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It is now March 28, 2026, and the mainstream press is reporting that ‘’the United States has effectively come to a standstill’’. Officials are reporting that, all across the country, from the most densely populated cities to the most remote rural regions, people have ‘’taken to the streets’’, protesting against the completely reactionary agenda of President Donald Trump. 

Perhaps the most accurate assessment of the nation wide protests, was provided by the highly respected, Leftist leaning journalist, Rachel Maddow. Her report was rather long and disjointed, but I have chosen to transcribe the pertinent portions. As she stated: 

 ‘’The demographics of these crowds are shifting the political landscape in real time. This is no longer just a coalition of traditional political activists. The footage coming into our newsroom shows massive suburban ground swells. We are seeing a profound intersection of working class families, union members, health care advocates and ordinary citizens, who have reached a breaking point, with the current administration. Crowd scientists and municipal authorities are projecting that by nightfall, between fifteen and twenty million Americans will have participated in these peaceful marches. This completely dwarfs the previous mobilizations we saw, back in June and October of last year. During those earlier protests, the administration attempted to counter the public outcry, with aggressive displays of state power, running localized military drills, and attempting to stage counter programming parades, to intimidate demonstrators. Those tactics have completely failed. Today the administration is facing a citizenry that has simply refused to be broken, standing shoulder to shoulder, in a stunning rebuke of authoritarianism.’’

It is to the credit of Maddow that she mentions the ‘’working class’’, while at the same time, apparently drawing a distinction between that class and ‘’union members, health care advocates and ordinary citizens’’. There is no such distinction! All of those people are working class! Yet she makes the point that the movement is broad based, with ever more people, from various walks of life, becoming politically active.

RM:’’The central demand of the millions marching today, is deeply rooted in the fundamental principles of the American republic, the absolute rejection of autocratic rule, and the dismantling of what the protesters are calling the oligarch class.’’

Here we have a reference to the ‘’oligarch class’’. This is a reference to the ruling class of monopoly capitalists, the multi billionaires, technically referred to as the bourgeoisie. The fact that the people taking part in these protests are now expressing themselves in class terms, is most encouraging. It shows a growing awareness of the existence of classes.

By comparison, during the Occupy Movement of 2011, the protesters referred to themselves, the ‘’common people’’, as the ‘’99 percent’’, as opposed to the ‘’tiny minority’’, those who are ‘’filthy rich’’, as the  ‘’1 percent’’. In Scientific Socialist terms, this is referred to as ‘’class consciousness in embryonic form’’.

The current expression of ‘’oligarch class’’ can be considered to be a step forward, towards the awareness of the existence of the working class, the proletariat, as a class, as opposed to the existence of the capitalist class, the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie, whom they refer to as the oligarch class.

It is a basic tenet of Marxism, that the working class, the proletariat, is not aware of itself, as a class! This class awareness must be brought to the working class. Maddow should have explained that the ‘’oligarch class’’ is really the class of monopoly capitalists, the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie. 

RM: ’’The outrage is completely palpable. Citizens are marching for universal access to health care, the right to afford a home, and the basic dignity of a living wage. They are demanding a return to a society that prioritizes human life over corporate extraction.’’

Here too, Maddow is absolutely correct. That is precisely the demands of the protesters. Not that those demands are about to be met, as we live under a state of monopoly capitalism, technically referred to as imperialism, and imperialism is ‘’reaction right down the line’’, as Lenin explained in Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism. For that reason, it is necessary to overthrow the monopoly capitalists, smash the existing state apparatus, and crush the monopoly capitalists, the bourgeoisie, under a state of Scientific Socialism, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat! The working class must be made aware of this. 

RM: ’’But beneath these broad economic demands, is a furious targeted anger, directed at the deeply disturbing associations and actions of the highest levels of the government. We are seeing thousands of signs in the crowd today, specifically calling out the administrator, active protection of individuals associated with high profile sex trafficking networks. The public has not forgotten the Jeffrey Epstein files, and the anger has reached a boiling point, over the administration’s blatant efforts to shield the guilty. Protesters are actively calling out the president’s inner circle… who are known to have travelled to Epstein’s Island. The public is furious that these individuals are not facing criminal scrutiny, but are instead being shielded by the highest office in the land.’’

In an attempt to divert the revolutionary movement, of the working class, away from the ‘’Epstein Scandal’’, Trump decided to start a war with Iran! That is the reason the working people are referring to that war as the ‘’Epstein Fury’’! President Donald Trump, as the leader of his class of multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie, has decided to stoop to the depth of waging war, in order to protect the members of his class who are child molesters, pedophiles. The slaughter of thousands of people, mainly innocent civilians, including women and children, is of no concern to the bourgeoisie! They are concerned only with their wealth and power! That is the fact which must be driven home to the working class! That is reason they must be overthrown and crushed, under the Dictatorship of the Proletariat!

RM: ’’This anger was severely compounded by the actions of administration loyalists ….who orchestrated the transfer of Ghislaine Maxwell to minimum security ‘Club Fed’ facilities. The American people are watching the justice system being actively manipulated, to protect a cabal of wealthy predators, and they are demanding the immediate appointment of an independent special prosecutor, to tear open the Epstein files once and for all.’’

