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The current state of science has degenerated to the point that there are certain scientific theories which are not to be challenged. Any students of science whom even suggest that any of these theories is faulty, is promptly punished, by failing any course they may be taking. As well, anyone with a degree in science who spouts such ”heresy”, is not allowed to earn a living, working in any field of science.

Yet aside from these basic ”sacred theories”, scientists are allowed to speculate, to dream up other theories, to their ”hearts content”. This has given rise to various ”hare brained” notions, which are put forward, in the name of science. As a result of this, different science books say different things, and science has been reduced to an absurdity. Yet all books of science are agreed that there are certain scientific theories which are correct.

In all fairness to the various books of science, all have one thing in common. In this, they are all mistaken.

Perhaps the most cherished of all the ”sacred” scientific theories, is that of the ”mass extinction of dinosaurs”. This bit of nonsense was first put forward by Luis Alvarez, a famous scientist, a physicist, who suggested that a huge meteor had hit the planet, perhaps sixty five million years ago. He further suggested that, as a result of this impact, all of the dinosaurs had simply dropped dead.

Alvarez was a fine scientist, highly respected. The work that he did in his chosen field, that of physics, was excellent. For that reason, people listened closely to that which he said. That was somewhat unfortunate, as he was also human. In fact, all too often professional people make the mistake of expressing their opinion, concerning a subject of which they know nothing. Alvarez knew nothing about dinosaurs. That meteor, of sixty five million years ago, certainly did not wipe out the dinosaurs.

Alvarez was very likely correct, when he suggested that a huge meteor struck the planet, many millions of years ago. Such meteors are rocks from outer space. They are constantly striking the planet. Most of them are the size of a grain of sand, and immediately burn up in the atmosphere. They are commonly referred to as ”shooting stars”. Others are bigger, and hit the earth, occasionally doing some damage. Then there is the odd huge rock, which may cause wide spread devastation. That is a far cry from causing the mass extinction of countless species of animals!

Yet this theory was embraced by countless members of the public. Who can blame them? It has a certain romantic appeal. The idea is that all huge, terrifying, prehistoric animals, were killed by a rock from outer space! In this manner, the world was made safe for people! If nothing else, the theory sold a great many magazines!

The implication, that the mass extinction of dinosaurs was an Act of God, is quite agreeable to most common people. It is quite preferable to the belief in the theory of evolution!

That in no way changes the fact that the theory of the mass extinction of dinosaurs, is merely a fairy tale. Yet what are dinosaurs?

For many years, scientists have been aware that dinosaurs laid eggs. The discovery of the fossilized remains of countless dinosaurs eggs leaves no room for any doubt! Yet the laying of eggs is characteristic of reptiles, as well as birds. But it is only birds that have feathers. The trouble being, that feathers do not fossilize. So how to prove that dinosaurs had feathers, and were therefore birds?

Fortunately, it is not just the fossilized eggs of dinosaurs which have been discovered. The fossilized remains of the hides of various species of dinosaur have also been found. This is significant, because the ”feather follicles” -to use the scientific term- from which all new feathers grow, have also fossilized.

As an aside, I have to admit that in previous writings, I may have referred to these feather fossils as melanosomes. With hind sight, I confess that I have no idea how I made that mistake. Yet we all have our moments. But as the articles are already published, it is too late to make the necessary changes. I can only hope that it did not cause too much damage.

While I am on the subject of my mistakes, I must admit that the pterosaurs do not land exactly on the tops of trees, as I originally stated, but the animal pushes the top of the tree over and sits on the stem. That mistake was based on that which eye witnesses told me. Still a mistake. I take full responsibility for all of my mistakes. Having said that, we can now return to the subject of feather follicles.

With feather follicles in mind, recently the scientists had the brilliant idea of examining the fossilized remains of hides, of various dinosaurs, under a microscope. To their astonishment, they determined that these fossilized hides did indeed have fossilized feather follicles. Further, from the size, shape and distribution of these feather follicles, they are able to determine the size, shape and even the colour of the feathers, on these dinosaurs. Not only does this prove that dinosaurs were birds, but we also know the colour of their feathers! As birds certainly still exist, and birds are dinosaurs, then dinosaurs cannot be extinct! This proves that the theory of the mass extinction of dinosaurs is a myth! A fairy tale!

This in no way changes the fact that, as Robert Bakker stated in his book, Dinosaur Heresies, ”dinosaurs are incontrovertibly dead”. This despite the fact that he also states that ”birds are dinosaurs”! Dinosaurs cannot be both dead and alive! Yet Bakkar is recognized as an authority in his field. His book is considered to be the ”bible” of paleontology!

For that reason, modern day scientists have been forced to resort to verbal gymnastics, in an effort to reconcile the irreconcilable, to explain that even though dinosaurs are extinct, birds are dinosaurs! The alternative is career suicide!

Along with the theory of the mass extinction of dinosaurs, is the theory of the mass extinction of flying reptiles, technically referred to as pterosaurs, commonly referred to as pterodactyls. I use the expression ”along with”, because some scientists have classified these flying reptiles as dinosaurs, while others do not. Yet all are agreed that they went extinct at the same time that the dinosaurs went extinct.

These flying reptiles are certainly not extinct! Here too, we have a situation in which all scientists are agreed that there has never been any mass extinction of reptiles, even though there was a mass extinction of flying reptiles! They cannot have it both ways! Feel free to face the fact that flying reptiles are not extinct!

Further, they are located on six continents of the world, which means that they are not on the Antarctic. It remains to be seen, if they have managed to spread to various islands.

In most parts of the world these animals, flying reptiles, are called ”Dragons”, although in North America the most common local name is that of ”Thunder Bird”. The pterodactyls are no more extinct than dinosaurs -birds- are extinct!

Another ”sacred” theory is that of the mass extinction of huge swimming reptiles, including mosasaurs, plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs. This despite the fact that ichthyosaurs were warm blooded animals, which gave birth to live young! So how can they be reptiles? Another awkward question! One that the scientists are not at all anxious to face!

Strangely enough, no scientist has even attempted to explain the reason for the ”mass extinction” of these huge swimming reptiles. This stands in stark contrast to the theories provided for the ”mass extinction of dinosaurs”. If nothing else, we are spared the recital of another fairy tale!

This brings us to that most glaring of absurdities, that of the ”mass extinction of mega fauna”, here in North America, at the end of the third, and last, ice age.

The scientists would have us believe that the ”mega fauna”, by which they mean the woolly mammoth, sabre toothed cat, Jefferson ground sloth, dire wolf and short faced bear, all dropped dead, because they could not handle climate change! This despite the fact that those species survived three ice ages! So what happened the first time the climate changed? More awkward questions for the scientists!

Other inconvenient facts also come to mind. One such fact is that the Jefferson ground sloth is named after the third American president, Thomas Jefferson. Even though it went extinct at the end of the last ice age, it was alive at the time of Jefferson! Imagine that!

That brings us to the dire wolf, which even the scientists admit is still alive, even though it is extinct. They refer to this as ”a remnant population of an extinct species”!

There was a time, not too long ago, when a species was either extinct, or not extinct. In those days, as long as one member of a species was still alive, then the species was not extinct. Yet that all changed recently, with the advent of the age of ”alternative facts”!

The next item on our hit parade is that of ”climate change”, in the form of ”global warming”. All scientists are agreed that the industrial revolution gave rise to the whole sale burning of ”fossil fuels”, and that this, in turn, is causing the world to become considerably warmer.

This neat little theory conveniently overlooks a few little details. The fact of the matter is that the climate is constantly changing! This has been going on since the creation of the planet, and if nothing else, is responsible for the fact that we have four seasons! We have no reason to expect the climate to remain constant! That is not about to happen!

This is not to say that the climate changes equally, on all the continents, at the same time. It does not. Different continents experience different rates of climate change.

As mentioned earlier, the continent of North American recently experienced no less than three ice ages. On three occasions, the continent cooled off, to the point that glaciers covered the continent. Also on three occasions, the continent warmed up, so that those glaciers melted. Continental climate change! It just so happens that we are fortunate to be living at a time in which North America is warm.

Another scientific theory, to which all scientists are agreed, is that there was a time when whales walked on land. True. But then, they would have us believe that around fifty million years ago, all whales took to the water, and lost their legs, over a period of many millions of years. Not exactly. One species of whale still has legs, still walks on land, still grazes, still eats vegetation. It is a predator, but not a carnivore, but an omnivore. It eats flesh as well as vegetation. That whale is basilosaurus.

This particular whale has given rise to various myths and legends. Perhaps the most famous of these legends is that of the Loch Ness Monster of Britain. Then too, here in North America, we have the legend of Ogopogo, the monster in Okanagan Lake. A great many people have seen these animals. Yet the scientific community is unanimous in dismissing all of these sightings, as the product of ”overly active imaginations”.

This in no way changes the fact that there are a number of people, at least in Britain, who are taking these sightings seriously. They are determined to prove the existence of this animal, very likely at their own expense. For this they deserve a great deal of credit.

The reports are that they are using boats and submersibles, complete with underwater cameras, during the day time. Also radar and sonar. As yet, they have come up ”empty handed”, and with good reason. These whales are nocturnal!

This is to say that basilosaurus spends the day light hours inside caves. Also the winter months. Yet they are predators, and as such have a keen sense of smell. Just as all predators are far more likely to attack when they smell blood, so too these whales come out of the caves, during the day time, whenever they smell blood. That helps to explain the occasional daytime sightings of these animals.

Yet as previously mentioned, these animals are omnivores. They eat vegetation, as well as flesh. This makes complete sense, as the fact is that a fresh water lake cannot possibly support a population of huge whales. There is simply not enough nourishment in the water! It is not the lake, by itself, which supports these whales, but the ecosystem!

The ecosystem consists of the lake, along with the caves, the streams which flow into the lake, and the adjacent woodlands, swamps and meadows. During the warm months, the whale comes out of the water, after sun down, and grazes. It consumes vegetation, mainly grass, no doubt.

