to them, by God. Of course, we should all respect the personal beliefs of one another. 

This in no way changes the fact that, for hundreds of years, prior to this, people of various beliefs lived together, within the land referred to as Palestine. These included Muslims, Christians and Jews. They generally respected the beliefs of each other. 

That situation changed, quite dramatically, with the creation of the state of Israel, a Zionist state. The Zionists then forced countless people, whose ancestors had lived in that area for hundreds of years, to ‘’vacate the premises’’. Most of these people were Muslims, and they were forced to ‘’relocate’’, mainly to huge ‘’refugee camps’’, in which they were forced to rely mainly on handouts. That is true to this day. This is nothing other than a form of human degradation.  

Of course, over the years, those people resisted. Now we have most of those ‘’refugees’’, located in two areas, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, both controlled by Israel. The people who live in those areas, have no democratic rights.

Within the Gaza Strip, the political party Hamas is in charge. Now it is clear that they have been preparing for war, with Israel, for many years. During that time, they built some impressive tunnels, and managed to ‘’procure’’ some equally impressive weapons. Even more surprising, a great many men received extensive training. This enabled Hamas to conduct the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. This gave birth to the Israeli- Hamas War, now raging for the last nine months. 

Of course, Israel responded by invading the tiny Gaza Strip, with the stated intention of ‘’wiping out Hamas’’. Events have not proceeded precisely the way the Israeli’s intended. They have since found themselves bogged down in an urban war. The ruins of Gaza provide Hamas with ideal defensive fortifications. The Israeli’s are learning the same lesson the Nazis learned in Stalingrad!

The leaders of both Israel and Hamas have been charged with war crimes. Both are being accused of waging war on civilians, by the International Criminal Court. In particular, Israel has been accused of starving civilians in Gaza, as well as bombing them, causing the deaths of countless innocent people.

The neighbouring countries are becoming ever more concerned, especially as the ‘’conflict’’ has spread well beyond the borders of Israel. In particular, the ‘’militant group’’ Hezbollah, which is based in the country of Lebanon, to the north of Israel, has been supporting the people of Gaza, with ‘’missile and drone strikes’’. These strikes have caused a series of wildfires, as well as damage to structures in Israel, and a number of casualties.

Hezbollah is thought to have an army of possibly one hundred thousand men, and has close ties to Iran. It is also reported to have two hundred thousand missiles, as well as a great many drones. For that reason, this ‘’threat’’ is being taken very seriously. It has even been suggested that these missile attacks are merely a method of testing the Israeli defences. It has further been suggested that a ‘’deadly war is unfolding in slow motion’’. Without doubt, ever more advanced weaponry has been deployed by Hezbollah, striking ever deeper into Israel.

It is significant that Israel relies heavily, on that which it refers to as an ‘’Iron Dome’’ defence. This is a sophisticated network of radar that detects incoming missiles, and rockets that intercept those missiles, destroying them. Yet it is clear that some missiles and drones have managed to get through, so that the defensive system is by no means infallible.

It is thought that Hezbollah is using drones, to fly at low altitude, so that radar cannot detect them. Without doubt, certain drones, as well as some rockets, are penetrating the Israeli defences.  

Incidentally, drones that carry explosives and are designed to ‘’crash and burn’’, are referred to as ‘’suicide drones’’, or ‘’kamikaze drones’’. By contrast, drones which are designed to monitor, or which drop explosives and then return to their base, are referred to merely as drones. 

Some of those more advanced weapons, both drones and missiles, come complete with ‘’AI’’, which stands for ‘’Artificial Intelligence’’. This is to say that these drones come complete with computers, which are ‘’able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence’’, so that they are able to evade the Israeli military systems. As well, ‘’modified and improved missiles’’, courtesy of Iran, are reported to be in the possession of Hezbollah. These are being used to good effect. 

Naturally, the Israelis have responded with artillery and air strikes, within Lebanon, against Hezbollah. It is their declared intention to ‘’push Hezbollah back from the border’’, by ‘’taking necessary measures to secure the border with Lebanon’’, according to an Israeli spokesman.

Perhaps a little explanation is in order, as so many political parties and groups are involved.

As perviously mentioned, one such party is that of Hamas, which is located mainly in Gaza, and is engaged in a full scale war with Israel. The Israelis are determined to ‘’wipe out’’ Hamas. 

