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It is no secret that for some time now I have been encouraging Americans to join the two mainstream political parties, Democratic and Republican. Of course I am mainly concerned with the working class, proletarians, and the more advanced those workers are, the better. No doubt at least some of those workers are considered to be Leftist people, and of course there are a great many middle class people, petty bourgeois, who are also Leftist. With a little effort, it is possible to flood Washington with such Leftist people, those who consider themselves to be Communists, Marxists, socialists, independent socialists, or just plain folks who are determined to make a difference. Contrary to popular belief, this is not as difficult and expensive as is commonly thought. In fact, it is real simple and just as easy, not at all expensive. The only reason it has not been tried before is because no one has thought of this.

This requires a little explanation. Capitalism has long since reached the monopoly stage, that which is technically referred to as imperialism. This highest stage of capitalism has certain features, as was documented by Lenin many years ago. Among other things, he pointed out that ”imperialism is reaction, right down the line.” As a result of this, everything in America is now for sale. That includes any and all political offices. Such offices are considered to be commodities, to be sold to the highest bidder.

The most expensive office is of course the presidency, and in fact it is reported that in the last federal election, the Democratic candidate for president spent one billion dollars, and she lost!

People are well aware that a congressional seat, by which I mean an office that is held by a member of the House of Representatives, also costs a great deal, possibly several million dollars. That is far beyond the price range of common people, so very few working people even give it a thought. Then again, they can take my advice and may be elected at almost no expense.

Almost all adult American citizens are eligible to join the two parties. All that is required is an application form to be filled out, and this can be done online. It costs nothing. Then in several weeks the citizen will receive, in the mail, a card which identifies the holder as a member of the party. Such card carrying members are referred to as ”party bosses”, because that is precisely what they are. Such party bosses determine the individual to run for any and all political offices. This means that as long as the party bosses choose the same person to run for congress on behalf of both parties, then that person is sure to win. There is no need for any expensive campaign. As a bonus, such a process is also blessed by the fact that it is completely legal. There is no law that says Americans cannot be members of both parties.

There are a number of Leftist political parties and organizations in the country. Many of them have challenged the two party system of the country in previous elections, without a great deal of success. I am suggesting a different approach. Instead of fighting the two party system, I am suggesting that Leftist people should embrace it. That is perhaps the best way to destroy the two party system.

With that in mind, I am suggesting that each and every member of all Leftist groups, along with their families and friends, should join the two parties. After that, it is a matter of getting as many concerned citizens as possible to also join the two parties. The simplest, most effective way to do this is to approach people with a slogan. That should get their attention. Different groups of people should be approached with different slogans. I would suggest first approaching the students, with slogans to which they can all relate. May I suggest:

Free Education!

Abolish All Student Loans!

As there are reported to be over forty million people who are saddled with crushing student debts, it is reasonable to expect that a great many citizens, and not just students,  will flock to the cause. Better yet, we can expect the more advanced people to join the two parties.

Then there are the seniors. They are accustomed to being ignored by all politicians, except at election time. As a result of this, they tend to be rather bitter. Given the chance to turn the tables, do not be surprised if they jump at the opportunity. The only reason they have not done so years ago is because they were not aware of it. That little problem is easily remedied. Just let them know about this. For the seniors, perhaps different slogans, such as:

Free Medical!

Raise The Pensions!

I have no doubt that will get their attention. Then explain to them that as card carrying members of the two parties, they will get to decide the person to run for office. The shoe will be on the other foot. The days of being ignored by politicians will then be over. Offer to assist them in applying for membership, as most seniors are not computer experts. Do not be surprised if that puts a smile on their faces.

As for the working people, including union members, may I suggest:

Raise the Minimum Wage!

All workers are aware that if the minimum wage goes up, all wages go up. There are other groups of people, such as sports enthusiasts, who will likely respond to different slogans. May I suggest:

Defend the Right to Bear Arms!

The vast majority of such people are reasonable, only concerned with bearing firearms for sporting purposes. As for those who are determined to own machine guns and artillery, do not argue the point. By all means avoid confrontation. It will serve no purpose.

Then there are those who are mainly concerned with our right to free speech, such as journalists. They too can be approached with a suitable slogan, such as:

Defend Our Right to Free Speech!

Less savoury elements may flock to the cause, such as pornographers, and they too must be welcomed. Of course, this does not apply to kiddy pornographers. Bear in mind that in politics, it is occasionally necessary to make certain compromises, if only temporarily, with people whom we may find to be completely contemptible. As long as these compromises do not violate principle, they are acceptable.

In all cases, feel free to stress the fact that as party bosses, they get to choose the individual to run for any and all political office, on behalf of both parties.

In days gone by, it was necessary to approach people directly, but now with modern communications, such as smart phones, it is much easier. Or so I have been told. As someone who is in his declining years, I am only familiar with stupid phones. The message is the important thing. The instrument which carries the message is not. Whether that message is carried by the Pony Express or the internet, is of no consequence.

With a little effort, on the part of Leftist people, I can see no reason that the two parties cannot be flooded with Leftist people. Then the newly created party bosses can get to work and place the names of Leftist candidates on the ballots for both parties. There is no law that says the same person cannot run for office on behalf of both parties. This way, there is no need for expensive campaigns.

No doubt there are a great many people who are quite skeptical. At least, I hope there are a great many such people. To approach a problem with such an attitude is a fine,  scientific method. As someone who has spent a great many years exercising that approach, I can honestly say that most people overlook the obvious. Possibly the reason that so many Americans have not joined the two parties is because they never thought of it.

Each of the parties has tens of millions of registered voters. This is encouraging, as it means that a great many citizens went to the trouble of registering to vote as a member of one of the two parties. Now if even a fraction of those voters, perhaps ten percent, go to the extra length of applying for membership in the two parties, then millions of Americans will soon become party bosses. Further, it stands to reason that only the most advanced members of the working class will choose to become card carrying members of the parties. That is precisely the very thing we want, as the most advanced do the leading, while the less advanced do the following. As a bonus, we can expect a mixture of young and old. They can learn from each other.

These party bosses can in turn endorse the candidate of their choice to run for any and all political office, on behalf of both parties, and very soon each and every member of Congress can be a socialist, or at least a Leftist person. A great many members of the Senate can also be Leftist people. What is more, both parties can endorse Sanders for president, or anyone else of their choice. If nothing else, that should save people the expense of running a presidential campaign, a couple billion dollars. Mission accomplished.

