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Los Angeles In Revolt

Gerald Mcisaac

The mainstream press is performing a reasonably fine job, of reporting on the protests that are taking place in Los Angeles. At the same time, there is some confusion, in that they have neglected to mention some important little details.

In particular, they neglect to distinguish between the County of Los Angeles, and the City of Los Angeles. The County of Los Angeles is huge, with a population of ten million people, and contains within its borders the City of Los Angeles, with a population of four million people. 

It is also a fact that Los Angeles County contains a large population of ‘’undocumented immigrants’’, to use the correct legal expression, otherwise known as ‘’illegals’’. This is to say that perhaps ten percent, which means one in every ten residents, live in constant threat of being deported. 

That is the stated goal of President Trump, as he considers all of them to be ‘’thieves and killers’’. For that reason, they are currently being targeted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE, with the assistance of other federal agencies. These include the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, ATF, Homeland Security, Border Patrol, and Drug Enforcement Agency, DEA. 

It is significant that the state of California, which includes the County of Los Angeles, is a self declared ‘’sanctuary state’’. This is to say that the state ‘’has policies in place to limit its cooperation with federal immigration enforcement’’. The same is true of the City of Los Angeles, in that the City Council ‘’prohibits the use of city resources to aid federal immigration agents’’, according to the internet. 

Yet on June 6, 2025, ICE targeted the fashion district of the City of Los Angeles. The response of the state of California, as well as the City of Los Angeles, belies their words. 

In particular, the mainstream press quite accurately reported on the events: ’’Chaos erupts as armed federal agents conduct sweeping immigration raids across Los Angeles’’. They further stated, rather politely, that ‘’heavily armed ICE agents’’, complete with ‘’Bearcats’’, which are ‘’armoured personnel carriers’’, APC’s, were ‘’looking for suspected immigration law violators’’.

In this military style operation, federal officials raided the garment industry of Los Angeles, starting with Home Depot and clothing stores. They were well aware that at such locations, those whom ICE considers to be ‘’undocumented immigrants’’, as well as being ‘’thieves and killers’’, frequently congregate, looking for temporary jobs, as day labourers.

As if thieves and killers look for jobs as day labourers! They most certainly do not! It is only honest working class people, proletarians, who look for such jobs! Trying to make ends meet! Thieves and killers avoid manual labour!  

The press further reported that the ‘’blowback was fast and furious’’. This led to a ‘’tense standoff’’, as ‘’angry crowds quickly gathered, confronting the federal agents’’.

In response, ‘’police used tear gas, rubber bullets and flash bang grenades’’, in an attempt to ‘’clear the protesters’’, who were ‘’trying to disrupt the operation’’. 

It is to the credit of immigration rights advocates, that they used megaphones to advise the arrested garment industry workers, to remain silent, not to speak to federal agents, and not to sign any paper work.

The statement of one journalist, with thirty years experience of reporting on such events, is note worthy. She says that this particular protest is ‘’unprecedented’’, with the ‘’scale and scope’’, the ‘’speed of escalation’’, of the protest, such as she ‘’has never seen before’’.

This speaks to the strength of the protests, which is nothing other than the revolutionary movement. Very powerful! This was echoed by a protester, who stated, ‘’This is day one of the war’’! 

It is very likely that this particular protester was an advanced worker, one who was speaking with his class instincts. It is entirely possible that he is right. This may well be the beginning of the Second American Revolution!

Even though Los Angeles is a sanctuary city, with the declared intention of not ‘’using city resources to aid federal immigration agents’’, that did not stop the Los Angeles City Police, LAPD, from declaring an ‘’unlawful assembly’’. All protesters were told to disperse! To allow the federal officials to arrest people! Without interference! 

As the LAPD Chief of Police stated, ‘’While the LAPD will continue to have a visible presence in all our communities to ensure public safety, we will not assist or participate in any form of mass deportations.’’

Yet that is precisely what they are doing! Such hypocrisy!

It is encouraging that protests have also spread to such cities as Chicago, San Jose and Minneapolis, where ICE has also been active. 

On the other hand, the posters the protesters are carrying, are devoid of class content. This is not too surprising, as the working class is not aware of itself as a class. Instead, the most common poster is that of ‘’ICE out of LA’’, as well as, ‘’Stop the Deportations, Stop the Starvation’’, ‘’Get ICE Out of Our Schools and Communities’’, and ‘’Set Them Free, Let Them Stay!’’ 

