Author: Gerald Mcisaac

Now that the year is coming to a close, it is customary for the journalists to summarize the major events that happened, in the previous year, or at least the major political events. Then they tend to predict the political events, in the forthcoming year. As if they had the foggiest clue!

Yet one guest has distinguished herself, as she provided an analysis which is close to the truth. This is all the more remarkable, in that she was able to point out the class distinctions, without once mentioning the word class!

She was introduced as a ‘’political reporter’’, and a ‘’former Republican strategist and pollster’’. She is convinced that most Americans are of the opinion that ‘’voters admire the fighter mentality’’, that they are looking for someone ‘’to fight against a system that seem to be working against them’’, because it is a system that ‘’works for the elite, for the few, and not for the people, not for them’’. 

My dear former Republican strategist, you are so right when you suggest that Americans ‘’admire the fighter mentality’’! No one ever suggested that Americans are a bunch of wimps! Pacifists, they are not! Your country was borne through revolution! It was the Revolutionary War against British colonialism, which gave birth to your country! Further, it was the American Civil War which destroyed the completely reactionary class of slave owners! Americans have a proud history of revolution! 

You are also correct when you state that ‘’voters’’, or at least working class voters, are looking for ‘’someone’’, by whom you mean a leader(!), who is going to ‘’fight against a system that seems to be working against them’’. 

It only ‘’seems’’ that way, because that is precisely the case! That ‘’system’’, to which you refer, is nothing other than the bourgeois state apparatus, which has been set up, with the express purpose of crushing the working class! The working class knows this, with their class instincts! They know that the ‘’system’’, truly ‘’works for the elite’’, those who were formerly referred to as the 1%, now referred to as the billionaires, technically referred to as the bourgeoisie. That is the class of people, whom you, ever so politely, refer to as the ‘’elite’’. 

Dear lady, try to get it through that thick, middle class skull of yours, the fact that classes exist! What is more, since the time they came into existence, they have been in conflict! Class conflict! The capitalist class, the bourgeoisie, against the working class, the proletariat! Our interests are diametrically opposed. That which is in the best interest of one class, is in the worst interest of the other class. 

No doubt, you are aware of the fact, that the revolutionary movement is becoming ever stronger. The ‘’class conflict’’ is approaching open ‘’class warfare’’. Perhaps you think that, as a member of the middle class, the petty bourgeois, you are in a  position of ‘’safe neutrality’’. Such is hardly the case! There is no such ‘’position’’!

The billionaires recently declared war on the middle class! They plan to wipe out that class! All banks but eight, and all businesses but five, are Too Small To Succeed! As they collapse, the billionaires will pick up their ‘’assets’’. At the same time, the middle class people who have money in the bank, as well as shares in those businesses, stocks and bonds, are about to lose everything.

Remarkably enough, our current situation was anticipated by Marx and Engels. In the Communist Manifesto, they state: ‘’Our epoch, the epoch of the bourgeoisie, possesses, however, this distinctive feature: it has simplified the class antagonisms. Society as a whole is more and more splitting up into two great hostile camps, into two great classes directly facing each other: bourgeois and proletariat.’’ 

As for the American working class, it may come as a complete surprise, to learn that Lenin had the utmost respect for revolutionary Americans! In fact, he wrote a letter to American workers, on August 22, 1918, less that a year after the Great Russian October Socialist Revolution. I have decided to reproduce parts of it here:

‘’The history of modern, civilized America opened with one of those great, really liberating, really revolutionary wars of which there have been so few….That was the war American people waged against the British robbers who oppressed America and held her in colonial slavery….since then, bourgeois civilizations has borne all its luxurious fruits. America has taken first place among the free and educated nations in level of development of the productive forces…At the same time, America has become one of the foremost countries in regard to the depth of the abyss which lies between the handful of arrogant multimillionaires 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 multimillionaires, and find themselves playing the role of hired thugs…. The American people have a revolutionary tradition that has been adopted by the best representatives of the American proletariat, who have repeatedly expressed their solidarity with us Bolsheviks….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 legitimate and necessary. 

‘’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….The revolution is developing in different countries in different forms and in different tempos (and it cannot be otherwise)….We are banking on the inevitability of the world revolution…and we know that revolutions are not made to order, or by agreement….and that before the world revolution breaks out, a number of separate revolutions may be defeated. …Slowly but surely the workers are adopting Communist, and Bolshevik tactics and marching towards the proletarian 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)

The full letter is available on the internet, and all Americans, working class as well as middle class, are encouraged to read it.

Now to return to our current situation. The billionaires can no longer rule in the old way, that of the democratic republic, and have decided to change their method of rule. The new method of rule they have decided upon, is that of fascism, with Trump as the figurehead dictator. 

This begs the question: How can they be stopped?

The Communist Manifesto provides us with the answer: ‘’But not only has the bourgeoisie forged the weapons that bring death to itself; it has also called into existence the men who are to wield those weapons -the modern working class -the proletarians.’’

Marx made it clear, that the proletariat is the class which is destined to overthrow the capitalist class of billionaires. No other class can manage this.  

Yet one major problem is that the working class, the proletariat, is not aware of itself as a class, with its own class interests. The conditions of life, of the working class, do not lead to that awareness. 

This gives rise to considerable confusion, within the class conflict, which I can compare only to a boxing match, in which one boxer is blind folded. Of course, in my imaginary boxing match, the proletariat is the one who is blind folded, while the capitalists, the billionaires, are not. 

As can be well imagined, the boxer who is blind folded strikes out in all directions, and on occasion, is able to land a lucky blow. By contrast, his opponent, who can see quite well, is able to land one blow after another. 

This is admittedly a gross oversimplification, but it serves to drive home the point that the proletariat is at a distinct disadvantage, as it is not class conscious. The level of awareness, of the proletariat, must be raised to the level of Scientific Socialists. 

This is to say that they must become aware -better yet, embrace!- the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin. They must become aware that it is necessary to overthrow the ruling class of monopoly capitalists, the multi billionaires, and to smash the existing state apparatus, that which has been set up by the billionaires, as a means of crushing the working class. A new state apparatus must be set up, to crush the ‘’desperate and determined resistance of the billionaires’’, as they make every effort to ‘’restore their paradise lost’’. This new state apparatus is referred to as the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. 

Yet how are they to become aware of this? The revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin are taught -more accurately, distorted!- only in University. Very few working class people are able to attend University. The Communist Manifesto provides us with the answer:

‘’Entire sections of the ruling classes are, by the advance of industry, precipitated into the proletariat, or at least threatened in their conditions of existence. These also supply the proletariat with fresh elements of enlightenment and progress’’. 

I would suggest that this has been taking place for some considerable time now, and is accelerating. Recently, countless upper class people have been ruined, forced into bankruptcy and the ranks of the proletariat. They bring with them their awareness of the existence of classes, the class conflict, and the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin.   

I would further suggest that the class struggle is approaching open class warfare. Or as the Communist Manifesto states: 

‘’Finally, in times when the class struggle nears the decisive hour, the process of dissolution going on within the ruling class, in fact within the whole range of old society, assumes such a violent, glaring character, that a small section of the ruling class cuts itself adrift, and joins the revolutionary class, the class that holds the future in its hands’’. 