This could well happen in the next election. But then that begs the question: what to expect? The answer depends upon the person who answers the question.

Lenin answered that question in his excellent article titled:

Elections and the Dictatorship Of the Proletariat: (all italics and emphasis by Lenin)

”In mockery of the teachings of Marx, those gentlemen, the opportunists, including the Kautskyites, ‘teach’ the people that the proletariat must first win a majority by means of universal suffrage, then obtain state power, by the vote of that majority, and only after that, on the basis of ‘consistent’ (some call it pure) democracy, organize socialism.

But we say on the basis of the teachings of Marx and the experience of the Russian revolution:

the proletariat must first overthrow the bourgeoisie and win for itself state power, and then use that state power, that is, the dictatorship of the proletariat, as an instrument of its class for the purpose of winning the sympathy of the majority of the working people.”

We are now presented with a golden opportunity to put the ”teachings” of the opportunists to the test. They are determined that in the next federal election, the American voters can, ”by means of universal suffrage”, place a socialist candidate in each and every seat of the House of Representatives, the Congress, as well as a great many members of the Senate, and the presidency. The American voters will thus obtain ”state power” and be in a position to ”organize socialism”. So say the opportunists.

By contrast, Lenin says something entirely different. Based on the theories of Marx and the experience of the Russian revolution – and here we have a fine example of theory being verified by practice – such a policy is doomed to failure. It is necessary to ”first overthrow the bourgeoisie”, as the Russian working people, which is to say the proletariat and the poor peasants, overthrew the Russian bourgeoisie in November of 1917. They then set up a new state power in the form of the dictatorship of the proletariat. Only after they had seized state power and established the dictatorship of the proletariat were they able to organize socialism.

Now it is a matter of persuading the majority of American working people of the correctness of the theories of Marx and Lenin. As there are practically no peasants in the country, the situation is simpler than the situation in Russia of 1917. Now there are workers, proletarians, and middle class people, petty bourgeois. Even most of the middle class people have been financially ruined, forced into the ranks of the proletariat. Such people are aware of the existence of classes, even though many of them still maintain the bourgeois mentality.

All such people, working class and current or former members of the middle class, must be made aware of the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin. Then they must be persuaded, by their own experience, of the correctness of those theories. That is precisely the reason the next federal election is so important.

I can only stress that the importance of the election lies in the fact that it can be used as a tool to raise the level of awareness of the working class. It absolutely cannot be used to establish socialism, as the opportunists preach.

As Lenin pointed out in Left Wing Communism, An Infantile Disorder, the point is not to ”get seats” in Congress or any other legislative body, but to get people to think, to raise the level of awareness of the American workers, to draw the public into the struggle, to take the capitalists, the bourgeoisie, ”at their word”, as he phrased it. In this case the American capitalists, the billionaires, the bourgeoisie, are telling people to ”change the system from within”, if they do not like the way things are.

So be it. Instead of challenging the two mainstream political parties, as has taken place in so many elections in the past, we can join them. The American public will see how far they get trying to ”change the system from within”.

We have got to respect the beliefs of countless honest, law abiding, tax paying citizens who tend to believe these lies. Such citizens believe we can ”change the system from within”, that the capitalists will respond to the will of the majority. The only way to persuade them of the correctness of our position is to let them learn from their own experience. Such experience is a great teacher.

Regardless of the number of socialists who are sent to Washington, to occupy seats in Congress, the Senate or even the White House, the class of people in charge, the capitalists, the bourgeoisie, will not allow the country to become socialist.

This challenge to their authority, all of which is completely legal, will not be tolerated. They will respond by changing their method of rule. As yet we have no way of knowing the substance of those changes. We just know that the bourgeoisie are completely reactionary, so we can expect nothing progressive from them.

The main thing is that the members of the American public will receive an education. Both working class people and middle class people will soon realize that there can be no peaceful transition to socialism. The bourgeoisie must be overthrown, the current state apparatus must be destroyed, replaced by the dictatorship of the proletariat and only then can socialism be established.

As for the vast majority of the people, the slogans of Marx and Lenin must be:

Scientific Socialism!

Workers of the World, Unite!

Dictatorship Of the Proletariat!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The international working class revolutionary movement continues to expand and gain strength. The uprisings in America, France and Hong Kong are most encouraging. Even the bourgeois journalists are impressed by their strength, and they expect these ”uprisings”, as they refer to them, to only intensify.

On the American front, so to speak, a simple phone call may spell the end of Trump. Even the strongest supporters of capitalism are outraged. It should be noted that such people do not refer to this as capitalism, but as democracy. In all fairness to such supporters, it is indeed democracy, but democracy for the ruling class of capitalists, the bourgeoisie. For the working class, the proletariat, it is a dictatorship. The dictatorship of the bourgeoisie.

This particular phone call, which Trump insists was ”perfect”, was a conversation between Trump and the president of Ukraine. The Ukrainian president raised the topic of the vast quantity of military aid which the American congress had voted to be sent to the Ukraine. Trump responded by saying that he first wanted a ”favour”, which is to say that he first wanted ”dirt” on his main political rival.

The press is reporting on this conversation with considerable enthusiasm. They are using the term ”quid pro quo”, while at the same time assuming that their audience is aware of the meaning of the term. To most working people, this is ”Greek”, as indeed it may well be. With that in mind, I will explain that the term means ”a favour for a favour”. Then again, the Speaker of the House is bluntly referring to it as a bribe.

The significance of that statement is that bribery is mentioned in the Constitution as grounds for impeachment and subsequent removal from office of the presidency. We will soon see if the charge of bribery is included in his trial by the Senate.

The individual who reported this phone call is referred to as a ”whistleblower”, and is a very brave soul, someone who just committed career suicide. This person took a stand on principle, sacrificing career in the interest of doing the right thing. It has just been reported that a second such ”whistleblower” has also come forward, with even more incriminating information, with possible reports of alleged tax evasions.

Such people are few and far between. It is almost certain that their jobs will be lost, and the chances of getting a similar job are negligible. For that matter, as soon as the identity of these people are made public, their safety is in jeopardy. Trump has all but called for those people to be executed. He is suggesting that the people in question are guilty of treason. It is very likely that the identity of those people will soon be revealed. After that, Trump will have to assume responsibility for any harm which may come to them.

That report of one simple telephone conversation appears to have opened the flood gates, so that reports of other conversations are now being made public. Among other things, it is alleged that Trump told the Russians that he did not care if they meddled in American elections, as the Americans meddled in the elections of other countries around the world.