Reality check! The same people who gave us the war in the Middle East, as a means of protecting the child molesting members of the class of monopoly capitalists, are not about to submit to the ‘’appointment of a special prosecutor’’! 

RM: ’’This domestic corruption is playing out against the backdrop of a catastrophic and rapidly expanding foreign policy disaster. The administration has rushed headlong into a brutal, highly controversial war, along side Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, against Iran. The intelligence and ground reports coming out of the region, detail absolute horrors. The military campaign has not been limited to strategic defence targets. We are receiving confirmed reports of airstrikes, decimating elementary schools, resulting in the mass casualties of children, including the deaths of 165 young girls, in a single coordinated bombing campaign. Furthermore, the military operations have aggressively targeted vital civilian infrastructure, desalination plants necessary for basic drinking water, and regional electrical grids have been completely destroyed, plunging millions of innocent civilians into dark, lethal conditions. International observers are openly classifying these actions as war crimes, and the violence has only continued to spread, heavily impacting civilian populations across Beirut, Lebanon and Gaza.’’

Absolutely correct! Maddow has accurately described the horrors of modern warfare, which are a natural result of monopoly capitalism. She even made the connection between the ‘’domestic corruption’’, within the Trump administration, and that ‘’highly controversial war’’. She neglected to mention that such ‘’domestic corruption’’ and ‘’controversial war’’ will continue, as long as the monopoly capitalists remain in power!  

 RM: ’’While the administration pours billions of dollars and military resources into these foreign conflicts, under the guise of being peace makers, the domestic economy is buckling. The citizens marching today are facing crushing, surging inflation. The dream of home ownership has evaporated, for the working class, and while the public struggles to afford basic groceries, the federal government is heavily subsidizing the fossil fuel industry, in a manner that defies all modern economic and environment logic.’’

This is most emphatically true. She could have added that the national debt is now approaching  forty trillion dollars! As such, it cannot possibly be paid off. It is simply a matter of managing the debt! For that reason, the plan is for the interest on that debt, to be paid by future generations! That crushing debt is to be passed on to our children and grand children! So much for the ‘’American dream’’!

RM: ’’Protesters today are demanding immediate and severe reforms to the operations of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, and the Border Patrol. These agencies are being deployed in American cities, using tactics that lawmakers are openly comparing to the Gestapo. We are seeing federal agents operating outside the bounds of constitutional law, utilizing terror tactics in suburban neighbourhoods. …’’

Here too, Maddow is absolutely correct. And yes, the protesters are demanding ‘’immediate and severe reforms’’. Which is not about to happen! Those who ‘’operate outside the law’’, employing  ‘’Gestapo tactics’’, are not about to ‘’have a change of heart’’, and become law abiding citizens! They are merely part of the existing state apparatus, which has been set up to crush the working class, the proletariat. 

For that reason, it is a fundamental tenet of Scientific Socialism, otherwise known as Marxism or Communism, that the existing state apparatus, which has been set up to crush the working class, has to be smashed, and replaced with a new state apparatus, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat! This can only take place after the ruling class of monopoly capitalists, the bourgeoisie, are overthrown! And that requires a Revolution! A Second American Revolution! 

RM:’’The legislative branch has completely surrendered its constitutional power of the purse, to the executive. The Republicans created a crisis, starved federal workers of their paychecks, and then allowed the president to bypass Congress entirely, to look like a saviour, fundamentally breaking the separation of powers. …’’

True, the ‘’legislative branch’’, which is to say both Houses of Congress, have abdicated their authority to the executive branch, to President Trump and his flunkies. Bear in mind that both mainstream political parties, Republican and Democratic, serve the same class, the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie! To portray the Democrats as the ‘’Good Guys’’, the guys who ‘’wear the white hats’’, as opposed to the ‘’Bad Guys’’, the guys who ‘’wear the black hats’’, as in the old time Hollywood Western movies, is utterly ridiculous! Yet that is precisely what the mainstream press would have us believe! And not just the mainstream press. Also a great many Leftist journalists, including Rachel Maddow!  

RM: ’’Senator Bernie Sanders delivered a speech that has become the defining manifesto of these protests. He explicitly named (certain individuals) identifying them as the architects of a hijacked economic system. Sanders reminded the public that the American republic was founded in the seventeen seventies, on the explicit rejection of the divine right of kings. and he warned that the nation must now reject the divine right of modern oligarchs. These billionaires have funded the current political regime and in return, they have seen their wealth and unaccountable power multiply exponentially, while working families are crushed under the weight of inflation and systemic corruption.’’

Once again, Maddow has succeeded in ‘’hitting the nail on the head’’, to phrase it in popular terms. Truly, Senator Sanders has emerged as a leader of the ‘’common people’’, the ‘’little guy’’, as working people refer to themselves. The fact that he refers to himself as an ‘’Independent Socialist’’, is part of the reason for his popularity. 

Sanders is also a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, the DSA. As I have documented in a previous article, the DSA is ‘’Socialist in name only’’. Their mission statement makes it clear that they are fighting only for democracy and reforms. They make no mention of socialism! Yet as the working people are spontaneously gravitating towards Socialism, they are embracing Sanders, as he claims to be a Socialist! He in turn, is offering them paltry reforms, rather than Socialism!