The only reason no one has located this whale, is because no one is looking at the meadows. It is very likely that a simple trail camera could detect them, in the moon light.

It is also note worth that the health of the ecosystem depends largely upon the top predator. The experience of Yellowstone National Park proves that!

In that case, the park managers decided to kill all the wolves in the park. As a result of this, the grazing animals, and in particular the elk, very nearly turned the park into a desert. In desperation, the park managers were forced to import some wolves, at great expense, in order to restore the balance of nature.

Happily, this worked, so that the wolves, as top predator, tore into the herds of grazing animals. The balance of nature, within the park, was restored. Yellowstone was saved.

The point is that we must first prove the existence of basilosaurus, the top predator in these huge lakes, and then protect them. The health of the whole ecosystem depends on this.

This brings us to several separate species of humans, which all the scientists agree are extinct. They are not.

The idea that our species, that of homo sapiens, is unique, has a certain appeal, especially to common people. It must also have a certain appeal to the scientists, as it is deeply entrenched in the scientific literature. They would have us believe that even though various species of humans evolved, we are the one and only species of human to survive. Not true!

The fact of the matter is that a species of ape, known as Gigantopithecus, managed to achieve bipedal locomotion, which is to say that they started to walk on two legs, and then, with their forelimbs free for labour, evolved the opposable thumb. They can touch their finger tips with their thumbs! Bipedal apes, complete with the opposable thumb, are the very definition of human! At least, that is my definition of human.

These people, whom I refer to as Giants, live among us, here in North America. They are seen on a regular basis, and are commonly referred to as ”Bigfoot” or ”Sasquatch”. I refer to them as Giants, a name which is meant to be more accurate, without being derogatory.

This prejudice against all other species of human, helps to explain the attitude of the scientists, concerning a recently discovered species of human, in South Africa, which lived possibly 200,000 years ago. The scientists have given that species the name of Homo Naledi.

Arguments have been made that the brain size of Homo Naledi, that of 600 cc, in that cc stands for cubic centimetres, is too small to be that of a human.

The brain size of our species, Homo Sapiens, is around 1400 cc. The scientists point out that the brains of our closest living relatives, that of chimpanzees, is a mere 400cc, so that a brain of 600cc is too small to be human. Such is hardly the case!

Yet it is broadly accepted, at least among the scientific community, that there was a species of human which lived on the island of Flores, many years ago, referred to as Homo Floresiensis. Their brain size was about 400cc, around that of the size of brains of chimps, yet they were unquestionably human.

It is also a fact that the brain size of Pygmies- although they tend to refer to themselves as Bambuti or Mbuti- is around 400cc, also the same size as that of chimpanzees. Yet without doubt, Pygmies are human. No one disputes that fact! The point being that ”human” is not determined by the size of the brain. Now if only the scientists could face that fact!

Incidentally, the brain size of another species of human, that of Neanderthals, is estimated to be even larger than our own, coming in at 1500cc. Yet that is another species of human, which the scientists insist is extinct. Not likely!

This brings us to the most passionately defended bit of scientific hog wash, which is the claim, put forward by various scientists, as well as all government officials, that men walked on the moon! Nonsense!

It is Adolf Hitler who is credited with making the statement that ”If a lie is big enough, and repeated often enough, then people will believe it.” The lie that ”men walked on the moon”, certainly qualifies as one of the all time great lies! A true whopper!

But now let us consider the facts which make it impossible to travel to the moon.

First of all, the earth is a giant magnet, and as such, creates a huge magnetic field, which circles the planet. This is a good thing, to put it mildly. Without that magnetic field, we would all be dead!

In scientific jargon, this magnetic field gives rise to something referred to as the Van Allen Belt, which wraps around the earth, much as a protective blanket. This Belt, or blanket, blocks most of the radiation from the sun, which allows life to exist on our planet. Without that Belt, we would be bombarded with massive doses of radiation.

Yet the scientists would have us believe that astronauts passed through this Van Allen Belt, on their trip to the moon. If that was the case, they would have been exposed to massive doses of radiation, which would have quickly killed them. Perhaps not immediately, but within a few days.

No doubt, many skeptical readers will check on the internet- as I did- in the interest of conducting a proper investigation. With that in mind, may I suggest clicking on the article titled: ”Yes, Apollo Flew Through the Van Allen Belts Going to the Moon.”

I recommend this article because it provides a very clear cut explanation of the reason that it is not possible to fly men to the moon. Feel free to disregard the title, as the facts presented within the article proves precisely the opposite. It is simply not possible, to fly people to the moon!

In this video, which runs for a length of eleven minutes, seven seconds, a lovely young lady, a fine actor, explains that ”the earth, which is nothing other than a huge magnet, creates a magnetic field. This magnetic field, which is referred to as the Van Allen Belt, acts as a protective envelope”, one which ”traps most of the radiation from the sun”. An instructive drawing is thoughtfully provided, as a means of illustration. It is further explained that without this ”protective envelope”, the ”earth would be bombarded with massive doses of radiation, which would kill all life on earth”. Or at least it would kill us!

Excellent! So far so good!

She went on to say that the ”scientists of the time”, fifty years ago, ”were well aware that the only way the astronauts could get to the moon, was by passing through this Van Allen Belt, and in the process, soaking up massive doses of radiation”. Of course, after they passed through the Van Allen Belt, ”they would then be exposed to even more radiation, all of which was sure to kill them”. This too is true!

Once again: Excellent!

That explanation, which is stated in very clear, simple terms, should provide non technical people -and most working people are non technical- with a basic understanding of the importance of the magnetic field of the planet. It also explains that it is impossible to fly to the moon, without getting killed!

Bear in mind that this young lady is not a physicist, but an actor. No doubt she was paid to read a script, probably with the help of a teleprompter, and she did a fine job! If I was working in the field of entertainment, I would not hesitate to hire her! She knows how to deliver a speech! She certainly earned her pay!

The point being that we cannot hold her responsible for the nonsense which followed! She was merely reading from a teleprompter!

It is very likely that the scientists were forced to hire this young lady, as they could not find any scientist who was prepared to stoop to the hypocrisy of reciting the nonsense which followed! At least, not with a straight face!

It was the scientific writers who deliberately led with a few basic facts, followed by a vast amount of detailed technical information, in an attempt to confuse people. Buried within that mountain of gobbledegook, was a jewel of a detail, which is referred to as ”shielding of the space craft”.

I can only stress that she was reading from a teleprompter. She went on to explain that, ”in order to protect the astronauts from the radiation which was sure to kill them”, there was a ”Radiation shielding to the space craft, especially to the main command module, where the crew would be spending most of their time”.

Nonsense!

The scientists would have us believe that the astronauts went to the moon, through the Van Allen Belt, and were protected from the radiation of the sun, by a ”protective shield”. Such a protective shield does not exist! There is no such substance! It does not exist now, and did not exist fifty years ago! There is no way that astronauts could possibly have gone to the moon, without being exposed to massive doses of radiation! That radiation would have killed them!

Yet to this day, the scientists, and all government officials, insist that ”men walked on the moon”! This despite the fact that it cannot be done, without a ”protective shield”, which does not exist! Duh!

It is quite possible that this lie may go down in history as the ultimate absurdity!

The theories which I have listed are the ”theories” that common people can help to disprove, quite simply and easily. Feel free to become active and do the work of the scientists! It may help to think of this as part of the revolutionary motion, if only because that is precisely the case!

In other writings, I have detailed the simple steps which must be taken, in order to disprove these fairy tales. I see no reason to repeat them.

There are other scientific theories -fairy tales- which the scientists have chosen to embrace, or face career suicide. These include the ”existence of dark matter and dark energy”. That implies the existence of a fifth fundamental force in the universe!

More nonsense!

Sadly, the state of science has regressed to a point which can be compared only to that which existed before Newton and Darwin. This is to say that modern scientific enquiry no longer exists.

The problem is one of capitalism, at least capitalism in its final, most rotten stage of monopoly, technically referred to as imperialism. As Lenin stated, imperialism is ”reaction, right down the line”. The imperialists, in the form of the monopoly capitalists, the billionaires, the bourgeoisie, can and must be overthrown. Until they are overthrown, there will be no progress in any field of science.

It is the working class, the proletariat, which is destined to overthrow that most reactionary class, and crush them, under the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.

The revolutionary motion is growing ever stronger, at least here in North America. It is just a matter of time, and probably a short time, before it breaks out into open rebellion.

With that in mind, I can only offer a word of friendly advice to the scientists and government officials, those who persist in propagating those ridiculous theories. Feel free to ”come clean”, to admit that it is all a pack of lies. After all, any day now, the truth will be revealed. Better to ”cut your losses”, to join the working class in overthrowing the bourgeoisie.

Your education and experience can be put to good use. Feel free to share with the working people, the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin. Let them know what you have gone through, in your years of service to the capitalists. Tell people how you degraded yourself, spreading lies, in the interests of maintaining your career. Your past will not be held against you.

Bear in mind that the alternative is to oppose the revolution, to continue to defend the bourgeoisie. In that case, you can expect to become a target of the revolution. The working class cannot force you, or anyone else, to do the right thing. Yet we can make you wish you had.

Choose wisely. Otherwise, do not be surprised if, after the revolution, you end up in the same remote work camp as that of your former lords and masters, the bourgeoisie. You may then find yourself performing the same manual labour, which could well involve pick and shovel. You have been warned.

The current crisis in capitalism is causing the various mainstream political parties to show their ”true colours”. In fact, both the Liberal Party and the New Democratic Party, NDP, recently opposed the truckers protests, both in Ottawa and at the Ambassador Bridge.

This is significant, as the Liberal Party portrays itself as the Party of the middle class, while the NDP claims to be the Party of the ”little guy”, the working class. Further, they would have us believe that working people who can manage to ”make ends meet”, although with great difficulty, are middle class. By implication, the working people who are unemployed or under employed, frequently homeless and relying on food banks, are members of the working class. Such is hardly the case!