This particular phone call is a rather wild allegation, and has yet to be confirmed. If proven to be true, it marks one of the few times that Trump has spoken the truth. Of course the capitalists, the bourgeoisie, meddle in the elections of other countries, as well as their own. It is the common practice of all candidates for political office to seek ”dirt” on their opponents, in an effort to slander them and hopefully, win the election. As far as they are concerned, it is an ancient and time honoured method of campaigning for office. It is effective but also strictly illegal, a fact which seems to have escaped the attention of Trump.

More or less as a result of this, various starry eyed optimists are now questioning the sanity of Trump. They are now wondering if Trump knows the difference between right and wrong. With time and patience, such optimists may soon come to realize that Trump is a capitalist, a member of the bourgeoisie, and merely a typical member of that class. All such people are extremely rich and accustomed to doing whatever they want, and getting away with this. They have been doing this all their lives and do not concern themselves with such niceties as moral distinctions. At best, they may give some thought to legalities, but then that is the purpose of lawyers. They tend to have a small army of such people, ”legal representation”,  to tend to such inconveniences.

At least, that is the way it used to be, but is no longer. The revolutionary up surge of the people, and not just working people but members of the middle class, even those who tend to be staunch supporters of imperialism, have changed the situation dramatically. Now the monopoly capitalists, the bourgeoisie, are being held accountable, and that includes Trump. Of course he has responded with rage, threatening one and all, issuing countless tweets which the journalists are now largely ignoring, as they are so meaningless.

The political pressure is so intense that the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, was forced to initiate impeachment proceedings against the president, something which she has long resisted. The late night comedians are the only ones who are really profiting from this. They have not had this much material with which to work since Nixon was in office. As the comedians pointed out, this is merely one more example of Trump doing that which he does best. He is forcing a woman to do exactly what she does not want to do.

The only requirement for impeachment is a simple majority of the House of Representatives, and that is almost certain to happen. Then, by law, the Senate is required to place the president on trial. In order to be removed from office, the president has to be voted guilty, by a two thirds majority, which is to say that sixty seven of the one hundred Senators must vote to convict. According to the Constitution, they must be convinced that he is guilty of ”high crimes and misdemeanors”. It is up to the Senate to determine that which constitutes such ”high crimes and misdemeanors”.

The situation has been compared to that of Nixon, when he was faced with impeachment and almost certain removal from office. But there are critical differences. Now the revolutionary motion is far stronger. The tricks which Nixon used to avoid removal from office and possible prison time are not available to Trump. Nixon made a deal with his Vice President, Jerry Ford. Nixon agreed to resign and allow Ford to automatically become president, but only in return for a presidential pardon. Of course Ford accepted, and Nixon avoided the humiliation of being removed from office. He also avoided any possible charges, such as ordering a burglary, which would almost certainly have resulted in jail time.

It is very doubtful that Pence will even consider such an offer from Trump, assuming Trump makes the offer. Pence may not be an intellectual giant, but neither is he entirely stupid. To grant Trump a presidential pardon would amount to political career suicide, at best. At worst, it could lead to further impeachment proceedings, this time against Pence, on the grounds of obstruction of justice and abuse of power.

Then too, at no point did Nixon involve his family in his crimes, which included the Watergate burglary. The same cannot be said of Trump, who has taken great delight in the matter. In particular, his daughter, son in law, and two older sons are allegedly deeply involved in various illegal acts, including such alleged crimes as election tampering, fraud, money laundering, obstruction of justice and tax evasion. It is not just the federal agencies who are investigating the Trump family. Numerous state agencies are also anxious to drag them into court. It should be noted that the president does not have the power to pardon people convicted of state crimes.

It is entirely possible that the one person whom Trump trusted completely, is the one person whom he had no reason to trust. This one person was his personal lawyer, and no doubt Trump thought that anything he said to his lawyer was strictly confidential. While there is considerable truth to this, the press is reporting that it is entirely possible that this lawyer was being paid by a federal agency within the White House, and not by Trump. It is quite possible that Trump chose to save a great deal of money by having the American tax payer foot the bill for his personal lawyer. If that is indeed the case, it was a huge mistake.

By law, the lawyer was representing the federal agency which was paying him, and not Trump. Any conversations between the lawyer and Trump are not covered by lawyer-client confidentiality. This lawyer, who was formerly the mayor of New York City, may well be forced to testify against Trump. As he was allegedly also involved in various crimes, orchestrated by Trump, he may also face various serious charges. If that is the case, he could well choose to testify against Trump, in return for a lighter sentence.

As long as Trump is president, the head of state, then he is quite well immune from prosecution. As soon as he is out of office, then it is open season on him. The same cannot be said of his associates and family members, as they can be charged at any time. Many, if not all of them, are facing some serious prison time. It remains to be seen if those same members of his family will turn upon Trump and each other.

As for those who dispute that, may I call your attention to Epstein, a man who was very likely as rich as Trump. Yet he was a convicted sex offender, a pedophile, one who made a great fortune selling underage children to various clients, many of whom were very rich, powerful members of society. In short, these people who bought children, fellow pedophiles, were also members of the same class, that of the bourgeoisie. No doubt these former clients of Epstein were concerned that he might be tempted to rat them out, as he was facing a life sentence.

To the great delight of these other pedophiles, those who have yet to be caught, Epstein very conveniently committed suicide while in prison. At least, that is the official version of events. Other people who have investigated the event, not in an official capacity, have come to completely different conclusions. They are convinced that Epstein was murdered. Either way, there are a great many rich and powerful pedophiles who are quite happy that Epstein cannot testify against them.

Perhaps the most serious allegation, given by a most devoted member of the establishment, a most devout supporter of capitalism, is that Trump is guilty of sedition. That is a most serious crime, similar to treason, and in years gone by, the penalty was the same, that of execution. Sedition consists of the crime of encouraging the people to rise up against the government, to undermine the government.

Surprising as this accusation is, there is some truth to this. The so called whistle blowers, those who report crimes which have taken place, are protected by law. This does not impress Trump, who is encouraging people to hunt these individuals down, or at least the people who have exposed the crimes which Trump has allegedly committed, and kill them. In short, Trump is defying the very constitution he has sworn to uphold. That is the very definition of sedition. After he is out of office, he may well be facing charges that are even more serious than I thought. The penalty for sedition may well be the firing squad. As the president is Commander in Chief of the American military, Trump is subject to military law. Military justice tends to be rather swift and unforgiving.