Allow me to add that the American people have every reason to be proud of their revolutionary history. The country was created through revolutionary struggle, the war of the Colonial aristocracy, against the rule of the British monarchy. That was followed by the war against the completely reactionary class of slave owners, from 1861 to 1865. They are now building upon that revolutionary history, with their current struggle against the completely reactionary class of multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie. This will soon break out into open class warfare.

It is rather strange that Maddow made no mention of another demand of the protesters, that of the removal of Trump, as President. They are calling for his impeachment. As he was impeached twice before, during his first term as President, but not convicted and removed from office, perhaps she is of the opinion that such a demand is pointless. And perhaps she is correct.

It is further very likely that the protesters are not aware of the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution. As few of them are ‘’Philadelphia lawyers’’, that is to be expected. So it is a simple matter of explaining this to them. After all, neither are they psychics! They absolutely cannot read minds!

With that in mind, I can briefly summarize that which I have covered in a previous article. The Twelfth Amendment sets out the procedure to be followed in all federal elections! There in no presidential election; no popular vote; no running mate; no president elect; no mention of any political party; it is up to the Electors, the Members of the Electoral College, to vote for the individual of their choice, for the office of President, and to vote for the individual of their choice, for the office of Vice President; any and all state laws which infringe upon the voting of the Electors, is Unconstitutional!

This is to say that the 2024 ‘’Presidential Election’’ was fraudulent! Donald Trump is a fraudulent President, just as JD Vance is a fraudulent Vice President! There is no need to impeach Donald Trump! Nor would it do any good! It has not worked before, and it will not work again! So quit trying! Instead, take the capitalists at their word! They say that if we do not like the way things are, we should ‘’change the system from within’’. Use their system against them. Hire an attorney, an expert on Constitutional law, and legally challenge the 2024 Presidential Election, on the grounds that it did not follow the procedure laid out in the Twelfth Amendment. Demand that both Trump and Vance be removed from office, to be replaced by the Speaker of the House, as per Constitutional Law. Be prepared to make these arguments before the Supreme Court.

Such a court challenge, to the Presidency of Donald Trump, is certain to attract the attention of all members of the press, both mainstream and Leftist. With good reason, I might add. No doubt almost all members of the public, from the most avidly Right Wing MAGA supporters, to the most radical Left Wing self styled Socialists, of all persuasions, will be following those proceedings. In the process, the working people will receive an education.

Our ultimate goal is not to remove both Trump and Vance from office, although that would be so nice, but to raise the level of awareness of the working class, the proletariat. We want to make them class conscious, aware that they are the members of a class, with interests that are diametrically opposed to the interests of the capitalist class.

Further, we can expect Trump to assist us, in this less than noble endeavour. He can be counted upon to oppose such a court challenge, in any way possible. Even if the Supreme Court ruled in our favour, Trump can be counted upon to defy the highest court in the land. 

In such a manner, the working class will learn, from their own experience, that the Scientific Socialists, the Communists, are correct. The monopoly capitalist class, the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie, are in charge, and fully intend to remain in charge.

This will help to give the proper direction to the revolutionary motion of the American working class. They are currently following proudly in the footsteps of their ancestors. These ‘’No Kings Protests’’ are nothing other than a revolutionary movement, a mere prelude to the Second American Revolution. 

This begs the question: After the current regime is overthrown, what form of government will replace the existing American ‘’democratic’’ republic? (Bear in mind that it is democratic in name only.)

To answer that question, we have got to face the fact that society develops according to certain laws! It does not develop haphazardly, according to the whims and impulses of certain individuals, regardless of how well meaning those people may be. We know this for a fact, because throughout history, numerous people have attempted to force society to adapt to their understanding  of perfection. All such attempts have failed, most miserably. As I have covered this in a previous article, there is no need to repeat it here.

It was Karl Marx who first conducted a thorough, scientific examination of society in general, and capitalism is particular. As I have previously stated, based on that study, Marx proved that capitalism would give rise to Socialism. This is to stress the fact that Marx was a Scientific Socialist. In fact, he spelled it out quite clearly, in his letter to Weydemeyer, in 1852. As Marx stated:

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

It is significant that it was bourgeois historianswho first discovered theexistence of classes in modern society, as well as the struggle between them. This class struggle is perfectly acceptable to the bourgeoisie. That which is not acceptable is the Marxist theory that the class struggle necessarily leads to the Dictatorship of the Proletariat!

For that reason, all mainstream journalists are allowed, even encouraged, to report on the details of the class struggle, including mass protests. The same is largely true of those who are rather politely referred to as ‘’Leftist journalists’’. That which is not allowed is any reference to any of the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin. And rest assured, the Marxist theory of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, is absolutely not allowed!

It is completely understandable that the journalists who work for the mainstream press, should avoid any mention of those Marxist revolutionary theories, as if it ‘’were an infectious disease’’. That which is not so understandable is the fact that the Leftist journalists, even the best of them- and Rachel Maddow is one of the best!- also avoid any mention of those same theories! All are careful to stay within the bounds of that which the bourgeois find to be acceptable.

