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Concerning ‘’Bombshell’’ Report By the Wall Street Journal

Gerald Mcisaac

One of the most highly respected, conservative, ‘’Right Wing’’ newspapers in the country, the Wall Street Journal, WSJ, published a ‘’bombshell’’ article, on July 18, concerning the ‘’Jeffrey Epstein Scandal’’.

Allow me to clarify that previous statement. It is the monopoly capitalists, the multi billionaires, those who are members of a class of people, technically referred to as the bourgeoisie, who have such high respect for the WSJ. By contrast, those of us who are generally considered to be ‘’Leftist’’, including socialists and Communists, tend to have a somewhat different attitude towards that newspaper.

I mention this, for the benefit of those members of the working class, the proletariat, who are just now becoming politically active. Welcome, my Brothers and Sisters, my Comrades!

That being said, the fact is that I believe in ‘’giving credit where credit is due’’. In this particular case, the WSJ deserves credit for exposing the lies and hypocrisy of Donald Trump. 

It is also a fact that the ‘’Jeffrey Epstein Scandal’’, as that is the manner to which it is being referred, has attracted the attention of countless working people. For that reason, it deserves our attention. Not because a convicted sex offender, a pedophile, a child molester, was clearly murdered in prison, but because it is part of a much larger criminal conspiracy, on the part of the bourgeoisie, in an attempt to cover up their crimes.

Now to the matter:

The WSJ alleges that, in 2003, ’’Jeffrey Epstein’s friends sent him bawdy letters for a 50th birthday album.’’ They further allege that ‘’one of those letters was from Donald Trump’’.

As the WSJ went on to state, 

‘’The letter bearing Trump’s name, which was reviewed by the Journal, is bawdy- like others in the album. It contains several lines of type written texts, framed by the outline of a naked woman, which appears to be hand- drawn with a heavy marker. 

‘’A pair of small arcs denotes the woman’s breasts, and the future president’s signature is a squiggly line ‘Donald’ below her waist, mimicking pubic hair.

‘’The letter concludes: ‘Happy Birthday- and may every day be another wonderful secret.’’’

Naturally, Trump denies writing this letter. He certainly cannot deny knowing Epstein, if only because there are numerous pictures and videos of the two of them, apparently ‘’partying’’ together. 

In fact, in 2002, Trump said of Epstein, ‘’Terrific guy. I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he loves beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it- Jeffrey enjoys his social life.’’  

Now that the WSJ has published an article, alleging that Trump gave Epstein that ‘’bawdy letter’’, Trump is determined to sue the WSJ and ’’media mogul’’, Rupert Murdoch, presumably for slander.

In case people are wondering, there is no law against lying. It may be naughty, but it is not illegal. So even if Trump would love to press charges against them, for ‘’saying terrible things about him’’, he cannot. 

What he can do, and is doing, is suing them for slander. And what is slander? It is the ‘’act of uttering false charges or misrepresentations that defame and damage another’s reputation.’’

The key word here is ‘’false’’. As long as the WSJ can prove that the accusations are indeed correct, that Trump did indeed write that ‘’bawdy letter’’ to Epstein, then the lawsuit has no basis. 

In the case of the WSJ and Rupert Murdock, they chose to run this story, knowing full well that they would almost certainly face a lawsuit from Trump. For that reason, they must have been first convinced that the letter was written by Trump. What is more, they must have been convinced that they were able to prove it. After all, the WSJ and Murdock have been accused of a great many things. Stupidity in not one of those things!

This begs the question: How does the WSJ plan to prove, in a court of law, that the letter was written by Trump?

The only reasonable answer, is by having an expert on handwriting swear, under oath, that the hand writing is indeed, that of Trump. Otherwise, the WSJ will be forced to pay dearly, for those serious accusations. 

No doubt, a great many people are wondering just how the WSJ got their hands on that ‘’bawdy letter’’, or at least a copy of that letter. After all, such a letter could be evidence in a potential criminal case, involving under age girls.

The answer is that, it is almost certain that a member of the FBI, or the DOJ, ‘’leaked’’ this document, to the WSJ. This is to say that an agent of one of those government organizations, slipped a copy to a journalist, one who worked for the WSJ. 

This act may, or may not, have been legal. Legal or not, the journalists are under no obligation to reveal their sources. They are protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution. For that reason, all police officers are aware that they can slip to these journalists information which they want to make public, with the understanding of complete confidentiality. In other words, the journalist promises to not mention their name.

Of course, Trump has responded to this, precisely as expected. He is suing the WSJ, and Rupert Murdoch. 

It is the opinion of legal experts, that ‘’This lawsuit is the single stupidest thing he could have done! …At the end of the day, the notebook comes out….It is up to Trump to prove the notebook is false…The WSJ has anticipated this, and they are ready for war’’. 

How is it that no one is surprised that Trump has, once again, done the ‘’stupidest thing’’ possible? This merely serves to increase the ‘’public curiosity’’, as the mainstream press phrases it. 

It is also not at all surprising, that the same mainstream press is careful to avoid any mention of classes! God forbid that the working class should become aware of themselves, as a class! With their own class interests!

It is the duty, of Scientific Socialists, to raise the level of awareness of the working class, the proletariat! The most advanced workers must be raised to the level of Scientific Socialists, aware of the fact that the proletariat is destined to overthrow the completely reactionary class of monopoly capitalists, the bourgeoisie, to smash the existing state apparatus, and to set up a new state apparatus, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat! 

The best way to accomplish this, is by becoming involved in that which interests the working people. Hence our concern with the murder of a pedophile, a child molester.

Not that too many people are shedding tears over this. One less pedophile is no great loss. It is his rich clients, the multi billionaires, the members of the class of people known as the bourgeoisie, who paid a small fortune for the ‘’honour and privilege’’ of raping underage girls, with whom we are concerned. Those girls, now adults, are being denied justice!

There can be no doubt, that Epstein was in the business of selling underage girls, to those with great wealth. Just as there can be no doubt that he was murdered, in his prison cell, in order to keep him from talking, from revealing the identity of his ‘’clients’’, the people who paid, most handsomely, to rape those girls! 

That previous statement is widely disputed, as the death of Epstein has been officially ruled a suicide. The Medical Examiner conducted an investigation, and issued  a ruling of ‘’suicide by hanging’’. Even though such a hanging is simply not possible!

That is the considered opinion of a true expert, a self confessed former mobster, an individual who has spent years in prison, including seven months in the same prison in which Epstein supposedly hung himself.

