Author: Gerald Mcisaac

On December 2, 2025, in the state of Tennessee, an election was held, in a ‘’ruby red’’ Congressional District, as the previously elected Republican Member of Congress had resigned, in the middle of his two year term. This election captured the attention of the mainstream press, and calls for a little explanation. 

Usually, such ‘’Special Elections’’ receive little attention, from the mainstream press. But then ‘’usually’’, the country is not in a state of Revolution! These are not ‘’usual’’ times! The country is currently experiencing a Revolution, and the effects are being felt, even in such rather remote states as Tennessee. 

All of the journalists who are reporting on this election, both those who work for the mainstream press, as well as those who consider themselves to be ‘’Leftist’’, are accurately describing the events, as they unfold. Yet none of them are making any mention of the under lying cause of this ‘’seismic shift’’, this drastic change of voter attitude, from the ‘’MAGA world of Trump’’, to the ‘’Left’’. But then, it is very likely that none of them are capable of understanding the fact, that the Second American Revolution is underway. 

For the benefit of those who may not be aware, the expression ‘’ruby red’’ is a reference to the parts of the country which are considered to be solidly Republican, pro Trump, or ‘’MAGA’’, Make America Great Again, as that is the slogan of Trump.

By way of contrast, areas of the country, which are pro Democratic, are considered to be ‘’blue states’’. They are classified as more progressive, or ‘’Leftist’’. The terminology is not mine.

This particular Congressional District has certainly earned the dubious distinction, that of ‘’ruby red’’. In previous elections, it has consistently voted, overwhelmingly, in favour of Trump and his reactionary policies. Not any more!

In this particular election, the Democratic candidate was Aftyn Behn. The more cynical narrators, are of the opinion that her qualifications include the fact that she is ‘’White, Blonde and Attractive’’. This is offset somewhat, by the fact that she once stated that she ‘’did not like country music’’. In a state such as Tennessee, this borders on blasphemy! Clearly, she is hardly the ‘’sharpest tool in the shed’’. 

Yet even though her chances of winning the election were negligible, the Democratic Party bosses decided to offer some limited support. They gave her a script to recite, in which she stressed the fact that ‘’working people were struggling, trying to make ends meet’’. This was her response to any and all questions, from all journalists, concerning all subjects. Regardless of how hard they tried, none were able to ‘’pin her down’’, on any subject. She just stuck to her standard response. 

Her Republican opponent was Matt van Epps. As a true ‘’MAGA’’ politician, he had the full support of President Trump. In fact, on the last day before the vote, Trump went on the air, in support of van Epps. As well, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson went to Tennessee to campaign for van Epps. They were clearly worried that he might lose this election!

As is well known, the Republicans won the election, but the margin of victory was nowhere near the overwhelming margin that was expected, as it had been in previous elections. Clearly, the Revolution has reached even into this rather remote area of Tennessee.

This particular state is mainly ‘’rural’’, which is to say that it has ‘’low population densities’’. In other words, there are not a great many people, it is spread out, and generally complete with a considerable number of family farms.

This stands in stark contrast to ‘’urban’’, which is to say ‘’high population densities’’, a great many people living in rather small areas. These are generally referred to as cities. 

The life styles of people who live in rural areas, are generally far different from the lifestyles of those who live in urban areas. These different life styles are generally reflected in their political affiliations. More or less as a result of this, those who live in rural areas are more likely to support Trump, and his MAGA policies, while those who live in urban areas, tend to be more cultured, which leads to ‘’having their horizons broadened’’, so that they are more likely to ‘’lean towards the Left’’, even to the point of embracing socialism. 

Yet a great many common people, both workers and family farmers, within the state of Tennessee, have had a ‘’change of heart’’, and are now voting ‘’Leftist’’. This has happened as a result of the Second American Revolution.