The important thing is that the members of the public, the American working class, is now paying strict attention to these developments. They are receiving a most valuable education. Their level of awareness is rising. They are becoming aware, if as yet only instinctively, of the awareness of classes. Now it is imperative for conscious people, those who are Marxists, to bring to the working people, the proletariat, the awareness of themselves as a class. Further, they must be made aware of the irreconcilable differences of the classes, of the necessity of revolution and the subsequent Dictatorship Of the Proletariat.

As a step in this direction, I can once again suggest that all American citizens join the two mainstream political parties, Democratic and Republican. It is open to all, is free to join, and as card carrying members of the parties, such party bosses decide the candidates to run for any and all political offices. Washington can then be flooded with Leftist people. For that matter, all state capitals can also be flooded.

This brings us to the revolutionary motion taking place in a different part of the world. The city of Hong Kong, an autonomous region of China with seven million people, is also experiencing revolutionary motion. The protests have been going on for several months now, and are growing in intensity. Many of the protesters are now wearing face masks, as well as gas masks, rubber soled shoes and gloves. They are throwing back the tear gas canisters which are being thrown by the police. They are also throwing petrol bombs, Molotov cocktails, which are glass bottles filled with gasoline. The police are responding by firing live ammunition. The violence is increasing in intensity. It is very likely that demonstrations are taking place in Mainland China, in support of their comrades in Hong Kong, but for the moment, the Chinese authorities have managed to keep this under wraps.

As yet, the biggest problem is one of Marxist revolutionary leadership. If they exist, the press is making no mention of this. Either way, it is just a matter of time before the true revolutionary leaders, very likely the veterans of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, make an appearance. Then we can expect the revolution to be focused and spread to the rest of China.

In Europe, France is also experiencing revolutionary motion, referred to as the Yellow Vest movement. The press is reporting that the movement is spreading to neighbouring countries, such as Belgium, Britain, Greece, the Netherlands and others. This is characteristic of revolutionary movements. In France also, the police are using tear gas and water cannons against the protesters. As yet the protesters have not turned on the fire hydrants in an attempt to reduce the pressure in the system, disabling the water cannon weapons.

The revolutionary motion which is going on in France is of particular interest for us, as historically that country has played a key role.

Engels had a few words to say about the country of France: ”France is the land where, more than anywhere else, the historical class struggles were each time fought out to a decision”. With that in mind, Lenin also had a few words to say concerning the country with a most proud revolutionary history. As he phrased it in State and Revolution, ”in the coming proletarian revolution, France may once again reveal itself as the classic land of the class struggle to a decision”.

For possibly the first time in history, we have proletarian revolutionary motion on three continents. As the history of revolutions confirms, it is rare that any revolution is confined to one country. They tend to spread. We can expect these revolutions to also spread.

It is entirely possible, if not likely, that we are on the eve of the world defeat of capitalism. The age of socialism is about to begin. A great deal depends upon us, conscious people. Now it is up to us to do our part. We have got to raise the level of awareness of all working people, to ensure that workers are aware of themselves as a class, with their own class interests, and with their duty to establish the Dictatorship Of the Proletariat.

As Lenin phrased it, (italics by Lenin), ”The severe and arduous struggle against capital was victoriously begun in Russia. It is now spreading to all countries.

It will end in the victory of the World Socialist Republic.”

In the early twentieth century, during the time in which Lenin worked, there were a number of very fine Marxist intellectuals. Not the least of these was a German gentleman by the name of Karl Kautsky. In fact, he was at one time the leading theoretician for the Second International. As such, he was, without doubt, a leader of the international working class. It was with good reason that Lenin had the utmost respect for Kautsky. But then the political situation changed dramatically, as the First World War was rapidly approaching. As a result of this, Kautsky moved to the centre, as it is called, and became a renegade, a revisionist, a traitor to socialism.

In 1914, at the outbreak of the First World War, Kautsky abandoned the Marxist position of internationalism and called for the ”defence of the fatherland”. Instead of calling for revolution, he called upon the working people of Germany, both proletarians and peasants, to support their ”own” bourgeoisie, to join in the slaughter of working people of other countries, so that the German capitalists could have a greater share of the colonies of the world.

Compare this to the true Marxist position, that of Lenin. He called upon the working people of all countries, the proletariat, to unite with the working people of all other countries, to overthrow the bourgeoisie of their particular countries and establish the Dictatorship Of the Proletariat.

In the case of Russia, the citizens had an added burden, in that the nobility and the landlords were in power and had first to be overthrown. This very thing happened in the spring of 1917, when Czar Nicholas was removed from power. At that point, the capitalists, the bourgeoisie, were able to establish a bourgeois democratic republic, a dictatorship of the bourgeoisie, which came to be known as the Karensky regime. Only at that point were the working people of Russia able to focus on overthrowing the capitalists. This they accomplished in the fall of that year, and established a truly democratic socialist republic, under the leadership of Lenin and the Communist Party. The class enemies of the working people, the nobility, landlords and capitalists, were crushed under the Dictatorship Of the Proletariat, DOP. (I should mention that I deliberately use the capital letters as a means of stressing the importance of this method of rule.)

This Dictatorship is the worst nightmare of every capitalist. The idea that the working people may turn the tables on them, to deprive them of any and all democratic rights, to separate them from their money and power, is too terrible for words. They literally cannot imagine having to work for a living. They are so accustomed to hiding behind lawyers, they think they are above the law. Under the current bourgeois democratic society, there is considerable truth to this.

Shortly after the successful Russian revolution of November 7, 1917, the working people of the world were deeply impressed by this new socialist republic. The Dictatorship Of the Proletariat became a common topic of conversation, at least among the most advanced workers of various countries. This was a source of deep concern to the capitalists, the bourgeoisie, of all countries, as the last thing they want is for their wage slaves to be made aware of the key to their independence. The more ignorant the workers are, the less they are aware of class antagonisms, the better.

The ex-Marxist, the renegade Kautsky, rose to the occasion. He knew Marxism in much the same way that a biblical scholar knows scripture. He was also in the service of the bourgeoisie, and as a loyal belly crawling boot licker, proceeded to distort the Marxist revolutionary theory, removing anything that is not acceptable to the bourgeoisie. Kautsky was very accomplished in the use of sophistry to transform Marxism into a bourgeois liberal theory, one which recognizes the non revolutionary class struggle of the proletariat. By using this revisionist Marxist nonsense, everything is recognized in Marxism except the revolutionary methods of struggle, the propaganda and preparation of those methods, and the preparation of the working class for revolution and the subsequent Dictatorship Of the Proletariat.