Also in Gaza, there is the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, or PIJ, fighting alongside Hamas, against the Israeli army, referred to as the Israeli Defence Force, or IDJ. 

Also as previously mentioned, to the north of Israel, in Lebanon, we have Hezbollah, a very powerful force. 

These political parties, or groups, are considered to be ‘’proxies’’ of Iran. It is widely assumed that they are being armed and equipped by Iran.

A proxy, by definition, has the authority to represent someone else. As that is the case, it means that they are just as determined to destroy Israel, as is Iran. 

To further complicate matters, we have the Houthis, based in Yemen. They appear to be part of the Islamic Resistance Movement, based in Iraq.

If this sounds confusing, it is only because it is confusing. The one characteristic they all have in common, is hatred of Israel.

The Houthis of Yemen have determined to support the people of Gaza, by attacking ships in the ‘’Red Sea Corridor’’. Or at least, they are attacking ships that are bound for Israeli ports. Several cargo ships have been struck, and possibly two have been sunk. This has had the desired effect of ‘’disrupting global trade, causing ship owners to divert their ships’’, which has given rise to ‘’cascading delays and costs through supply chains’’, by ‘’forcing ships away from the Suez Canal’’. 

It is not just commercial shipping that has been attacked, in the Red Sea. The Houthis have also been attacking an American military fleet, led by the aircraft carrier Eisenhower. 

A spokesman for the American navy expressed his opinion that the assignment, of protecting shipping in the Red Sea, against the Houthis, has resulted in ‘’one of the most intense sea battles since the Second World War. Almost daily attacks’’. He went on to state that ‘’They have a lot of advanced weaponry, from their friends in Iran, and they have no problem using it’’. 

An American Commander went on to explain that the situation is ‘’perilously dangerous. We have only to get it wrong once. The Houthis just have to get one through’’. 

A Houthi spokesman stated that these attacks were ‘’in retaliation for the attacks committed against the Palestinian people, in the Gaza Strip, and in response to the American and British aggression against our country’’. 

The United Nations, the UN, is concerned that a single ‘’miscalculation’’ could lead to war, which could engulf the Middle East. The UN Security Council adopted a resolution calling for an ‘’immediate, full and complete ceasefire’’.

Without doubt, their fears are well grounded. As American warships are being targeted, such a war could spread well beyond the Middle East. 

A conscientious American military analyst provided an assessment of the danger involved in full scale war, in the Middle East. 

In the stilted jargon, which is typical of the military, he stated that the ‘’American military has been forced to de centralize, which makes them weaker. This is referred to as ’anti access/area denial’, or ’A2/D2’. This may well be the most difficult operational challenge the US forces will face, over the coming decades’’. (my italics)

It is significant that the American military is planning for war, over a period of decades! Not that they call it war, but ‘’operational challenge’’! And this ‘’decades long war’’ will happen, unless they are stopped!

It is very likely that the current ‘’Israeli- Hamas War’’ will soon become a ‘’Regional War’’, engulfing the whole Middle East, and beyond. For that reason, it is best to know what to expect.

For the benefit of those who are not engineers and physicists, a little explanation is in order.

‘’Mach 1’’ is simply the speed of sound, and ‘’sub sonic’’ is less than the speed of sound, while ‘’super sonic’’ is faster than the speed of sound.

A ‘’UAV’’, is an ‘’Unmanned Aerial Vehicle’’, or a vehicle that flies, without anyone on board.

Missiles are classified as either ‘’Cruise Missiles’’, which fly at rather low altitude, and generally at ‘’Subsonic Speeds’’, less than the speed of sound, and ‘’Ballistic Missiles’’, which tend to travel at ‘’Super Sonic’’ speed, faster than the speed of sound, and at high altitude.    

Then there is the ‘’Circular Error Probable’’, or ‘’CAP’’, which is a measure of accuracy, in that it gives the size of the ‘’Circle’’, in which the projectile is expected to land. 

The military analysts are convinced that Iran has developed a number of very advanced ‘’weapon systems’’, aside from the less advanced weapons, which they have provided to their ‘’proxies’’, such as Hezbollah. These more advanced weapons are being built and stored underground. 

There can be no doubt that Iran has adapted to economic ‘’sanctions’’, imposed by America. Certain of these sanctions have been avoided by ‘’exploiting third party countries and black markets, using front companies and false registrations’’. 