This has wide ranging implications for the Revolution. The ruling class of monopoly capitalists, multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie, must be overthrown. That can happen only through an insurrection. It stands to reason that it only makes sense to carefully prepare, for that insurrection. 

On that subject, Marx had a few select words of advice: ‘’Insurrection is an art quite as much as war or any other art, and is subject to certain procedural rules which, when neglected, will bring about the downfall of the party neglecting them….Firstly, never play with insurrection, unless you are fully prepared to go the whole way…Insurrection is an equation with very indefinite magnitudes, the value of which may change every day; the forces opposed to you have all the advantage of organization, discipline and habitual authority; unless you bring strong odds against them, you are defeated and ruined. Secondly, once you have entered upon the insurrectionary career, act with the greatest determination, and on the offensive. The defensive is the death of every armed rising; it is lost before it measures itself with its enemies. Surprise your antagonists while their forces are scattered, prepare the way for new successes, however small, but prepare daily; keep up the moral superiority which the first successful rising has given to you; rally in this way those vacillating elements to your side, which always follow the strongest impulse and which always look out for the safer side; force your enemies to retreat, before they can collect their strength against you; in the words of Danton, the greatest master of military tactics yet known: ‘Be audacious, be audacious, and be more audacious!’’’

This advice of Marx, was carefully considered by Lenin, on July 3-5, 1917. These dates have gone down in history, as the ‘’Revolutionary July Days’’. There was a spontaneous uprising, and in fact, Lenin could have taken that opportunity to call for an insurrection. He did not. Instead, he called for calm. The question is, why?

Because the insurrection would almost certainly have failed! It was too soon! At that time, the most advanced members of the common people, workers and farmers, did not support an insurrection! More work had to be done, in order to raise the level of awareness of those advanced workers and farmers.

As Lenin phrased it, ‘’If the revolutionary party has no majority in the advanced contingents of the revolutionary classes, and in the country, insurrection is out of the question. Moreover, insurrection requires: 1) growth of the revolution on a country wide scale; 2) the complete moral and political bankruptcy of the old government; 3) extreme vacillation in the camp of all middle groups, i.e., those who do not fully support the government, although they did fully support it yesterday’’. (italics by Lenin, and i.e. means ‘’that is’’) 

As is well known, it is my opinion that the ‘’No Kings Protest’’ of October 18, 2025, marked the beginning of this, the Second American Revolution. As well, I am convinced that this Revolution will closely resemble the Great Russian Soviet Socialist Proletarian Revolution, of 1917. For that reason, we can- and must!- learn from that Revolution. 

An insurrection in Russia, in July of 1917, would have failed, due to the fact that the most advanced members, of the classes of workers and farmers, did not support the Revolutionary Party of Lenin, at that time referred to as the Bolsheviks. That was the reasons Lenin called for calm! It was too soon! More preparation was required! Harvest the crop only when the fruit is ripe!

It was necessary to raise the level of awareness of the workers and farmers, especially the most advanced workers, as it is the workers, the proletariat, which is the only consistently revolutionary class!

At that time, the majority of common people, in Russia, were farmers, and many of them were illiterate. So raising their level of awareness was a ‘’tall order’’. Yet the Revolution, which had resulted in the overthrow of the nobility, in February of that year, was still raging. For that reason, countless common people were still ‘’in motion’’, politically active, or ‘’thirsting for knowledge’’, if you will. Lenin and the Bolsheviks provided them with that knowledge.

This brings me to a statement Lenin made, which sums up the experience of all three Russian Revolutions, of the Twentieth Century. It is the previous experience of all revolutions, especially the experience of the Russian Revolutions, which we can- and must- learn from, as our Revolution closely resembles the October Revolution.

This summary of the experience of those Revolutions, is referred to as ‘’theory’’. It is our duty to apply those lessons to our current Revolution. This provides us with the best chance of success. 