At that time, Communists referred to themselves as Social Democrats, as those who fight for socialism also fight for democracy. So Lenin was one of the founders of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party, the RSDLP. Germany also had a fine Communist Party, or German Social Democratic Labor Party, at least up until the time of the outbreak of war. Most of the members of this Party became renegades, calling for defence of the fatherland. It was Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxembourg who were notable exceptions, adhering to principle, remaining true Marxists, calling for revolution and the subsequent Dictatorship Of the Proletariat. They were true Marxists, and did their best to prepare the German common people for the German revolution.

It is very likely that the Russian revolution would have failed, if not for the leadership of Lenin. The capitalists of the time were well aware of this, as they are now. After all, they are not entirely stupid. That is the reason they are so determined to neutralize any and all leaders of the working class. This neutralization can take various forms. One such form is that of buying off the leaders, and in fact a great many union leaders are in the pay of the capitalists. Another form is that of murder, although the capitalists are careful to avoid the use of that word. They refer to it as ”terminate with extreme prejudice”. The German capitalists faced the fact that Liebknecht and Luxembourg were completely unreasonable, refused any and all bribes, and were consequently ”terminated with extreme prejudice”. In other words, they were murdered. The German revolution of 1919 was subsequently crushed, as the German working people were deprived of their leaders.

This murder of working class leaders continues to this day. One example is that of Martin Luther King in 1968. Even though he was a pacifist, he was not spared for that reason. He was a leader of the Afro American people and a man of principle. He absolutely would not accept a bribe, so of course the capitalists murdered him.

I mention this because it is important and not because I am trying to scare anyone. The point is that the working people need true Marxist leaders. If the working people are deprived of such leaders, then the revolution is likely to fail. The reason is quite simple. Those who refer to themselves as Marxists, but are in fact revisionists who are in the service of the capitalists, will assume a leadership role and divert the revolution onto some harmless path of social reform.

For that reason, those who choose to assist in raising the level of awareness of the working class, to fight for revolution and the Dictatorship Of the Proletariat, should take every reasonable precaution. As a suggestion, this could include writing articles anonymously and posting them on the internet. Other suggestions include keeping as many people as close to you as possible, bearing in mind that the capitalists take great delight in sending into the working class those who are paid ”confidential informers”, otherwise known as rats. Also consider the fact that Lenin was forced to disguise himself as a peasant and flee to Finland, where he prepared for the approaching revolution by writing State and Revolution. As well, he and the Central Committee planned the insurrection, from a rather safe distance.

Now a similar revolutionary situation exists. I have previously maintained that the American workers, and in particular the American women, both working class and middle class, are leading the international working class movement. I was mistaken, but it is fair to say that they are in the vanguard of the international working class revolutionary movement.

The working people of Hong Kong are also taking part in a revolutionary movement, although it is doubtful that many of them are aware of this. The problem is that the movement appears to have no leaders. Or it could be that the leaders are keeping a low profile, staying ”underground”, as it is called, in hiding, so as not to be arrested by the Chinese authorities.

The Chinese capitalists, the bourgeoisie, were able to restore capitalism in China after the death of Mao. At that time, there were a great many members of the Chinese Communist Party. No doubt, many of these members were really agents of the bourgeoisie, determined to crush the Dictatorship Of the Proletariat. Equally without doubt, many others were dedicated Marxists, and it is quite possible that they changed their tactics, went underground, and continued as leaders of the Chinese people, but in secret. Such people, Chinese Marxists, could well be directing the Chinese revolutionary movement, including the uprising in Hong Kong. That remains to be seen.

It is clear that common people in other countries of the world are marching in support of the people of Hong Kong. As Hong Kong is a city, it is reasonable to assume that the protesters are workers and middle class people, petty bourgeois, and not peasants. It is also very likely that the common people of mainland China, including the peasants, are supporting the people of Hong Kong. As yet the Chinese authorities have managed to suppress any reports of the press to this effect.

The current political situation is now similar to the situation which existed in 1917, in that the proletarian revolution is now a practical issue in a number of countries, not just in America and China. We can expect the most advanced strata of the proletariat to soon be discussing the Dictatorship Of the Proletariat. We can also expect the capitalists to respond by singing the praises of the pamphlet by Kautsky, titled The Dictatorship of the Proletariat.

As the title suggests, Kautsky discusses that which Lenin refers to as the ”very essence of proletarian revolution”, the Dictatorship Of the Proletariat. Lenin goes on to say that ”this is a question that is of the greatest importance for all countries, especially for the advanced ones….this is the key problem of the entire proletarian class struggle. It is therefore necessary to pay particular attention to it.” For that reason I can only suggest a careful reading of the book by Lenin, The Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade Kautsky.

In the book by Lenin, he provides a very sharp and clear definition of the dictatorship, as Marx had in mind. This stands in stark contrast to the definition -or distortion- provided by Kautsky. As Lenin phrased it:

”Dictatorship is rule based directly upon force and unrestricted by any laws.

The revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat is rule won and maintained by the use of violence by the proletariat against the bourgeoisie, rule that is unrestricted by any laws.”

It is to be hoped that the preceding quote by Lenin should be printed out in poster form and hung on the wall of every class conscious worker in the country.

Lenin also points out the nonsense that Kautsky spits out concerning ”pure democracy”. In fact, democracy is a system of government in which a state apparatus is used by one class to subjugate another class. The class of slave owners crushing slaves amounts to a democracy for the slave owners. The class of nobility crushing peasants amounts to a democracy for the nobility. The class of capitalists, bourgeoisie, crushing the workers, proletariat, amounts to a democracy for the bourgeoisie. The approaching revolution will give birth to the class of workers, proletariat, crushing the capitalists, the bourgeoisie, which will amount to democracy for the proletariat, the Dictatorship Of the Proletariat.  Any way you look at it, there is absolutely nothing ”pure” about democracy! In fact it is an oxymoron, a contradiction in terms. It makes about as much sense as ”friendly” fire, ”secret” bombing, or my all time favourite, ”holy” war. As if there is anything holy about war!

The point must be stressed to the working people that we can only speak of class democracy.