As a result of this, the military analysts are convinced that Iran has developed ‘’cutting edge technology’’. In particular, they now have ‘’stealth UAV’s’’, in that these Unmanned Aerial Drones are ‘’invisible’’ to radar. As well, they have managed to design ‘’two stage solid propellant missiles’’, which can be ‘’launched from mobile launchers’’, thought to be ‘’long range and very accurate’’. Then there is the  ‘’Electro Magnetic Rail Gun’’, perhaps the first of its kind, exceptionally powerful, with no need for an explosive propellent. 

These are the weapons that Iran is keeping ‘’in reserve’’. In case of ‘’Regional War’’, we can expect those same weapons to be used. It remains to be seen just how well the Israeli and American defences stand up to these weapon systems. 

Unless, of course, as previously mentioned, they are stopped! With that in mind, consider that which Lenin wrote in 1917, at the time of the first great slaughter of working people, referred to as the First World War:

‘’The war is not a product of the evil will of rapacious capitalists, although it is undoubtedly being fought only in their interests, and they alone are being enriched by it. The war is the product of half a century of development of world capitalism and of its billions of threads and connections. It is impossible to slip out of the imperialist war and achieve a democratic, non coercive peace, without overthrowing the power of capital and transferring state power to another class, the proletariat.’’ (italics by Lenin)

It is completely reasonable to expect the Israeli- Hamas War to expand, as that is the stated intention of the leaders of Israel and Hezbollah, among others. They are not joking.

Just bear in mind that, as Lenin stated, this war ‘’is not the product of the evil will of rapacious capitalists’’. It is the ‘’product’’ of the ‘’development of world capitalism’’. The capitalists are being ‘’enriched’’ by this war, through the sale of weapons and ammunition to Israel. As they see it, ‘’nothing personal, just business’’. 

For that reason, the capitalists have to be overthrown, and state power must be placed in the hands of the proletariat. This is referred to as the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. 

In this way, we can best support the people of Palestine. With the capitalists overthrown, they will no longer be supplying the Zionists with armaments. As well, the military will not be patrolling the Red Sea, so that they will not be targeted by the Houthis. 

It is in this way, and only in this way, that a ‘’democratic, non coercive peace’’, can possibly be achieved. 

Contrary to popular belief, there is no law against owning a fully automatic weapon, in America. This includes firearms which are commonly referred to as machine guns. It is perfectly legal for law abiding citizens to own such weapons. 

By definition, a machine gun is a ‘’fully automatic, rifled auto loading firearm, designed for sustained direct fire with rifle cartridges’’. This is quite similar to an automatic weapon, which is defined as a ‘’self loading firearm that continuously chambers and fires rounds, when the trigger mechanism is activated’’. For all practical purposes, there is little difference, although the military may disagree with that statement.

This brings us to ‘’bump stocks’’, which are available for sale on the internet. These can be attached to the stocks of semi automatic rifles, and can be used to assist in ‘’bump firing’’, by the simple act of ‘’using the recoil of a semiautomatic firearm to fire cartridges in rapid succession’’. They can achieve a rate of fire of between ‘’400 and 800 rounds per minute’’. These can be placed on ‘’AR’’ or ‘’AK’’ rifles, which are commonly available. 

The Supreme Court recently struck down a federal law, banning the sale of these ‘’bump stocks’’. That federal law was declared to be Unconstitutional, as it violated the Constitutional right of all Americans to bear arms. 

This is significant, as it means that the Supreme Court is strictly enforcing the democratic rights of all Americans, as is guaranteed in the Constitution. Emotional appeals, to the effect that such weapons, in the hands of private citizens, can be used to commit mass murder, are being disregarded. The Constitution makes no allowances for such sentiment.

As mentioned in a previous article, it is my opinion that the best way to stop Trump, from once again becoming President, is to challenge the federal election, on the grounds that it is Unconstitutional, as it violates the Twelfth Amendment. As I have reproduced that Amendment to the Constitution, in a previous article, I will not copy it here.

The implication is that, if the current federal election laws are challenged, the Supreme Court will also rule in favour of striking down all state laws, which interfere with the right of Electors to vote for the candidates, of their choice, for the offices of President and Vice President. This is to say that it is far more likely that they will enforce the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution, if asked to do so.