It is of such critical importance, I think it should be placed in poster form, and hung in the homes of all advanced workers, as well as in all Union halls:

‘’The fundamental law of revolution, which has been confirmed by all revolutions, and especially by all three Russian revolutions in the twentieth century, is as follows: for a revolution to take place, it is not enough for the exploited and oppressed masses to realize the impossibility of living in the old way, and demand changes; for a revolution to take place, it is essential that the exploiters should not be able to live and rule in the old way. It is only when the ‘lower classes’ do not want to live in the old way, and the ‘upper classes’ cannot carry on in the old way, that the revolution can triumph. This truth can be expressed in other words: revolution is impossible without a nation wide crisis (affecting both the exploited and exploiters). It follows that, for a revolution to take place, it is essential, first, that a majority of the workers (or at least a majority of the class conscious, thinking and politically active workers), should fully realize that revolution is necessary, and that they should be prepared to die for it; second, that the ruling classes should be going through a governmental crisis, which draws even the most backward masses into politics (symptomatic of every genuine revolution is a rapid, tenfold and even hundredfold increase in the size of the working and oppressed masses- hitherto apathetic- who are capable of waging the political struggle), weakens the government, and makes it possible for the revolutionaries to rapidly overthrow it.’’ (italics by Lenin)

There is a reason I deliberately started this article, with a reference to the ‘’Special Congressional Midterm Election’’, within the state of Tennessee. That reason was not to bore readers. Who cares about the winner? It was to drive home the point that this ‘’uprising’’, as a result of the Second American Revolution, is now ‘’broad and deep’’. It has even reached one of the most remote corners of the country! 

Without doubt, the Revolution has reached countless people. Those who were formerly apathetic, are now politically active! They are no longer content to ‘’live in the old way’’! They are ‘’demanding change’’! Politically active!

That is one requirement for the Revolution to be successful. But what of the second requirement, that the ‘’upper classes cannot carry on in the old way’’? 

To answer that question, we have only to examine the headlines, of the mainstream press. It is not a ‘’pretty site’’. A cursory examination would lead us to believe that the journalists are doing their best to depress people, by spreading ‘’doom and gloom’’. And in fact, a considerable number of working people do not follow the news, for that reason. Or at least, they never used to follow the news!

That is changing, due to the Revolution. 

It is safe to say that the ‘’Epstein Scandal’’, has attracted the attention of countless people. It is further safe to say that no one is ‘’buying’’ the ‘’official cause of death’’, as being that of ‘’suicide by hanging’’, if only because it is simply not possible to hang oneself, while in prison. 

Not that too many people are too ‘’broken hearted’’, concerning the death of one child molester, a most prolific pedophile, one who was allegedly responsible for the rape of possibly one thousand underage girls!

No, the reason for the concern, is that Epstein allegedly ‘’made a career’’ of selling those underage girls, to numerous ‘’rich and powerful’’ men. And not just Americans! As long as they had the money! Epstein did not care about the nationality! Especially as these ‘’encounters’’ were very likely video recorded!

Assuming that to be true, then it gives a great many people, all of whom are very rich, and very powerful -the two tend to go together!- with a good reason to want Epstein dead! After all, ‘’dead men tell no tales’’.

The murder of a great many people, in the Caribbean, has also ‘’caught the attention’’ of the ‘’public’’. President Trump has decided that these fishing boats are carrying drugs, bound for America, and must be destroyed. In one example, after one air strike, two survivors were seen in the water, clinging to the remains of the boat. So a second air strike was ordered, a ‘’double tap’’, to make sure all were killed. Cold blooded murder! Also a war crime! Working people are quite concerned about this too. 

Other ‘’issues’’ which are ‘’cause for concern’’, among the ruling class of monopoly capitalists, the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie, are the possible impeachment and removal from office, of Trump; the possible Supreme Court ruling, to the effect that the tariffs imposed by Trump are illegal; the fact that Trump is calling for the murder of several Members of Congress, both House of Representatives and Senate, as they are ‘’guilty of sedition’’; a former 4 Star General is now openly opposing Trump; the head of the FBI was allegedly caught lying under oath; various members of the administration, as well as his personal lawyers, are ‘’quitting in droves’’; the courts have ruled that his ‘’presidential immunity’’ is not absolute, that it does not apply to his personal business. 