There is absolutely nothing wrong with these posters, as they express the will of the vast majority of protesters. Fine slogans! They just do not go far enough!

Consider the fact that, even if ICE was somehow forced out of Los Angeles, what then? Nothing of substance would change! The monopoly capitalists, the multi billionaires, would still be in charge. The vast majority of people, working people, would continue to live in poverty. Gang violence, mass shootings, would continue. Drug overdoses and suicides would continue. I could go on, but there is no need. No doubt, you ‘’get the picture’’.

A revolution is necessary. The ruling class of multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie, must be overthrown. The existing state apparatus must be smashed, and replaced with a working class state apparatus, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. Scientific Socialism!

This is a fundamental tenet of Marxism. This is what the working class is destined to perform. They just do not know this!

It is up to class conscious people, middle class intellectuals, those who are aware of the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin, to bring this awareness to the  working class. 

In years gone by, this was a very difficult task, if only because most common people, workers and family farmers, were illiterate. As well, the message had to be carried mainly with paper. Newspapers and leaflets are difficult to print and distribute. Yet the Marxists managed, at least in Russia, in 1917.

Our current situation is far different. At least in America, the working class is in the majority, and for the most part, quite well cultured. Most workers own digital devices, or at least have access to such devices. They have instant access to the internet, and use those services, on a regular basis. Bear in mind that the essential works of Marx and Lenin are readily available, easily down loaded. 

This is not to say that there is no place for the printed word, especially in the form of signs and posters. This is to say that such posters should contain class content, with the goal of raising the level of awareness of the vast majority of working people. 

As I write this, it is now June 8, or ‘’Day two of the LA protests’’, as the journalists phrase it. From the response of President Trump, it is clear that he too, thinks that this could be the mere start of a full scale revolution. For that reason, Trump has ordered into LA, the National Guard.

By law, it is only the governor of the state, who can make such an order. In this case, that means Governor Newsom, the current governor of California. It is to his credit, that he thinks this would only serve to ‘’inflame tensions’’. He is opposed to bringing in the National Guard.

That has not stopped Trump from issuing such an order. The fact that it is strictly illegal, is of no consequence. He knows that the laws do not apply to him. After all, with thirty four felony convictions, and now president, he is above the law!

The situation is certainly revolutionary, with protests spreading to other parts of the country, escalating on a daily basis. This raises an interesting question. Can such a revolution be successful?

The answer to that question is contained in an article that Lenin wrote in 1920, as he summed up the experience of three Russian revolutions. That article is titled, ‘’Left Wing Communism, An Infantile Disorder’’:

‘’The fundamental law of revolution, which has been confirmed by all revolutions, and especially by all three Russian revolutions in the twentieth century, is as follows: for a revolution to take place it is not enough for the exploited and oppressed masses to realize the impossibility of living in the old way, and demand changes; for a revolution to take place, it is essential that the exploiters should not be able to live and rule in the old way. It is only when the ‘’lower classes’’ do not want to live in the old way, and the ‘’upper classes’’ cannot carry on in the old way that the revolution can triumph. This truth can be expressed in other words: revolution is impossible without a nation-wide crisis (affecting both the exploiters and the exploited). It follows that, for a revolution to take place, it is essential, first, that a majority of the workers (or at least a majority of the class-conscious, thinking, and politically active workers) should fully realize that revolution is necessary, and that they should be prepared to die for it; second, that the ruling classes should be going through a governmental crisis, which draws even the most backward masses into politics (symptomatic of every genuine revolution is a rapid, ten fold and even hundred fold increase in the size of the working and oppressed masses-hitherto apathetic-who are capable of waging the political struggle), weakens the government, and makes it possible for the revolutionaries to rapidly overthrow it. (italics by Lenin)

In my opinion, that article should be printed in poster form, and placed in all Trade Union Halls, as well as in the homes of all advanced workers.

The strength of these widespread protests are an indication that the ‘’exploited and oppressed masses’’, are ‘’demanding changes’’. As well, the response of Trump, that of sending in the National Guard, is an indication that the ruling class of multi billionaires, can no longer ‘’rule in the old way’’.