We can expect the legal opposition, those who support the ‘’status quo’’, those who are determined that ‘’nothing should change’’, to make an emotional argument. They may argue that forcing the Electors to vote for a candidates of one of the two mainstream political parties, forms the bedrock of our democratic republic. To allow those Electors to vote for the candidates of their choice, as required by the Twelfth Amendment, would threaten our democratic republic, or some such nonsense.

As for those who consider this to be something other than a serious matter, bear in mind that those who have read ‘’Project 2025’’, are of a different opinion. Even though they are not considered to be ‘’Leftist’’, they are deeply concerned.

As a result of reading that ‘’Project’’, those same people are aware that the supporters of Trump are determined to destroy the democratic system of government, and replace it with a Dictatorship. The ‘’Project 2025’’ makes that perfectly clear. It is being referred to as a ‘’Manifesto’’, in that it is a two volume, 800 page tome. It outlines the procedure to be followed, in the ‘’first 180 days’’, of the anticipated presidency of Trump. 

They are convinced that this ‘’Project’’ will ‘’dismantle democracy as we know it’’, that it will eliminate the ‘’Constitutional system of checks and balances’’, within the three different branches of government, the judicial, legislative and executive. All ‘’legal obstacles and checks on the President’’, are to be wiped out. This would effectively give the president, in this case Trump, the power of Dictator. 

The first step involves ‘’disabling all security cameras at the DOJ’’, the Department of Justice. After all, thieves love darkness! All lawyers, within the DOJ, are to be fired, as they advise the members of the FBI, concerning that which is legal. Further, the ‘’Human Rights Department’’ is to focus on ‘’fighting for White Supremacy’’, to deny all ‘’people of colour, women, and LGBTQ people’’, any rights.  As well, the FBI is to focus on violent crimes, not ‘’White Collar’’ crimes. This is to say that such crimes as fraud, tax evasion, bribery and election interference, among others, would effectively become legal. These are the crimes that Trump and other billionaires, specialize in committing. 

The fact that this Manifesto has been written and published, is an indication of the determination of the supporters of Trump, to set him up as a Dictator. Such people are not to be underestimated. They have succeeded before, they can succeed again.

These supporters are members of the class of monopoly capitalists, the billionaires, the bourgeoisie.They are determined to destroy the democratic republic, and establish a Dictatorship. As capitalism is in a state of crisis, the ruling class of bourgeoisie can no longer rule in the old way, and have to change their method of rule. A Dictatorship, with that loud mouthed fool Trump, set up as the figure head President, is one possible change. 

There is a very reasonable chance that the ‘’handlers’’ of Trump may manage to place him back in the White House, despite his finest efforts. Even if that convicted felon is placed behind bars, he can still run for the Presidency! He could also even win, especially if a little ‘’creative’’ vote counting was to take place. It would not be the first time such methods were used!

As can be well imagined, this is my less than subtle way of placing pressure on the attorneys, especially those who are experts on Constitutional Law. In my opinion, possibly the best way of stopping the billionaires, from overthrowing the democratic republic, is by challenging the federal elections, on the grounds that it violates the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution.  

The members of the working class, the proletariat, are closely watching, both the trials of Trump, and the ‘’presidential race’’. In the process of challenging the federal election, on the grounds that it is Unconstitutional, the members of the working class will receive a valuable education. Or at least, conscious people, Communists, can use this court challenge, to raise their level of awareness. 

I deeply regret placing that burden on the few people who are not only attorneys, but experts on Constitutional Law. Such a court challenge is not only difficult, but expensive. Perhaps the Councils, otherwise known as Soviets, which have recently taken shape, can assist you with this. 

The fact remains that I can think of no finer way to raise the level of awareness of the working class, while at the same time, stopping the bourgeoisie from establishing a Dictatorship, with Trump in the White House. As I have previously stated, it is essential now to prepare the working class for the approaching revolution, with the subsequent Soviet- Council- Power, and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. Such a court challenge would go a long way towards raising their level of awareness. 

All of the mainstream news outlets were following the first trial of Donald Trump. No cameras were allowed inside the courtroom, but journalists were allowed to enter. These journalists were able to send ”emails” to their colleagues, which documented each event, as the trial took place. This allowed other journalists, those who were outside the courtroom, to comment upon the court proceedings.