All of this has led to a ‘’Constitutional crisis’’, as the mainstream press is referring to it. This sentiment is echoed by the Leftist press. They are mistaken. It is not a Constitutional crisis. It is a crisis in capitalism! The exploiters, the ruling class of multi billionaires, can no longer rule in the old way! 

The two requirements, for a successful revolution, according to Lenin, have just been met. The ‘’lower classes’’, the common people, both workers and farmers, are no longer content to ‘’live in the old way’’. As well, the ‘’upper class’’, in this case the monopoly capitalists, the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie, ‘’cannot carry on in the old way’’. Excellent!

This is not to say that a successful conclusion, to this, the Second American Revolution, is a ‘’sure thing’’. Most emphatically, it is not. The bourgeoisie is not to be underestimated! They are not entirely stupid! They have been in power for a great many years, and during that time, have ‘’learned a thing or two’’. 

In response to this ‘’Constitutional crisis’’, as they refer to it, they have brought out their ‘’big guns’’, so to speak. They are doing their best to reassure people, to ‘’calm the waters’’, to pacify people, to quell the Revolutionary motion!

Those who are engaged in this less than noble pursuit, include a former president, Bill Clinton. As well, Warren Buffet, one of the richest men in the country, if not the world, is ‘’trying his hand’’ at quelling the Revolution. 

I mention this, as it is an indication of the strength of the Revolutionary motion. Even though the monopoly capitalists may not understand that which is happening, they can feel the pressure, and are responding. 

Now it is our duty, the duty of conscious people, Scientific Socialists, Communists, to raise the level of awareness of the common people, the workers and family farmers. The most advanced workers must be raised to the level of true Communists, aware of the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin. They in turn, will raise the level of awareness of the less advanced, as the less advanced pay strict attention to the most advanced. 

Just as it was necessary to raise the level of awareness of the Russian common people, in the summer of 1917, so too, it is necessary to raise the level of awareness of the American common people, both workers and family farmers. At least, the most advanced members of the common people, especially the workers, the proletariat, must become convinced of the necessity of overthrowing the monopoly capitalists, the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie, of smashing the existing state apparatus, and establishing the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.

But is that even possible? Absolutely! The fact is that, in 1917, under far more difficult circumstances, Lenin managed to accomplish just that. In fact, within a few short months, he was able to prepare the common people for the Insurrection, that which has gone down in history as the Great Russian Soviet Socialist Proletariat Revolution, in October of that year.

We have the advantage of a numerically large working class, a proletariat. This is significant, as it is the proletariat which leads the revolution. It is the ‘’only consistently revolutionary class’’, according to Lenin. As well, there are relatively few family farmers, if only because the bourgeoisie has done such a fine job of driving them into bankruptcy. 

Then too, the working class is quite cultured. Most workers are literate, and have access to various digital devices. The goal of raising their level of awareness is now much easier.  

Bear in mind that, just as a spontaneous uprising took place in Russia, so too, such an uprising could happen here. The chances of such a spontaneous uprising being successful are slim, and would almost certainly result in the wide spread crushing, of all common people, with considerable brutality. 

No one can predict just when such an uprising will take place! They are similar to earthquakes. We know they are going to strike. We just do not know when! For that reason, we had best be prepared. 

Having said that, it is also true that, unlike earthquakes, such spontaneous uprisings can be forestalled! It makes so much more sense to prepare for an insurrection. To plan it out carefully, to organize it, to strike at the right time, at the right place, in all key parts of the country. Just as happened in Russia, on October 25, 1917, old style calendar, or November 7, new style calendar. A successful insurrection! Which gave birth to Soviet Socialist Russia!