No doubt many readers are new to the class struggle, as the revolutionary movement has caused countless people to become politically active. As Lenin phrased it, ”symptomatic of any genuine revolution is a rapid, tenfold and even hundredfold increase in the size of the working and oppresses masses -hitherto apathetic- who are capable of waging the political struggle, weakens the government, and makes it possible for the revolutionaries to rapidly overthrow it.”

As countless working people are now politically active, it is clear that we are facing a ”genuine revolution”.

It is significant that so many working people refer to this awakening in a slightly different manner. As they phrase it, ”We woke up!” The fact that the two mainstream political parties, Liberals and NDP, came together against the very people they claim to represent, shows that they too are in the service of the ruling class of capitalists.

The important thing to bear in mind is that this ”awakening”, effectively ”weakens the government, and makes it possible for the revolutionaries to rapidly overthrow it.” In other words, the working class, the proletariat, must overthrow the ruling class of capitalists, seize political power and establish socialism, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.

Now that we are blessed with the internet -and the internet is indeed a blessing!- the first impulse of most people, those who are just now becoming politically active, is to use it, to get a definition of the term working class, as opposed to middle class.

The response is that of mass confusion. Various definitions are given, mainly with a reference to the amount of money a person earns, over the course of a year. Other definitions include the type of employment, such as that of a labourer or waitress. All are careful to avoid a proper Marxist definition of working class.

With that in mind, it is best to provide a proper Marxist definition of various classes, starting with the working class, the proletariat.

According to Marx, working class people are those who have nothing to sell but their labour power. We work for wages, if for no other reason than the fact that we have no choice in the matter. We are technically referred to as proletarians, a term with which working people must become familiar. If we are not familiar with this term, the capitalists will use it against us.

Then there are the middle class people. These are the people who own small businesses, perhaps a corner store or a small shop. They tend to work countless hours, trying to ”make ends meet”. Others may own a machine, perhaps a taxi or a truck, drive those machines as much as possible, and effectively become ”owner-operators”. It becomes a constant battle to find work for the machine, and to get paid a decent rate. The trouble being that all such small business owners are in competition with each other, constantly under bidding the other. The end result is that of desperation, generally resulting in bankruptcy. Yet while in business, these middle class people are referred to as ”petty bourgeois”. That is another term with which working class people must become familiar.

Another class is that of the peasantry, although in North America they are referred to as farmers. There are even fewer farmers than there are middle class people. Most of the people who previously owned family farms have either been driven into bankruptcy, died or have retired. Very few young people are prepared to take over the burden of a family farm. Most are well aware that there are easier ways to go broke!

Yet many of those few remaining farmers took part in the recent ”truckers protest”, especially at the border crossings.

That brings us to the monopoly capitalists, the billionaires, technically referred to as the ”bourgeoisie”. They perform no useful service. They contribute nothing to society. They are mere parasites, leaching off the labour of others. They own all the major banks, mills, mines, factories, railroads, shipping lines, communications networks and anything else of any considerable value. That includes the internet. They are also the class of people who are running the country. Our democratically elected politicians ”dance to their tune”. The fact that both the Liberals and the NDP opposed the truckers protest, is proof of that!

The capitalists do not want the working class, the proletariat, to become aware of themselves as a class. After all, the class interests of the working class and that of the capitalists are diametrically opposed. That which is in the best interests of the working class is in the worst interests of the capitalist class. It is in the best interests of the capitalists to pay the working class as little as possible, while working us as hard as possible. Of course, precisely the opposite is in the best interests of the working class.

But as the capitalists own the internet, they are careful to spread as much confusion as possible. It is to be hoped that the proper Marxist definition of classes will prove to be helpful.

But now to return to the subject of the political parties in Canada. Aside from the Liberal and NDP, there are three other mainstream political parties. These are the Conservative Party, the Green Party, and the Bloc Quebecois. The Conservatives refer to themselves as the ”Party of Business”, while the Bloc Quebecois is active only in Quebec.

The Green Party is apparently an alternative to the other mainstream political parties. It is somewhat strange, to put it politely. It has four ”organizational pillars”, which include ”ecological wisdom, social justice, grass roots democracy, and non violence”. Perhaps someone should let the Greens know that most Canadians have no idea about the first three, but as for the fourth, that of non violence, may I suggest a reality check? Canada is a country which was built on violence! Most Canadians have firearms, and are fully prepared to use them!

That in no way changes the fact that the Green Party is one of the mainstream Parties, and it has a following.

As that is the case, and as it is further my opinion that all Canadians should become politically active, then I maintain that it is one of the Parties that all Canadians should join. In fact, I think that all Canadians should join all the mainstream political Parties, or at least as many as possible.

The reason I say this is because it is the members of the Party who set the Party policy, elect leaders of the Party, and determine the candidates for any and all political office. Becoming a member of any Party is simplicity itself, according to the internet. As it is stated:

”Requirements to join a political party:

”You must agree with the general principles of the party (they will often get you to sign or tick a box online stating that you agree)

”Most parties will not allow you to join if you are a member in another party (there is no way for them to police this, they rely on the honour system)

”You must be a resident of Canada (no, you don’t even need to be a citizen, just a resident of Canada)

”You must be a minimum age (this differs between political parties, but is usually as low as 14 or 16; so if you are in high school, you can be a member of a political party with all the rights that come with it- which includes voting in a nomination race)

”Joining is easy! The membership of a political party is the bread and butter of the party. So the parties make it super easy for you to join online. The membership fees for the political parties differ.”

It goes on to say that the membership fees for the Conservative Party are the highest, at $15. per year. The Green Party comes in at $10. per year, the Bloc Quebecois at $5. per year, while the Liberal Party is free. The membership in the NDP varies, depending upon the province in which you live.

Those membership rates are well within the means of most Canadians. If nothing else, people can at least join the Liberal Party, as it is free. Better yet, people of high school age can join, as it is best to encourage people to become politically active, as soon as possible.

My suggestion is that as many Canadians as possible, join as many political Parties as possible, and become as politically active as possible. When applying for membership in more than one Party, feel free to be naughty. Just ”tick the little box” that says you are not a member of any other political Party. There is a certain sense of urgency in this.

The fact is that the NDP is in the process of forming an alliance with the Liberals. The leader of the NDP, Jagmeet Singh, has met with the leader of the Liberals, Justin Trudeau, our current Prime Minister, and that is their plan. Further, they want to increase the military spending, presumably to get more involved with NATO. This increase in military spending will almost certainly coincide with an increase in bureaucracy, so that Canada will end up embracing imperialism. They must be stopped!

The two leaders, by themselves, cannot officially come to any ”formalized agreement”. It must be endorsed by the members of both parties, the ”rank and file”. That is the reason it is so important, even urgent, that many Canadians join those two Parties.

As mentioned in a previous article, Lenin pointed out that in a country which does not embrace militarism and bureaucracy, it is possible to have a revolution, without destroying the ”ready made state apparatus”. It is simpler and cheaper to ”buy out” the capitalists. Yet once the country embraces militarism and bureaucracy, then the state apparatus must be destroyed. This makes the revolution far more difficult.

As for those who dispute that previous statement, may I suggest taking a close look at the revolutionary movement in America. All protests are met with the utmost brutality. That includes tear gas, pepper spray, clubs, water cannons and even ”rubber bullets”.

An American journalist, one who has extensive experience in covering protests in America, compared the recent truckers protests in Ottawa, as being ”in a different world”. The protesters were treated with respect. The occupation of the city, as well as of Ambassador Bridge, was dealt with in a manner which involved a minimum of violence.

Yet if Trudeau and Singh have it their way, that will all change. Protesters will then be treated the same way they are treated in America. Then the revolution will be far more difficult, far more bloody, as the existing state apparatus will then have to be destroyed.

The best way to stop them is by having as many Canadians as possible, joining the two Parties, Liberal and NDP. Of course, feel free to join the other Parties also. Encourage your friends and families to join. Those who are familiar with computers can assist those who are not. As members of the Parties, you can take part in setting policy. Choose someone from among yourselves to run for any and all political offices. Go on Facebook, and all other social media outlets, and encourage people to also join the Parties. No doubt all schools, including high schools, will be interested. The more people who join the Parties, the better.

Bear in mind, that the main thing is to raise the level of awareness of the working class, to get people politically active. The more people we send to Ottawa, the better. We want to stop the country from embracing militarism and bureaucracy. In the process of becoming politically active, working class people will learn that the capitalists are in charge, and have to be overthrown. Whether this will involve violence or not, largely depends upon the capitalists.

Those who become politically active now, possibly by taking part in protests or by joining the various political Parties, preferably both, will gain valuable experience in the class struggle. It is to be hoped that a great many people who are currently protesting, will join the Parties and choose one of their own to run for Parliament. Assuming enough people do this, all across Canada, then Ottawa will soon be flooded with Leftist people. Of course the same is true for the provincial and territorial capitals.

After the revolution, the capitalists will be overthrown and working class people will be placed in positions of authority, under the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. Any training they receive now will prove to be most valuable.

The revolutionary motion in Canada is growing ever more intense. There is an urgent need for a true Communist Party, one which is based on the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin. For that reason, I suggest the name include the demand for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, as that is the ”touchstone” of a true Marxist, according to Lenin. In this way, we can distinguish ourselves from the social chauvinists, those who are socialist in words, chauvinist in deeds. Such people want no part of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.

With that in mind, I suggest the name of the Party be that of the Canadian Communist Party, Dictatorship of the Proletariat, CCP,DP.

As for the political platform, I can suggest the following list of demands:

1) Canada must separate from Britain, no longer recognize the Queen as the head of state, and declare Canada to be a republic.

2) Quebec is to be recognized as a separate country.

3) Canada must withdraw from NATO.

4 )Abolish the Canadian Senate.

5) Declare the national debt to be null and void.