We are nearing the ‘’decisive hour’’. Not all members of the ‘’ruling class’’, the billionaires, are determined to establish a fascist republic! Some of them are opposed to this, with good reason! Under a state of fascism, even certain billionaires may be persecuted! Based on religious or ethnic backgrounds! It only makes sense for them -survival!- to ‘’cut themselves adrift’’, and ‘’join the revolutionary class’’, the proletariat. 

In conclusion, I can only suggest that American workers, and middle class intellectuals, honour the memory of Lenin, by living up to his every expectation. Follow in the footsteps of your revolutionary ancestors!

The most important thing now, the ‘’key link’’, is to raise the level of awareness of the proletariat, in preparation for revolution, and the subsequent Dictatorship of the Proletariat. All actions we take now, must be made, with that goal in mind. This calls for a ‘’multi pronged’’ approach, involving various methods, some of which are legal, as well as others, which are illegal. 

Use the judicial system! The very judicial system that the capitalists have set up to crush the lower classes, can be used against the capitalists! Experts on Constitutional law should challenge the Two Party System, on the grounds that it is Unconstitutional. It violates the Twelfth Amendment! A possible Supreme Court ruling, in our favour, can only be a bonus! The main thing is to expose the hypocrisy of the capitalist system. 

Also on the ‘’legal front’’, encourage one and all to join the two mainstream political parties, preferably as card carrying members. The leaders of those common people can then run for any and all political offices. The membership of any particular political party, or a third party, is a matter of no consequence. Just be sure not to run against any ‘’Member of The Squad’’, or any ‘’Bernie Bro’’.

Allow me to stress the fact that our goal is to raise the level of awareness of the proletariat, to prepare them for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. In the process of running for office, of trying to ‘’change the system from within’’, working people will learn that the state apparatus has been set up to support the billionaires. In this way, they will become more class conscious. 

Establish Councils and train the members for warfare! Arm and equip those workers! Prepare them for the insurrection! The more training they receive now, the more likely it is that the insurrection will not only succeed, but also be almost bloodless! As was the case of the Russian Great October Socialist Revolution!

Form a true Communist Party, Dictatorship of the Proletariat! This is a task for middle class intellectuals, perhaps with the assistance of advanced workers, as it is clearly beyond the ability of the proletariat.

Reach out to the less advanced workers, those who have been misled, generally referred to as ‘’MAGA’’ people! Prepare popular literature, and especially videos, for those workers! Whenever possible, have ‘’celebrities’’, especially young and beautiful ‘’Movie Stars’’, explain the class struggle, in terms they can understand. Such people listen to those Movie Stars! Be forceful! Bear in mind, that Americans ‘’admire the fighter mentality’’! Do not ‘’pull your punches’’! 

Above all else, remember that, as Lenin said, ‘’We are invincible, because the world proletarian revolution is invincible’’. 

The Supreme Court has just responded to the request of the Special Prosecutor, Jack Smith, to ‘’expedite’’ the ruling on whether or not Trump has any immunity, concerning the alleged crimes he committed on January 6, 2021, at the time of the so called ‘’insurrection’’ in Washington. 

This is to say that Smith was trying to bypass the D.C. Court of Appeals. That Court is scheduled to hear ‘’oral arguments’’ on the matter, in early January. Regardless of the ruling, it will no doubt be appealed to the Supreme Court, so such a request is completely reasonable. 

The Supreme Court responded with a simple, one sentence statement of denial, without giving any reason. Chalk one up for Trump! He has succeeded in delaying that trial, yet again! Thanks to the Supreme Court, which is now being referred to as ‘’The Dancing Court’’! In the finest tradition of the bourgeois, they are once again, ‘’passing the buck’’. Not making any decisions! Or at least delaying any decisions! This is also referred to as ‘’kicking the can down the road’’!

The journalists, who work for the mainstream press, are resorting to ‘’verbal gymnastics’’, in an attempt to report the news, without offending those for whom they work, the billionaires. They are referring to this court case as a ‘’legal landmine’’, in a country that is ‘’deeply divided’’, involving a ‘’critical legal question’’, one which is ‘’so fraught with politics’’, to be decided by a ‘’deeply divided court’’. Hogwash!

The ‘’deeply divided country’’, to which they refer, is nothing other than a country divided by class conflict. It is now so fierce, it is approaching open class warfare! The working class, the proletariat, versus the monopoly capitalist class, the billionaires, the bourgeoisie! Further, the ‘’legal landmine’’ is not a ‘’critical legal question’’, nor is it ‘’fraught with politics’’. It is a matter of Constitutional law, to be decided upon by the Supreme Court! Whether or not that Court is also ‘’deeply divided’’, is not the issue! It is their duty! It is just that simple! 

The fact that the corruption, which is characteristic of all capitalist countries, has spread to all branches of the government, including the Supreme Court, does not change that fact.

Now this completely corrupt class of monopoly capitalists, the billionaires, are determined to establish a fascist society. They must be stopped! It is not reasonable to expect the corrupt state apparatus, which is in the service of the billionaires, to oppose the plans of those same billionaires, to establish a fascist society.

Yet outside the government, the opposition to this proposed state of fascism is broad and deep. With good reason! It is characteristic of fascists, to persecute certain minorities. This persecution may be based upon race, religion or ethnic background. Even great wealth may not save them! As well, anyone whom they perceive to be ‘’enemies’’, is ‘’fair game’’! ‘’Vermin’’! To be ‘’liquidated’’!

For that reason, an anti fascist coalition should not be strictly ‘’Leftist’’. It should include all of those who believe in a democratic republic. Such people may, or may not, be a member of one of the two mainstream political parties, Democratic or Republican. 

In the interest of preserving our democratic republic, it is necessary for those who consider themselves to be ‘’Leftists’’, including anarchists, socialists, democratic socialists, independent socialists and Communists, among others, to work with those who are considered to be ‘’Ultra Right Wing’’. 

As for those who consider themselves to be ‘’Ultra Left Wing’’, and object to working with such disagreeable people, may I suggest that there are times when such temporary alliances, with those who are highly unreliable, are necessary! According to Lenin! 

Truly, ‘’politics makes for strange bedfellows’’! Besides, bear in mind that they hate us, just as much as we hate them!

The only qualification, is that any Communist who works within such a coalition, must be free to express those Communist beliefs. That includes the necessity of Scientific Socialism, through revolution, and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. Without such an understanding, any such coalition, is out of the question. 

This proposed coalition should take the form of a Society, one which is non profit, focused only on opposing fascism. It should have no opinion on any outside issues. It should neither support, nor oppose, any causes. The one and only goal, of that Society, should be that of opposition to fascism.

There are various ways to oppose fascism. One of these methods involves court challenges. One of those court challenges, which I am proposing, is considered to be ‘’forbidden’’! That is to challenge the  ‘’sacred’’, ‘’Two Party System’’! Sacred or not, it is Unconstitutional! 

It may well be objected, that the American Two Party System, is thought to be, ‘’at the heart of our democratic republic’’. That may well be. That is not the issue. At issue is the law. That law is referred to as the Constitution. 

It may further be objected, that I am not an expert on Constitutional law. True! Guilty as charged! I am not even a lawyer! I am merely expressing my opinion. Not that my opinion matters. The one and only opinion that matters, is the opinion of the Supreme Court! They have never expressed an opinion on this subject, because the Two Party System has never been challenged!