A similar thing has to take place here, in North America. We have got to get organized, to prepare for the insurrection. All people who are Scientific Socialists, true Communists, must come together and form a Communist Party. Without such a Party, to give direction, such an insurrection has less chance of being successful. 

As well, in the interests of raising the level of awareness of the working people, may I suggest flooding social media, as well as displaying on posters and banners, the following slogans:

Workers of the World, Unite!

Scientific Socialism!

Dictatorship of the Proletariat!

Peace! Democracy! Socialism!

A Leftist journalist just posted a video, in which he maintains that Trump just experienced the ‘’worst week of his second term as President’’. In my opinion, that is an under statement. I think that Trump has just experienced the worst week of his life! Even during his first term, his legal advisers were telling him that ‘’executive privilege’’ is not absolute. And now a federal judge has just made an official ruling, to that effect! 

As President, any and all official acts he performs, as the ‘’Head of State,’’ are covered by ‘’executive privilege’’, as laid out in the Constitution. While this privilege is not absolute, it does give the President considerable power. 

On the other hand, any and all unofficial acts, such as using the office of the presidency for personal enrichment, which is to say ‘’lining his pockets’’, or for attacking perceived enemies -and Trump is ‘’making a career’’ of this!- is not covered by executive privilege.  

The situation is rather confusing, as Trump is facing legal battles, in several areas. Perhaps we can think of it as ‘’fighting a war on two fronts’’, except that there are more than two fronts involved! 

Arguably, the most serious matter, is that of the House of Representatives, in that they are determined to impeach him, once again. Another trial by the Senate, but this time, with a far better chance of gaining a conviction and subsequent removal from office. After all, the charges are far more serious, the evidence is beyond dispute, and the Senators are now much more ‘’sweetly reasonable’’, if only because of the Revolution, that is currently sweeping the country. Then too, the fact that Trump is calling for the murder of various Senators and Members of Congress, does not endear him to them!

The seven articles of impeachment are as follows:

1. Obstruction of Justice
2. Usurping the Power of Congress Over Spending
3. Abusing Trade Powers and War Powers
4. Violation of First Amendment Rights
5. Creating Unlawful Offices Within the Government
6. Bribery and Corruption
7. Systematic Effort To Destroy Democratic Institutions

As well, Congressman Al Green has filed a separate motion of impeachment, alleging that Trump has been ‘’abusing the presidential war powers’’. That motion has been ‘’shelved’’, at least for the moment.

As well, Trump may be losing sleep over the fact that a judge, in the state of New York, is threatening to seize all of his property, including his precious Towers, unless he pays the money he allegedly owes. That amounts to half a billion dollars, which Trump clearly does not have!

Then there is the fact that a federal judge just ordered an ‘’expedited release’’ of the Epstein files. This just means that the Files must be released sooner, rather than later, although if Trump has his way, those files will never be released.

Perhaps the most serious matter, is the fact that the American military has conducted ‘’air strikes’’ against fishing boats, in the Caribbean, apparently off the coast of Venezuela. The reason given, for these attacks? Because they were ‘’running drugs to America’’. 

It is at best doubtful that those boats were ‘’running drugs’’, and even if they were, that does not give anyone the right to attack them, on the high seas. Yet to date, it is reported that over eighty people have been killed, in numerous attacks. In the latest incident, after one airstrike destroyed a boat, two survivors were seen in the water, clinging to the wreckage. So a second airstrike was ordered, in order to ‘’blow them out of the water’’. It succeeded. There can be no doubt that this was an act of cold blooded murder! Possibly a war crime! For which Trump may be held personally responsible! We can only hope!

As the Commander In Chief of the American military, Trump is responsible for the actions of all American military personnel. As the crime is so serious, there is an international demand for accountability. This should at least be ‘’cause for concern’’, for Trump. If it is not, it soon will be.