This is made clear in a video, posted on the internet, titled, ‘’Epstein ‘could not have killed himself’, says inmate held in same cell.’’ As he stated:

‘’There is no way you are able to commit suicide. There is no way to hang yourself. There’s nothing from the ceiling. The beds are too low….As far as the cameras being off, I have not experienced that, or of correctional officers not walking those cells. They look in on you all the time….I do not believe it was suicide. It is almost impossible….There is no way that this person operated alone….He (Epstein) had cameras on every bedroom…and all of a sudden all of it is gone? None of this makes sense…It was young women involved in this, trafficked and abused. I have daughters and grand daughters, and I just do not like it. Anybody involved in this should be held accountable….It has got to stop. If these people are not held accountable, it is just going to continue. And unfortunately it seems like it is people with power and money….there is a lot of stuff that really needs to come out…’’

This is almost certainly true, as mobsters have a certain code. All are family men, with wives and children, including daughters. Women and children are to be protected, not harmed! All sex offenders, and especially child molesters, are held in the utmost contempt!

Yet if we are to be wildly optimistic, and assume that it is possible for someone to somehow hang themselves in prison, then it stands to reason, common sense, that the marks of that noose, would be quite distinctive. It would go from the front, the throat, to higher up on the neck, in back. By contrast, signs of strangulation would go from the throat, directly to the rear, without going higher up. 

This fact is well known to all Medical Examiners, those who are responsible for determining the cause of death. To falsify an official document, to state that the cause of death was by suicide, when all evidence indicates murder by strangulation, is a very serious matter. Such a falsification could result in the loss of license of that Medical Examiner. It could also lead to charges of accessory to murder!

Yet all indications are, that is precisely the case! Those whom the mainstream press refers to as the ‘’rich and powerful’’, the ‘’members of the elite’’, are in fact the multi billionaires, monopoly capitalists, members of the ruling class of people referred to as the bourgeoisie. 

Concerning the subject of the prison cameras, it has been determined that the video shown was falsified! In a video, posted on the internet, and titled, ‘’Proof: Epstein video edited by feds’’, it states:

‘’Metadata embedded in the video and analyzed by WIRED and independent video forensics experts show that rather than being a direct export from the prison’s surveillance system, the footage was modified, likely using the professional editing tool Adobe Premiere Pro. The file appears to have been assembled from at least two source clips, saved multiple times, exported, and then uploaded to the DOJ’s website, where it was presented as ‘raw’ footage’’. 

A great many members of that class of multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie, no doubt paid Epstein, in order to rape underage girls! All of which was video taped by Epstein! For purposes of blackmailing those same clients, no doubt!

Now that the FBI and the DOJ have those videos, they also have the identify of those child molesters, multi billionaires, one and all. It is those videos which are being with held from the public. Not to protect the identity of the victims. But to protect the identity of the child molesters! The multi billionaires!

Strangely enough, this disclosure, by the WSJ, places Scientific Socialists, Communists, in alliance with Rupert Murdoch and Elon Musk. Strictly on this one issue, mind you, that of exposing the conspiracy, of certain multi billionaires, to cover up their rape of countless under age girls.

While this alliance may seem strange, it is not too surprising. In fact, the Communist Manifesto goes into this. In Section 3, Part 2, under the title of ‘’Conservative or Bourgeois Socialism’’, it states:

‘’A part of the bourgeoisie is desirous of redressing social grievances, in order to secure the continued existence of bourgeois society. 

‘’To this section belong economists, philanthropists, humanitarians, improvers of the condition of the working class, organizers of charity, members of societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals, temperance fanatics, hole – and- corner reformers of every imaginable kind. This form of socialism has, moreover, been worked out into complete systems.’’

There can be no doubt that both Musk and Murdoch are multi billionaires, and therefore members of the class of people we refer to as the bourgeoisie. Equally without doubt, they are ‘’desirous of redressing social grievances’’, in this case the widespread rape of underage girls. The reason for their concern? ‘’In order to secure the continued existence of bourgeois society’’, according to the Communist Manifesto.

Those under age girls, now adults, have been robbed of their childhood innocence, and are now being denied justice. It is to the credit of Rupert Murdoch and Elon Musk, that they are attempting to secure the release of all files pertaining to the ‘’Epstein Scandal’’, including the videos which Epstein took, of his ‘’clients’’ raping those girls. Those videos reveal the identify of those pedophiles, those who are multi billionaires.  

The precise motives for the concern of Musk and Murdoch, towards those unfortunate girls, are of secondary importance. The main thing is that they are demanding justice for those girls, and for that reason, we can support them, on this one particular issue.

Those women deserve justice! Nothing can change the fact that they have been terribly abused! Yet if Trump has his way, they will also be denied justice! All in the interests of protecting the multi billionaires who abused them!

Yet what is the role of Communists? According to the Communist Manifesto:

‘’The Communists, therefore, are on the one hand, practically, the most advanced and resolute section of the working- class parties of every country, that section which pushes forward all others; on the other hand, theoretically, they have over the great mass of the proletariat the advantage of clearly understanding the line of march, the conditions, and the ultimate general results of the proletarian movement. 

‘’The immediate aim of the Communists is the same as that of all the other proletarian parties: formation of the proletariat into a class, overthrow of the bourgeois supremacy, conquest of political power by the proletariat.’’

This is to say that our goal, that of securing justice for those unfortunate women, must be seen as part of our broader aim, that of raising the level of awareness of the working class, the proletariat. 

We are Communists, Scientific Socialists, not utopian socialists, those who strive only for paltry reforms. As Marx and Engels further make clear, in the Communist Manifesto:

‘’The theoretical conclusions of the Communists are in no way based on ideas or principles that have been invented, or discovered, by this or that would-be universal reformer.’’

This is to stress the fact that Communism, Scientific Socialism, is based on the ‘’theoretical conclusions’’ of Karl Marx, the first true Scientific Socialist. 

Allow me to further stress the fact that the ruling class of bourgeoisie, is now squabbling among themselves. The Communist Manifesto also has a few words to say about this:

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

May I suggest that this squabbling, among the bourgeoisie, is an indication that the ‘’class struggle is nearing the decisive hour’’. Now is the time for a ‘’small section of the ruling class to cut itself adrift’’, and ‘’join the revolutionary class’’, the proletariat, the ‘’class that holds the future in its hands’’. Of course, I am here referring to the ‘’bourgeois ideologists’’, those who have ‘’raised themselves to the level of comprehending theoretically the historical movement as a whole’’. 

This should not be terribly difficult, as all such ideologists have been exposed to the distortion of the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin, in University. Now it is simply a matter of examining those theories with an open mind. 

As I have mentioned in numerous previous articles, such people have nothing to lose, and everything to gain. The bourgeoisie is determined to abolish the democratic republic, set up the rule of an Oligarchy, and to wipe out the middle class. 

Under Scientific Socialism, the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, your training and skills will be in demand. Your past service, to the bourgeoisie, will not be held against you. You will be paid most handsomely. Choose wisely. 

Gerald McIsaac

Elon Musk and the Epstein Files

Gerald Mcisaac

Elon Musk recently announced that his newly created America Party, will make the ‘’exposure of the Epstein files’’, a ‘’top priority’’. That is precisely what countless working people want to hear! This calls for a little explanation. 