As I have mentioned in previous articles, the Twelfth Amendment lays out the procedure, to be followed, for all federal elections!I have deliberately stressed the word ‘’federal’’, as it is now the custom to refer to this as a ‘’presidential’’ election. It is not presidential. It is federal! As it is so important, I have chosen to reproduce it, in full:

Twelfth Amendment

The Electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate;–the President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted;–The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. [And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President.–]The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.

Clearly, there is no mention of any ‘’Two Parties’’! Nor is there any mention of any ‘’Popular Vote’’, ‘’District’’, or ‘’Running Mate’’!

The argument can also be made that the states do not have the right to ‘’meddle’’ in any federal election. This is to say that forcing the Electors, by state law, to vote for a particular candidate for the Presidency, or of the Vice Presidency, of either the Republican Party, or of the Democratic Party, is Unconstitutional!

There is a reason that no federal election has ever been challenged in court. Because the experts on Constitutional law are well aware, that the Two Party System is Unconstitutional! They do not want to ‘’open that can of worms’’! To challenge the 2020 federal election, on the grounds that it did not follow the procedures laid out in the Constitution, would almost certainly result in the Supreme Court ruling in their favour. Effectively, such a ruling would establish the fact that Biden is a fraudulent President, and Harris is a fraudulent Vice President!

Such a Supreme Court decision would also mean that all federal elections, dating back to the days of the Civil War, were illegal! All of those Presidents, and Vice Presidents, were fraudulent! 

Further, it would also mean that the upcoming federal election of 2024, would have to follow the procedures laid out in the Constitution. No popular vote! Any such vote would be meaningless! Only the states can appoint Electors, and all state laws, requiring those Electors to vote for the candidates of a major political party, would be struck down as Unconstitutional! 

For that reason, it would not matter if Trump was the candidate of the Republican Party, or not. Each and every Elector would be able to vote for the individuals of their choice! Such individuals may, or may not, be the candidates of a particular party! As per the Constitution!

That is the anticipated result of such a Supreme Court challenge, to the Two Party System. Such a ruling, that the Two Party System is Unconstitutional, would ‘’throw a monkey wrench’’ into the plans of the billionaires, to set up a fascist society, with Trump as the dictator. 

May I suggest, to the most avidly ‘’Right Wing’’ anti fascist people, that our options are limited. We can stop the ruling class of billionaires, from setting up a fascist state, with Trump as the dictator, or we can do nothing. Doing nothing is not an option!

Bear in mind that Trump has made it clear that all of his opponents are vermin! To be placed in huge concentration camps! To start! Guess what happens to all such vermin after that! Expect a Second Holocaust! That is the plan of Trump!

As well, no doubt such an Anti Fascist Society will attract numerous professional people, including ’’celebrities’’. It is such celebrities, especially those who are seen as ‘’Movie Stars’’, who have great power! Spiritual power! Possibly far more than they realize! For reasons which defy any rational explanation, working people pay strict attention to anything they say! To such people, I say, use that power! To oppose Trump and the fascists!

My suggestion is that professional writers can prepare a script, to be read by those considered to be Movie Stars -the more popular and beautiful the better!- recorded in video form, and then placed on the internet. Better yet, a series of videos, written in a popular, entertaining manner. Watch how fast they go ‘’viral’’!

These videos do not have to be ‘’Leftist’’. They have to be anti fascist. We can expect their effect on the common people, to be immediate and dramatic. Watch how fast working class people abandon Trump and the fascists, and embrace the ‘’Movie Stars’’, along with a democratic republic!

Bear in mind that working class people are avid readers. They also pay strict attention to the news. So the videos should make reference to current events, while being presented in an entertaining manner, without being condescending. 

The success of these videos, will further enhance the careers of all involved in their production. 

By contrast, the success of Trump and the fascists, is not to be considered.

The journalists who work for the main stream press, are referring to the current political situation, as a ‘’weird moment in America’’. That is one way of putting it! I would argue that a more accurate description is that of dangerous!

Without doubt, it is clear that Trump is becoming ever more openly fascist. It is true that he is ‘’echoing Hitler and Mussolini’’, referring to political opponents as ‘’vermin’’. He is also raising the spectre of ‘’hordes of illegal immigrants’’, pouring across the border and ‘’poisoning the blood’’ of Americans. That apparently is a direct quote from Hitlers book, Mein Kampf! His proposed solution is to build huge detention camps, in preparation for deporting millions of people!

This is not to imply that Trump has read Mein Kampf, as that is a book, and as is well known, Trump does not read books. He merely reads from a teleprompter! Those who write his speeches, referred to as his ‘’handlers’’, are the people who read books, especially those on fascism. They are now becoming ever more brazen, openly  using the language which was so successful, in placing Hitler and Mussolini in power.

The journalists, who work for the main stream press, are deeply concerned, properly so. Yet their understanding of the problem is flawed, possibly because they either cannot, or will not, think in class terms. Instead, they refer to ‘’groups of people’’ that are being targeted by Trump, amid his growing ‘’authoritarianism’’. It is not authoritarianism! It is fascism!

Those journalists cannot seem to understand that it is the class of monopoly capitalists, the billionaires, the bourgeoisie, who have decided to change their method of rule, over the class of workers, the proletariat. The ‘’Two Party System’’ is no longer working, so they plan to replace that system. The new method of rule is known as fascism. Their plan is to place a ‘’figure head’’ dictator in charge of this new fascist society. That figure head dictator is Donald Trump.

Yet it would appear that the billionaires are not entirely united, in their decision to set up an American fascist government. One member of the ruling class of billionaires, described as a ‘’GOP Mega donor’’, has just announced that he is supporting Nikki Haley, as the Republican candidate for the presidency. 

Those who contribute millions towards the Republican Party, are referred to as ‘’GOP Mega donors’’. Those ‘’donations’’ come at a price! Candidates who accept those ‘’donations’’, and are elected to office, end up ‘’in the pocket’’ of those same billionaires! Bought and paid for!

That is not the only indication that the ruling class of monopoly capitalists, the billionaires, are divided. The state of Colorado is ‘’making headlines’’, in that the State Supreme Court just ruled that Trump cannot run for president, within the state of Colorado. His name cannot appear on the ballot, as the proposed candidate for the presidency, on behalf of the Republican Party!

That decision is based on Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, which states that no one can run for office who ‘’has engaged in insurrection or rebellion’’ against the United States. The Court has ruled that Trump (allegedly) took part in the ‘’January 6 insurrection’’. 

The implications are ‘’far reaching’’! If this decision stands up in Colorado, it could spread to numerous other states! His chances of winning the Republican nomination for presidency, just ‘’nose dived’’!

Of course the ‘’Trump team’’, the lawyers who work for Trump, can be expected to appeal this decision, to the United States Supreme Court. The sooner the better! If the Court chooses to consider the case, and then rules in favour of the Colorado State Supreme Court, then that ruling could apply to all states. Trump could effectively be ‘’off the ballot’’, all across the country! That is up to the Supreme Court of the United States! Their decision!

As for those who maintain that the Supreme Court of the United States, SCOTUS, is completely impartial, above partisan politics, feel free to face the fact that we live in a class society! The billionaires are in charge! They rule! All government officials, including judges, ‘’dance to their tune’’!