This brings us to Special Prosecutor Jack Smith. It is safe to say that Trump has a particular hatred for that boy! With good reason, I might add. For many months, Jack Smith has been busy gathering evidence against Trump, and his flunkies. He recently presented that evidence to a federal judge. From all accounts, the judge was most impressed. As were the lawyers representing Trump! Possibly the one person who was most impressed, was Donald Trump. In fact, he was furious.

This brings me to a video, posted on the internet, which documents this, reasonably well. It is titled, ‘’Trump Screams As Jack Smith Hands Shock Evidence To Judge’’. I have decided to transcribe the key parts:

The video starts by pointing out that there is a, ‘’Long standing Justice Department policy, which says that sitting Presidents cannot be criminally prosecuted.’’

It should be noted, that there is a big difference between ‘’policy’’, and Constitutional law. A federal judge just made that abundantly clear! For possibly the first time in history, a sitting President- Donald Trump- may be ‘’criminally prosecuted’’!

Now to the video: 

Narrator: ‘’Special Council Jack Smith just walked into that courtroom, carrying the one thing Donald Trump feared most. A secretly recorded conversation, where Trump himself detailed his crimes, in his own voice. …Trump literally screamed and raged, as the recording played, his own words describing exactly how he planned to overturn the election (the 2020 Presidential election), pressure state officials, and obstruct justice. His lawyers sat there stunned… there was no defending this. Their client has essentially confessed on tape, and now they had to admit, in open court, that Trump had engaged in coordinated, unlawful efforts to destroy democracy. …Trump himself, went from confident to panic, to screaming at his lawyers to do something, anything, to stop the tape from playing, but there was nothing they could do. The evidence was right there, in Trump’s own voice, admitting to everything he had been denying for years. …It is Trump himself, recorded without his knowledge, laying out the entire criminal conspiracy…Trump pointed at Jack Smith and screamed, ‘This is a set up, you recorded me illegally, this is entrapment’. …Trump kept screaming, calling Smith a criminal, the judge corrupt, the whole system rigged against him. …The shift from denial to damage control was visible …they (Trump’s lawyers) went from confidently claiming Trump’s innocence, to desperately trying to minimize the damage from the recording. …He does not just hint at illegal activities. He explicitly describes them. Names, co-conspirators, and laughs about how they are going to get away with it. The most damning part is where Trump says, ‘I don’t care what the real vote count was, we are saying I won, and that’s that’. It’s a confession to attempting to overthrow American democracy. The supporting evidence Jack Smith presented, alongside the recording, presents an air tight case…Trump’s lawyers are essentially pleading guilty, on Trump’s behalf, while trying to minimize the sentence…The recording came from a legally authorized surveillance operation…Co-conspirators …are now rushing to make deals…triggered a cascade of cooperation…’’

This is an absolute nightmare scenario, for Trump. As is well known, there is no ‘’honour among thieves’’. Those who were allegedly involved in his scheme to overturn the 2020 Presidential election, are about to be charged for those crimes, and they know it. 

Now that the courts have ruled that a sitting President -Donald Trump- can be charged with crimes, the ‘’flood gates have been opened’’. There are reports that a former aide of Trump, has just been charged in the ‘’documents case’’. That is a rather polite reference to the numerous boxes of top secret documents, which Trump allegedly took to Mar a Lago. 

It is very likely that this aide, as well as those who were involved in allegedly ‘’plotting to overthrow American democracy’’, are now ‘’knocking on the door’’ of the prosecuting attorney, anxious to ‘’rat out’’ their former boss, Donald Trump, as well as others, in return for a more lenient sentence.

Of course, as Trump has been a ‘’busy boy’’, over the years, doing as he pleases -his thirty four felony convictions are proof of that!- there are numerous other court cases, still pending. The difference now is that, due to the federal court ruling, it is ‘’open season’’ on Donald Trump!