Jeffrey Epstein was an American ‘’financier’’, a capitalist, a billionaire, a highly successful ‘’investment banker’’. He ‘’rubbed shoulders’’ with some of the wealthiest and most powerful people in the world. These included Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton and Donald Trump. 

He was also a convicted sex offender. For many years, it is alleged that he ran a very profitable, child sex trafficking ring. It is further alleged that he, with the assistance of Ghislaine Maxwell, was responsible for the rape of numerous under age girls, possibly as many as nine hundred, some as young as twelve years of age!

Bear in mind that underage girls, by law, cannot give consent, so that any sexual acts, with such girls, constitutes an act of rape. 

In 2019, the state of New York charged Epstein with ‘’sex trafficking’’. In an attempt to avoid federal charges, Epstein pleaded guilty to less serious charges, and was sentenced to 13 months in prison. Despite this, while in prison, the federal government charged him with ‘’sex trafficking dozens of underage girls’’. Epstein was looking at spending the rest of his life in prison.

Then in August of 2019, Epstein was found dead in his cell. His cause of death was officially ruled a suicide.

On a related matter, in 2020, New York federal prosecutors charged Ghislaine Maxwell with ‘’sex crimes’’, saying that she helped recruit the underage girls, whom Epstein abused, sometimes participating in the abuse herself. She was convicted of multiple charges, including ‘’sex trafficking, conspiracy and transportation of a minor for illegal sexual activity’’. She is currently serving a twenty year prison sentence.

This is significant, because she ‘’knows where all the bodies are buried’’, to phrase it in popular terms. In other words, she knows the names of all the ‘’clients’’, the ‘’customers’’, commonly referred to as the ‘’Johns’’, all of whom are child molesters, technically referred to as ‘’pedophiles’’. Some of these lowlifes are among the richest, most powerful men, in the country.

Not that she is at all anxious to share that information! On the contrary, she is hoarding it! Such information is as valuable as gold! If someone really wants those names- perhaps Elon Musk?- then first, open that cell door, and grease her palm! Then watch how fast she ‘’sings like a little canary’’!

Now to return to the death of Jeffrey Epstein.

Immediately after Epstein was found dead, countless people questioned the official version of events, that of ‘’death by suicide’’. They point out that there were numerous extremely wealthy, and equally powerful men, who had a keen interest in shutting him up, permanently. After all, as all professional thieves are well aware, ‘’dead men tell no tales’’.

It does not help that certain details ‘’do not add up’’, to state it in popular terms. Such as the fact that the cellmate of Epstein was moved the day before he died. The fact that the video cameras did not cover the hallway, which included the door to his cell. As well, the location of the two guards who were supposed to be watching him, has never been explained. 

The autopsy report was also ‘’less that conclusive’’, in that it was determined that the broken bones in his neck could have been caused by either hanging or strangulation. For that reason, a finding of ‘’inconclusive’’ was warranted, which calls for a more thorough investigation. 

Instead, the investigators concluded, ‘’death by suicide’’, which makes absolutely no sense.

That is not the only thing, which makes no sense. Epstein documented the rape of countless underage girls. In fact, he frequently video taped them! His ‘’clients’’, or ‘’Johns’’, rich and powerful pedophiles, were filmed raping those girls!

Yet professional investigators, highly trained members of the FBI and the DOJ, among the finest in the country, are at a loss to identify even one of those pedophiles! 

The common people, members of the public, American citizens, are outraged. Those girls, now adults, are being denied the justice they deserve! All because the men who assaulted them, are supremely rich! Multi billionaires!

It is to the credit of Elon Musk, that he is ‘’tapping into’’ this wide spread ‘’discontent’’, as the mainstream press so delicately phrases it. In fact, on behalf of his America Party, he has thoughtfully posted an ‘’Epstein Pedophile Arrest Counter’’, on his web site. This is to keep track of the number of pedophiles, clients of Epstein, who are currently being charged, as a result of the ‘’Epstein investigation’’. That counter is currently set to zero!

This is his way of mocking the lack of prosecutions, in the Epstein case. It is both effective and entertaining. Education through entertainment! Way to go, Elon Musk!

In another post, Musk stated: 

‘’Time to drop the really big bomb.

‘’Donald Trump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public. 

‘’Have a nice day, DJT’’.

Then in a separate post:

‘’How can people be expected to have faith in Trump if he won’t release the Epstein files?’’

An excellent question!

It is significant that, by July 9, 2025, this post had 32.6 million views! But only because Elon Musk got right to the heart of the matter!

On the subject of the ‘’Epstein files’’, a DOJ memo ‘’clarifies’’ the matter. It states that Epstein had no ‘’blackmail list’’. It goes on to say that, ‘’No further charges will be filed in the Epstein case’’. 

To even suggest that Epstein had no ‘’blackmail client list’’, is ridiculous! He was well aware that if caught, he was facing life in prison! He was equally well aware that his rich and powerful clients could keep him out of prison! It was simply a matter of providing them with the proper ‘’motivation’’. A video of them raping an underage girl was just such a motivation! This is commonly referred to as ‘’blackmail’’. 

So it is reasonable to assume that those same ‘’rich and powerful’’ people, did not wait for Epstein to carry through on his threats. They acted first, ‘’nipping the problem in the bud’’. They hired someone to kill Epstein. 

This murder was immediately followed by a thorough ‘’cover up’’. The professional investigators were first told that the death of Epstein was a suicide, and then told to investigate, and come to the proper conclusion. So the officers went through the usual motions, and promptly lied through their teeth!

Now if they could only get their lies straight!

A fine example of this is the United States Attorney General, Pam Bondi. In an interview with Fox News, she stated that the ‘’client list of Jeffrey Epstein’’ was, ‘’Sitting on my desk, to be reviewed’’.

More recently, she stated that the client list of Jeffrey Epstein ‘’Does not exist’’!  Such nonsense!

In all fairness, there can be no doubt that there are a few Americans who believe the official line, of the Trump administration, that the ‘’client list of Jeffrey Epstein’’, does not exist. Equally without doubt, few of those citizens are over the age of twelve! Everyone else is well aware that Trump and his minions are a pack of liars!

It is also a fact, that Elon Musk is doing a fine job of exposing the lies and hypocrisy, of those same people! For his own reasons, mind you! Political power! We can learn from Elon Musk!

Even though that previous statement may come as a great shock to many, I maintain that it is true. I believe in giving credit where credit is due.

Both Elon Musk and Donald Trump are multi billionaires, members of the same class of people, technically referred to as the bourgeoisie. As such, both are also completely reactionary. The only difference, is that Musk is far more intelligent.

The current ‘’bone of contention’’, between those two, is political power. Trump is the President, and is using that power in ways of which Musk disapproves. For that reason, Musk has started ‘’his own’’ political party, the ‘’America Party’’. 