6) Open the borders to all refugees.

7) The class consciousness of all working people must be raised.

8) All prisons, including those referred to as ‘’correctional institutions’’, should be closed. 

9) The death penalty should be applied only as a last resort.

10) All government officials are to work at the wages of workers, and are subject to recall at any time.

11) All large scale capitalist enterprises, which include but are not limited to the banks, factories, mills, mines, railroads, airlines and communications networks, are to become the property of the state.

12) The middle class people, the petty bourgeois, are to be respected. They are the natural and desirable allies of the proletariat. Their property is to remain in their hands.

A little explanation is in order. 

As Canada has not embraced militarism, and does not have a considerable bureaucracy, it is similar to Great Britain of 1871. At that time, Marx was of the opinion that a revolution was possible without the condition of first destroying the ‘’ready made state machinery’’. For that reason, it is possible to ‘’buy out’’ the capitalists. A team of professional negotiators should be assigned this task.

Each and every member of the Senate has been appointed by the Prime Minister. None of them has ever been elected. For that reason, the Senate should be abolished.

Canada must become a socialist republic, with power vested in the working class, the proletariat, and that power will be exercised under the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.

The precise form that this Dictatorship will take, is in the shape of Councils, or Soviets, as that is the Russian translation of the word. Lenin referred to these Soviets as ‘’mass organizations’’, to include only the workers, no capitalists. After the Russian Revolution of October, 1917, he stated that ‘’these Soviets wield all state power’’. He went on to say that ‘’Soviet power must necessarily, inevitably, and in the not distant future, triumph all over the world’’. 

For that reason, the various Councils, or Soviets (as yet we have no way of knowing which word will soon be used) must be enlarged, encouraged and strengthened. They have recently appeared, quite spontaneously, and as yet are rather weak, but are destined to ‘’triumph all over the world’’. 

As yet, the proletariat is not aware of itself as a class, complete with its own class interests. The more advanced workers should be encouraged to read the Essential Works of Lenin, including State and Revolution, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, and What Is To Be Done? More popular literature must be made available for the workers who are less advanced.

People who are guilty of serious crimes should be given the opportunity to perform useful, productive work, in the interests of contributing to society, and as a means of redeeming themselves. 

Those who are considered to be a threat to society, such as sex offenders – rapists and ‘’pedophiles’’, child molesters, – as well as ‘’human traffickers’’, -slave traders-, are to also be isolated, perhaps in the Arctic, so that there is no chance that any of them can escape and once again prey upon people. 

Those who are determined to overthrow the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, as a means of restoring capitalism, are to be considered political prisoners. They must be not only isolated, but also denied any contact with the outside world. As they are the leaders of the capitalists, the bourgeoisie, we can expect them to make every effort to cause trouble. 

The courts must be abolished and replaced by a panel of working people. This is precisely what happened in the Paris Commune of 1871. As Marx stated, ‘’The judicial functionaries were to be divested of their sham independence …Like the rest of the public servants, magistrates and judges were to be elective, responsible and revocable’’. 

It must be emphasized to these judicial people that the death penalty must be administered only as an absolute last resort. Those who are dead can be of absolutely no use. 

Student loans are to be considered part of the national debt, and cancelled. Education is to be free to all. 

On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded the neighbouring country of Ukraine. As the Russian military is far stronger than that of Ukraine, it was thought that the war would be over very quickly, with Ukraine under Russian rule. Such is hardly the case, as the Ukrainians have put up a heroic resistance. The whole world is watching closely, especially as the threat of nuclear war is paramount.

It is very likely that a great many people are confused, as they tend to identify Russia with the Soviet Union, the country which was able to absorb the assault of the Nazi invasion of 1941, the same Nazis which had conquered western Europe. The Soviet Union was then able to go on the offensive and defeat the Nazis. Of course, in the process, the sacrifices of the Soviet people were appalling.

So in the interests of providing a little clarification, a brief lesson in history is required.

We can start by facing the fact that on November 7, 1917, (new style calendar) the Russian revolution, led by Lenin, succeeded in establishing the first successful socialist republic in the world. The Russian empire was dissolved, so that the countries which had been ruled by Czarist Russia, were able to achieve independence. The country of Russia was declared to be a republic, which is to say that it no longer recognized any monarch, and the official name of the country became Soviet Russia.

As an aside, the word Soviet, in Russian, means Council, in English. I mention this as it is so important. The Russian revolutionary motion spontaneously gave rise to Soviets, or Councils, just as is happening now in North America. Just as these Councils formed the basis of a new proletarian state power, after the revolution, we can expect the same thing here in North America. But to proceed.

After the socialist revolution, it was not ”smooth sailing”. The country was still at war with Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria, referred to as the Quadruple Alliance. Russia was able to secure peace with those countries, but at a very high price. Each and every one of them wanted a ”piece of Mother Russia”, and they got it, in the Treaty of Brest Litovsk, signed in March of 1918.

At that time, the country of Russia, in which three quarters of the people were peasants, was in ruins. There followed a brief interlude of relative peace, in which Lenin and the Bolsheviks, as the Marxists of the day were then called, were able to make a start at rebuilding the country.

On November 11, 1918, the First World War was over. An Armistice was signed, and the imperialists of the various countries ”came to their senses”, so to speak. They realized that socialist Soviet Russia was a common enemy, and determined to destroy that country and Bolshevism, along with it. With that in mind, the countries of Britain, France and America, were able to arm and equip numerous rebel armies, in countries adjacent to Russia. These troops were referred to as ”Whites”, as opposed to the Russian ”Red” army. Their goal was to crush the upstart Soviet republic. They very nearly succeeded. At one point, three quarter of the country was occupied by the invading armies, and the Russian Soviets, the Red Army, were fighting the war on five fronts. Against all the odds, they succeeded in driving out the invaders. After all, they were fighting for their freedom, and were led by Lenin and the Bolsheviks. There are similarities to the situation that currently exists in Ukraine!

It was only in 1921, after three years of civil war, that the invaders were finally driven out. At that point, Russia was able to adopt a policy of modern industrialization, in order to prepare for the anticipated next invasion. After all, the imperialists are not about to allow a socialist state to live in peace.

This brings us to the subject of imperialism, of which so much has been written. No doubt many people are wondering how it differs from capitalism. Lenin explained this very well, in his excellent book, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism. In fact, imperialism is nothing other than capitalism, in its highest stage, that of monopoly. This transition took place at or around the beginning of the twentieth century. Imperialism, or monopoly capitalism, is somewhat different from ”free market capitalism”. In fact, it has five essential features, as Lenin explained:

”1) The concentration of production and capital developed to such a stage that it creates monopolies which play a decisive role in economic life

”2) The merging of bank capital with industrial capital, and the creation, on the basis of ‘finance capital’, of a financial oligarchy

”3) The export of capital, which has become extremely important, as distinguished from the export of commodities

”4) The formation of international capitalist monopolies which share the world among themselves

”5) The territorial division of the whole world among the greatest capitalist powers is completed

”Imperialism is capitalism in that stage of development in which the domination of monopolies and finance capital has established itself; in which the export of capital has acquired pronounced importance; in which the division of the world among the international trusts has begun; in which the partition of all the territories of the globe among the great capitalist powers has been completed”.

That is a rather complete definition of imperialism, rather technical, but very accurate. Yet the question remains, whether it is possible to reform imperialism? The answer is that, as Lenin stated: ”the political features of imperialism are reaction all along the line, and increased national oppression, resulting from the oppression of the financial oligarchy and the elimination of free competition”. In other words, most emphatically, no!

For the benefit of those readers who are something other than ”Philadelphia lawyers”, I will mention that the internet gives a rather fine definition of a reactionary: ”In political science, an ultra conservative, a person who holds political views that favour a return to the status quo, the previous state of society, which that person believes possessed positive characteristics, absent from contemporary society”.

As all imperialists are completely reactionary, it stands to reason that we can expect nothing progressive from them. Nor is there any point in trying to ”turn back the hands of time”, to the time of competitive capitalism, as it simply cannot be done. Now it is simply a matter of destroying the imperialists.

To return to Russia of 1921, which was in a state of complete ruin, after seven years of war, Lenin determined that the only way to industrialize the country, was to invite in the foreign capitalists. This gave birth to the New Economic Policy, in which the capitalists, of various countries, were able to invest their capital, make a huge profit, while converting Russia into a highly industrialized country. In fact, within twenty years, the country went from being ”one hundred years behind America”, to being almost on the same level.

Also, in 1922, the country of Russia united with several other socialist republics, which had formerly been crushed by the Czarist Russian Empire. These included the republics of Ukraine and of Belorussia, among others. This in turn gave birth to the socialist Soviet Union. At about the same time, the Bolsheviks, Marxists, adopted the name Communists.

Sadly, Lenin died in 1924, so that Stalin was forced to ”carry the torch”. The economic development that Lenin had started was carried forward, so that the country became highly industrialized. The Soviets managed to accomplish, in twenty years, that which it has taken the capitalists, one hundred years to manage! This did not happen any too soon, as of course, the Nazis first conquered western Europe, in 1939 and 1940, and then invaded the Soviet Union, in 1941.

It was only because of the leadership of Stalin and the Communists, as well as the fact that the country was highly industrialized, that the Soviets were able to repel the assault of the Nazis. Yet upon the death of Stalin in 1953, the Russian capitalists were able to return to power.

For the next few years, the Soviet Union became known as the ”chauvinist” Soviet Union, ”socialists in words, chauvinists in deeds”. Then it collapsed in 1989, so that the various republics were able to declare independence. Yet Belarus continues to have close ties with Russia.

In 2014, Russia invaded Ukraine, first captured and then annexed the Crimean Peninsula, in the southern part of the country. This has enabled Russia to attack Ukraine from the south, as well as the east, as Russia borders Ukraine to the east, and from the north, as Belarus borders Ukraine from the north.