Now we have the answer to our question, as to the form of government which will take shape, after the revolution, after the ruling class of monopoly capitalists is overthrown, and after the existing state apparatus is smashed. As classes will continue to exist, a state apparatus is still required, in order to crush the desperate and determined resistance of the bourgeois, as they make every effort to ‘’restore their paradise lost’’.

The new Scientific Socialist society will establish a new state apparatus, with the goal of crushing the bourgeoisie, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.

This is not to say that the people taking part in this, the Second American Revolution, are aware of this fact. How can they be aware of this? After all, the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin- or more accurately, the distortion of those revolutionary theories- are taught only in Universities. As the vast majority of working class people are unable to attend University, they are not even exposed to those distortions. 

Yet the working class has to be made aware of this fact. So who is to bring them this awareness? The answer is contained in the Communist Manifesto:

‘’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. 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 .’’

In my opinion, the ‘’class struggle is near the decisive hour’’. The ruling class of monopoly capitalists are now deeply divided, and the revolutionary motion has ‘’assumed a violent, glaring character’’. We can expect a ‘’portion of the bourgeois ideologists’’, to ‘’go over to the proletariat’’, to explain their understanding of the class struggle, including the necessity of overthrowing the completely reactionary class of monopoly capitalists, the bourgeoisie, of smashing the existing state apparatus, and replacing it with a new state apparatus, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat! 

This is referred to as Scientific Socialism, otherwise known as Communism. A clear distinction must be drawn between Scientific Socialists, and Utopian Socialists. Such ‘’Socialists’’ include those who refer to themselves as Independent Socialists, or Democratic Socialists, or simply as Socialists. All are of the opinion that ‘’Socialism may be a fine idea, but is simply not practical.’’ For that reason, they tend to fight for our democratic rights and paltry reforms, which is fine. The fact that they persist in referring to themselves as Socialists, is not acceptable. It merely spreads confusion among the working people. 

It is necessary to raise the level of awareness of the working class. The most advanced workers must be raised to the level of true Scientific Socialists, Communists. They in turn will bring this awareness, including that of the necessity of Revolution and the subsequent Dictatorship of the Proletariat, to the less advanced workers. That is where certain bourgeois ideologists come into the picture.

Only those bourgeois ideologists who are capable of honesty, are able to ‘’raise themselves to the level of comprehending theoretically’’, the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin. For that reason, that ‘’portion’’ of bourgeois ideologists will be rather small, as few are capable of honesty. Yet their reward, after the Revolution, will be considerable, as their services will be in demand.

As the strength of the revolutionary movement continues to intensify, it is clear that a full scale insurrection is imminent. This will mark the beginning of the Second American Revolution. The success of that Revolution will depend largely upon the class consciousness of the working class. It is the duty of Scientific Socialists, true Communists, to make sure that at least the most advanced workers embrace the basic tenets of Scientific Socialism. This includes the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.

With Most Sincere Scientific Socialist, Communist Greetings

Gerald McIsaac

In the early hours of Sunday morning, February 22, 2026, the Mexican Special Forces, working in ‘’cooperation’’ with American authorities, raided the headquarters of a major drug dealer, Numenscio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, a man who goes by the name of ‘’El Mencho’’. He was killed in the attack. 

The American officials are facing a huge problem, in that there is currently a ‘’drug epidemic’’ sweeping the country. Each year, tens of thousands of people are dying from drug overdoses. These drugs include cocaine, heroin and especially fentanyl, manufactured mainly in other countries, and sent into the United States.

Their response to this ‘’epidemic’’, is to attack the source of the drugs. As the profits from selling these drugs is huge, the drug dealers have banded together, to form Cartels. These Drug Cartels are based mainly in Mexico and various countries of South America. One of the biggest, most powerful of the Cartels, is the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, CJNG, based in Mexico, and formerly led by El Mencho. So the American government offered a fifteen million dollar reward for ‘’information leading to the arrest and or conviction’’ of El Mencho.

It is an understatement, to say that this approach makes absolutely no sense. More accurately, such an approach is nothing other than the height of stupidity. Could it be that these dedicated defenders of capitalism, are not aware of a little something, referred to as, ‘’The law of supply and demand?’’

In a nutshell, and phrased in popular terms which even they, with their limited intellectual ability, should be able to grasp, let me spell it out: Where there is a demand, someone will rise to the occasion, and supply that demand, with a ‘’product’’. The greater the demand, the higher the price of that product. 

As concerns our current situation, there is a great demand for drugs, within the country of America. For that reason, numerous capitalists, or ‘’entrepreneurs’’, if you prefer, have risen to the occasion, and are meeting this demand, with an impressive supply of drugs. These drugs are known as their ‘’product’’. Such a product comes with an equally impressive price tag.

In response to the efforts of drug dealers, mainly based in other countries, to meet this demand, the American officials have pursued a policy of ‘’apprehending’’ the leaders of the various Drug Cartels. In all fairness, they have had some limited success in this endeavour.  

In the nineteen eighties, they focused mainly upon Pablo Escobar, a major drug dealer, within the country of Columbia. True, he flooded the American market with tonnes of cocaine, and became supremely wealthy. So American officials succeeded in hunting him down and killing him. It is also true that after his death, the supply of cocaine, coming into the country, was reduced, at least temporarily. 