All of this is of the utmost importance, not because of the possible impeachment and subsequent removal from office of President Trump, but because of the fact that the working class, the proletariat, is focused on this matter! We can- and must!- use this to raise the level of awareness of the working class! 

We must make them aware that this is a class conflict! A conflict between the ruling class of multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie, and the working class, the proletariat. Donald Trump merely represents the class of multi billionaires! Removing him from office will not change the fact that the capitalist class of bourgeoisie are still in charge! It is that class, which has to be overthrown and crushed! Under the Dictatorship of the Proletariat!

This calls for a little explanation. 

Our current situation closely resembles the situation in Russia, immediately before the Great October Soviet Socialist Revolution, of 1917. At that time, in Russia, as today in North America, the ‘’Left’’ was divided. Many of those who claimed to be Socialists, even Marxists, were in fact merely ‘’Economists’’, to use the expression of Lenin. He covered this supremely well in his article, What Is To Be Done?

Lenin pointed out that the ‘’mass movement’’, of the ‘’common people’’, the workers and family farmers- peasants- was separate from the ‘’movement’’ of the ‘’educated youth of Russia’’, those who were ‘’universally absorbed in the theories of Marxism’’. 

Allow me to stress the fact that the movement for Scientific Socialism, following the theories of Marx and Lenin, and the mass movement, of the common people, especially the working class, the proletariat, develop separately! These two movements must be merged! It is the duty of Scientific Socialists, Communists, to bring about this merger!

This is to say that the working class must become class conscious! They, or at least the most advanced workers, must become aware of themselves as a class, with their own class interests! The most advanced workers must be raised to the level of Scientific Socialists! Bear in mind that the most advanced workers lead, as the less advanced workers pay strict attention to that which they say. 

Yet in pre-revolutionary Russia, as in America today, only the distortion of the revolutionary theories of Marx was taught, in Universities. Also as in America today, all too many of the ‘’educated youth’’, embraced this distortion, this revision, of the theories of Marx. The only ‘’difference’’ now, is that the revolutionary theories of Lenin, which apply to monopoly capitalism, imperialism, are also being revised, in Universities.  

Further, just as in pre-Revolutionary Russia, all too many of the ‘’educated youth’’ of America are embracing this revisionist belief, presenting the struggle for ‘’democracy and reforms’’, as the struggle for Socialism! They refer to this as ‘’Democratic Socialism’’! 

Perhaps the most clear cut example of this, is contained in the web site of the Democratic Socialists of America. Under ‘’What We Do’’, they state that they ‘’fight for reforms’’. That is their idea of Socialism! And as they have been in existence for over forty years, what have they accomplished? Next to nothing! Countless working people can testify to the fact that monopoly capitalism has not been ‘’reformed’’ in the last forty years, in the slightest! On the contrary, it is far more difficult to ‘’make ends meet’’, than it was forty years ago! So much for fighting for reforms! Socialists in name only! Democratic Reformers in practice! Or as Lenin referred to such people, mere Economists!

As Lenin made clear, in What Is To Be Done?, the ‘’spontaneous element’’, represents nothing more nor less than ‘’consciousness in an embryonic form’’.

On that subject, we can say that the American working class is deeply focused on the Epstein Scandal, as well as the current state of upheaval, within the American government. We can also say that this is part of the spontaneous movement, of the working class. Now our goal, that of Scientific Socialists, Communists, is to merge that spontaneous movement, with that of the movement for Scientific Socialism!