This is to say that the ruling class of monopoly capitalists, the multi billionaires, those who comprise the class of people known as the bourgeoisie, are deeply divided! They are squabbling over the precise method of rule. 

Marx and Engels went into this in their landmark work, the Communist Manifesto. As they stated:

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

The conflict, between Trump and Musk, can be considered to be part of the ‘’process of dissolution going on within the ruling class’’. For that reason, we can expect a ‘’small section of the ruling class’’, to ‘’cut itself adrift’’, and ‘’join the revolutionary class’’, which is the working class, the proletariat, the ‘’class that holds the future in its hands’’. 

This is my less than subtle way, of suggesting that all of those who consider themselves to be socialists, of one persuasion or another, become active. After all, it is clear that the ‘’class struggle’’ is ‘’near the decisive hour’’. In other words, the revolution is very close!

Many of those self proclaimed socialists, but by no means all, have attended Universities. In particular, almost all members of the Democratic Socialists of America, DSA, are University graduates. As such, they have been exposed to the bourgeois distortion of the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin. Now is the time to once again, read the Essential Works of Marx and Lenin. This time with an open mind. 

As for those who have never been to University, and most working class people have never had the opportunity, may I suggest starting with State and Revolution, by Lenin. It is readily available, on the internet. It was written in preparation for the Great Russian Proletarian October Soviet Socialist Revolution. Our next American Revolution, will closely resemble that Russian Revolution. 

As well, other works include the Communist Manifesto, as well as Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, What Is To Be Done?, and Left Wing Communism, An Infantile Disorder, all by Lenin.

A careful reading of those key works, should give all revolutionaries a basic grasp of the principles of Scientific Socialism.

The problem is that the working class, the proletariat, is not aware of itself, as a class, with its own class interests. It is certainly not aware that it is destined to overthrow the completely reactionary class of monopoly capitalists, the bourgeoisie, and crush them, under the Dictatorship of the Proletariat! This awareness can come only from an outside source. What better outside source than Marx and Lenin?

The Essential Works of Marx and Lenin can provide that awareness. In this way, the most advanced workers can be raised to the level of true Communists, those who advocate for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. They, in turn, can bring this awareness to the less advanced.

This stands in stark contrast to the utopian socialists, many of whom are of the opinion that socialism is a fine idea, but ‘’simply not practical’’. It is utopian socialism that is not practical!

There are others, self proclaimed Marxists, who are convinced that the revolution is bound to take place, and are determined to take over the existing state apparatus, at the time of the revolution, and set themselves up, as the new rulers. These people we refer to as ‘’revisionists’’. 

It may help to think of the approaching American Revolution, as an ‘’Act of God’’, or a ‘’Higher Power’’, if you prefer, because that is precisely the case. Previous revolutionary experience has shown that, on occasion, countless people get into motion, and make history! 

As for those who dispute that statement, may I refer you to the experience of the French Revolution. It was a completely spontaneous uprising! There were no leaders, although leaders did emerge. 

The last thing we need, is another such uprising! We need an uprising of class conscious workers! Workers who are aware of themselves, as a class, with their own class interests! That includes the necessity of overthrowing the ruling class of bourgeoisie, of smashing the existing state apparatus, and replacing it with a new state apparatus, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat! Scientific Socialism!

With that in mind, our goal is to raise the level of awareness of the working class, the proletariat. We can do that by focusing on that which is of concern to the vast majority of working people. In this, as previously stated, we can learn from Elon Musk! 

Bear in mind that countless working people are paying strict attention to Elon Musk! If only because he is focusing on that which concerns them. Further, he is doing this in an entertaining manner, without resorting to vulgarity! The same cannot be said of all too many Leftist people.

Our duty is to also focus on that which concerns working people, and use this to raise their level of awareness, preferably in an entertaining manner. Also without the use of vulgarity!

We can only hope that celebrities, especially ‘’Hollywood Movie Stars’’, will ‘’jump on the bandwagon’’, and join the revolutionary movement, for Scientific Socialism. 

The reason I say this, is because common people, by whom I mean workers and family farmers, pay strict attention to that which celebrities say. Strange but true. 

This places an unfair burden on those people, which is unfortunate. Not that life is fair, so that is not too surprising. It is what it is.

If it is any consolation, bear in mind that the one and only alternative to monopoly capitalism, is Scientific Socialism! Further, the monopoly capitalists are determined to wipe out the middle class, and establish the rule of an Oligarchy. This could even result in a state of fascism. 

By contrast, under the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, to be established after the revolution, there will be a great demand for highly skilled individuals. These include scientists, engineers and business administrators. They will be paid accordingly.

Middle class professionals have everything to gain, and nothing to lose, by embracing the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin. Feel free to get on board, and spread the message! We will know that we are getting our message across, when the following slogans become houses hold expressions:

Workers of the World, Unite! 

Scientific Socialism! 

Dictatorship of the Proletariat!

Peace! Democracy! Socialism!

Bombard the Bourgeois Headquarters! 

 

Concerning Elon Musk and the ‘’America Party’’

Gerald Mcisaac

The former Speaker of the House, and highly respected Member of Congress, Nancy Pelosi, recently announced that, ‘’Hell must have frozen over’’. The reason she said this, is because she has always maintained that, ‘’Hell would freeze over, before she agreed with Elon Musk’’. Yet now she agrees with Elon Musk!

In fact, Elon Musk has now publicly opposed the ‘’Big Beautiful Bill’’, as Donald Trump refers to it, which he has recently signed into law. By taking such a stand, he has joined the ranks of all Members of the Democratic Party, within the Senate and the House of Representatives, in the capital of Washington, DC.

In fact, this was not nearly as unexpected as it first appeared. The American ruling class, the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie, are deeply divided. They are certainly determined to maintain their rule, but disagree on the precise method to be used. Trump has decided to cut taxes on the members of his class of multi billionaires, while at the same time, cutting social programs, including medical and food assistance, for those who need it most, the members of the working class, the proletariat.

By contrast, Elon Musk is opposed to this bill, not because it would serve to further impoverish the working class, but because it would dramatically increase the national debt, to the point that it could not be sustained! The cuts to the social programs do not go far enough!

This in no way changes the fact that his opposition to this bill, places him in agreement, or ‘’alliance’’, with the members of the Democratic Party. Temporarily, of course, and strictly on this one particular issue. 

Remarkably enough, this strange alliance is not as unusual as it first appears. In fact, it came about as a natural result of that which was predicted by Marx and Engels, in the Communist Manifesto. As they stated, this comes about when the ‘’class struggle nears the decisive hour’’, as a result of the ‘’process of dissolution going on within the ruling class, in fact within the whole range of old society, assumes such a violent, glaring character…’’.  

It is clear that the American ruling class is currently going through a ‘’process of dissolution’’, so that the class struggle is ‘’nearing the decisive hour’’. 