Now ten days into the war, the journalists are questioning the ”mental state” of Putin. They maintain that previously, he was ”cold and calculating”, but is now ”erratic, unhinged, delusional, paranoid, terrifying, isolated, not listening to reason”. In fact, he placed his nuclear forces on alert.

The western forces of NATO consider this to be a threat of nuclear war. For that reason, they are reluctant to declare a ”No Fly Zone” over the country of Ukraine. Their fear is that it would almost certainly result in the downing of Russian aircraft, and the beginning of World War Three, a nuclear war. Their fears are well grounded.

This is not to say that Putin is a mad man, a raving lunatic. He is not. He is merely a typical imperialist, a complete reactionary, determined to return to the ”good old days” of the Soviet Empire. He is no different from any other imperialist, of any other imperialist country.

This is to say that the countries of NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which includes the countries of North America and western Europe, are also imperialist. The leaders of those countries are every bit as reactionary as Putin!

It is clear that the war is not going the way Putin had planned. Not at all. For several days, a massive convoy of thousands of vehicles has been parked outside the capital city of Kiev, apparently out of fuel, food and spare parts. As well, the Ukranian air force has not been destroyed. The plan to capture Kiev and secure the country within several days, has proven to be wishful thinking. But then, that is typical imperialist logic.

The American military experts are of the opinion that time, is on the side of Ukraine. Each day they hold out, allows them to evacuate ever more civilians, get their hands on ever more weapons, which are being supplied by various countries, and become proficient with those weapons. As well, a foreign volunteer legion is being created and trained, in Lviv, in the western part of the country. Many of these soldiers are familiar with the latest armaments, and are prepared to train others.

The American military experts are impressed by the ”creative manner in which the Ukrainians are attacking columns”, which is high praise, considering the source. Among other things, they are using drones, which have proven to be quite effective.

The whole country has been mobilized. Civilians are producing camoflage netting, to be used to screen various weapons. As well, so called ”Molotov Cocktails”, or petroleum bombs, glass bottles filled with gasoline and soap, are also being produced, in great volume. The soap allows the gasoline to jell, so that it can be thought of as a ”poor mans napalm bomb”. These are also being referred to as ”Lviv Smoothies”.

As for those who consider these to be primitive and ineffective, bear in mind that at the time of the Americans invasion of Viet Nam, the Vietnamese used dried bamboo as weapons. Primitive, but supremely effective. Countless American service men can testify to the effectiveness of such ”primitive” weapons.

On two occasions, the leaders of both countries have met for talks. It is reported that they agreed to ”safe corridors”, with cease fires, to allow for evacuations of civilians, and to allow humanitarian aid to enter the country. The trains in Ukraine are running supremely well, so that over a million civilians have already left the country. That number is expected to rise dramatically, so that the people who remain in the country, men and women, will be able to focus on the war effort, without having to worry about the civilians. It is clear that a great many modern weapons are reaching the troops on the front line. Of course, the Ukrainians are not disclosing just how these weapons are being delivered.

All American military analysts are agreed that the Russian invaders have made a ”rookie mistake”, in that they have not severed the Ukrainian communications networks. The Americans learned in Viet Nam, that to have journalists broadcasting live, from the war zones, as the troops are fighting, is not a good idea. The people at home should not be made aware of the slaughter that is taking place! It tends to intensify the anti war movement! God forbid that citizens should learn the truth! That is the last thing the military wants to see! For that reason, the American journalists were not allowed to film the next war, in Afghanistan. So the military was able to wage war, in relative secrecy, for another twenty years.

Now the Russian military is going through that same ”learning curve”, to use one of their ridiculous expressions. Even though the Russian media is producing glowing reports, concerning the ”special military operation” in Ukraine, the Russian members of the public are receiving videos, or emails, on their computers and cell phones, concerning the true state of war. Opposition to the war, by the Russian civilians, is becoming ever more intense, as is the government crack downs.

Even without those videos, the members of the Russian public are aware that something is terribly wrong. The value of the ruble is now around one cent, due to inflation. The ruble has dropped dramatically. No doubt all working people are feeling the pinch.

The bourgeois press is reporting that the Russian ”Oligarchs” are also being ”targeted”. They are careful to avoid the use of class terms! In fact, these oligarchs are members of the Russian bourgeoisie, the ”super rich”, the monopoly capitalists, the multi billionaires. Various governments are seizing their yachts, private jets and luxury apartments. As it is assumed that they have political connections to Putin, it is thought that they will put pressure on Putin, to end the war. If nothing else, it is a happy thought.

The president of Ukraine, Zalensky, has been calling upon NATO to provide a ”No Fly Zone” over Ukraine. Such a Zone would be to the advantage of Ukraine, as the Russians have a vast air superiority. So of course Putin is dead set against this.

Even the NATO military analysts are agreed that such a Zone could lead to a ”broader war”, even ”World War 3”, a ”nuclear war”, as it would lead to Russian aircraft being shot down, and Russia would consider that an act of war. Imagine that!

Yet there is a ”back door”, as the press refers to it. They are referring to the ”United Nations Articles 27 and 52”. The journalists say that those two articles give the United Nations -UN- the right to establish a No Fly Zone over Ukraine. They can do this with the ”vote of nine members of the fifteen member UN Security Council”. The press also reports that as Russia is ”part of the conflict”, it has to ”abstain from voting”.

This may or may not be true. The point is that the NATO imperialists are determined to take control of Ukraine, and they are quite prepared to risk war, even nuclear war, in the process.

Ever more NATO troops are being sent to western Europe. The French have just sent an aircraft carrier to the region. The Americans have sent huge B52 bombers to the area, within ”one hundred kilometres” of the border.

It is clear that the western imperialists are squabbling with the Russian imperialists, over the ”juicy little morsel” of Ukraine. It is the current ”bone of contention”. It is also clear that the people or Ukraine are putting up a heroic resistance, against the Russian invaders. Those people certainly deserve our complete support.

This is not to say that we should support the imperialists of the west, in the form of NATO, against the Russian imperialists. It is up to all working people of the world to unite, to oppose all imperialists, starting with the imperialists of our own countries.

It is also up to conscious people, those who are aware of the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin, Communists, to raise the level of awareness of working people. Of necessity, most of those people are current or former members of the middle class, the petty bourgeois. As best I can gather, that is not happening. At least, if it is happening, it is a well kept secret, and that defeats the purpose!

As I explained in a previous article, it is only in university that people are exposed to the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin, and then only with a view to distorting those theories. It is also a fact that such a university education is limited mainly to the bourgeois, the children of capitalists. The children of very few working class people are able to go to university.

Yet the ”cultural level” of the working class, the proletariat, has increased dramatically, within the last few years. Countless working people now own computers, or various ”digital devices”, which include cell phones, smart phones and whatever else. These are now being used to take pictures and videos, and can be posted instantly onto the internet. They can also download from the internet. Precisely what we need!

As stated previously, the middle class intellectuals are not performing their duty, that of raising the level of awareness of the working class, the proletariat. So now it is up to the working class to educate itself. Yet now we have to go one step further, to literally unite with the workers of all other countries, through the internet. That includes the working class of Russia, as well as of Ukraine. The working classes of all the NATO countries must come together with the working classes of all the eastern countries. We must take to heart the slogan, suggested by Marx himself, that of: Workers of the World, Unite!

It is the combination of a high cultural level of the working classes, of so many countries of the world, along with the existence of the internet, which makes this possible. As well, the fact is that a great many working people are multi lingual, so that workers in one country can now communicate with workers of different countries, in their own languages. All can be encouraged to download the ”Essential Works of Lenin”, including State and Revolution, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, and What Is To Be Done? An understanding of those revolutionary works will provide a solid grounding in the theories of Marx and Lenin.

In addition, the workers of various countries can discuss, on the internet, the anti war, anti capitalist movements, in their own countries. They can even coordinate their revolutionary activities. This will have the effect of strengthening the international working class revolutionary movement. Every capitalists worst nightmare!

In particular, the working class of Russia must be assured that they are our Comrades. We have the same class enemy. The old time Russian Czar, the Romanovs, have managed to return to power, in the form of Putin and the Oligarchs. The names and faces are different, but the method of rule is similar. They amount to the new Russian monarchy, the new Czars. Just as the Romanov’s were overthrown, so too Putin and the Oligarchs must be overthrown.

Even though Lenin is no longer with us, his works are readily available. As a fellow Russian, he outlined precisely the manner in which the Czar had to be fought and then overthrown. His advice is as valid then, as it is now. Legal work must be combined with illegal work. The level of awareness of the working class must be raised. Use the internet to download works of Lenin and Marx. Send emails to as many working people as possible. Trust on one. No doubt Putin has agents working within the working class, informers who are more than happy to ”rat out” a fellow worker.

Bear in mind that it was Lenin who first organized the League of Struggle For the Emancipation of the Working Class. He was also promptly thrown into prison. Try to avoid prison, as people who are locked up, are of limited usefulness.

With that in mind, those who are more familiar with the internet can put their training to good use. There must be a way to communicate with each other, without the government authorities becoming aware. The pedophiles and ”human traffickers” do this on a regular basis. If they can do this, then we can do this.

The Russian people are supremely proud, with good reason. It is the country of Lenin, with a history of revolutions. It was Russia that demonstrated to the world the manner in which a most reactionary monarchy could be overthrown, and then the capitalists in their turn, and how to establish Soviet Power and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. Now the Russian working people will show the world how to restore the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.

We will know we are achieving our goal when protesters from Kiev to Moscow, from Washington to Beijing, carry banners which proclaim:

Workers of the World, Unite!

The Canadian Truckers Protest, other wise known as the Freedom Convoy 2022, is now entering its third week, as I write this. This began as a protest against a set of rules, in both countries, requiring truckers to be fully vaccinated, before being allowed to cross the border. It has now ‘’snowballed’’ to include a broader list of grievances, including the removal of the Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau.  

