Concerning the Ancient Civilization of Gobekli Tepi
Immediately after the Great Russian October Soviet Socialist Revolution of 1917, Lenin wrote an article against his ‘’Bitterest Enemy’’, the former Scientific Socialist turned revisionist, Karl Kautsky. The article is titled, ‘’The Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade Kautsky’’. The final section of that article is of the utmost interest to us, and is the focus of this article. As Lenin stated, writing in October of 1918:
‘’Europe’s greatest misfortune and danger is that it has no revolutionary party. It has parties of traitors…and of servile souls like Kautsky. But it has no revolutionary party.
‘’Of course, a mighty, popular revolutionary movement may rectify this deficiency, but it is nevertheless a serious misfortune and a grave danger.
‘’That is why we must do our utmost to expose renegades like Kautsky, thereby supporting the revolutionary groups of genuine internationalist workers, who are to be found in all countries. The proletariat will very soon turn away from the traitors and renegades and follow these groups, drawing and training leaders from their midst. No wonder the bourgeoisie of all countries are howling about ‘world Bolshevism’.
‘’World Bolshevism will conquer the world bourgeoisie’’. (italics by Lenin. At the time this article was written, Communism was referred to as Bolshevism)
The ‘’greatest misfortune’’ of Europe, that of having ‘’no revolutionary party’’, is true to this day. As well, that ‘’great misfortune’’ and ‘’grave danger’’, has spread to North America, and other parts of the world.
In both Europe and North America, there is no shortage of political parties, which claim to be followers of Marx and Lenin. For that matter, the same thing is true in other parts of the world.
Yet as Lenin stated, ‘’the Dictatorship of the Proletariat is the touchstone of a true Marxist’’, a Communist. All political parties which claim to be Marxist, while denying, or even avoiding, any mention of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, are not true Communists, but revisionists. This is to say that they are determined to revise the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin.
It is safe to assume that all of the leaders, of these revisionist political parties, and there are a great many of them, have graduated from Universities. Those same Universities do not teach the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin, but only the bourgeois distortion of those theories. These revisions are then brought to the attention of the public, the working class, by the leaders of the revisionist political parties.
Even though different revisionist political parties may say slightly different things, all are quite well agreed upon a few fundamental ideas. Lenin summarized this quite well in his excellent article, What Is To Be Done? Bear in mind that at the time this article was written, Scientific Socialism, or Communism, was referred to as Social- Democracy:
‘’Social-Democracy must change from a party of the social revolution into a democratic party of social reform….The possibility of putting socialism on a scientific basis and proving that it is necessary and inevitable, from the point of view of the materialist conception of history was denied, as also were the facts of the growing impoverishment and proletarianization, and the intensification of capitalist contradictions. The very conception, ‘ultimate aim’, was declared to be unsound, and the idea of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat was absolutely rejected. It was denied that there is any difference in principle between liberalism and socialism. The theory of the class struggle was rejected on the grounds that it could not be applied to a strictly democratic society, governed according to the will of the majority, etc.’’ (italics by Lenin)
This is my somewhat less than subtle way, of stressing the fact that political parties which claim to be Revolutionary, or Communist, or Marxist-Leninist, or Scientific Socialist, while denying the necessity of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, are merely revisionist! They are consciously attempting to divert the revolutionary motion, of the proletariat, onto some harmless path of social reform! For that reason, they are the enemies of the proletariat!
It is also true that very few working class people are able to attend University. Further, it is only in University that the revolutionary Scientific Socialist theories of Marx and Lenin are even mentioned, and then only with a view to distorting those same theories.
For that reason, very few working class people are even aware of the fact that such Scientific Socialist theories even exist! Nor are they aware of the fact that bourgeois scholars go to great lengths to distort those theories! This awareness, this class consciousness, is completely outside the realm of working class life! For that reason, this awareness, this class consciousness, must be brought to the working class, the proletariat, from an outside source!