That same Manifesto tells us what to expect: ‘’A small section of the ruling class cuts itself adrift, and joins the revolutionary class, the class that holds the future in its hands….a portion of the bourgeoisie goes over to the proletariat, and in particular, a portion of the bourgeois ideologists, who have raised themselves to the level of comprehending theoretically, the historical movement as a whole’’. 

This is not to suggest that Elon Musk is about to ‘’raise himself’’, to the level of ‘’comprehending theoretically’’, the ‘’historical movement as a whole’’. That would result in Musk becoming a true Marxist! A Communist! Not about to happen! 

Yet Elon Musk is not entirely stupid! In fact, we can learn from Musk! He noticed that the bill passed both Houses of Congress by the narrowest of margins. He is determined to abolish the Two Party System, which he refers to as the ‘’One Party System’’, by starting a third party, an ‘’America Party’’. 

Musk claims that we live under a ‘’one party system’’, ‘’not a democracy’’, and that the two parties, Democratic and Republican, are ‘’two sides of the same coin’’. In this, he is  absolutely correct!

The political platform, or ‘’agenda’’ of this new America Party, includes promises of ‘’Freedom, fiscal discipline, tech friendly immigration, government efficiency, free speech protection online, and military modernization’’. 

Such an agenda is supremely vague! Deliberately so! No one knows precisely what that means! 

The only definite detail, is the fact that Musk plans to support numerous candidates, for the offices of the House of Representatives, as well as the Senate, in the forthcoming midterm elections, in 2026. All such candidates will run on behalf of the America Party. He is convinced that, even if as few as ‘’eight or ten’’ candidates are able to win election to the House, as well as ‘’two or three Senate seats’’, then that will give the America Party the ‘’balance of power’’. Once again, he is absolutely correct!

It is entirely possible that Musk has learned something from the Marxists! Not that he is about to admit this, but we cannot entirely dismiss the possibility.

Yet as Musk mentioned his intention, of having members of his America Party, run for political offices in Washington, that is most important, and calls for a little explanation. 

It was Lenin who stressed the importance of taking part in ‘’bourgeois democratic parliaments’’, otherwise known as Congresses. As he stated, in Left Wing Communism, An Infantile Disorder: 

‘’Participation in parliamentary elections and in the struggle on the parliamentary rostrum is obligatory on the party of the revolutionary proletariat, specifically for the purpose of educating the backward strata of its own class, and for the purpose of awakening and enlightening the undeveloped, downtrodden and ignorant rural masses. While you lack the strength to do away with bourgeois parliaments and every other type of reactionary institution, you must work within them because it is there that you will still find workers who are duped by the priests and stultified by the conditions of rural life; otherwise you risk turning into nothing but a windbag….The conclusion which follows from this is absolutely incontrovertible: It has been proven that, far from causing harm to the revolutionary proletariat, participation in a bourgeois- democratic parliament, even  a few weeks before the victory of a Soviet republic, and even after such a victory, actually helps that proletariat to prove to the backward masses why such parliaments deserve to be done away with; it facilitates their successful dissolution and helps to make bourgeois parliamentarianism ‘politically obsolete’’’.  (italics by Lenin)

It is entirely possible, even likely, that a considerable number of working people will be attracted to this proposed America Party. The reason I say this, is because of their deep discontent, towards the two mainstream political parties. Most of the working people who are anticipated to join, or at least to vote, for the America Party, will do so out of a sense of frustration, of voting against the other two parties, rather than of approval of the political program of the American Party. After all, no one can really make any sense of that program!

As well, there is no true Communist Party, one which calls for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, the one and only alternative to the bourgeois parties. As no alternative is being offered, we can expect countless workers to go with something that is at least different.

Yet it is the democratic right of all Americans, to create a separate political party. For that reason, it is up to us to support Elon Musk, in his attempts to create the America Party. The working people who join that Party will soon realize that all mainstream parties serve the same class, the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie. This will serve to raise their level of awareness.

At the same time, it is very likely that Elon Musk is under estimating the potential of such an America Party. Countless registered voters, of both mainstream political parties, will likely vote for the America Party, not because they agree with their policies, but more as a form of protest against the other two parties. Rather than win a handful of seats, within the House and Senate, they could potentially win a great deal. Possibly a majority!

Further, a candidate of the America Party could conceivably become President! And soon! There is no need to wait for the 2028 presidential election! This could happen almost immediately!

This is not meant as a joke. There is a very real possibility that Elon Musk could soon replace Donald Trump as President! As he is a bright fellow, he may decide to hire a team of attorneys, experts in Constitutional law, and order them to challenge the 2024 presidential election, in a court of law, on the grounds that it violated the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution. 

That Amendment lays out the procedure to be followed in all federal elections. It is up to the Electors, and only the Electors, who are appointed by the states, and only by the states, to vote for the individuals of their choice, for the offices of President and Vice President.

This fact is well known to all experts on Constitutional law. As this procedure was not followed, in the 2024 federal election, it follows that Trump is a fraudulent President, and Pence is a fraudulent Vice President! A challenge, to that federal election, could result in a decision, by the Supreme Court, to that effect! This could result in the removal from office, of both Trump and Pence! 

This would have the effect of clearing the way for the office of President, for a candidate of the America Party! What better candidate than Elon Musk?

No doubt, most scholars disagree. They would argue that Elon Musk was not born in America, so that, by Constitutional law, he is not qualified to become president. True! That is a fact. Yet it is also a fact that there are legal experts who can be counted upon to find a legal loophole! Especially if a little ‘’palm greasing’’ is involved! All it takes is money!

For those who are not aware, I should point out that Elon Musk has no shortage of money. Money may not ‘’buy happiness’’, but it certainly buys everything else. That includes the presidency. Bear in mind that the votes of a mere 270 Electors, are required to become President. That is well within the ‘’financial means’’, of a man of his great wealth!

As for those who object that it cannot possibly be that simple and easy, to remove both Trump and Pence from office, may I respond that perhaps such souls have not read the Twelfth Amendment.

Further objections may be made, that the current ‘’Two Party System’’ has been in place, since the days of the Civil War. This also is true. Which is not to say that it is legal! As countless middle class intellectuals are well aware!

Those same middle class intellectuals are equally well aware, that a Supreme Court decision, to the effect that the 2024 federal election was fraudulent, could result in all federal elections, since the days of the Civil War, being declared fraudulent! For that reason, they remain silent, out of a sense of patriotism. 

By contrast, Elon Musk has every reason to be vocal, and no reason to feel patriotic. After all, Donald Trump is threatening to deport him! One good turn deserves another! Better to ‘’get even’’, than to ‘’get mad’’! What better way to ‘’get even’’ than by removing Trump from office, and taking over that same office? Once installed in office, as President, he in turn, could threaten to deport the wife of Trump!