As for those who are skeptical, may I suggest you consider the fact that for the last twenty years, a Supreme Court Justice has been accepting ‘’gifts’’ from a billionaire. These gifts are nothing other than bribes! The value of these bribes are in the millions! That places this Supreme Court Justice ‘’in the pocket’’ of a billionaire! Bought and paid for! He is not the only one!

Granted, by law, all Justices are required to report all gifts over the value of $415. This never happens! The law is never enforced! The law cannot be enforced! There is no punishment for breaking that law! The Justices interpret the law as they see fit! The only possible recourse is to be impeached by Congress. That is not about to happen!

The anticipated Supreme Court decision should help to reveal the divisions within the ruling class of billionaires. We can only hope that those divisions are deep and irreparable. 

Trump is well aware of the implications of that potential Supreme Court decision. He is also well aware that his former personal lawyer was involved in a civil law suit. The jury awarded damages in the amount of $148 Million! The lawyer responded by doing the only thing he could do. He filed for bankruptcy.

As I consider this topic to be so important, I will go into it in more detail. This particular -former!- lawyer for Trump was also -formerly!- referred to as ‘’America’s mayor’’. Very popular! He was also once the Time magazine ‘’Person of the Year’’. Now that is high praise! Such is no longer the case! ‘’How the mighty have fallen’’!

The reason I consider this to be so significant, is because of the manner in which certain journalists are covering the story. In particular, I was impressed by the presentation that was given on an American ‘’news commentary show’’, one which bills itself as ‘’progressive’’. They make no claim to be socialist or even Leftist, although they have been so accused. I have tried to re-create the speech given, as accurately as possible. Bear in mind, that it was not so much the words that this commentator used, but the manner in which she spoke, which deeply impressed me. 

In my opinion, she spoke out of a sense of deep bitterness and frustration, when she referred to that lawyer as possibly the ‘’dumbest man in America, and I do not say that lightly’’. She went on to say that even though he was just ordered to pay $148 Million for defaming two women, ‘’he still cannot shut up’’, but is still ‘’whining and defaming women’’. 

Her summary I found to be quite touching: ‘’You hit a point in your life when you realize that all of the leaders that were touted in this country are the most incompetent buffoons imaginable.’’ 

Absolutely correct! She ‘’hit the nail right on the head’’! If she was not middle class, I would say that she is starting to become class conscious. But as all middle class people are class conscious, aware of themselves as a class, perhaps it is more correct to say that she is becoming aware of the fact that she has been lied to, all her life, by those for whom she had the utmost respect. A painful lesson!

The fact is that the billionaires, as well as their loyal and devoted servants, are habitual liars. It is just their nature to lie! They cannot stop lying! What is more, those same liars write the history books. It follows that those same history books are filled with distortions, and outright lies! Now she knows!

It is reasonable to assume that there are countless middle class intellectual people, who are of the same opinion. No doubt, they too are feeling bitter and frustrated. With good reason, I might add. 

It is also reasonable to assume that this may just be enough to ‘’force them further to the Left’’, so to speak. It may even inspire them to read the Essential Works of Marx and Lenin, once again, but this time with an open mind. 

I say this because all middle class intellectuals have attended University, and have been ‘’exposed’’ to the Scientific Socialist theories of Marx and Lenin. Bear in mind that only the distortions of those theories, are taught in University. 

There is an urgent need for those intellectuals to take the next step, to become true Scientific Socialists, to call for revolution and the subsequent Dictatorship of the Proletariat. 

I use the work ‘’urgent’’, if only because the billionaires plan to set up a fascist society, with Trump as the figurehead dictator. 

Now to return to the implications this huge lawsuit, against the former attorney of Trump, has for Trump.  

Trump can only imagine the amount of money he will be forced to pay, in his civil law suits. The situation just became far more acute! This calls for a little explanation.

At the risk of offending a great many of my readers -which cannot be helped- allow me to state that all hunters are well aware that a wounded predator is supremely dangerous. Especially if that animal is cornered! 

The only thing standing between Trump and prison -he is facing 91 felony charges!- is his planned occupation of the White House. The same is true of Trump and financial ruin. Either political power or prison and bankruptcy! If he succeeds in becoming President, once again, only this time as a fascist dictator, then he will not have to worry about any criminal or civil charges! Dictators do not worry about such little details!

On the other hand, if, on the ‘’civil fraud front’’, so to speak, the judge in New York City were to hit him with a huge fine, and bar him from doing business in New York state, that could ‘’throw a monkey wrench in the works’’. This could happen as early as January. 

Then there are the criminal charges. The first trial is scheduled to begin as early as March 4. If convicted, he could be sentenced to a lengthy prison term. 

As for those who may reasonably object that he would merely appeal such court decisions, I can only respond that such appeals cost money. Lots of money. If his businesses are crippled, that is out of the question. 

The closest followers of Trump, including his lawyers, are in it strictly for the money. If the money runs out, then they run out. Like rats from a sinking ship! Forget the appeals!

Facing such a threat, Trump may act as a wounded, cornered predatory animal. He may lash out in any direction. He may not wait for the fall elections, to ‘’make his move’’. As he said, he plans to become dictator, ‘’at or before’’ the next federal elections. He was not joking! He and his followers may attempt to stage a coup, and set up a fascist dictatorship, at any time. 

This is to stress to my Leftist intellectual, middle class colleagues, the importance of becoming active. Capitalism is in its death throes! As that is the case, we can expect Trump and the other billionaires to lash out wildly! No one knows what to expect! We just know what they have planned! A fascist society!

The necessity of raising the level of awareness, of the working class, is ever more urgent. The less advanced working people, or ‘’MAGA supporters’’, have merely been misled. They are not the enemy! Yet the fascists cannot succeed without their support!

Until quite recently, efforts to raise their level of awareness, was restricted to the production of quite popular literature. Happily, advances in technology have made possible another ‘’avenue of approach’’. Of course I am referring to videos.

As mentioned in previous articles, working people pay strict attention to the opinion of ‘’celebrities’’. Especially ‘’Hollywood celebrities’’, or ’’Movie Stars’’, if you prefer. Now is the time for all Leftist people, especially those involved in the entertainment industry, to put aside their differences, and focus on stopping the billionaires, in their attempt to establish a fascist society, with Trump as the dictator. 

We do not have to love each other! A temporary alliance is perfectly acceptable. We merely need professional writers to come up with a script, written in popular terms that common people can understand. The more entertaining the better.

Then, those who are famous ‘’Movie Stars’’ can make the proper delivery, reading from a teleprompter. Such people do not necessarily have to agree with everything they are saying. But then, they are probably used to that! After all, there is a reason it is called acting!

Our goal is to make the working class, the proletariat, aware of themselves, as a class. As opposed to the class of monopoly capitalists, the billionaires, the bourgeoisie. The wealth of the billionaires, comes at our expense. The more poverty stricken we are, the more wealthy the billionaires. For that reason, we are class enemies. 

The class of monopoly capitalists, the billionaires, have to be overthrown. This can happen only through revolution. Then we have to establish a society of Scientific Socialism. This means smashing the existing state apparatus, and setting up a working class state apparatus, in order to crush the billionaires, as they make every effort to ‘’restore their paradise lost’’. This new state apparatus is known as the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. 