There are loyal servants of the capitalists, the bourgeoisie, who claim to be socialists, even Marxists. These flunkies of the capitalists, otherwise known as ”labour lieutenants of the capitalist class”, will no doubt maintain that there is no need for the Dictatorship Of the Proletariat  because we have a majority. They will conveniently overlook that which Marx and Engels explained:

The Dictatorship Of the Proletariat is necessary :

to break down the resistance of the bourgeoisie

to inspire the reactionaries with fear

to maintain the authority of the armed people against the bourgeoisie

that the proletariat may forcibly hold down its adversaries

It is possible to overthrow the capitalists at one stroke, as happened on November 7, 1917, in Russia, at the time of the insurrection. But then for a rather long time after the revolution, the capitalists will continue to have a number of practical advantages. This includes money, valuable articles such as artwork, superior education and skills in matters of management and so forth. The mere international connections of the capitalists give them an enormous advantage. In short, even after the revolution, the capitalists will still remain stronger than the workers.

To suggest, as Kautsky does, that a mere majority rule is sufficient, after the revolution is, as Lenin says, ”the acme of stupidity, the silliest prejudice of a common liberal, an attempt to deceive the people by concealing from them a well established historical truth. This historical truth is that in every profound revolution, the prolonged, stubborn and desperate resistance of the exploiters, who for a number of years retain important practical advantages over the exploited is the rule. Never …will the exploiters submit to the decision of the exploited majority without trying to make use of their advantages in a last desperate battle, or series of battles.” (all italics by Lenin)

Lenin goes on to say that the transition from capitalism to communism takes an entire historical epoch. By communism is meant the abolition of all classes, which is not about to happen any time soon. In the mean time, as Lenin phrased it, ”the overthrown exploiters -who had not expected their overthrow, never believed it possible, never conceded the thought of it -throw themselves with energy grown tenfold, with furious passion and hatred grown a hundred fold, into the battle for the recovery of the ‘paradise’, of which they were deprived, on behalf of their families, who had been leading such a sweet and easy life and whom now the ‘common herd’ is condemning to ruin and destitution (or to common labour)… In these circumstances…to talk about  majority and minority, about pure democracy, about dictatorship being unnecessary and about equality between the exploiter and the exploited! What infinite stupidity and abysmal philistinism are needed for this!” (all emphasis by Lenin)

I have gone into this at length in order to impress upon common people, by which I mean workers and middle class people, the necessity of crushing the capitalists after the revolution. As for those who are skeptical, consider the fact that the capitalists were able to return to power in both Russia and China.

The current international situation is revolutionary. It is very likely that a revolution which breaks out in one country will spread to other countries. The chance of any particular revolution being successful depends a great deal upon the leaders. The leaders who are true Marxists will provide proper direction.

As for those who scoff at leaders, may I suggest a comparison. It may help to think of the revolutionary motion as a ship upon the seas. Without a competent captain to chart a proper course for this ship, such a vessel is bound to wander aimlessly, at the mercy of the wind and waves. But with a competent captain, that same ship will head straight for port.

At the moment, the people of Hong Kong are in a state of revolt, and have been for many weeks. The press reports that it shows no sign of weakening. If anything, it appears to be gaining strength. Most of the protesters are wearing face masks, so that they cannot be identified. Many are wearing helmets, in order to protect their heads from the clubs of the police. They are also wearing gloves, so that the tear gas containers can be picked up and thrown back at the police. Rocks and sticks are also being thrown. The posts which contain the cameras are also being pushed over, and now petrol bombs, commonly referred to as Molotov cocktails are being used against the police. The students are now on strike, as well as many workers. The airports, subways and highways are being disrupted. All of this is characteristic of a full blown revolution. The protesters are also changing their tactics, attacking in different parts of the city, using modern technology to keep in touch with each other. All of this implies a certain level of organization. Someone, or some group of people, are calling the shots.

The Hong Kong city officials have responded by spraying the protesters with blue water, so that the dye will mark them as protesters, making them more easy to identify. The police have now resorted to firing warning shots. This is an indication that the tension within the city is becoming ever more intense. The officials on Mainland China are more concerned, and have issued a thinly veiled threat.

Any attempt by Mainland China to crush the rebellion in Hong Kong could trigger a full blown revolution, not just in China but also in other countries of the world. As there are a great many Chinese troops stationed at the border with Hong Kong, this is a distinct possibility.

If nothing else, this should provide the working people of all countries with a certain sense of urgency to prepare for socialist revolution and the Dictatorship Of the Proletariat. A careful reading of the pamphlet by Lenin, The Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade Kautsky, should be part of that preparation.

We will know that the world socialist revolution is focused properly when the posters and signs of the demonstrators read:

Dictatorship Of the Proletariat!

Scientific Socialism!

Workers of the World, Unite!

The revolutionary movement is growing and spreading around the world. The latest uprising is happening in Hong Kong, and a great many people, or at least those who have recently become politically conscious, are wondering what is happening.

It may help to think of this revolutionary motion as a continuation of the class struggle that has happened around the world, and of course is still going on. It was Lenin and the Communist Party of Russia who led the Russian Revolution of November, 1917, to victory, against all the odds. But then Lenin and the Communists were following the theories of Marx, and that assured them victory.

Following the death of Lenin, it was Stalin who continued to build socialism and transformed the very backward, quite agrarian country of Russia into an industrial power house in a rather short time, in the form of the socialist Soviet Union. As a result of this, the Soviet Union was able to withstand the attack by the Nazis in 1941, and they won the Great Patriotic War. At that time, the Soviet Union was supremely well respected, with good reason.

After that war, the common people of China, the workers and peasants, were able to throw off the completely reactionary rule of the Kuomintang, and establish a socialist republic, under the leadership of Mao Tse Tung and the Chinese Communist Party, in 1948. The Chinese capitalists, the bourgeoisie, were then crushed under the Dictatorship Of the Proletariat and poor peasants, following the example of the Soviet Union.

The exception to this was the ”city-state” of Hong Kong, which at that time was under British rule. In fact it stayed under British rule until 1997, when it was officially returned to China. At that point, it became a ”Special Administrative Region” of China, or SAR,  and China promised a ”one country, two systems” status, which granted a certain measure of autonomy to Hong Kong, at least until 2047. So now the ”city-state” of Hong Kong is referred to as being separate from ”mainland China”.

To return to the time of the Chinese Revolution of 1948, the Soviet Union was held in very high regard. It came as a great shock to all Marxists, including the Chinese Communists, when Khruschev was able to restore capitalism in Russia, after the death of Stalin, in 1953. But then they faced the fact that as it happened in the Soviet Union, they knew it could happen in China. Their response to this was to launch the Great Chinese Cultural Revolution.