Now to return to the statement of Nancy Pelosi, in which she agrees with Elon Musk, in his opposition to the budget bill of Trump. She should also agree that he has the right to form a new political party, as it is his democratic right. All Leftist people should support Elon Musk, on this one issue, as we fight for democracy as well as socialism.

This creation, of the America Party, is bound to attract the attention, of almost all members of the working class. Many of those workers will also join, or at least vote, for candidates of that new party. In the process, they will learn, from their own experience, that this new party is no different from the other two mainstream political parties. All of those political parties serve the same ruling class of multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie. Those monopoly capitalists are in charge, and fully intend to remain in charge.

In this way, they will come to realize that the Scientific Socialists are correct. The one and only alternative to capitalism, is in fact, Scientific Socialism, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. 

At the same time, for our part, we can do our best to support Senator Sanders, as well as the ‘’Members of the Squad’’, in the House of Representatives. They are honest people of principle, leaders of the working class, and deserve our support. 

In conclusion, we can state that our goal is to raise the level of awareness of all members of the working class, the proletariat, including those who are much less advanced. This involves respecting their personal beliefs, as well as avoiding the use of such words as ‘’backward’’, as they may consider this to mean that we are calling them ‘’stupid’’. 

With that in mind, may I also recommend publishing some very popular literature for such workers, complete with references to sports metaphors. At the same time, avoid the use of vulgarity, as such garbage is all too common in the revolutionary movement. 

Allow me to stress the fact, that our support for Elon Musk is limited only to his attempts to defend the democratic republic. This includes his attempt to form a third party, an America Party. As well, it could include any attempt to force a ruling, by the Supreme Court, concerning the Twelfth Amendment. This we can only welcome!

At the same time, we must redouble our efforts to expose the completely reactionary nature of the ruling class of monopoly capitalists, the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie. 

The level of awareness of the proletariat must be raised. The most advanced workers must be raised to the level of ‘’conscious people’’, true Communists, those who call for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. That is the duty of middle class intellectuals, those who are aware of the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin.

As I have gone into this, in considerable detail, in previous articles, there is no need to repeat it here. 

Bear in mind that the bourgeoisie have decided to wipe out the middle class. All businesses but five are ‘’Too Small To Succeed’’! Middle class intellectuals have nothing to lose, and everything to gain. After the revolution, after we establish a state of Scientific Socialism, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, then the services of those people will be in demand. And rest assured, they will be paid accordingly. 

We will know that we are getting our message across, that the level of awareness of the proletariat is rising, when the posters and signs contain such slogans as:

Workers of the World, Unite!

Dictatorship of the Proletariat!

Peace! Democracy! Socialism!

Scientific Socialism!

No Kings Protests

Gerald Mcisaac

June 14, 2025. The 250th anniversary of the creation of the American army. Also the birthday of Donald Trump. Such a happy coincidence calls for a celebration! In honour of such a momentous occasion, President Donald Trump called for a military parade, to be held in the capital of Washington, DC.

At the same time, over two thousand protests were organized, within all fifty states, in almost all cities and towns, across the country. This is being referred to as the ‘’No Kings Protests’’. It is estimated that possibly four to six million people attended, making it the largest single day protest in American history! 

Countless news outlets covered these protests, as well as the military parade. Perhaps the finest coverage was provided by journalists from the country of Australia. Their reports were both impartial and accurate. 

As one of those journalist summarized, ‘’These protests reveal that the United States of America is anything but united’’!

This is most emphatically true! The country is deeply divided. As that same journalist went on to state:

‘’Two very different Americas, on display. A military parade rolling through the streets of Washington, DC. As fury rises against the Commander In Chief, in protests spanning the entire country. The king in question, President Donald Trump, front and centre, on his seventy ninth birthday, overseeing seven thousand troops, dozens of tanks, and just as many aircraft. An exhibition of military might, to mark the country’s 250th anniversary. Trump taking the opportunity to deliver a blunt warning to the world. Donald Trump has long desired a military parade. It was an idea shot down in his first term, but on his return to power, with a deck stacked full of loyalists, his dreams today became a reality. At a time when the deep division within his country, is on full display. Crowds in New York, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles. Downtown LA a powder keg, throwing rocks and bottles. Chaos on the streets, clashes too in Chicago, Texas and Philadelphia. Civil unrest that many fear, is playing right into the presidents hands. If there was ever a day which illustrated how divided America is, that day is today….Across the country, tense protests pushed back against the president. Massive crowds speaking with one voice.’’ 

That report, while perhaps a bit disjointed, provides us with a rather accurate description of the current state of chaos, within the country. A country that is, quite clearly, ‘’anything but united’’!

From the numerous videos, it is clear that the protesters are from ‘’all walks of life’’, young and old, of different races and ethnic groups, class backgrounds, and include a considerable number of veterans.

It is equally clear that this is a democratic movement. It is safe to say that millions of Americans are now actively defending their democratic republic. Many of them were proudly carrying American flags. As those who were interviewed stated, they were  ‘’united against their president’’, as ‘’Trump is acting like a monarch’’, rather than an ‘’elected politician’’. They are convinced that he is determined to ‘’set himself up as king’’. 

Their fears are well grounded! At the military parade, Trump forced the troops to take an oath of allegiance to himself, Donald Trump, to ‘’swear to obey his orders’’, rather than the usual oath, that of defending the Constitution! Such an oath is characteristic of dictators!

Earlier, at a news conference, given by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, California Senator Alex Padilla was thrown to the ground and hand cuffed. After he identified himself as a federal Senator! 

Kristi Noem also admits that, ‘’The military presence in LA is explicitly for political and ideological purposes, to liberate LA from the socialist governing classes.’’

As if Governor Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass are socialists! They most emphatically are not! To even suggest such a thing is nonsense! Also offensive!

As well, Congresswoman LaMonica McIver was denied admittance to a detention centre, and has now been indicted! She is being charged, for doing that which she was elected to do! Her duty!

The mainstream press is accurately reporting that ‘’LA is still a powder keg, with officers on horseback, pushing back crowds’’.

As LA is the cultural centre of the country, it is clearly leading the American insurrection. 

Strangely enough, certain American government officials are convinced that the protesters are being ‘’led by paid insurrectionists’’. Perhaps the fact that these protests are so well organized, makes them suspicious. As well, some protesters are being supplied with face shields, home made shields and spray paint. The FBI has been called in to investigate.

If anything, it is far more likely that this is an indication that Councils are involved in these protests. After all, revolutionary motion frequently gives birth to Councils, or Soviets, as that is the Russian word for Council.

As an indication of the strength of the revolutionary motion, it is significant that several American actors are now actively protesting. Their fans pay strict attention to whatever they say, so that gives them great spiritual power. 

Perhaps we can compare the current situation, in America, to that of Russia, in the summer of 1917. The similarities are striking, so in this manner, we can learn what to expect. 