Granted, to put that in video form is a ‘’tall order’’, but then, perhaps no more difficult than putting it in written form. Further, under far more difficult circumstances, it has previously been accomplished. 

Bear in mind that the fans of these ‘’Movie Stars’’ will pay strict attention to whatever their heroes say! Strange but true! We can expect the ‘’MAGA’’ people to desert Trump in droves, and flock to Scientific Socialism, with the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. 

Perhaps all middle class intellectuals, both Left and Right, can take some inspiration from the fact that the billionaires have decided to wipe out the middle class. As countless banks and businesses fail, those who own shares in those enterprises, including stocks and bonds, will lose everything. All will be forced into the ranks of the proletariat. 

Not that all middle class intellectuals are about to see the ‘’writing on the wall’’! We can expect the most hard core Right wing souls to continue to live in denial. Even when their world comes crashing down around them, as it most certainly will, they may continue to defend their lords and masters, the billionaires. 

By contrast, within the entertainment industry, those Leftist middle class intellectuals who support the revolutionary movement, will be well rewarded, under Scientific Socialism, the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.

The journalists who work for the mainstream press, are quite gleefully reporting that the Supreme Court has agreed to ‘’expedite’’ the request of the ‘’Special Prosecutor’’, to rule on the ‘’Trump immunity claims’’. In fact, the Supreme Court gave the lawyers who represent Trump, until December 20, a mere week, to respond.

Those same journalists refer to this as a ‘’big deal’’! I could argue that this falls under the heading of ‘’somewhat exceptional’’, rather than a ‘’big deal’’, but then, that would be pointless. Besides, ’’simple minds are easily amused’’. Perish forbid that I should ‘’rain on their parade’’! Still, there is a reason for their excitement. This requires a little explanation. 

If the common people are confused by the various charges, as well as court appearances, of Trump, it is completely understandable. For the last two months, the press has been focused on his trial in the State Supreme Court of New York, in Manhattan.

In the case of that trial, the New York Attorney General, Letitia James, alleges that over a period of 20 years, ‘’the Trumps grossly inflated the former president’s net worth by billions of dollars’’, and of ‘’cheating lenders and others with false and misleading financial statements’’.

This is a ‘’civil lawsuit’’, so that no charges have been placed. This lawsuit accuses Trump and his firm, of ‘’persistent and repeated business fraud’’. So the Attorney General is seeking a ‘’$250 Million judgement from Trump, for defrauding lenders, and others’’. She is also asking the Court to ‘’prohibit any of the Trumps leading a company in the state of New York’’. 

Here we have a very clear cut example, of the ‘’double standard’’ of the judicial system! The ‘’authorities’’ are alleging that Trump and his family have been committing fraud for 20 years, and yet neither Trump nor any of his adult children, are facing any criminal charges! The Attorney General is seeking to have the judge ‘’slap their hand’’, and perhaps even give them a good  ‘’tongue lashing’’!

Instead of charging any of those billionaires with any criminal charges of fraud, as is her duty, she has resorted, in the finest tradition of the bourgeois, to ‘’passing the buck’’! According to press reports, she has ‘’referred her findings to federal prosecutors in Manhattan’’, who could possibly ‘’open a criminal investigation into bank fraud’’. Let someone else handle that political ‘’hot potato’’!

As I write this, the court has adjourned for possibly a month, with ‘’closing arguments’’ scheduled for January 11, 2024. The judge is expected to ‘’issue his ruling’’ several weeks later. That ‘’ruling’’ will be concerned strictly with the amount of damages to be paid. 

That is merely one court trial that Trump has to face. There are four other trials scheduled, which concern the felony charges against Trump. For that reason, these trials are referred to as ‘’criminal trials’’, which can involve prison time, as opposed to civil trials, which do not. 

As is well known, Trump is currently facing 91 felony charges! By definition, a felony charge is quite serious, and can result in a rather lengthy prison sentence, if convicted. It is equally well known that Trump appears to be completely unconcerned, with the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison. There is a reason for this. Trump is not the slightest bit worried about going to prison!

Trump is a billionaire! The laws do not apply to billionaires! Only to common people! The billionaires can do as they please, and get away with it. And they do! Trump is living proof of that!

Donald Trump is making American history! The journalists are practically in awe, as they report that, ‘’over a five month span, former President Donald Trump was charged in four criminal cases. In Washington, D.C., he faces four felony counts for his (alleged) efforts to overturn the 2020 election. In Georgia, he faces 13 felony counts for his (alleged) election interference in that state. In New York, he faces 34 felony counts in connection with (alleged) hush money payments to a porn star. And in Florida, he faces 40 felony counts for (allegedly) hoarding classified documents after he left office and impeding the government’s efforts to retrieve them’’. 

American history has a long and distinguished list of famous individuals. These include Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Cole Younger, Wes Hardin, Machine Gun Kelly, Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, Scarface Al Capone, Dutch Schultz, Sammy the Bull Gravano, and Teflon Don John Gotti. All of these people had one thing in common. They were leaders! 

A great many people followed these leaders. To prison, to the gallows, to the grave! Yet none of those psychos could ‘’hold a candle’’ to Trump! He is in a league of his own! He is not following in their footsteps! He is blazing his own trail! That is the trail to his own fascist dictatorship!

In an attempt to stop Trump and the fascists, the Special Prosecutor for the United States Department of Justice, Jack Smith, is ‘’investigating Trump’s (alleged) role in the January 6 United States Capitol attack and Trump’s (alleged) mishandling of government records, including classified documents.’’

This has given rise to plans for two trials against Trump. The first is scheduled to take place on March 4, 2024, in the District of Columbia. In that trial, Trump is facing a ‘’four count indictment’’, or four felony charges, to put it in simple English. 

The second trial is scheduled to take place on May 20, 2024, in Florida. In that trial, he is facing ‘’37 felony counts’’, or in simple terms, 37 charges of various felonies. 

As well, in New York City, the borough of Manhattan has ‘’indicted the former president on 34 felony counts related to (alleged) hush money payments to an adult film star’’. That trial is scheduled to begin sometime in March. 

Lest we forget, Trump is also ‘’facing possible charges from the top prosecutor in Fulton County, Georgia’’, concerning his (alleged) efforts to ‘’reverse the outcome of the presidential election in the state’’. 

All of that is in addition to ‘’a separate civil case’’ against Trump, brought by the New York Attorney General. 

No wonder the public is confused!

It is the plans for the criminal trial of March 4, that is creating such a commotion, among the mainstream journalists. The reason for this is that Trump has instructed his lawyers to stall all criminal trials, at least until after the next federal election, scheduled for November of 2024. At that point, he fully expects to be elected as  the President Elect, soon to be President. 

Trump recently ‘’doubled down’’ on his plan to declare himself ‘’dictator on day one’’, of his presidency. Trump is not joking. The people who will fill all government posts, within his anticipated administration, are currently being selected. Their duty is to make sure that no one opposes the ‘’Will of Trump’’. This is referred to as fascism. Fascist dictators do not worry about criminal charges!

Special Prosecutor Jack Smith is well aware of this. In an effort to combat this plan of the ruling class of billionaires, to set up a fascist society, with Trump as the figurehead dictator, Smith is taking action.