As a result, the price of cocaine ‘’sky rocketed’’. So numerous other capitalists, entrepreneurs, leaders of other Drug Cartels, rose to the occasion, and supplied that demand. Very quickly, things ‘’returned to normal’’. The streets of America were once again flooded with cocaine, but at a more reasonable price.

This is to say that such an approach, of focusing on the leaders of the Drug Cartels, is pointless. It has absolutely no long term effect. Even when an individual leader of a particular Cartel is ‘’eliminated’’, another steps forward to ‘’fill the vacuum’’, to supply the demand for a particular product. Nothing of substance changes.

The sad fact is that the current crop of idiots, within the capital of Washington, cannot figure this out. Yet this is not too surprising. As Lenin pointed out, even the best of the bourgeois are notorious for their ‘’muddled thinking’’. And rest assured, Trump and his cronies hardly qualify as being among the best! Lenin went on to add that such muddled thinking is ‘’what will bring about the downfall of the bourgeoisie’’.

The only approach which makes the slightest bit of sense, is that of eliminating the system which gives rise to a demand for those drugs. And rest assured, capitalism is precisely the system which gives rise to that demand!

Under capitalism, the class of people known as the bourgeois, are supremely wealthy, and equally bored. By contrast, the class of people known as the working class, the proletariat, are supremely poverty stricken, and equally desperate. As a result of this, one class is anxious to relieve their boredom, while the other class is anxious to ‘’self medicate’’, to relieve their pain. 

This is similar to the problem faced by the Chinese, at the time of the Chinese Revolution of 1949. In previous years, the British had flooded the country with opium, as a means of exercising control over the colony of China. As a result of this, countless Chinese citizens became opium addicts.

The Chinese Communist Party, at that time a true Scientific Socialist Party, one which called for Soviet Power and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, faced the problem and took the proper course of action. Those who were addicted to opium were offered a course of treatment. Those who were selling opium were sent to prison, and forced to perform manual labour. The addicts who refused treatment and recovery, joined the opium dealers in prison. Very quickly, the opium epidemic was under control.

The contrast between the proper Scientific Socialist, Communist, response to a drug epidemic, and that of the capitalists, is striking. The capitalists focus on uprooting the poppy fields, smashing the labs which turn out the finished products, and arresting or killing the heads of the ‘’Drug Cartels’’. An ‘’exercise in frustration!’’

The huge profits generated by the sale of these drugs, has given rise to a great many supremely wealthy Drug Cartels. Along with that great wealth, comes great power. Political power. In fact, the political power of the Drug Cartels, at least within the country of Mexico, now rivals that of the Mexican government!

In response to the killing of their leader, the CJNG Drug Cartel took action. Numerous acts of arson took place. Homes and businesses were burned. Vehicles, and in particular trucks and busses, were set on fire, subsequently blocking major highways. Schools were shut down. Flights were cancelled. Tourists were terrified. The ‘’lifeblood’’ of the economy of the country was in peril! So much for the ‘’War on Drugs’’!

Yet the manner in which the Drug Cartel effectively shut down the country, is instructive. It was well organized. It was focused. It was not random acts of violence. The ‘’troops’’ who took part in this ‘’act of revenge’’, were disciplined. Also well armed and equipped. They followed orders. They used the latest technology, including surveillance drones. It closely resembled a military operation.

As the United States is close to full scale Revolution, Civil War, working class versus the capitalist class, it is close to an Insurrection. As pointed out in previous articles, the success of that Revolution depends largely upon how well organized that Insurrection is. The working people taking part in that Insurrection must be focused, determined, disciplined, well armed, well trained and equipped. Just as the Mexican Drug Cartel members behaved! Which is not to say that we should copy their methods.

The best way we can support the common people of Mexico, is by working ever harder to overthrow the ruling class of monopoly capitalists, the bourgeoisie, currently running the United States. The Councils, otherwise known as Soviets, which have spontaneously appeared and are working ‘’underground’’, must be supported and strengthened. They are assisting common people in every way possible, doing everything in their power to reduce the demand for drugs, among the working class. This includes training, arming and equipping workers, in preparation for the approaching Insurrection.

But then there are those who may object, quite reasonably, that there is a reason these Councils are working underground. Much of the work they are doing is something other than legal. In fact, a great deal of such work is strictly against the law. True! 

Lenin had a few words to say, concerning this subject, in Left Wing Communism, An Infantile Disorder. In fact, he stressed the ‘’importance of combining legal and illegal struggle. The question is of immense importance both in general and in particular, because in all civilized and advanced countries, the time is rapidly approaching when such a combination will more and more become- and has already partly become- mandatory on the party of the revolutionary proletariat, inasmuch as civil war between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie is maturing and is imminent, and because of savage persecution of the Communists by republican governments and bourgeois governments generally, which resort to any violation of legality’’. (italics by Lenin)

Allow me to stress the fact that ‘’combining legal and illegal struggle’’, is ‘’mandatory on the party of the revolutionary proletariat’’! (my italics)

For those of us who are focused on forming a truly Revolutionary, Scientific Socialist Communist Party, which is to say one which calls for Council Power and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, we must combine legal and illegal actions. Our support for these underground Councils is urgently required. 

We will know that we are succeeding in raising the level of awareness of the working class, when certain expressions become common place. These expressions can take the form of slogans, such as:

Workers of the World, Unite!