The Prime Minister, in turn, is determined to end the blockade. As he stated, it is time to ‘’denounce these illegal acts. They are harming the communities they are taking place in -they are hurting jobs, businesses and our country’s economy’’.

It should be noted that the press is referring to the biggest trucks, the ‘’semi trailers’’, or ‘’big rigs’’, as trucks, while the smaller vehicles are being referred to as ‘’passenger vehicles’’. So for the purposes of this article, I have chosen to use that terminology.  

For the first two weeks, the downtown area of Ottawa, which is the Canadian capital city, was occupied by trucks. The Prime Minister responded by ‘’making himself scarce’’. Instead of meeting with the protesters, he ‘’moved to an undisclosed location’’. It would appear that the leader of the Canadian people is afraid of the very people he is leading!

Now the joke among the working people is that we no longer go into a fast food restaurant and order a chicken sandwich. Now we order a ‘’Trudeau sandwich’’. I rather doubt that our Prime Minister appreciates our sense of humour!

As the occupation of the capital was not getting the attention of our esteemed leader, the protesters decided to adopt sterner measures. One of the main border crossings, between the United States and Canada, that of the Ambassador Bridge, was blocked. This succeeded in getting the attention of the government, on both sides of the border. 

There are over one hundred border crossing points, between the United States and Canada. After all, the border stretches 8,891 kilometres or 5,524 miles. Several of these are considered to be major crossing points, or ‘’arteries’’, from the viewpoint of the business people. The Ambassador Bridge, between the city of Windsor, Ontario, on the Canadian side of the border, to the city of Detroit, Michigan, on the American side of the border, is one of those arteries. 

As that is the major auto manufacturing centre, the closure of that Bridge has serious ‘’economic implications’’. In fact, it is estimated that four hundred million dollars worth of goods flows across the border, each day. With the Ambassador Bridge blockaded, the press reported ‘’some production cuts, shift reduction and temporary plant closures’’, among the auto manufacturers.  

This loss of production is the primary concern of the politicians. They refer to it as ‘’hurting the country’s economy’’. In fact, it cuts into the profits of the capitalists. As the politicians are the devoted servants of the capitalists, that is of course their main concern. 

This ‘’concern’’ extends to the other side of the border. Even President Biden is worried. The press reports that his ‘’administration’’ is ‘’monitoring the situation at the border very closely and Cabinet officials were engaged around the clock to bring this to a swift end’’. 

They were not joking. To that end, the Homeland Security Secretary, as well as the Transportation Secretary, have urged their Canadian counterparts to ‘’use federal power to resolve this situation’’ and offered the support of their departments. 

No one is quite sure just what kind of ‘’support’’ they had in mind. Still less sure are Canadians, concerning the statement by Trudeau, to the effect that officials ‘’have been in close contact with Representatives and officials from the United States to align efforts to resolve this situation’’. Unless it means that he is nothing more than a lap dog of the Americans!

Perhaps if the Prime Minister would emerge from hiding, out of his ‘’undisclosed location’’, and meet with the protesters, the very citizens he has been elected to represent, then he would at least earn a little respect. The attitude of the protesters now, with regard to Trudeau, make it abundantly clear that they find him to be contemptible. 

Then there is arguably the strangest accusation of all, by certain members of the press, to the effect that the Truckers Protest is ‘’well organized and funded by the alt right’’. 

We beg to differ. The Truckers Protest started out as anything but ‘’well organized’’! It appeared in a completely spontaneous manner. It is only now that several leaders have been identified, and they are providing direction to the protest. But then, in any such situation, leaders emerge. The cream always rises to the surface! 

Then there is the accusation that it is being ‘’funded by the alt right’’. No doubt many people are wondering what they are talking about. With that in mind, I conducted a search on the internet. Their ‘’definition’’ is that it is short hand for ‘’Alternative Right, a loosely connected far right, nationalist movement… characterized by rejection of mainstream politics, and by the use of mainline media to disseminate provocative content, often expressing opposition to racial, religious or gender equality.’’ 

Now that is more of a condemnation, rather than a definition!

Without a doubt, the Truckers Protest is well funded. As the movement has spread across the country, and even to other countries, it has broad support. People from ‘’all walks of life’’, which is to say different classes, backgrounds, religions and ethnic groups, have come together to support the protest. The money which is being sent to the protesters, is being put to good use. The trucks are being provided with fuel. As well, food, wood for campfires and propane for cooking, are being provided. Meals are being prepared and given to all, including the homeless. Hotel rooms are being rented, and all are allowed to take showers. First aid is provided, as well as entertainment. The protesters, the people who are benefitting from this wonderful hospitality, are not questioning the source! 

Still, Trudeau took the advice of our southern neighbours, and invoked the ‘’Emergencies Act’’, which is to say that he, effectively, declared martial law. This has never been done before, as it is meant to be used strictly in case of an absolute emergency. It is also subject to the approval of Parliament!

In all fairness to our Prime Minister, before invoking the Emergency Act, he said that he spoke to the Premiers of all the provinces. True. Yet he neglected to mention that several of the Premiers were opposed to this!

The American journalists who are covering the protests are mentioning, for the sake of their American viewers, that the Premiers are the ‘’equivalent of the American governors’’.  

In fact, this Emergencies Act has been met with widespread opposition, to put it mildly. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association has vowed to take the Canadian government to court. The Premier of the province of Alberta has promised the same thing. The Premier of the province of Quebec has expressed opposition. This has not stopped Trudeau from ordering the police to clear all protesters from the city of Ottawa, even before the Emergencies Act is approved by Parliament!

It should be noted that the blockade of the Ambassador Bridge, as well as the blockade of other border crossings, was resolved peacefully. All such crossings are now open to traffic. There was no need to resort to Emergency Act measures. The same could almost certainly be done in the city of Ottawa, if the Prime Minister would only meet with the protesters.

Yet Trudeau has his own priorities. The press is reporting he actually stated, that ‘’those who support the Truckers Protest’’ are ‘’misogynists, racists, women haters, science deniers, the fringe, supporters of swastikas’’. As all members of the Conservative Party, in Parliament, support the protest, all took that as a personal insult!

In particular, one Conservative Member of Parliament stood up and gave Trudeau an ‘’earful’’! She states that she is a ‘’proud Jewish woman, a descendant of those who have survived the holocaust’’, and as such, she objected to be called a Nazi! Who can blame her? She then demanded an apology, one which is not forth coming. 

It is worth mentioning that the New Democratic Party, NDP, which bills itself as the Party of the ‘’little guy’’, the working people, even a ‘’socialist’’ party, is now supporting Trudeau and the Liberal Party, in attempting to crush the Truckers Protest, using the Emergency Act! In so doing, they have managed to show their ‘’true colours’’!

Remarkably enough, some of the most accurate reports of the Protests are coming from an American news network which is thought to be very ‘’right wing’’. In fact, most of the other established American networks take great delight in ‘’bashing’’ them, to use a popular expression. Yet the fact is that their reports are accurate, which may well be the very reason they are so passionately hated!

One American journalist, who works for this hated news outlet, and whom has vast experience in reporting on protests, is amazed. He compares it to ‘’two different worlds’’, in that the protesters are ‘’cooperating with the cops, giving away free food, feeding the homeless’’. Even more remarkable, the ‘’cops do not want to enforce the law!’’

All journalists are agreed that the atmosphere at the protest sites is that of ‘’festival’’ or ‘’carnival’’. Families have brought their children. An inflatable playground has been set up in Ottawa. There are even several saunas, despite the fact that the winter temperatures can sink to thirty degrees below zero! There are countless flags on display, most of which are Canadian, but also flags of America and Quebec. People are standing around camp fires, singing the national anthem of both countries, Canada and America. They are also singing and dancing to the music of ‘’We’re Not Gonna Take It’’, and ‘’We Are the World’’, among others. 

When the police show up, they tend to chant ‘’Freedom’’, lock their arms and chant ‘’Hold the Line!’’ They refer to the police as their friends! No wonder the American journalists are amazed! 

The authorities have responded by setting up a ‘’united command centre’’, combining police from the RCMP, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the OPP, Ontario Provincial Police, the Ottawa City Police, and apparently other police forces. They refer to this as combining federal, provincial and municipal police forces. 

They are quite concerned with the fact that so many protesters are former members of the police, as well as military veterans. As such, they are well trained, familiar with the tactics of the police, and know precisely how to respond. Worse, those same protesters are encouraging the police to join them! 

Without doubt, this stands in stark contrast to protests in America. As yet the Canadian police have not resorted to night sticks, tear gas, pepper spray or water cannons. They certainly have not used ‘’rubber bullets’’! There may be a good reason for this. It is entirely possible that should the police be given such an order, they would refuse to obey it! Worse, the police could even join the protesters!

It is also quite possible that the people in charge are well aware of this! That would explain the reason the order has not been given!

It is now three weeks into the protest, and someone has just posted a video on the internet, to the effect that protesters in Ottawa are ‘’not being arrested’’. He maintains that ‘’protesters are being handcuffed, placed in patty wagons, taken away and within fifteen or twenty minutes, released’’. He maintains that is the very thing that happened to him! He speaks from experience!

This has yet to be confirmed. If true, then it means that the support of the protesters is much more wide spread, than I at first thought.

A second protester just posted another video on the internet, in which he says he was ‘’roughed up, handcuffed, placed in a paddy wagon, taken away from the protest site and released’’. Of course he immediately returned to the protest site. As neither individual has any particular reason to lie, it is quite likely that these stories are true. 

The implication is that the police may be resorting to ‘’passive resistance’’. It is entirely possible that, under pressure from their superiors, the police are arresting those whom they have to arrest, or at least ‘’apprehending’’ them, but instead of charging them, are merely removing them from the protest site, and releasing them. 

If this is standard practice, I have never heard of it. 