The Tsar, or Emperor, had been overthrown in the February Revolution of that year. Yet the country was still at war with Germany, the common people were still hungry, desperately poor, and the farmers were still being crushed by the landlords. Not a vast improvement!

Yet Lenin, their beloved leader, had returned to the capitol of Petrograd, in April of that year. He was the leader of the Bolshevik Party, formerly referred to as the Social Democratic Party. They later changed their name to the Communist Party. 

Then in July, a spontaneous uprising took place. This has gone down in history as the ‘’Revolutionary July Days’’. Everyone expected the Bolsheviks to seize power. That never happened.

Instead, Lenin called for people to be calm, to stop revolting. He was convinced that the time for revolution was not at hand. Even if the Bolsheviks were to seize power, it was doubtful that they could hold on to it. Countless common people were still not convinced of the necessity of revolution.

The members of the Bolshevik Party were mobilized, given the task of raising the level of awareness of the common people, both workers and farmers, in preparation for the approaching revolution. 

Remarkably, within a very short time, several months, the situation had changed, and quite dramatically. The members of the Bolshevik Party succeeded in raising the level of awareness of the common people, to the point that they embraced revolution.

As a result of this, the Great Russian October Soviet Socialist Revolution took place, successfully. 

Our current American situation is different, in a few respects. For one thing, we do not have a class of nobility, or a class of landlords. That serves to simplify the class struggle. As well, the working class is quite cultured, which makes it so much easier to communicate with them. 

On the other hand, we do not have a true Communist Party, one which calls for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. At least, not just yet! 

What we do have, is a working class which is at roughly  the same level of awareness, as that of the Russian common people, workers and farmers, in 1917. We also have the same problem, that of raising their level of awareness, to become class conscious, aware of themselves as a class, with their own class interests.

They have to be made aware that their interests are diametrically opposed to the interests of the monopoly capitalist class, the bourgeoisie. It is necessary to overthrow that class, of multi billionaires, to smash the existing state apparatus, and crush those parasites, under the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.

In this way, the revolutionary movement can and will be transformed, from a democratic movement, into one calling for Scientific Socialism.

This is to say that, just as in Russia 1917, it is up to Scientific Socialists, conscious people, those who are aware of the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin, to raise the level of awareness of the working class, the proletariat. The most advanced workers must be raised to the level of true Communists. They in turn will lead the less advanced.

The importance of smashing the existing state apparatus must be stressed, as otherwise, those who merely pretend  to be socialist, will make every effort to take over the existing state apparatus, at the time of the revolution, and set themselves up, as the new rulers. Not a vast improvement! 

It is very likely that these ‘’No Kings’’ protests are merely the beginning of an insurrection, the rising up of the proletariat, in a full scale revolution. The Second American Revolution! 

Now is the time for middle class intellectuals, who are aware of the Scientific Socialist theories of Marx and Lenin, to bring that awareness to the working class, the proletariat. 

Such individuals have been exposed to the bourgeois distortion of those revolutionary theories, in University. They are aware that it is the proletariat, the only consistently revolutionary class, that is capable of overthrowing the completely reactionary class of monopoly capitalists, the bourgeoisie. That is the same class that is determined to abolish the American democratic republic, and establish the rule of an oligarchy. 

At the same time, the bourgeoisie is equally determined to wipe out the middle class. As those same middle class intellectuals are also well aware! Yet they choose to not face this most unpleasant fact. This is referred to as living in denial.

Most of these intellectuals are members of the Democratic Socialists of America, DSA. By and large, they think that socialism is a fine idea, but simply not possible.

Reality check! It was Marx who studied capitalism, from a scientific viewpoint, and proved that it would necessarily  lead to a state of Scientific Socialism, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat! 

It is utopian socialism that is a ‘’fine idea, but simply not possible’’. Various attempts to establish such societies have proven that, beyond any shadow of a doubt! 

This stands in stark contrast to Scientific Socialism! The fact that earlier attempts have failed- temporarily!- should not discourage us. This was largely due to the fact that, after previous revolutions, the bourgeoisie were not crushed, or at least, were crushed with insufficient enthusiasm. We must learn from the mistakes of previous revolutions.

This places a very heavy burden, upon the shoulders of middle class intellectuals. Bear in mind that it is the bourgeoisie that is ‘’calling the shots’’! They are the ones who are determined to abolish the democratic republic, and replace it with the rule of the ‘’chosen few’’, themselves, an Oligarchy. While at the same time wiping out the middle class.

To such intellectuals, I have a word of advice. Unless there are some drastic changes, you are about to become impoverished! You are about to be welcomed into the world of the proletariat!

The only alternative is to assist in overthrowing the bourgeoisie, smashing the existing state apparatus, and establishing the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. Under Scientific Socialism, your services will be in demand. We need competent administrators. You can expect to be most handsomely rewarded, after the successful Revolution. 

In summary, the current protests, which are the beginning of an insurrection, the prelude to the Second American Revolution, must be transformed, from a movement to preserve the democratic republic, into a revolutionary movement for Scientific Socialism. 

This can be accomplished only by raising the level of awareness of the working class. The most advanced workers must be raised to the level of Scientific Socialists, true Communists. A careful reading of State and Revolution, by Lenin, will go a long way towards that goal. 

The working class is highly cultured, much more so than in previous revolutions. Bear in mind that the Russian common people were far less cultured, in 1917, yet the Bolsheviks managed to prepare them for revolution, within the space of a few short months. 

We may not have a few months! Time is not on our side! The working people may rise up, in open rebellion, at any time! The Revolution is not going to wait for us to prepare the proletariat! It will happen when it happens!

It may help to think of the approaching Revolution, as an Act of God, or a Higher Power, if you prefer. An earthquake comes to mind, as does a volcano. Such cataclysmic events take place, on a regular basis, but are beyond the control of mere mortals.

That being said, it is also a fact that the better prepared the proletariat is, the better the chances of a successful Revolution. 

We will know that we are being successful, in raising the level of awareness of the working class, the proletariat, when the signs and posters contain class content. May I suggest the following slogans:

Workers of the World, Unite!

Scientific Socialism!

Peace! Democracy! Socialism! 

Dictatorship of the Proletariat!

Democracy Under Attack

Gerald Mcisaac

History has taught us that, during a time of revolution, there are occasions when members of different classes come together, in pursuit of a common goal. We are currently facing one of those exceptional occasions. 

All across the country, agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, are arresting those whom they even suspect of being illegal immigrants. Those arrested are being denied even their most basic democratic rights, as is guaranteed in the Constitution. This has resulted in wide spread protests, especially in the city of  Los Angeles, referred to as LA. 

In response to those protests, President Trump has sent in troops, from the California National Guard, as well as the American Marines. In violation of federal law, it should be noted. 