In particular, Smith has asked the Supreme Court to rule – urgently! – on whether Trump has legal immunity, as the ex-president claims. That  trial is expected to begin March 4, in Washington, D.C., but the lawyers for Trump have asked the district court to pause the proceedings while he pursues his appeal. 

The journalists are quite enthusiastic, as Smith moved to ‘’bypass the Court of Appeals’’, and go directly to the Supreme Court, for a decision on a ‘’fundamental issue’’. He wants the Supreme Court to issue a ruling immediately, on whether Trump is immune from criminal prosecution. Trump maintains that a sitting President is above the law, so that everything he did, while President, including the ‘’events of January 6’’, was legal. 

In response, the Supreme Court agreed to ‘’speed up consideration’’ of Smith’s request, and directed the lawyer’s of Trump, to submit a response to the request by December 20.

This is their idea of working at lightning speed!

Smith has also asked the Supreme Court to consider Trump’s argument that he is ‘’constitutionally protected from prosecution’’, because he was impeached by the House of Representatives, and acquitted by the Senate, while charged with similar crimes.

It is clear that Jack Smith is opposing the plan of Trump and the billionaires, of setting up a fascist society. It is also very likely that the justices of the Supreme Court are also doing their part, to combat this fascist threat. 

This is significant, as it means that the middle class is joining the working class, in the revolutionary movement. I say this because the lawyers for the prosecution, such as Jack Smith, and all justices on the Supreme Court, are members of the middle class. 

While significant, it is also strange that those same middle class legal experts, do not go right to the heart of the matter. This is to say that they should go straight to the Supreme Court, and challenge the validity of the 2020 federal election, on the grounds that it did not follow the procedure laid out in the Twelfth Amendment. At the same time, they should request that the Supreme Court order the upcoming 2024 federal election, follow that Constitutional procedure. 

The fact that these experts on Constitutional law are not doing this, is perhaps because they are still trying to preserve the ‘’Two Party System’’, while opposing the plan of the billionaires, to establish a fascist regime, with Trump as the figurehead dictator. If that is the case, they are ‘’living in denial’’.

To such middle class people, I have two words of advice. Wake Up! Your middle class days are numbered! The ruling class of multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie, have recently declared war on the middle class! All businesses but five are ‘’Too Small To Succeed’’. The assets of all of those businesses -Yours!- are about to be picked up by the billionaires! You are about to be ruined! Forced into the ranks of the proletariat! The billionaires have already decided to force all middle class people into bankruptcy. 

They have also decided to change their method of rule. The ‘’Two Party System’’ is not working, so they have decided to establish a fascist society. 

The attempts of well meaning, middle class intellectuals, to oppose this fascist society, while preserving the Two Party System, are somewhat touching, but hopeless. Not about to happen!

Allow me to stress the fact that your standard of living is about to nose dive! Through no fault of your own! The billionaires have declared war on you! Cut your losses! Join the working class, the proletariat, in the war against the billionaires! In the war for Scientific Socialism! Revolution and the subsequent Dictatorship of the Proletariat! You have no future under monopoly capitalism. You have a bright future under Socialism. 

Only the working class, the proletariat, can succeed in overthrowing the ruling class of billionaires. The only way that can happen, is through revolution. We need to raise their level of awareness, to the level of true Marxists, Communists, those who call for Socialist Revolution! The Dictatorship of the Proletariat! 

On that subject, I am reminded of a statement someone made, many years ago. He was an actor, who became supremely successful, a ‘’Movie Star’’, a ‘’celebrity’’. He said that as soon as someone becomes a celebrity, two very strange things happen. The first strange thing, is that people ask these celebrities questions, concerning a subject upon which they know nothing. The second strange thing is that these celebrities answer those questions!

I would add, that a third strange thing happens, the strangest thing of all! People listen to those celebrities! Especially the ‘’Movie Stars’’!

No one can explain this, but it does help to explain the reason that Trump is so popular! He is a celebrity! A Movie Star!

I can only suggest that the lawyers continue to fight Trump and the billionaires, in court and outside court, against fascism. At the same time, use celebrities, preferably ’’Movie Stars’’, to explain that which is happening. 

Professional middle class writers can prepare the script, and professional middle class entertainers can prepare the presentation. The more entertaining the video, the more beautiful and popular the actors, preferably Movie Stars, the better! Their fans will pay strict attention to that which they say! Watch how fast the working people abandon Trump and his calls for fascism, and embrace the Movie Stars! Feel free to call for Scientific Socialism, Revolution and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat! They will listen to Movie Stars!

In previous articles, I have documented other ways to fight this plan of the billionaires, to set up a fascist society, through Councils and training working class people, in preparation for the revolution. There is no need to repeat it here. 

Also as previously mentioned, now is the time to form a true Communist Party, Dictatorship of the Proletariat. Another job for middle class intellectuals, urgently required.

The alternative is the ruin of the middle class, the end of the democratic republic, and subsequent fascist rule, led by Trump. 

A great many journalists, including those who work for the main stream media, are now expressing deep concern over the plans of the multi billionaires, to establish a fascist dictatorship in the United States. 

Incidentally, those who work for the mainstream media, are referred to as ‘’bourgeois journalists’’, as the billionaires own those news outlets. For that reason, those journalists have to ‘’slant’’ the reporting, in their favour. 

They frequently manage this, by first presenting the news, and then conducting an interview, with an ‘’expert’’ on the subject. These ‘’experts’’ then express their opinion, concerning the news which was just reported. All too often, this opinion is in direct contradiction to the facts. The idea is to confuse viewers. This is known as ‘’spinning’’ the news.  

In contrast to the bourgeois journalists, there are journalists who work for the independent media. These journalists were formerly referred to as ‘’underground’’ journalists, as that was in the days before the internet. Now such people are referred to as ‘’Leftist’’ journalists. Their reports tend to be more accurate, certainly not biased towards the billionaires. Yet their analysis too, can be faulty, as many of them are either not aware of the scientific theories of Marx and Lenin, or disagree with those theories. 

These revolutionary theories are referred to as ‘’Scientific Socialism’’. As so many working class people are just now becoming politically active, they deserve a little explanation. No doubt, middle class readers will find this tiresome, but my main concern is with the proletariat. After all, the success of the revolution, -as well as the defeat of the fascists!- depends upon the proletariat!

Our current system of capitalism, is rather recent. It came into existence with the industrial revolution, which took place between 1720 and 1760, in Great Britain, and quickly spread around the world. Before that time, everything was made by hand. Afterwards, hand crafted items became very rare and expensive, as they are now. A specialty product!

Historians are correct, when they state that the industrial revolution was the greatest thing to happen to humanity, since the domestication of plants and animals! It was absolutely revolutionary!

This also gave rise to two new classes. The ‘’burghers’’ of the time, saw an opportunity to invest their money in factories, mills, mines and other ‘’means of production’’, as well as banks and other ‘’financial institutions’’, and make some ‘’serious money’’, as they phrase it. At the same time, they invested in railroads and shipping lines, which they refer to as the ‘’means of transportation’’, so that they can get the ‘’raw materials’’ to the ‘’point of production’’, as well as the ‘’finished product’’, to market. 

This is part of the stilted jargon the bourgeois economists use. The members of the working class, or at least the most advanced members to the working class, must learn to understand this jargon. 