Yet at least four leaders of the protest have been arrested and charged. They may, or may not, be exceptional. They have been charged with ‘’mischief’’, a charge which one American journalist compared to something out of ‘’Dennis the Menace’’. He thought it was quite funny, until he determined that such a charge carries a maximum penalty of ten years in prison. Then he quit laughing. 

Yet there can be no doubt that the support for the protesters extends to the police. The Chief of Police, for the city of Ottawa, has just resigned. There are also reports of a Staff Sargent of the Ontario Provincial Police also quitting, apparently in protest. As well, a considerable number of members of various police forces are currently taking vacation time, calling in sick, and taking ‘’stress leave’’. Many of those whom have worked as police officers for some considerable time, so that they are able to retire and receive a pension, are doing so. A great many others, who have responsibilities, have chosen to remain on duty. To merely quit would place an undue burden upon their families.Yet, it would not take a great deal to push them over the edge, to get them to join the protest. At that point, the ‘’protest’’ will be properly called a full scale revolution.

But to return to the comment of the American journalist, to the effect that protests in Canada were of a ‘’different world’’. There is some truth to this. Consider that which Marx wrote in April 12, 1871, at the time of the Paris Commune, in a letter to Kugelman. Bear in mind that at that time, Marx was living in Britain:

 ‘’If you look at the last chapter of my Eighteenth Brumaire, you will find that I say the next attempt of the French Revolution will be no longer, as before, to transfer the bureaucratic military machine from one hand to another, but to smash it (italics by Marx) and this is necessary for every real people’s revolution on the Continent. And this is what our heroic Party comrades in Paris are attempting’’. 

It is important to bear in mind that Marx distinguished between the countries on the ‘’Continent’’, which is to say Europe, and countries that were not on the Continent. Of course, he was referring to Great Britain, as a country that was not on the continent.

As Lenin pointed out, at the time Marx wrote this, in 1871, Great Britain was ‘’without militarism and, to a considerable degree, without a bureaucracy’’. For that reason, a ‘’peoples revolution’’ was possible ‘’without the condition of first destroying the ‘ready made state machine’’’. (italics by Lenin)

We can compare this to the current situation, in which America is equivalent to the countries ‘’on the Continent’’ in 1871, while Canada is equivalent to Britain at that time. 

As that is the case, it is clear that the goal of the next American revolution must be to smash the existing ‘’bureaucratic military machine’’, the state apparatus. On the other hand, as Canada has not embraced militarism, and does not have a great bureaucracy, a ‘’people’s revolution’’ is possible, without ‘’first destroying the ready made state machine’’. No wonder that American journalist got the impression that he had entered a ‘’different world’’! He had indeed entered a different world! A world -Canada- in which there is a distinct possibility of a transition to socialism, without first smashing the existing state apparatus! It may well be a simple matter of ‘’buying out’’ the bourgeoisie!

In fact it was Marx who stated, quite clearly, that ‘’under certain conditions’’, the workers would  ‘’not refuse to buy out’’ the bourgeoisie. Of course, he did not state precisely those conditions, as he was well aware that the situation could change radically and often, in the course of revolution. Yet the absence of militarism and bureaucracy were absolutely essential. 

The point is that America and Canada present a striking contrast. 

On the one hand, America has embraced militarism and bureaucracy, which is to say that they have embraced imperialism. The state apparatus, of that country, must be destroyed. There is no other way a socialist revolution can be successful. Further, that state apparatus can be destroyed only through revolution. The American capitalists, the bourgeoisie, will fight this, to their dying breath. Only then, after the existing state apparatus is destroyed, can a socialist republic be created. 

On the other hand, Canada has not embraced militarism and bureaucracy. Now that the ‘’people’’ are rising up, it is entirely possible to buy out the capitalists, the bourgeoisie, and establish socialism, without first smashing the existing state machine. After all, buying out the capitalists may be so much cheaper than fighting them. 

It was President Lincoln who is credited with stating that the best way to destroy our enemies, is by converting them into our friends.

It is one thing to say that something is possible, and even desirable, and something else entirely to say that it is feasible. With that in mind, perhaps it is best to consider that which Lenin had to say on the subject. 

As Lenin stated, the necessary conditions for a successful transition to socialism, as in Britain, at the time to which Marx was referring, in 1871, without smashing the existing state apparatus, were the following: ‘’1) The absolute preponderance of workers, of proletarians, in the population, owing to the absence of a peasantry 2) The excellent organization of the proletariat in trade unions 3) The comparatively high level of culture of the proletariat, which has been trained by centuries of development of political liberty 4) The old habit of the well organized British capitalists of settling political and economic questions by compromise… These were the circumstances which at that time gave rise to the idea that the peaceful subjugation of the British capitalists by the workers was possible’’. 

It is safe to say that those four conditions now exist in Canada. The vast majority of the population is now proletarian, as the peasants, or farmers, have been all but wiped out. It is also a fact that the proletariat is quite well organized in trade unions. As for a high level of culture, it has never been higher. Most workers are literate and now have digital devices, or at least have access to them, as well as access to the internet. As the truckers protest has revealed, many of them have gained immediate access to the internet, using those devices. Further, the blockade of the Bridge, as well as the occupation of downtown Ottawa, was resolved through compromise. Very little violence was used. In short, the four conditions required for a successful transition to socialism, in Canada, without first smashing the existing state apparatus, currently exist. 

Yet a considerable amount of work needs to be done, in order to prepare the proletariat for socialism, and the subsequent Dictatorship of the Proletariat. 

It is clear that the Truckers Protest began quite spontaneously, and resulted in the occupation of several blocks, the ‘’downtown’’, of the capital city of Ottawa. Yet once the city was properly occupied, the press reports that the protesters were ‘’well organized’’, with ‘’military style logistics hubs keeping food, fuel and other resources flowing to the encampments, where each block has its own captain and night patrol’’. They went on to say that ‘’Volunteers open up their homes and hotel rooms for participants to shower and do laundry’’. 

From this I can only conclude that many of the people who are taking part in the protests are well trained. The previous training they received, by the military and police, is being put to good use! Further, the fact that the members of the public are ‘’opening their doors to the protesters, inviting them to shower and do their laundry’’, proves that the protesters have the broad support of the public.

Although the press has made no mention of this, it is quite possible that the ‘’leaders’’ were in fact members of a Council, or Soviet, as that is the Russian translation. The revolutionary motion frequently gives rise to such Councils.

The fact that ‘’each block has its own captain and night patrol’’ supports this possibility. That is precisely the very thing that took place in the Seattle Autonomous Zone.  

At the end of three weeks, the police were finally able to clear the protesters, from the streets of Ottawa. On one occasion, tear gas was used, but that could have been an accident on the part of the police. There was talk of rubber bullets being used, but that is quite doubtful. Most protesters chose to pack up and leave the city. Which is not to say that they have given up the struggle. They are merely regrouping. They insist that they are determined to ‘’Hold the Line!’’

At one point during the protest, a great many vehicles circled the Ottawa airport. The idea was to disrupt air traffic. This did not have the desired effect, but the point is that the protesters are prepared to adopt different tactics. 

Now that Ottawa has been cleared of protesters, the press is reporting -correctly- that the situation is ‘’still fluid, volatile’’. In fact, the truckers have issued a statement, in the name of the Freedom Convoy 2022, to the effect that even though the leaders have been arrested, ‘’This is a grass roots movement and others will fill their roles. We will continue to Hold the Line. We refuse to bow to abuse of power’’. 

With that in mind, there are already reports of trucker protests in Edmonton, Alberta, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in Toronto, Ontario, and in Osoyoos, British Columbia. Clearly, the protesters are still determined to ‘’refuse to bow to abuse of power’’, and indeed they are going to ‘’Hold the Line’’!  

Everyone is agreed that it started as a protest against a set of unreasonable rules, requiring drivers to be fully vaccinated, before being allowed to cross the international border. Then it ‘’snowballed’’ to include a broader list of grievances, so that the protesters are now calling for ‘’freedom’’. 

It may well be objected that most of the ‘’truckers’’ are not so much workers, as ’’owner operators’’, which makes them small business owners, middle class, or petty bourgeois. This is true. A valid objection, and this calls for an explanation.

We can start by facing the fact that a great many working class people want to ‘’get ahead’’, which is the expression they tend to use. Who can blame them? No one wants to live ‘’pay check to pay check’’! 

The solution of so many working people, or at least the more advanced, is to ‘’go into business’’. This may involve opening up a small store, perhaps as a commissary, selling novelty items, or providing a service, such as delivery, or buying a machine, such as a taxi, perhaps a logging machine or even a truck, and operating the machine. This is referred to as being an ‘’owner-operator’’, or a ‘’single phase contractor’’, and such people become small business owners, technically referred to as petty bourgeois. These are terms with which working people must become familiar. 

A more popular expression, and one which is perhaps more accurate, is that of ‘’buying a job’’!

All too often, these owner operators, including those whom the press are now referring to as ‘’truckers’’, are at best, able to earn wages. The expenses of trucks, for example, are considerable. Tires are not cheap. As they put it, money merely ‘’changes hands’’. After they make the bill payments, they are lucky to ‘’earn wages’’. These expressions are not mine. 

Yet a considerable number of people are able to ‘’get by’’, at least for a while. But then, it is just a matter of time before a crisis ‘’comes along’’. 

As Lenin put it, ‘’Crises of every kind -economic crises more frequently, but not only these- in their turn increase very considerably the tendency towards concentration and monopoly’’.

The current crisis has been caused by the Virus, and has in turn, indeed increased ‘’very considerably the tendency towards concentration and monopoly’’. In other words, the middle class people, the petty bourgeois, including the owner operators, the truckers, are experiencing this ‘’tendency towards concentration and monopoly’’. In short, they are being forced into bankruptcy. They are going broke.

The reason for this is quite simple. As this crisis is causing a decrease in profits, the capitalists, by whom I mean the billionaires, working through their monopoly corporations, are ‘’squeezing’’ the ‘’little guy’’, the small business owners, including the truckers. They are passing the losses onto the truckers.