The jury deliberated a mere few hours, before delivering a verdict, concerning all thirty four felony charges. As ”Juror Number One” read the decision they had arrived at, concerning each charge, that decision was emailed to the journalists outside the courtroom. Their decision was guilty on all charges.

On behalf of one mainstream news outlet, there was a team of no less than five journalists, who reported these guilty verdicts, as they were read out to the judge. Not that it takes five people to report the news. But then, their main task was not so much reporting of the news, but that of giving the news a ”proper slant”.

As loyal and dedicated servants of the ruling class of monopoly capitalists, the billionaires, the bourgeoisie, it was their unofficial duty, to ”spin” the news, in a manner which best serves that class.

It was the ”News Anchor” who took the lead, in giving the proper bourgeois response to this conviction of a former President, and possibly future President. As she stated:

”This is a definitive, irreducible verdict. He can appeal, I am sure he will appeal, but this is everything the prosecution asked for. From a jury that by all accounts took this thing very, very seriously. We counted the deliberation hours down here. The test for us, as a country, is not about what happens on appeal, and it is not about what happens in sentencing. The test for us now as a country is whether or not this former president and his allies will have succeeded in trying to undermine the rule of law, so that people reject this as a legitimate function of the rule of law in our country. They have tried to de legitimize this judge, they have tried to de legitimize this court, they have tried to de legitimize these proceedings, they have even tried to de legitimize the laws that he was tried under. These efforts are the task that we now have as a country. The people involved in bringing this case, have been threatened and intimidated and had everything brought to bear against them, in a way that was designed to de legitimize this process, in the eyes of the American people. It is now in the hands of the American people to decide who will accept these efforts, or whether we will stand by the rule of law…We now know, as a country, what it is to put a former president on trial, and to see that trial to fruition.” (my italics)

I chose to reproduce this speech, in its entirety, for a reason. That reason is not to bore the reader, not to put you to sleep, but to let people know that I am not quoting out of context. The key details I have placed in italics.

On several occasions, she made reference to ”us”, or ”we”, ”as a country”. It is clear that she was referring to all Americans, of all classes. Yet she made no reference to classes! As if classes do not exist! Or if they exist, all classes are united, in a single country! Classes certainly exist, and in a single country, but that country is absolutely not united!

She also made reference to the ”allies” of Trump. Another evasion on the subject of classes! Those ”allies” are nothing other than the members of his class, the monopoly capitalists, the billionaires, the bourgeoisie, as well as their loyal and devoted servants.

As for those who may object, quite reasonably, that this journalist is also a loyal and devoted servant of that same class of monopoly capitalists, I can only respond that you are right. The bourgeoisie is divided! The revolutionary uprising of the working class, the proletariat, has given rise to a crisis in capitalism, so that the ruling class of billionaires have to change their method of rule! They just cannot agree upon that precise change!

These are facts, just as it is a fact that America has a proud history of revolution. Just as the existence of classes is denied, so too that revolutionary history is also denied.

In August of 1918, at a time which is very similar to this, Lenin wrote a letter to American workers. Bear in mind that at that time, Communists were referred to as Bolsheviks:

”The history of modern, civilized America opened with one of those great, really liberating, really revolutionary wars, of which there have been so few, compared to the vast number of wars of conquest which, like the present imperialist war, were caused by squabbles among kings, landowners or capitalists, over the division of surplus lands or ill gotten gains. That was the war the American people waged against the British robbers who oppressed America and held her in colonial slavery, in the same way as these ‘civilized’ bloodsuckers are still oppressing and holding in colonial slavery hundreds of millions of people in India, Egypt and all parts of the world.
”About 150 years have passed since then. Bourgeois civilization has borne all its luxurious fruits. America has taken first place among the free and civilized nations in level of development of the productive forces of collective human endeavour, in the utilization of machinery and of all the wonders of modern engineering. At the same time, America has become one of the foremost countries, in regard to depth of the abyss which lies between the handful of arrogant multi millionaires who wallow in filth and luxury, and the millions of working people who constantly live on the verge of pauperism. The American people, who set the world an example in waging a revolutionary war against feudal slavery, now find themselves in the latest, capitalist stage of wage slavery to a handful of multi millionaires, and find themselves playing the role of hired thugs who, for the benefit of wealthy scoundrels, throttled the Philippines in 1898, on the pretext of ‘liberating’ them, and are throttling the Russian Socialist Republic in 1918, on the pretext of ‘protecting’ it from the Germans. …