In the process, a remarkable transformation took place. The money, which the burgers invested, became known as ‘’capital’’, and they became known as ‘’capitalists’’. The name burgher became corrupted, into the name ‘’bourgeois’’. The most wealthy of the bourgeois, became known as the ‘’bourgeoisie’’. For that reason, the billionaires of today, are technically referred to as the bourgeoisie. 

Yet no class can live in isolation. This is to say that a class of slave owners requires a corresponding class of slaves, while a class of nobility requires a corresponding class of ‘’commoners’’, mainly peasants. The newly created class of bourgeois, or capitalists, needs a corresponding class of workers, or ‘’proletarians’’, those who sell themselves, by the hour. 

The bourgeois, or capitalists, needed workers, or proletarians, to run their machines. For that reason, they generally hired peasants, commonly referred to as farmers. In this manner, the members of the class of peasants, became transformed into a class of proletarians.  

As the bourgeois became ever more wealthy, they decimated the class of peasants, the very class the nobility depended upon, for their wealth and power. The more wealthy the capitalists became, the more impoverished the nobility became.

This was not at all what the bourgeois had in mind! Their greatest ambition in life, was to join the nobility! Yet they accomplished precisely the opposite! They destroyed the nobility!

It is instructive to note that the earliest plans, of this newly created class of capitalists, did not work out.

I use this as an example of changes in methods of production, which lead to events, including the creation and destruction of different classes, which are beyond the control of ‘’mere mortals’’.

Even the bourgeois economists could not explain how the capitalists were making their money. But then, the capitalists did not care! They only cared about their profit, or ’’bottom line’’, as they referred to it. That is true to this day.

No one could understand this, except Karl Marx! It was Marx who conducted a thorough, scientific examination of this newly created system of capitalism. He and Engels published those findings, in that which they referred to as the Communist Manifesto.

Further, in a letter, which Marx wrote, in 1852: 

“And now as to myself, no credit is due to me for discovering the existence of classes in modern society or the struggle between them. Long before me bourgeois historians had described the historical development of this class struggle and bourgeois economists, the economic anatomy of classes. What I did that was new was to prove: (1) that the existence of classes is only bound up with the particular, historical phases in the development of production, (2) that the class struggle necessarily leads to the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, (3) that this dictatorship itself only constitutes the transition to the abolition of all classes and to a classless society.”

It is important to bear in mind that this most important theory,  that ‘’the class struggle necessarily leads to the Dictatorship of the Proletariat’’, was proven by Marx, as early as 1852! 

Lenin refers to this theory, the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, as the ‘’touchstone of a true Marxist’’! It is the worst nightmare of every billionaire! With good reason! No one wants to lower their standard of living! The billionaires are no exception! The very idea of losing all their wealth, of being ‘’degraded’’, forced to ‘’stoop’’ to manual labour, is too terrible for words! They literally cannot imagine this!

Yet the billionaires, as well as almost all members of the upper middle class, are well aware of this theory. The reason for this is quite simple. The parents, among the upper classes, make sure that their children attend University. It is only in University that the students are exposed to the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin.

This creates a little problem for certain of the parents, in that some of their children may not score top marks on the college entrance examinations. While money may not ‘’buy happiness’’, it certainly buys almost everything else! That includes admission to the finest Universities in the country. 

This became public knowledge recently, amid a recent scandal, which involved upper middle class parents. They were caught, paying someone to take the admission examinations, on behalf of their children. This made headlines, if only because the parents were celebrities! Movie stars! Famous actors!

The reason I mention this, is to drive home the point that celebrities have power! Such people may be professional athletes, but the vast majority are ‘’Hollywood Movie Stars’’! The more attractive, the more famous, the more powerful! 

As for those who may object -quite reasonably!- that this makes absolutely no sense, I can only respond, that it does not have to make sense! This is just the way it is! Face it! Use it! 

Working class people, common people, love certain actors! Or actresses, if you want to be persnippity about it! We can use this to our advantage! 

We know, for a fact, that certain Hollywood celebrities are at least sympathetic towards socialism. This is commonly referred to as being ‘’Leftist’’. The reason we know this, is because some of them have been arrested, while exercising their democratic right to peaceful protest.

May I suggest, to those celebrities, that there is more than one way to protest! Learn from previous experience! In the nineteen sixties, the country was also experiencing revolutionary motion. A number of Hollywood writers, no doubt ‘’Leftists’’, came up with the idea of a ‘’sitcom’’, a weekly television show, which exposed the class distinctions. This show was exceptionally popular. It was titled The Beverly Hillbillies.

That show was wildly successful! Working people loved it! The bourgeois critics hated that show, every bit as passionately as the working people loved it! The viewers could relate to the Hillbilly Clampetts, with their simple life style, as opposed to their neighbours, the multi millionaire bankers. 

To all Leftist celebrities, whether Hollywood ‘’Movie Stars’’ or otherwise, face the fact that you have power! It is dishonest to deny this fact. Spare all of us the false humility! Instead, use this power, in the service of the working class. The more fans you have, the greater the power. All of those fans will pay strict attention to whatever you say!

It is also a fact that we do not get to choose the people, with whom we work. We are stuck with them. Yet on our own time, we are free to associate with whomever we want!

For that reason, it is safe to assume that Leftist celebrities tend to ‘’buddy up’’, with other Leftist people. These may include other celebrities, as well as writers. It is the writers who are crucial to the success of any presentation. The ‘’delivery’’ is critical!

The level of awareness of the working class, the proletariat, has to be raised! Certain expressions, such as Socialist Revolution, Soviet Power, Scientific Socialism and Dictatorship of the Proletariat, must become common place! Who better to take part in raising that level of awareness, than the Hollywood Movie Stars? The MAGA people listen to Trump, because he is a celebrity. Those same people will listen to other Hollywood celebrities, Movie Stars! Especially if those Movie Stars are most beautiful and charming! There is no shortage of Leftist people, in Hollywood, who fit that description!

For the benefit of Leftist people who think that socialism is merely a good idea, but not practical, may I suggest that you face the facts. 

Over the years, a great many well meaning individuals, have made countless attempts to set up socialist societies, under capitalism. All have ended in failure. Countless others have come out with ‘’alternative’’ theories of socialism. These are all referred to as ‘’utopian socialism’’, as they are not based on the Revolutionary theories, of Marx and Lenin. 

The only true Revolutionary theories, are the Scientific Socialist theories of Marx and Lenin. They are based on facts, not conjecture. The experience of the successful Russian Socialist Revolution, which gave birth to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, as well as the successful Chinese Revolution, proved the correctness of those theories. 

Capitalism has been restored in both of those formerly socialist countries. The reason is that after every Socialist Revolution, classes continue to exist, and the billionaires make a supreme effort to restore their ‘’paradise lost’’. That is the reason they have to be crushed, under the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. 

In the case of the Soviet Union, as well as China, after the Socialist Revolution, the capitalists were not properly crushed, at least not with sufficient enthusiasm. A fundamental tenet of Marx, the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, was not properly carried out!

The leaders of those formerly socialist countries, Stalin and Mao, made mistakes, which I have covered elsewhere. There is no need to repeat it here. Suffice it to say that it is up to us to honour the memory, of our heroic ancestors, those great Revolutionaries, by learning from their mistakes. 