To put this into perspective -lest we fall into a depression and slash our wrists- bear in mind that it was Lenin who pointed out that ‘’every great revolution, and a socialist revolution in particular, is inconceivable without… a lack of equilibrium and chaos…all the elements of disintegration of the old society, which are inevitably more numerous and connected mainly with the petty bourgeois, because it is the petty bourgeois that every war and crisis ruins first’’. (my italics)

In fact, it is not just the truckers who are protesting, although they form the most visible presence. The farmers are also protesting, which explains the presence of a great many tractors, especially on the southern parts of Manitoba and Alberta, close to the American border. These farmers too are middle class, petty bourgeois, and are also going broke.

The ‘’good news’’- if you will excuse the poor joke- is that this ‘’Freedom Convoy’’, or ‘’Truckers Protest’’, has spread across the country, and even to other countries. As that is the case, it has all the indications of the beginning of a full scale socialist revolution! 

As for those who are skeptical, bear in mind that the current situation meets the requirements, set out by Lenin, of a socialist revolution!

The situation is certainly ‘’chaotic’’. The ‘’elements of disintegration of the old society’’, which are ‘’numerous and connected mainly with the petty bourgeoisie’’, are clear for all to see. 

The Liberal Party, which bills itself as the ‘’Centrist Party’’, the ’’Party of the middle class’’, as well as the NDP, the ‘’Leftist Party’’, which is supposed to be the ‘’Party of the little guy’’, have both turned against the protesters! On the other hand, the Conservative Party, the ‘’Right Wing Party’’, which is thought to support the capitalists, is supporting the protesters! The roles have been reversed! This is the very definition of ‘’chaos’’! Further, it is the petty bourgeois that is being ruined!

This precisely fits the definition of a ‘’great revolution’’, and a ‘’socialist revolution in particular’’, as described by Lenin!

This is not to say that this ‘’truckers protest’’ will naturally lead to a socialist revolution. Such is not the case. The reason for this is quite simple: We live in a class society!

As that is the case, it follows that we are ‘’blessed’’ with two ideologies, one bourgeois, and the other proletarian. As Lenin pointed out, ‘’in a society torn by class antagonisms, there can never be a non class or above class ideology. Hence, to belittle socialist ideology in any way, to deviate from it in the slightest degree, means strengthening bourgeois ideology.’’ (italics by Lenin)

Lenin went on to say that the ‘’spontaneous development of the labour movement leads to its becoming subordinated to bourgeois ideology’’ -and the truckers protest is spontaneous- ‘’for the spontaneous labour movement is pure and simple trade unionism…and trade unionism means the ideological enslavement of the workers to the bourgeoisie. Hence our task, the task of Social Democracy, is to combat spontaneity, to divert the labour movement from its spontaneous, trade unionist striving to go under the wing of the bourgeoisie, and to bring it under the wing of Social Democracy.’’ (italics by Lenin)

I should mention that at the time this was written, Marxists were referred to as Social Democrats. With that in mind, Lenin added: ‘’Social Democrats lead the struggle of the working class not only for better terms for the sale of their labour power, but also for the abolition of the social system which compels the propertyless to sell themselves to the rich’’. 

No doubt the astute reader will notice that Lenin used the term ‘’our task’’, the task of conscious people, Marxists, those who are aware of the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin. It was not a ‘’slip of the tongue’’. He meant every word he said!

This is to say that the Freedom Convoy, also known as the Truckers Protest, is bound to become ‘’subordinated to bourgeois ideology’’, unless the people taking part in those protests become class conscious. It started as a protest against unreasonable restrictions against crossing the border, and has since expanded to include the demand that Trudeau step down. 

That is a step in the right direction, but only a step. As yet, the protesters are not aware that Trudeau is merely the head of a state apparatus, one set up to protect the capitalists. To replace him with someone else, would merely result in a change of face. The policy of the government, which serves the capitalists, would not change. No doubt the protesters will learn this, from experience. 

That awareness can only come with the awareness of the existence of classes, a class of capitalists, bourgeoisie, and a class of workers, proletarians. They also must be made aware that the interests of the two classes are diametrically opposed. That which is in the best interests of one class is in the worst interest of the other class. 

In the past, this awareness has come only from intellectuals, most of whom are middle class, petty bourgeois. But then, at that time, it was only the middle class who were able to go to university, to learn about these theories. After all, it was only in university that these theories were taught, and only with a view to distorting them.

Bear in mind that both Marx and Engels were members of the bourgeois intelligentsia. I mention this for the sake of those who are prejudiced against bourgeois intellectuals. 

Yet times have changed, and changed dramatically. The invention of the internet has given rise to a revolution in communications! It is a marvel of modern technology! What is more, a great many working people know precisely how to use the internet! They demonstrated their great skill in broadcasting live, from the site of the protests!

It stands to reason that, for the first time in history, it is now possible for the working class, the proletariat, to become class conscious, without the help of middle class intellectuals! Marxist literature can now be downloaded from the internet, onto various digital devices!

May I suggest that workers, by whom I mean all those who are protesting, should read that which is referred to as the ‘’Essential Works of Lenin’’. These include State and Revolution, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, and What Is To Be Done?

An understanding of those revolutionary works will give protesters a fine grounding in the struggle for scientific socialism, including the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. Bear in mind that, as Lenin stated, ‘’Those who recognize only the class struggle are not yet Marxists….A Marxist is one who extends the acceptance of the class struggle to the acceptance of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.’’ (italics by Lenin)

We will know that the working class is ‘’getting the message’’, becoming class conscious, when the expression Dictatorship of the Proletariat becomes common place!

I had hoped that the devastation to the middle class, the petty bourgeois, caused by the Virus, would inspire many of the intellectuals within that class, to embrace those revolutionary theories, and bring that awareness to the working class. Me and my starry eyed optimism!

If any middle class Marxist intellectuals have embraced these revolutionary theories, and are bringing this awareness to the working class, I am not aware of it. So be it!

In all previous socialist revolutions, the working people did their part. They rose up and demanded change. The trouble was that the working class, the proletariat, were not class conscious, as the conditions of life of the working class, do not lead to the awareness of classes. It was up to conscious people, middle class intellectuals, Marxists, to bring that awareness to the working class. Rest assured, Lenin was one such middle class intellectual!

In much the same way, the working class people taking part in the current protests are not class conscious. This is to be expected.

The fact that conscious people, middle class intellectuals, are not ‘’tripping over themselves’’ trying to bring this Marxist awareness to the working class, is no cause for ‘’doom and gloom’’. It is what it is!

It is one thing to accept something. Now it is just a little matter of changing it. And change it we can, and we will! As the middle class intellectuals refuse to do their duty -and it is their duty to bring to the working class the awareness of the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin!- then the working class will just have to educate themselves! There is more than one way to skin a cat!

Now it is a matter of combining theory and practice. A careful reading of the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin are one thing, and putting those revolutionary theories to the test, is something else entirely! The Truckers Protest provides us with a golden opportunity!

What does Lenin say about that? ‘’Class political consciousness can be brought to the workers, only from without…outside of the sphere of relations between workers and employers. The sphere from which alone it is possible to obtain this knowledge is the sphere of relationship between all the various classes’’. (italics by Lenin)

Lo and behold, our cup runneth over! The Truckers Protest involves all the ‘’various classes’’! It falls ‘’outside the sphere of relations between workers and employers’’! Just what the ‘’doctor ordered’’! More accurately, just what ‘’Lenin ordered’’, as I could not resist that terrible joke!

When Lenin referred to the ‘’sphere of relations between workers and employers’’, he was referring to the struggle of workers for better wages and working conditions, which goes on constantly. Workers do not have to be told about this, because they constantly experience it!

By contrast, the Truckers Protest is concerned with our democratic rights, including our right to peaceful assembly and protest. It also involves different classes, including the middle class, the petty bourgeois, as most protesting truckers are middle class. Then there were certain middle class people within the city of Ottawa, for example, who were upset, as the protest was hurting their business. After all, it is difficult for a restaurant to compete with those who are giving away free meals!

Of course the ruling class of capitalists, the bourgeoisie, were determined to end the occupation of Ottawa, as they saw it as a threat to the rule of their class.

That pretty well covers the ‘’sphere of relations between all the various classes’’! 

Now that the Ambassador Bridge is open for business, and the city of Ottawa has been ‘’liberated’’ from peaceful protesters, the Prime Minister rescinded the Emergency Act. Mind you, the pressure from so many people, including the Premiers of several provinces, as well as the threat of legal action, may have helped to force his hand. For that matter, even though the Emergency Act was approved by Parliament, it also had to be approved by the Senate. The approval of the Senate was not assured.

The events of the last few weeks may prove to be the beginning of a socialist revolution, one which spans two countries. I say this because other such protests are already being planned. A  ‘’Peoples Convoy’’, from California to Washington, DC, is gathering. The National Guard has already been notified. Other protests are in the planning stages. 

No doubt the protesters will soon learn to be flexible, and adjust their tactics. There is something to be said for doing the unexpected! Hit the enemy at their weak point! Keep them off balance! Give them no peace!

Above all, study the revolutionary works of Marx and Lenin! Become class conscious! Carry the message to other members of the working class! Join the various mainstream political parties!

Set up stations so that people can become members of the various political parties, and even put their names down as candidates for political office. Those who are computer literate can assist with this.

Run for office! In Canada, run for Parliament! In America, join the two parties, as card carrying members, and run for Congress! Encourage your family and friends to join you! Do not surrender any political office to the capitalists! Extend the protests to the provincial and state capitals! Protest in front of their businesses and homes! Carry the protests to their fancy restaurants and resorts! Leave messages on their luxury vehicles!

There were a great many signs at the Ottawa protest site, but none with class content. With that in mind, may I suggest, as a means of raising the level of awareness of the working class, banners which read:

Workers of the World, Unite!

Dictatorship of the Proletariat! 

Scientific Socialism!

Hold the Line!