Dictatorship of the Proletariat!

Peace! Democracy! Scientific Socialism!

Council Power! 

Recently, within the state of Minnesota, two working class protesters, Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, were murdered, by federal officials. The common people of Minnesota, both workers and family farmers, have responded with mass protests, against various federal government agencies, including ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the FBI and Border Patrol, among others. This has succeeded in forcing those federal agencies to ‘’scale back’’ their efforts to ‘’apprehend’’ people, those who are classified as ‘’undocumented immigrants’’, to use their terminology.

It is clear that the working people of Minnesota are in the forefront of this, the Second American Revolution. As that Revolution is part of the world wide movement, or more accurately, the revolutionary motion of the world, for Scientific Socialism, commonly referred to as Communism, this calls for our whole hearted support.

There can be no doubt that this, the Second American Revolution, which is currently unfolding, will closely resemble the Great Russian Soviet Socialist October Revolution of 1917. 

No doubt, there are a great many people who will dispute that statement, with good reason. After all, at that time in Russia, there were a great many family farmers, referred to as peasants, possibly as many as three quarters of the population. No one seems to know the precise number, but it was considerable. Yet the working class, the proletariat, although in the minority, possessed considerable political power, out of all proportion to their percentage of the population. 

Lenin went into this, in considerable detail, in 1920, with the writing of Left Wing Communism, An Infantile Disorder. He immediately cut straight to the heart of the matter, with the title of the first section:

‘’IN WHAT SENSE WE CAN SPEAK OF THE INTERNATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

‘’In the first months after the proletariat in Russia had won political power (October 25, old style calendar, November 7, new style calendar, 1917), it might have seemed that the enormous differences between backward Russia and the advanced countries of Western Europe, would lead to the proletarian revolution in the latter countries bearing very little resemblance to ours. We now possess quite considerable international experience, which shows very definitely that certain fundamental features of our revolution have a significance that is not local, or peculiarly national, or Russian alone, but international. I am not speaking here of international experience in the broad sense of the term: not merely several but all the primary features of our revolution, and many of its secondary features, are of international significance in the meaning of its effect on all countries. I am speaking of it in the narrowest sense of the word, taking international significance to mean the international validity or the historical inevitability of a repetition, on an international scale, of what has taken place in our country. It must be admitted that certain fundamental features of our revolution do possess that significance.

‘’It would, of course, be grossly erroneous to exaggerate this truth, and to extend it beyond certain fundamental features of our revolution…

‘’At the present moment in history, however, it is the Russian model that reveals to all countries something- and something highly significant- of their near and inevitable future. Advanced workers in all lands have long realized this; more often than not, they have grasped it with their revolutionary class instinct, rather than realized it. Herein lies the international ‘significance’ (in the narrow sense of the word) of Soviet power, and in the fundamentals of Bolshevik theory and tactics.’’ (italics by Lenin)

Allow me to mention, for the sake of those who are just now becoming politically active, that the Russian word ‘’Soviet’’ means ‘’Council’’, in English. Also, the Russian word ‘’Bolshevik’’ means ‘’Majority’’, in English. At the time this article was written, it referred to a true Marxist Party, formerly known as the Social Democratic Party, which split into a minority and a majority. The majority, or Bolshevik, led by Lenin, remained a true Marxist Party, one which called for Soviet Power and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. That same Party later changed its name to the Communist Party.

The reference Lenin makes to ‘’Soviet power’’, requires an explanation. These Soviets, or Councils, first appeared, quite spontaneously, during the First Russian Revolution of 1905. Common people, or at least workers, proletarians, came together spontaneously, and elected leaders who formed a Soviet. These Soviets then spread to peasants and the military. This gave rise to Soviets of Workers, Soviets of Peasants, and Soviets of Soldiers.

As the First Russian Revolution was crushed, the Soviets were also crushed. Or more accurately, they were forced to adapt, to go ‘’underground’’, to work in the service of the common people in secret, hidden from the view of the Russian government. Despite the pressure ‘’from above’’, they were never completely destroyed. And as the revolutionary movement ‘’picked up’’, becoming ever stronger, the strength of the Soviets also increased. As a result, at the time of the Russian Revolution of February, 1917, the Soviets were almost as strong as the Constituent Assembly. 

The creation of Soviets happened spontaneously, as all Scientific Socialists, which is to say Marxists, at that time referred to as Social Democrats, had earlier been arrested and either executed, imprisoned or sent into exile. Lenin was in exile. For that reason, they had nothing to do with the creation of Soviets. 

This is to say that revolutionary motion frequently, but by no means always, gives rise to Soviets. Without doubt, the Second American Revolution, currently raging, has given rise to Soviets, referred to as Councils. We know this for a fact, because recently, a portion of the city of Seattle, in a display of ‘’starry eyed optimism’’, declared itself to be ‘’Autonomous’’. Their leaders formed a ‘’Council’’, and declared the creation of the ‘’Capital Hill Autonomous Zone’’.

It is a fundamental tenet of Marxism, that ‘’state power is the fundamental question of every revolution.’’ Which class holds state power? By declaring itself to be ‘’Autonomous’’, Capital Hill was challenging the state power of the capitalists. The capitalists responded by crushing that Autonomous Zone, with considerable brutality.