Now to return to the subject of capitalism. At first, capitalism played a most revolutionary role. Of that, there can be no doubt! This is elaborated quite clearly, in the Communist Manifesto. But then, that was in the days of  competitive capitalism. 

That changed, quite dramatically, around the beginning of the Twentieth Century. At that point, capitalism reached the stage of monopoly. Instead of competition between capitalists, within each branch of industry, capitalists came together and agreed to set prices. As there is no competition, capitalism stagnated, as there are almost no great inventions. Monopoly stifles inventions, as well as competition.  

Of course, there were other changes which took place, such as the export of capital, and not just goods. Once again, the capitalists knew that something had changed. Not that they cared! They just knew that they were making huge profits, and that was their only concern. They merely referred to this new state of monopoly capitalism as ‘’imperialism’’. 

It was Lenin, following in the footsteps of Marx, who conducted a proper scientific examination of monopoly capitalism, also known as imperialism, and published his findings in, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism. In that work, he gave a brief definition of imperialism:

‘’Without forgetting the conditional and relative value of all definitions in general, which can never embrace all the concatenations of a phenomenon in its full development, we must give a definition of imperialism that will include the following five of its basic features:

1. ‘’the concentration of production and capital has developed to such a high stage that it has created monopolies which play a decisive role in economic life; 
2. ‘’merging of bank capital with industrial capital, and the creation, on the basis of this “finance capital,” of a financial oligarchy; 
3. ‘’the export of capital as distinguished from the export of commodities acquires exceptional importance; 
4. ‘’the formation of international monopolist capitalist associations which share the world among themselves and 
5. ‘’the territorial division of the whole world among the biggest capitalist powers is completed. Imperialism is capitalism at that stage of development at which the dominance of monopolies and finance capital is established; 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 division of all territories of the globe among the biggest capitalist powers has been completed.’’

In that same article, he went on to say that ‘’the political features of imperialism are reaction all along the line’’. 

Our current crop of American imperialists, have found themselves ‘’on the horns of a dilemma’’. They have reached a state of crisis. Their ‘’time honoured’’ method of rule, the ‘’Two Party System’’, is no longer working. For that reason, they are attempting to change their method of rule. The new method of rule, which they have decided upon, is that of fascism. 

Under fascism, the precise dictator is of little consequence. He -or she!- is a mere figurehead. The important thing is that this individual serve the imperialists, the billionaires, the bourgeoisie. 

The imperialists must be stopped! In the past, the fascists of two highly industrialized countries, Germany and Italy, were successful! That proves it can be done! Now is not the time to be complacent! Now is the time for action!

Even though a great many things should be done, it is necessary to focus on that which Lenin refers to as the ‘’key link’’:

‘’Every question runs in a vicious circle because political life as a whole is an endless chain consisting of an infinite number of links. The whole art of politics lies in finding and taking as firm a grip as we can of the link that is least likely to be struck from our hands, the one that is most important at the given moment, the one that most of all guarantees its possessor the possession of the whole chain.’’

As is well known, it is my contention that the current ‘’key link’’, is to raise the level of awareness of the working class, so that at least the most advanced strata of the proletariat, embraces Scientific Socialism, Soviet (Council) Power and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. 

The problem is that the working class is not aware of itself as a class, complete with its own class interests. That awareness must come to the working class, from an outside source. That outside source is middle class intellectuals. 

The Communist Manifesto provides for this ‘’outside source’’, which is destined to bring the class awareness to the working class:

‘’In times when the class struggle nears the decisive hour, the progress of dissolution going on within the ruling class, in fact within the whole range of old society, assumes such a violent, glaring character, that a small section of the ruling class cuts itself adrift, and joins the revolutionary class, the class that holds the future in its hands. Just as, therefore, at an earlier period, a section of the nobility went over to the bourgeoisie, so now a portion of the bourgeoisie goes over to the proletariat, and in particular, a portion of the bourgeois ideologists, who have raised themselves to the level of comprehending theoretically the historical movement as a whole.’’

Without doubt, the ‘’class struggle’’ is indeed ‘’near the decisive hour’’. The ‘’’process of dissolution’’ going on within the ‘’whole range of old society’’, is now sharp and clear! Now we can expect a ‘’small section of the ruling class’’, a ‘’portion of the bourgeois ideologists’’, to ‘’go over to the proletariat’’. They will bring with them the awareness of the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin.

It is entirely possible that ‘’a small section of the ruling class’’ has already ‘’cut itself adrift’’, and may even be preparing to ‘’join the revolutionary class’’. That ‘’small section’’ may include the members of the Americans For Prosperity Action Group, as they have endorsed Nikki Haley, as the presidential candidate of their choice, for the Republican Party.

Even though at least one billionaire is backing this Group, it is entirely possible that he, and a few others, have decided to oppose the plans of the ruling class of billionaires, to form a fascist state. 

Perhaps they are serious, when they state that they plan to ‘’turn the page on the current political era’’. They go on to state that, ‘’Trump and Biden had their chance, they can’t fix what is broken, it’s our time to choose a new leader who will unite our Party, our Nation’’. 

Either way, it is now necessary for ‘’a portion of the bourgeois ideologists, who have raised themselves to the level of comprehending theoretically the historical movement as a whole’’, to ‘’go over to the proletariat’’. 

It is very likely that all Leftist Hollywood ‘’Movie Star’’ celebrities, as well as writers, have a University education, and are aware of the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin. As the Universities are careful to teach only the bourgeois distortions of those theories, it is also likely that they are at best, deeply skeptical.

May I suggest that all middle class intellectuals, and not just the Hollywood celebrities, read the essential works of Marx and Lenin, with an open mind. Keep the thought uppermost in mind, that the ruling class of billionaires are in the process of setting up a fascist society, preferably with Trump as the figurehead dictator. It is up to the working class, the proletariat, to stop them. 

What better way to oppose our class enemies, the billionaires, than with their own weapons? Just as the Socialist Soviet Union opposed the Nazi Blitzkrieg, at the time of the Great Patriotic War, with their own Soviet Blitzkrieg, so too I am suggesting that we oppose the Hollywood celebrity of the billionaires, in the form of Trump, with our own celebrity, or celebrities, preferably one far more charming and beautiful. 

Without doubt, the MAGA people will listen to this lady Movie Star! At least, I hope it is a lady! Better yet, a group of lady Movie Stars! The more the merrier! As well as a few guy -Hunk!- Movie Stars!

Although I write this in jest, the fact remains that it is true! The threat is real, and the solution, or at least part of the solution, lies with the Hollywood Movie Stars. All working people, including the less advanced, the MAGA people, will listen closely to that which the Movie Stars say. Strange but true. 

The Hollywood Leftist writers, working behind the scenes, can prepare the script, which is sure to be entertaining, written in a popular manner. Then the Hollywood ‘’Movie Stars’’ can make the presentation. The common people, including MAGA, will love this!

In conclusion, it is clear that the ruling class of billionaires is currently preparing to set up a fascist dictatorship, with Trump as the figurehead dictator. There is strong support for this, among the less advanced strata of the working class, the MAGA people. We have got to raise their level of awareness. The best way to do this is through the use of celebrities, preferably Hollywood Movie Stars. 

As soon as the vast majority of working people reject MAGA, and endorse Scientific Socialism, Soviet Power and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, then the threat of fascism will be neutralized, and the success of the next American Revolution, will be assured.