In 1960, the people of China were rising up, as they are now in Hong Kong. The response of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was shocking, at least to the capitalists, the bourgeoisie. They ruled that the police and army were not to interfere, except in cases of arson, rape or murder. It was up to the common people, the masses, as they refer to the workers and poor peasants, to determine their friends and their enemies. It was up to them to be educated in the class struggle. They were expected to root out the capitalists wherever they were hiding, and they were definitely hiding in the various fields of culture.

The capitalists were also hiding in the Communist Party, which came as a surprise to a great many people. But as various Marxists pointed out, there is a reason thieves rob banks: ”That is where the money is”. So of course after the revolution, the capitalists, the bourgeoisie, ”went to where the power is”, which is inside the Communist Party of China.

As an aside, we can say that after the American Revolution, we can expect the capitalists to weasel their way into the American Communist Party.

However, the Cultural Revolution lasted ten years, and the common people, the workers and poor peasants of China, were well schooled in the class struggle. It was a decade of pure terror for the capitalists, but even in China the capitalists were not crushed with sufficient enthusiasm.

Mao foresaw this possibility, and stated that such a restoration of power by the Chinese capitalists could not last long, ”at worst a few decades”, because the Chinese people had been schooled so well in the class struggle.

It has now been several decades since the capitalists were able to restore capitalism in China. The demonstrations in Hong Kong have been going on for several weeks now, and are growing stronger. They started as a protest against the policy of the government of Hong Kong, that of turning over people to mainland China, but has now transformed into demands that all prisoners who were arrested for protesting be released, charges dropped, and the police be investigated for use of excessive force. In short, they are demanding their democratic rights and an end to violent repression.

In a remarkable show of strength, they were able to shut down the airport, one of the busiest airports in the world, for two consecutive days. As I write this, they are regrouping, planning more action for the weekend.

Mainland China is keeping a close eye on events as they unfold. They have sent a great many troops and armoured vehicles to the border, and are preparing to invade Hong Kong and crush the rebellion. Of course their greatest fear is that this rebellion could spread to the mainland, and it very likely will do just that. We can expect the workers and poor peasants of Mainland China to rise up in support of their comrades in Hong Kong. It is entirely possible that this is going on now, and it is possible the authorities have managed to muzzle the press, at least for the moment. That remains to be seen.

The best the ruling class of capitalists in Mainland China can do is resort to mud slinging, referring to the protesters as ”terrorists”. The fact is that it is a very densely populated city of seven million, and possibly two million people have been involved in the protests. That number is growing. For the capitalists to accuse them of being terrorists is an indication of the level of fear and desperation the Chinese capitalists are feeling now.

By definition, a terrorist uses violence against civilians in an attempt to achieve political goals. These protesters are being attacked by riot police, so if anything it is the Hong Kong government that is using terror against their own civilians.

It is entirely possible that the protests in Hong Kong are the beginning of the next Chinese Revolution. Those protests are well organized and the leaders are careful to use different tactics. As yet, the movement is not revolutionary, or at least the posters which are being displayed on the walls are not calling for revolution. Then again, if they are revolutionary, the press is not reporting this. But then, during the Cultural Revolution, it was common place to display posters and banners on walls. This uprising may not be revolutionary as yet, but it is moving in that direction.

Now it is up to working people of the world to stand up in support of the people of Hong Kong. At the time American women marched on Washington, a great many people, mainly women, marched in support. In fact, they marched around the world. Now it is up to working people around the world to march in support of Hong Kong, and not just women. The men and women of Hong Kong are setting the example. It is up to workers of the world to do that which Marx advised:

Workers of the World, Unite!

Scientific Socialism!

Dictatorship Of the Proletariat!

The current revolutionary situation in America may well have most people confused, and for good reason. It is confusing. With that in mind, may I suggest giving serious consideration to that which Lenin advised, when faced with a similar situation.

In various writings, Lenin consistently stressed the importance of the key link. In one of his most important writings, that of What Is To Be Done?, he said: ”Every question ‘runs in a vicious circle’ because political life as a whole is an endless chain consisting of an infinite number of links. The whole art of politics lies in finding and taking as firm a grip as we can of the link that is least likely to be struck from our hands, the one that is most important at the given moment, the one that most of all guarantees its possessor the possession of the whole chain.”

That was written at a time of revolutionary motion, similar to that which we are experiencing today. His advice is as valid today as when it was first written.

In my opinion, the key link in the chain today is preparations for the Dictatorship Of the Proletariat. It is the Proletariat which has to be trained to exercise Dictatorship over the bourgeoisie.

Preparations for that dictatorship involve raising the level of awareness of the working class, the proletariat. They have to be made aware of the existence of classes and the irreconcilability of the interests of those classes. They also have to be made aware of their duty to exercise dictatorship over that class of human parasites, the bourgeoisie. A little training in that respect should prove most valuable.

For the benefit of those who are just now becoming politically active -welcome, my brothers and sisters, my comrades- I will mention that the scientific name for the working class is the proletariat, and the scientific name for the monopoly capitalists is the bourgeoisie. They are also referred to as imperialists, as the age of monopoly capitalism is the age of imperialism.

I am sure all of you are aware of the scientific meaning of the word dictatorship, so I will not bore you with that which you already know. Suffice it to say that after the revolution, the capitalists will be separated from their wealth as well as their power. They will be held accountable for their crimes and not be allowed to hide behind an army of lawyers. They will be denied any and all democratic rights. The proletariat, the working class, will have the exclusive right to democracy. There is no other way to prevent the bourgeoisie from returning to power.

As an aside, I will mention that all workers must learn the correct scientific terms, as otherwise, the capitalists will use our ignorance against us.

The recent spate of shootings, mass murders in the country, are seen by the bourgeoisie as an opportunity. They do not see it as the tragedy that it is. In particular, they see it as an opportunity to divert the revolutionary movement. They are now blaming these acts of violence, this senseless slaughter of civilians, on video games. As if video games drive people to murder!

No, the problem is one of capitalism, and capitalism in its highest, most rotten form, monopoly capitalism, which is imperialism. The imperialists, the bourgeoisie, are completely reactionary, which is to say that there is nothing progressive about them. They can, and do, go to any lengths to preserve their wealth and power. As for those who are skeptical, consider the various wars in which the country is involved. The capitalists always have money for war, but they cannot afford to feed their own people.