”The American multimillionaires were perhaps, richest of all, and geographically the most secure. They have profited more than all the rest. They have converted all, even the richest, countries into their tributaries. They have grabbed hundreds of billions of dollars. And every dollar is sullied with filth: the filth of the secret treaties between Britain and her ‘allies’, between Germany and her vassals, treaties for the division of the spoils, treaties of mutual ‘aid’ for oppressing the workers and persecuting the international socialists. Every dollar is sullied with the filth of ‘profitable’ war contracts, which in every country make the rich richer and the poor poorer.…

”In October 1917, after the Russian workers had overthrown their imperialist government, the Soviet government, the government of the revolutionary workers and peasants, openly proposed a just peace, a peace without annexations or indemnities, a peace that fully guaranteed equal rights to all nations- and it proposed such a peace to all the belligerent countries.

”It was the Anglo- French and the American bourgeoisie who refused to accept our proposal; it was they who even refused to talk to us about a general peace! It was they who betrayed the interests of all nations; it was they who prolonged the imperialist slaughter!

”It was they who, banking on the possibility of dragging Russia back into the imperialist war, refused to take part in the peace negotiations, and thereby gave a free hand to the no less predatory German capitalists, who imposed the annexationist and harsh Brest Peace upon Russia!

”It is difficult to imagine anything more disgusting than the hypocrisy, with which the Anglo- French and American bourgeoisie are now ‘blaming’ us for the Brest Peace Treaty. The very capitalists of those countries, which could have turned the Brest negotiations into general negotiations for a general peace, are now our ‘accusers’. The Anglo- French imperialist vultures, who have profited from the plunder of colonies and the slaughter of nations, have prolonged the war for nearly a whole year after Brest, and yet they ‘accuse’ us, the Bolsheviks, who proposed a just peace to all countries, they accuse us, who tore up, published and exposed to public disgrace the secret, criminal treaties, concluded between the ex Czar and the Anglo- French capitalists.…

”A real socialist would not fail to understand, that for the sake of achieving victory over the bourgeoisie, for the sake of power passing to the workers, for the sake of starting the world proletariat revolution, we cannot and must not hesitate to make the heaviest sacrifices, including the sacrifice of part of our territory, the sacrifice of heavy defeats at the hands of imperialism. A real socialist would have proved by deeds his willingness for ‘his’ country to make the greatest sacrifice, to give a real push forward to the cause of the socialist revolution.” (italics by Lenin)

Allow me to stress the fact that, ”America opened with one of those great, really liberating, really revolutionary wars”. Allow me to also stress the fact that the American people ”set the world an example in waging a revolutionary war against feudal slavery”, according to Lenin. Make no mistake, coming from Lenin, that is high praise! The American working people have a revolutionary history, of which they have every reason to be proud!

Now is the time to build upon that rich revolutionary history! Now is the time for another revolution! Now is not the time to babble such nonsense as a ”test for us as a country”! Now is the time to overthrow the monopoly capitalist class of billionaires! Now is the time to smash the existing state apparatus, and replace that apparatus with the Dictatorship of the Proletariat!

Lenin had a few more words to say, further in his article, concerning the American proletariat, not the country of America!

”The American people have a revolutionary tradition, which has been adopted by the best representatives of the American proletariat, who have repeatedly expressed their complete solidarity with us Bolsheviks. That tradition is the war of liberation against the British in the eighteenth century, and the Civil War in the nineteenth century. In some respects, if we only take into consideration the ‘destruction’ of some branches of industry, and of the national economy, America in 1870 was behind 1860. But what a pendant, what an idiot would anyone be, to deny on these grounds the immense, world historic, progressive and revolutionary significance of the American Civil War of 1863- 65!

”The representatives of the bourgeoisie understand that for the sake of overthrowing Negro slavery, of overthrowing the rule of the slaveowners, it was worth letting the country go through years of civil war, through the abysmal ruin, destruction and terror that accompany every war. But now, when we are confronted with the vastly greater task of overthrowing capitalist wage- slavery, of overthrowing the rule of the bourgeoisie- now, the representatives and defenders of the bourgeoisie, and also the reformist socialists, who have been frightened by the bourgeoisie and are shunning the revolution, cannot and do not want to understand that civil war is necessary and legitimate.