Lenin went into this, in considerable detail, as it is so important. I have decided to state the highlights, which he wrote, in response to the mass movement of the Russian working class:

‘’There could not yet be Social Democratic consciousness among the workers. This consciousness could only be brought to them from without. The history of all countries shows that the working class, exclusively by its own efforts, is able to develop only trade union consciousness, i.e., it may itself realize the necessity of for combining in unions, for fighting against the employers and for striving to compel the government to pass necessary labour legislation, etc. The theory of socialism, however, grew out of the philosophic, historical and economic theories that were elaborated by the educated representatives of the propertied classes, the intellectuals. According to their social status, the founders of modern Scientific Socialism, Marx and Engels, themselves belonged to the bourgeois intelligentsia. Similarly, in Russia, the theoretical doctrine of Social Democracy arose quite independently of the spontaneous growth of the labour movement; it arose as a natural and inevitable outcome of the ideas among the revolutionary socialist intelligentsia. …Hence, simultaneously, we had the spontaneous awakening of the masses of the workers, the awakening to conscious life and struggle, as well as the revolutionary youth, armed with the Social Democratic theories, striving to reach the workers…the early Social Democrats of that period zealously carried on economic agitation…but they did not regard this as their sole task. On thecontrary, from the very outset, they brought forward the widest historical task of Russian Social Democracy…’’ (italics by Lenin, also the term i.e., means ‘’that is’’, and the term Social Democracy is today referred to as Communism)

Today, in North America, we are faced with a similar problem. A great many people, who claim to be ‘’Leftist’’, possibly even Socialist, and take great delight in flooding the internet with videos, are focused on the turmoil within Washington, but strictly within an ‘’Economic’’ standpoint. I use that expression in the broadest possible sense, to include the interests of the two mainstream political parties. They present the class struggle as a struggle between the ‘’progressive’’ Democrats and the ‘’reactionary’’ Republicans. In fact, both parties serve the same class. One is every bit as reactionary as the other.

One important difference, between our current situation and that of pre-Revolutionary Russia, is the fact that the American working class is now quite cultured. The vast majority of workers are now literate, and many have access to digital devices. With these digital devices, they are able to access the internet, and download various items. These include videos, articles, and select works of Marx and Lenin. This makes our tasks, the tasks of Communists, much simpler and easier, that it was for the Russian Communists, at the time in which Lenin worked. 

Bear in mind that Lenin was able to return from exile, only in April of 1917. Yet he faced the immediate task of preparing the common people of Russia, both workers and farmers, for the Scientific Socialist Revolution, of October. And succeeded! Within a mere few months! If he could do it, then so can we!

That being said, may I suggest that all advanced workers are encouraged to read State and Revolution, by Lenin. That article stresses the importance of smashing the existing state apparatus, at the time of the Revolution, and replacing it with a different state apparatus, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat! 

This is absolutely necessary, as after the Revolution, after the multi billionaires, the monopoly capitalists, the bourgeoisie, are stripped of their wealth and power, their resistance will increase tenfold! They will stoop to any depth, any deception, in order to return to power. That includes sending their people, accomplished liars, one and all, into the Communist Party! 

To go ‘’to the length’’, to ‘’stoop to the depth’’, of pretending to be a ‘’fine Communist’’, when they so passionately hate any and all Communists, is an indication of their determination to return to power!

In conclusion, the advanced workers are capable of raising themselves to the level of Scientific Socialists, Communists, by reading the select works of Marx and Lenin. Also, middle class intellectuals, who have been exposed to the distortion of the revolutionary theories of those two, in University, can also raise themselves to that level. They can then help to perform the most valuable task, of helping to raise the most advanced workers, to that same level.

Bear in mind that the Second American Revolution is already underway. Very soon, an Insurrection will take place. It could be spontaneous, although if it is well planned, it has a far better chance of success. If successful, it is the plan of those who are ‘’Socialists’’, but in name only, to take over the existing state apparatus, and set themselves up, as the new rulers!

The only way to prevent this, is by raising the level of awareness of the working class! Otherwise this, the Second American Revolution, will merely result in a change of rulers. God forbid!

For now, may I suggest the following slogans, to be posted on various internet locations, signs and posters:

Workers of the World, Unite!

Dictatorship of the Proletariat!

Peace! Democracy! Socialism!

Scientific Socialism!