As previously documented, the governor of California, Gavin Newsom, has filed a lawsuit, in opposition to this. What is more, he has spoken out against this assault on American democracy. I have chosen to transcribe it, as best I was able:

‘’Authoritarian regimes begin by targeting people, who are least able to defend themselves, but they do not stop there. Trump and his loyalists, they thrive on division, because it allows them to take more power, and exert even more control. Trump is not opposed to lawlessness and violence, as long as it serves him. Trump is pulling a military dragnet, all across LA, well beyond his stated intent to just go after violent and serious criminals. His agents are arresting dish washers, gardeners, day labourers and seamstresses. That is just weakness, masquerading as strength.

‘’Donald Trump, without consulting California law enforcement leaders, commandeered two thousand of our states National Guard, to deploy on our streets. Illegally and for no reason. This brazen abuse of power, by a sitting president, enflamed a combustible situation. Putting our people, our officers, and even our National Guard at risk. That is when the downward spiral began. He doubled down on his dangerous National Guard deployment by fanning the flames even harder, and the president, he did it on purpose. 

‘’This is not just about protests here in LA. When Donald Trump sought blanket authority to commandeer the National Guard, he made that order to apply to every state in this nation. This is about all of us. This is about you. California may be first, but it clearly will not end here. Other states are next. Democracy is next. Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared.

‘’If some of us can be snatched up off the streets, without a warrant, based only on suspicion or skin colour, then none of us are safe. And we all know this Saturday, he is ordering American heroes, the United States military, and forcing them to put on a vulgar display to celebrate his birthday. Just as other failed dictators have done in the past. California may be first, but it clearly will not end here. Other states are next. Our democracy is next. Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared have arrived. ‘’

Although the grammar leaves something to be desired, the message is clear. Governor Gavin Newsom is fighting for the democratic rights of all Americans. As are the protesters! 

It is no secret that Newsom has his ‘’eye on the White House’’. He wants to be president! As Donald Trump is well aware! It is also no secret that Trump does not welcome any competition. Newsom qualifies as first class competition! He and Trump are two of a kind! No wonder they cannot stand each other!

That in no way changes the fact that Newsom is fighting for the democratic rights of all Americans. He is determined to maintain the democratic republic, as are we!

This is to say that he is fighting for democracy, although for his own reasons. Those reasons are far different from the reasons of the protesters. Yet Newsom is still an ally, at least for the moment.

We can compare this to the situation which existed in Russia, during a similar situation, in early 1917. The emperor of Russia, referred to as Tsar Nicholas II, was overthrown in the February Revolution. Yet the First World War was raging, and Russia was allied with Britain and France, against Germany and her allies. 

The slaughter of the common people was terrible. Those same people wanted peace. As well, they were hungry. Further, the family farmers were being forced to pay the landlords. Quite reasonably, they wanted to own the land they were tilling. For that reason, the workers and farmers had a slogan: Peace! Land! Bread! 

At that time, Lenin was living in Switzerland, as he had been exiled, years earlier. Yet he was closely following events in Russia. So in March of that year, he wrote the first of five letters, referred to as ‘’Letters From Afar’’. I have decided to copy the part which I consider to be most relevant:

‘’That the revolution succeeded so quickly and- seemingly, at the first superficial glance- so radically, is only due to the fact that, as a result of an extremely unique historical situation, absolutely dissimilar currents, absolutely heterogeneous class interests, absolutely contrary political and social strivings have merged, and in a strikingly ‘harmonious’ manner. Namely, the conspiracy of the Anglo French imperialists, who impelled Milyukov, Guchkov and Co. to seize power for the purpose of continuing the imperialist war, for the purpose of conducting the war still more ferociously and obstinately, for the purpose of slaughtering fresh millions of Russian workers and peasants….This is on the one hand. On the other, there was a profound proletarian and mass popular movement of a revolutionary character (a movement of the entire poorest section of the population of town and country) for bread, for peace, for real freedom.’’ (italics by Lenin)

This is to stress the fact that earlier, the Russian common people, the workers and farmers, were determined to overthrow the Tsar, as they were determined to have peace. On the other hand, the British and French imperialists, allies of Russia in their war with Germany, also wanted the Tsar removed from the throne, because they wanted to continue the war! Even though the goal was the same, that of removing the Tsar from the throne, the reasons were precisely the opposite!

Lenin referred to this as an example of  ‘’absolutely contrary political and social strivings’’, coming together, ‘’merging’’, in a strikingly ‘’harmonious manner’’. 

It is significant that Lenin did not refer to this as an alliance, of two different classes, because it was not. In fact, the Russian common people, the workers and farmers, had no way of knowing that the British and French imperialists, also wanted Nicholas removed from the throne.

I have deliberately chosen this rather extreme example, of different classes, which are normally at war with each other, in pursuit of a common goal. This happens on occasion, especially in time of revolution.  

Now we have a somewhat similar situation, in America. The current situation is also revolutionary. As part of their opposition to ICE, the working people are opposing the stationing of troops in the cities. As well, Governor Newsom is also opposed to the stationing of those same troops, in the cities, but for a different reason. He wants to become president. Same goal, different reasons.

The different reasons do not matter. As long as the goal is the same, we can, and should, support Governor Newsom. As well, we should support any and all members of the government, whether Governors or Members of Congress, who are opposed to the stationing of troops in the cities.

In comparison to Russia of 1917, an important difference is that the American working class is far more cultured. It is now aware of the fact that it is about to enter into an alliance, with Governor Newsom, as well as certain other members of the ruling class of multi billionaires, or more accurately, those who are their devoted servants.

Temporarily, of course! And strictly on this one particular issue. After this one issue is resolved, then it is an entirely different matter. It is very likely that we will then return to being class enemies. That is entirely up to them.

On the other hand, it is also very likely that certain elected officials, in both the capital of Washington and state capitals, will join the revolution, as it develops. That has happened in previous revolutions, and there is no reason to believe that our revolution will be any different.

It is certainly to the advantage of the working class, to have elected officials, in the various state and federal capitals, who are at least sympathetic to the cause of the revolution.

Lenin considered this, in his great work, Left Wing Communism, An Infantile Disorder, written in 1920, as he summed up the lessons learned, from the three Russian Revolutions:

‘’Participation in a bourgeois- democratic parliament, even a few weeks before the victory of a Soviet republic and even after such a victory, actually helps that proletariat to prove to the backward masses why such parliaments deserve to be done away with; it facilitates their successful dissolution, and helps to make bourgeois parliamentarian ‘politically obsolete’’’. (italics by Lenin)

This is to stress the fact that, we should not shy away from supporting certain politicians, on certain issues. In this way, the less advanced members of the working class will learn that the existing state apparatus has to be smashed, at the time of the next American Revolution, and replaced with a different state apparatus, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.

May the banners and posters contain less vulgarity, and more class content. In this way, the level of awareness of the working class will be raised:

Dictatorship of the Proletariat!

Scientific Socialism! 

Workers of the World, Unite!

Peace! Democracy! Socialism!