”The American workers will not follow the bourgeoisie. They will be with us, for civil war against the bourgeoisie. The whole history of the world and of the American labour movement strengthens my conviction that this is so.”

This is followed by his response to the accusation that Communists have been accused of resorting to methods of terror. Lenin:

”Terror was just and legitimate when the bourgeoisie resorted to it for their own benefit against feudalism. Terror became monstrous and criminal when the workers and poor peasants dared to use it against the bourgeoisie! Terror was just and legitimate when used for the purpose of substituting one exploiting minority for another exploiting minority. Terror became monstrous and criminal when it began to be used for the purpose of overthrowing every exploiting minority, to be used in the interests of the vast majority, in the interests of the proletariat and semi- proletariat, the working class and the poor peasants!” (italics by Lenin)

In this passage, Lenin draws a clear distinction between individual acts of terror, which are to be condemned, and state terror, in which a class of people, and in particular, the proletariat, must exercise Dictatorship over the bourgeoisie. After the socialist revolution, after the monopoly capitalists are overthrown, after the existing state apparatus is smashed, and replaced with a new state apparatus, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, then terror must be used, against that same class of monopoly capitalists. Otherwise, they will return to power, as happened in the Soviet Union and in China.

Lenin went on to say:

”Now, amidst the horrors of the imperialist war, the proletariat is receiving a most vivid and striking illustration of the great truth taught by all revolutions and bequeathed to the workers by their best teachers, the founders of modern socialism. This truth is that no revolution can be successful unless the resistance of the exploiters is crushed. When we, the workers and toiling peasants, captured state power, it became our duty to crush the resistance of the exploiters. We are proud we have been doing this. We regret we are not doing it with sufficient firmness and determination.

”We know that fierce resistance to the socialist revolution, on the part of the bourgeoisie, is inevitable in all countries, and that this resistance will grow with the growth of this revolution. The proletariat will crush this resistance; during the struggle against the resisting bourgeoisie, it will finally mature for victory and for power.…

”We know that help from you will probably not come soon, Comrade American workers, for the revolution is developing in different countries, in different forms, and at different tempos (and it cannot be otherwise). We know that although the European revolution has been maturing very rapidly lately, it may, after all, not flare up within the next few weeks. We are banking on the inevitability of the world revolution, but this does not mean that we are such fools as to bank on the revolution inevitably coming on a definite and early date. We have seen two great revolutions in our country, 1905 and 1917, and we know revolutions are not made to order, or by agreement. We know that circumstances brought our Russian detachment, of the socialist proletariat, to the fore, not because of our merits, but because of the exceptional backwardness of Russia, and that before the world revolution breaks out, a number of separate revolutions, may be defeated.

”In spite of this, we are firmly convinced that we are invincible, because the spirit of mankind will not be broken by the imperialist slaughter. Mankind will vanquish it. And the first country to break the convict chains, of the imperialist war, was our country. We sustained enormously heavy casualties in the struggle to break these chains, but we broke them. We are free from imperialist dependence, we have raised the banner of struggle for the complete overthrow of imperialism, for the whole world to see.

”We are now, as it were, in a besieged fortress, waiting for the other detachments of the world socialist revolution to come to our relief. These detachments exist, they are more numerous than ours, they are maturing, growing, gaining more strength the longer the brutalities of imperialism continue. The workers are breaking away from their social traitors…Slowly but surely the workers are adopting Communist, Bolshevik tactics and are marching towards proletariat revolution, which alone is capable of saving dying culture and dying mankind.

”In short, we are invincible, because the world proletarian revolution is invincible.” (italics by Lenin)

Now it is up to us, the modern day workers and farmers, to disregard this bourgeois nonsense, that of ”being tested, as a country”.

The common people of Russia, proletarians and poor peasants, ”blazed the trail” for the rest of us. They did this at the expense of ”enormously heavy casualties”, but they did it. Now it is up to us, the modern day workers and farmers, to honour their memory, by following the trail that they blazed, by following in their footsteps.

The World Proletarian Revolution is on the horizon. Monopoly capitalism is about to be crushed, and replaced with World Scientific Socialism.