Incidentally, it remains to be seen if the word ‘’Council’’ will continue to be used, in America, or if the word ‘’Soviet’’ will take its place. For the purposes of this article, I will use the word ‘’Council’’, when referring to the American Revolution.

It was Marx who conducted a detailed, thorough analysis of capitalism, and based on that study, proved that capitalism would give birth to socialism. This is to stress the fact that Marx was a Scientific Socialist. In fact, he spelled it out quite clearly, in his letter to Weydemeyer, in 1852. As Marx stated:

‘’What I did that was new was to prove: 1) that the existence of classes is only bound up with particular historical phases in the development of production; 2) that the class struggle necessarily leads to the Dictatorship of the Proletariat; 3) that this Dictatorship itself only constitutes the transition to the abolish of all classes and to a classless society.’’ (my italics)

At the risk of pointing out the obvious, allow me to state that it is one thing to be destined to establish a state of Scientific Socialism, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, and something else entirely to be aware of this. What is more, the working class, the proletariat, is not aware of this!

The conditions of life, of the working class, do not lead to the awareness of itself, as a class! Lenin covered this supremely well in his article, What Is To Be Done? As he stated: 

‘’We said that 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 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 properties classes, the intellectuals. According to their social status, the founders of modern Scientific Socialism, Marx and Engels, themselves belonged to the bourgeois intelligentsia.’’ (italics by Lenin, ‘’i.e.’’ means ‘’that is’’, and ‘’Social Democratic’’ consciousness is consciousness of Scientific Socialism)

It is the duty of Scientific Socialists, Communists, to raise the level of awareness of the working class, to make them aware of themselves, as a class, with their own class interests. Further, these class interests are diametrically opposed to the interests of the monopoly capitalists, the bourgeoisie. Hence the need to overthrow those imperialists, smash the existing state apparatus, and crush them, under the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.

It is also a fact that the less advanced workers pay strict attention to the most advanced workers. Advanced workers lead, the less advanced workers follow. It stands to reason that we should focus mainly on the most advanced workers. Further, the most advanced workers are currently focused on the events taking place in the state of Minnesota.

With that in mind, it follows that we should support the common people of Minnesota, in their struggle against ICE, in every way possible. In the interest of raising their level of awareness, we can encourage them to read the Communist Manifesto, by Marx and Engels, as well as the Essential Works of Lenin. Perhaps the most important of those works is State and Revolution, in which the importance of smashing the existing state apparatus, at the time of the Revolution is stressed, and replacing it, with the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. Other required reading includes Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, What Is To Be Done?, and Left Wing Communism, An Infantile Disorder. 

All of those Scientific Socialist writings are available on Amazon, and can be easily downloaded from the internet. An understanding of those books will go a long way towards raising the level of awareness, of those advanced workers, to the level of true Communists, Scientific Socialists. 

Bear in mind that, as Lenin stated, those of us who live in a highly industrialized country, are confronted with ‘’a bourgeoisie that is fully organized and can rely on all the achievements of modern civilization and engineering.’’ For that reason, it is supremely difficult to start the Revolution, but once begun, is much easier to continue.

Our current situation closely resembles that which Lenin faced, immediately after the October Revolution of 1917. At that time, Lenin was of the opinion that it was the ‘’eve of a world wide socialist revolution’’. As indeed it was.

That was also the opinion of the bourgeoisie. For that reason, they decided to bribe as many working class leaders as possible, intimidate countless others, and murder those who were ‘’completely unreasonable’’, as they phrased it. Lenin was murdered. Shot in 1918, and died in 1924, as a result of complications from those wounds.

As I have documented in previous articles, his successor was Josef Stalin, a great revolutionary, but one who made some serious mistakes. This allowed the capitalists to return to power, after his death. In much the same way, Mao Tse Tung was also a great revolutionary, but also made some serious mistakes. After his death, the Chinese capitalists were also able to return to power.

This is no cause for despair, on our part. The class struggle is not to be confused with a ‘’tea party’’. A ‘’rose garden’’, it is not! Without doubt, it will soon break out into open class warfare. Civil war! Capitalists against workers! Bourgeois against proletarians! And if previous revolutions are any indication, there will be no quarter!

In preparation for that approaching Revolution, it is up to us to learn from the mistakes of previous great revolutionaries. Better to learn from those mistakes, rather than repeat them. Bear in mind that the better prepared we are, the better the chances of our success.

This brings me to that which Lenin referred to as ‘’Europe’s greatest misfortune and danger’’, that of a lack of a revolutionary party. I would add that it has now extended to other parts of the world, including North America. I can even go so far as to say that, at present, there is no true Scientific Socialist, Communist Party, one which calls for Soviet Power and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, in the world.

On the other hand, Lenin added that,

 ‘’A mighty, popular revolutionary movement may rectify this deficiency, but it is nevertheless a serious misfortune and a grave danger.

‘’That is why we must do our utmost to expose renegades like Kautsky, thereby supporting the revolutionary groups of genuine internationalist workers, who are to be found in all countries. The proletariat will very soon turn away from the traitors and renegades and follow these groups, drawing and training leaders from their midst. No wonder the bourgeoisie of all countries are howling about ‘world Bolshevism’.