At the moment, the vast majority of working people, or at least the more advanced workers, are disenchanted with the mainstream political parties, and are looking for an alternative. It is only natural that they should consider political parties which claim to be Socialist. It is also completely natural that they are incapable of distinguishing between those who are Utopian Socialists, and those who are Scientific Socialists.
Bear in mind that we have no quarrel with those who claim to be Socialists, but not Marxists. Such people are referred to as Utopian Socialists. They are the natural and desirable allies of the Scientific Socialists, the Communists.
Be that as it may, the more advanced workers who first approach these allegedly Socialist political parties, tend to be not overly impressed with the Utopian Socialist parties. After all, most of their members think that while Socialism is a good idea, it is simply not practical. This is commonly considered to be ‘’something less than a rousing endorsement’’.
In contrast to this, the ‘’pitch’’ of the revisionist Socialists, is quite enthusiastic, if nothing else. They tend to be downright anxious to have working class people join their ranks. For that reason, the more advanced workers tend to gravitate to the parties of the revisionists.
In other words, the more advanced workers are gravitating to the revisionists, the traitors and renegades to Scientific Socialism! Those who specialize in the distortion of the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin! Through no fault of their own, I might add.
Yet among the more advanced workers, those who are much more advanced than others, whom Lenin refers to as ‘’internationalist workers’’, have formed ‘’revolutionary groups’’. They are not following the ‘’traitors and renegades’’ to Scientific Socialism, possibly as a result of their class instincts. Very soon, the vast majority of the working class, the proletariat, will ‘’turn away from these traitors and renegades’’, and instead follow the internationalist workers. At that time, more leaders will be trained, from their midst.
It is also a fact, that the most advanced workers, members of these internationalist groups, will soon embrace the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin, that of Scientific Socialism. They just need a little ‘’nudge in the right direction’’.
As I have documented in a previous article, these internationalist workers are challenging scientific theories, put forward by mainstream archaeologists. Excellent! This means that they are already questioning that which is put forward by the ruling class of monopoly capitalists, the bourgeoisie.
These groups of internationalist workers, from various countries of the world, have already proven the existence of an ancient Egyptian civilization, so advanced that it used electricity! It also built the pyramids, thousands of years before the age of the Pharaohs.
With that in mind, may I suggest a close examination of a recently discovered ancient site, located in the country of Turkey. There are numerous videos available, on the internet, but I recommend one that is reasonably short, but to the point, at least for our purposes. That video is titled, ‘’Gobekli Tepi: the 12,000 year old mystery that rewrites human history’’, and is two minutes, forty three seconds in length.
I have chosen to transcribe the pertinent parts:
‘’Twelve thousand years ago, someone built this. Before agriculture, before writing, before the wheel, Gobekli Tepi re-wrote history. In 1963, a shepard stumbled upon strange stones on a hilltop, in Turkey. Archaeologists later realized that they had found something impossible. A massive stone temple complex, built by hunter- gatherers. These massive T-shaped pillars, some weighing 16 tons, were carved and moved without metal tools, or even wheels. The pillars are arranged in circles, each decorated with intricate animal carvings, foxes, boars, lions and mysterious symbols. Carbon dating revealed the shocking truth. Gobekli Tepi was built 7,000 years before Stonehenge, and 7,500 years before the Great Pyramid. This completely shatters our understanding of pre historic human capability…. What is clear is that Gobekli Tepi forces us to completely re-think human history. It suggests that religion and complex society may have come before agriculture, not after it, as we have always believed….’’
The preceding is a rather brief summary, of that which all the mainstream archaeologists are saying. They would have us believe that this elaborate complex was built by members of a hunter- gathering society. What is more, they state, as a fact, that Stonehenge was built five thousand years ago, and that the Great Pyramid was built forty five hundred years ago.
Those are not facts! They are beliefs, scientific theories, and as such, are meant to be challenged! Further, as I have documented in a previous article, internationalist workers have proven that the Great Pyramid was built by a truly ancient civilization, one which existed possibly ten to twelve thousand years ago. That ancient civilization was exceptionally advanced, yet still collapsed, for reasons which have yet to be explained.