The fact is that in the richest country of the world, people are going hungry. Seniors are suffering and dying because they cannot afford the medication they so desperately need. Children are neglected and abused because their parents are forced to work two and even three jobs, in an effort to make ends meet. People are forced to live on the street because they cannot afford to pay rent. There are various slums in the cities, filled with the homeless and unemployed.

It is also a fact that immigrants, people who are as desperate as they are poor, seeking a better way of life, are being arrested and thrown into prison. Children are being separated from their parents, and the children are being placed in prison. We are not allowed to see the suffering of these children, as cameras are not allowed inside those prisons. We are only allowed to hear those poor infants crying for their mothers.

These are the same people whom Trump has referred to as thieves, killers and rapists! As if infants are capable of rape and murder!

Then consider the fact that the president has referred to a major American city as a slum! As if it is the fault of the people who are forced to live in poverty!

Now consider the fact that the capitalists, the billionaires, the bourgeoisie, have more money than they can ever hope to spend, and it is not enough. They want more, and they are further determined to not pay any taxes. It is the bourgeoisie that is the problem.

It is to be stressed that the problem is not one of video games. Nor is the problem that of Trump. Impeaching him and removing Trump from office will not change the fact that the bourgeoisie are in charge. To replace him with one of the couple dozen Democratic candidates, the so called ”20-20 contenders”, those who are currently plugging up the airways with their drivel, will change nothing. The bourgeoisie will remain in charge. Such a change of face will merely replace Trump with another figurehead.

Now there are a great many young people -young from my rather ancient viewpoint- who are very fond of video games and object to the fact that the capitalists are blaming the video games on these senseless acts of mass murder. As they are rather worked up, I can only suggest that Leftist people suggest to these people, those who are fond of video games, that they take action. By that I mean that they should also join the two mainstream political parties, Democratic and Republican. That way, as party bosses, they will have a great deal to say about the candidates to run for any and all political offices, and that includes the presidency.

The point is that we should take advantage of all forms of discontent, and use this against the bourgeoisie. Those who join the two parties will gain valuable training and experience in the class struggle, in the sense that such training will be put to good use after the revolution, in exercising dictatorship over the bourgeoisie. The reason they have for joining the two parties is secondary. It is the raising of their level of awareness and the training they receive, in the class struggle, which is the main thing.

They can join such people as the students, who are mainly concerned with tuition. The seniors, who are very concerned with the cost of medication and their pensions. The workers, who are quite concerned with the minimum wage. Together, they can and will learn from each other. With some helpful input from Leftist people, they will soon learn that the problem is the bourgeoisie, and the solution lies in the Dictatorship Of the Proletariat.

No doubt there are those who think I am expecting too much from working people. To such people I can only respond that the working class is not to be underestimated.

There are a great many talented people within the working class. Most of them may not be aware of this yet, as they have never had an opportunity to exercise those talents. But now that so many working people are ”waking up”, as they phrase it, those talents will no doubt be revealed.

As I have mentioned in previous articles, the approaching revolution can be successful only if it follows the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin. That requires workers to be familiar with the fundamentals of Marxism, and I have covered that before, so there is no need to go into it again.

Now we want as many Americans to join the two mainstream political parties as possible, especially those who display discontent. If that discontent is based on video games, so be it. We also want those who are defending our democratic rights to join the two parties, including those who are defending our right to bear arms and our right to free speech. Any other differences we have with those people we can hash out later.

Also in the news, the revolutionary upheaval in Hong Kong is instructive. The people there are resorting to different tactics, referred to as ”hit and run”, which is an excellent idea. They have also closed down the major airport, which is quite an accomplishment. As yet they are not strong enough to challenge the police in open combat, so they are hitting in one place, running to another, and then another. Strangely, they have yet to start opening fire hydrants, which will reduce the water pressure, strictly limiting the use of water cannons. I am surprised they have yet to hit upon that tactic.

As such revolutionary motion tends to spread, it is entirely possible that similar revolts are taking place in other parts of China. The Chinese government may simply be keeping that well hidden.

Back on the home front, we can safely say that the only people who have proven themselves capable of organizing a nation wide march and protest, are the students and the women, and many of them are involved in various causes. The only way in which the capitalists, the bourgeoisie, can be overthrown, is by uniting in one common front, and not just by students and women. Men of the working class and the middle class, the petty bourgeois, will have to unite with those people, with the goal of overthrowing the bourgeoisie, and establishing the Dictatorship Of the Proletariat.

No one wants a lengthy civil war, so the seizure of power is critical. Technically, this is referred to as an insurrection, and ideally, it should be quick and bloodless. Power should be seized within a day or two. The idea of keeping the plans for the insurrection a secret is not practical, as the bourgeoisie are masters of electronic eaves dropping. Of course, there is also no shortage of paid informers. They are a natural byproduct of capitalism.

With that in mind, upon the day which is appointed as the ”day of insurrection”, millions of working people should march, across the country, seizing key installations, including military bases, such as the Pentagon, government headquarters, such as the White House and Capitol Hill, communications centres and the stock exchange, such as are located in New York City, air ports, bridges, railroad stations and sea ports. Perhaps a ”dress rehearsal” should be carried out, just to make sure there are no glitches in the system.

Without doubt, the ruling class of capitalists in Hong Kong is also well informed, and yet the revolutionaries were able to shut down the major airport. We can learn from them.

Similar tactics in America should also prove to be most helpful. The politicians and members of the Trump administration should be harassed and humiliated, allowed no peace. Banners and posters should contain class content. Videos should be produced and placed on the internet, explaining the class struggle. The buildings which are the location for the 20-20 debates should be occupied, just as the main airport in Hong Kong was occupied. We should strive for as much mainstream press coverage as possible, as a means of carrying our message. We can and must raise the level of awareness of millions of people.

At the same time, there is an urgent need for a true American Communist Party, one which advocates for the Dictatorship Of the Proletariat. The membership in that Party must be rather few, limited to true Marxists. It is up to such people to provide the true leadership, as otherwise the revolution will only succeed in replacing one group of rulers with another.

As for those who are current or former members of the petty bourgeois, aware of the class struggle, serious students of Marxism, may I suggest that along with knowledge and education comes responsibility, if only on a moral level. The proletariat is counting on you, true Marxist intellectuals, to take the bull by the horns. Form an American Communist Party, Dictatorship Of Proletariat.

As ever more Americans become card carrying members of the two mainstream political parties, they will become more politically active and their level of awareness will rise. These advanced workers will also receive valuable training, which well serve them well after the revolution.