‘’World Bolshevism will conquer the world bourgeoisie’’. (italics by Lenin, Kautsky was once a fine Marxist, but ‘’turned his coat’’, became a ‘’renegade’’, and Scientific Socialism, also known as Communism, was at that time referred to as Bolshevism) 

We are now experiencing a ‘’mighty, popular revolutionary movement’’, and it may indeed ‘’rectify this deficiency’’, this ‘’grave danger’’. Without doubt, this ‘’revolutionary movement’’ is taking place in various parts of the world, including America, Iran, Russia, China, Western Europe and the African Sehel. 

Whether or not this ‘’grave deficiency’’ is ‘’rectified’’, is largely up to us. To phrase it in popular terms, the ‘’ball is in our court’’. Those of us who are aware of the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin, Scientific Socialists, may choose to come together and form a true Communist Party, one which calls for Soviet Power and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, or not. As I have covered this in previous articles, there is no need to go into it here.

Either way, as Lenin pointed out, it is our duty to expose the renegades, the traitors to Scientific Socialism, those who claim to be Marxists, Communists, or even mere Socialists, while distorting those same revolutionary theories. There is no shortage of such people. They take great delight in misleading the common people, encouraging them to fight for mere reforms, to ‘’patch up’’ the system, to ‘’change the system from within’’, to ‘’send Democratic Socialists to the nations capital’’, as a means of securing political power, and other such foolishness.

That being said, perhaps the best way to expose them is to support them, in their efforts to ‘’flood Washington with Democratic Socialists’’, for example. It will not change the fact that the class of monopoly capitalists, the bourgeoisie, are in charge, and fully intend to remain in charge. Within all capitalist countries, which have embraced imperialism, there can be no peaceful transition to socialism. 

Allow me to stress the fact that our support for certain Democratic Socialists, for example, on certain issues, does not reflect our support for those individuals. It is merely a means of persuading as many working people as possible, of the correctness of the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin, Scientific Socialism. 

This brings me to the statement of Lenin, which is all too often overlooked. That is the fact that there are ‘’revolutionary groups of genuine internationalist workers, who are to be found in all countries.’’

It is my understanding that his reference to  ‘’internationalist workers’’, as opposed to ‘’advanced workers’’, is to say that these internationalist workers are nothing other than the most advanced workers. 

Further, as ‘’birds of a feather flock together’’, these revolutionary internationalist workers have come together in groups, in all countries. It is up to us to identify these groups, of revolutionary internationalist workers, and to support them, to raise their level of awareness, to that of Scientific Socialists. After all, as the ‘’traitors and renegades’’ to socialism are exposed, so many working class people will follow these groups. The members of those groups who are able to raise themselves theoretically, to the level of Scientific Socialists, will become the new leaders.

We will know that we are being successful, in this noble endeavour, when the bourgeoisie of all countries, start howling about ‘’World Communism’’. 

Concerning the subject of ‘’World Communism’’, as the bourgeois phrase it, Lenin had a few words to say, although not in those precise terms. Immediately after the October Revolution of 1917, the most advanced strata of the proletariat, at least in the most highly industrialized countries, embraced Soviet Power and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. Such is no longer the case. 

As Lenin phrased it, in Left Wing Communism, An Infantile Disorder:

‘’The chief thing- though, of course, far from everything- the chief thing has already been achieved: the vanguard of the working class has been won over, has ranged itself on the side of Soviet government and against parliamentarianism, on the side of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat and against bourgeois democracy.’’

From this, it is clear that our immediate goal, or ‘’chief thing’’, as Lenin phrased it, is to ‘’win over’’ the ‘’vanguard of the working class’’, in favour of ‘’Soviet government’’ and the ‘’Dictatorship of the Proletariat’’, as opposed to ‘’parliamentarianism and bourgeois democracy’’. 

This is indeed a ‘’tall order’’, but nowhere near as difficult as it was a few years ago. The important difference is that now, the capitalists have seen fit to bless us with the internet. For their own purposes, mind you, but it remains a blessing. The least we can do, in return, is to express our appreciation by using that same internet against them. A weapon in the class struggle! Or perhaps more accurately, a weapon in the class war!

We can use it to get in touch with each other, as well as countless working people, literally around the world. There is no need to get together, in person, or even write letters. We can send emails and access private web sites. If the pedophiles can do this, then we can too!

Although I say this in jest, it is a serious matter. The bourgeois will not hesitate to murder anyone they see as a serious threat. Bear in mind that they murdered Martin Luther King, even though King was a pacifist! 

In conclusion, may I suggest that Scientific Socialists, Communists, all around the world, get in touch with each other. True Communist Parties, which call for Soviet Power and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, must be established. May I further suggest that such Parties be International. There is no need to have a separate Communist Party in each and every country, although there is no harm in that either. Perhaps a Communist Party of Western Europe, for example. As well as North America. Huge countries, such as Russia and China, may prefer to have their own Communist Parties. 

These Communist Parties, once established, are better able to raise the level of awareness of the working class, in various parts of the world. Once the vanguard of the working class is ‘’won over’’ to Soviet Power and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, then we can proceed from there. First things first!

With Most Sincere Communist Greetings, 

Gerald McIsaac