As that is the case, it is entirely possible that a separate civilization, which existed at the same time, may also have collapsed. That separate civilization could be Golbekli Tepi.
Such a possibility is far more likely than the theory, put forward by mainstream archaeologists, that the members of a hunting-gathering society, could have built such an elaborate settlement. In fact, such a theory is simply ridiculous! The people of such societies were focused primarily on survival, as they lived constantly on the edge of starvation. Such a settlement was made possible, only after the creation of agriculture, so that a surplus of food was made available.
The fact of the matter, is that the mainstream archaeologists refuse to even consider the possibility, of the existence of unknown, ancient advanced civilizations. There is a reason for this. Their careers are at stake!
Feel free to face the fact that we live in a class society! Any scientist, working in any field of science, is in danger of committing career suicide, if they choose to challenge any generally accepted scientific theory!
Sadly, the current situation resembles the state of science, as it existed before the time of Charles Darwin. In 1859, he published his work ‘’On the Origin of Species’’, which theorized that species evolve over time, through the process of natural selection.
That work was revolutionary, as so many people considered that it contradicted the bible. For that matter, the same is true to this day.
This brings us to the subject of faith versus science. We are all entitled to our personal beliefs, commonly referred to as faith. Such beliefs should be respected!
By contrast, scientific beliefs, which are nothing other than theories, are meant to be challenged! They are not facts, even though they are frequently presented as such.
Now the ruling class of monopoly capitalists, the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie, has decided that the science books have been written, and are to stay written, as is! There are to be no changes!
As Lenin wrote, in Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, ‘’Imperialism is reaction, right down the line’’. He was not joking! Monopoly capitalism is imperialism, and imperialism is completely reactionary. This reaction extends to all fields of science.
The completely reactionary class of bourgeoisie must be overthrown, the existing state apparatus smashed, and a state of Scientific Socialism established, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. That is a fundamental tenet of Marxism, one which terrifies the multi billionaires. With good reason, I might add.
This article is being written, with the internationalist workers in mind. These workers, from different countries, have succeeded in proving the existence of a previously unknown, ancient Egyptian civilization. That is most commendable. Yet it is only a start. Much more needs to be done.
To such workers, I can say that now is the time to raise yourselves, theoretically, to the level of conscious people, Scientific Socialists, true Communists. This is to say that it is necessary to study the essential works of Marx and Lenin. These include the Communist Manifesto, by Marx and Engels. As well, State and Revolution, What Is To Be Done?, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, and Left Wing Communism, An Infantile Disorder, all by Lenin, are highly recommended.
With regards to those who have already read those revolutionary works, perhaps in University, feel free to read them again, but this time with an open mind.
As Lenin stated, ‘’World Bolshevism will conquer the world bourgeoisie’’, in that Bolshevism is Communism.
The fact that internationalist workers have come together to challenge the archaeologists, successfully, I might add, is proof that they are in the forefront of the class struggle, against the bourgeoisie. Very soon, other workers, who are currently following the revisionists of Marxism, will be following these internationalist workers.
As for those who object that this places an unfair burden on those internationalist workers, I can only respond that life is not fair. It is what it is.
The political tension is becoming ever more intense. Or to phrase it in Marxist terms, the ‘’class contradictions’’, if you prefer. It is just a matter of time, and probably a short time, before the ‘’outbreak of hostilities’’. Class warfare! Revolution! We had best be prepared!
At the time of the insurrection, the beginning of the Revolution, the Marxist revisionists will attempt to set themselves up as leaders, and to take over the existing state apparatus, in order to set themselves up, as the new rulers.
We had best be prepared! The existing state apparatus must be smashed, and replaced with the Dictatorship of the Proletariat! The bourgeoisie and their flunkies, including the Marxist revisionists, must be crushed! The internationalist workers will make sure of this!
With Most Sincere Communist Greetings,
Gerald McIsaac