Yet clearly, that is not enough. It is also ‘’essential’’, that a ‘’majority of the class conscious, thinking and politically active workers’’, must realize that ‘’revolution is necessary’’, and further, they ‘’should be prepared to die for it’’. 

That is hardly the current state of affairs! Through no fault of the working people, at least those who are taking part in the protests. From the interviews, conducted by the journalists, it is clear that many of those workers are quite advanced. It is also clear that they are not aware of the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin. 

As those revolutionary theories, that of Scientific Socialism, are taught only in University, this is not too surprising. 

As previously mentioned, that awareness, class consciousness, must come from an outside source. That outside source is middle class intellectuals. In particular, it is up to members of the Democratic Socialists of America, DSA, to become active, to raise the level of awareness of the working class, or at least the most advanced workers, to the level of Scientific Socialists, true Communists.

It is in their best interests to do so. After all, the ruling class, the bourgeoisie, has decided to wipe out the middle class, as well as the democratic republic, and replace it with the rule of an Oligarchy. 

They must be stopped. The only class that is capable of stopping them is the working class, the proletariat. The only thing that is holding the proletariat back, is their lack of awareness. That is where middle class intellectuals come into play.

After the successful revolution, after the existing state apparatus is destroyed, after we establish a state of Scientific Socialism, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, then we will need highly trained, competent administrators. Such people can expect to be handsomely rewarded for those services. They have nothing to lose, and everything to gain.

We will know that we are being successful, when the posters carry such slogans as:

Dictatorship of the Proletariat!

Workers of the World, Unite!

Scientific Socialism!

Peace! Democracy! Socialism!

American Ruling Class Divided

Gerald Mcisaac

President Trump just sent his yearly budget bill to the House of Representatives, otherwise known as the Congress. He refers to this budget as the ‘’Big Beautiful Bill’’. Countless others have referred to this bill by other adjectives, which are far more colourful, much less flattering.

This bill serves to cut the taxes of the billionaires, while at the same time, cutting medical coverage for millions of Americans. As well, there are deep cuts to food programs, so that the poorest Americans can also go hungry! 

It is significant that Elon Musk, the man whom the press refer to as the ‘’richest man in the world’’, is dead set opposed to this budget. The press also states that Musk referred to this bill, on ‘’social media’’, as ‘’a disgusting abomination’’. 

In particular, they report that Musk stated, on June 3, on the social platform X, previously known as Twitter: 

‘’I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore.

‘’This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination.

 ‘’Shame on those who voted for it; you know you did wrong, you know it.’’

In a separate post, he stated that:

‘’Mammoth spending bills are bankrupting America! 

‘’This immense level of overspending will drive America into debt slavery!’’ 

He is opposed to this bill, not because of the cuts to medical and food assistance to the working people, but simply because it serves to increase the national deficit. Those cuts do not go deep enough! More people should go without medical coverage! More people should go hungry!

As the journalists phrase it, ‘’The romance between Trump and Musk is over! Now the knives are out! They are at each others throats!’’

Of course, those same journalists are careful to make no references to classes, as that would very likely cost them their careers. Yet from the tweets that Musk made, the implication is that he is concerned with the possible bankruptcy of America. 

It is safe to say that the journalists are skeptical, at best. After all, they are well aware that Musk is a multi billionaire, a monopoly capitalist, a member of the class of people known as the bourgeoisie. Those same journalists are equally well aware that the members of the bourgeoisie are not the slightest bit patriotic. The possible bankruptcy of America is a matter of complete indifference to them. 

It is to the credit of the bourgeois journalists, that they are asking the correct question: ‘’Why is Musk raging against Trump’s bill?’’

The journalists are of the opinion that, as the budget bill ‘’cuts the electric tax credit which helps carmakers, such as Tesla’’, it is costing the owners of those electric car manufacturers, a great fortune. Musk is one of those owners! 

Musk earlier insisted that the tax credit be included in the bill! Trump refused! How dare he! Who does he think he is? Is he not aware that he is merely a puppet? He dances to Musk’s tune! Perhaps he needs a reminder!

As well, Musk also wanted the Federal Aviation Administration to use his Starlink Satellite for air traffic control. This too, was refused. 

Apparently, the ‘’final straw’’ came at the point that ‘’Trump withdrew the nomination’’ of a key ally of Musk, for the post of Nasa administrator. Time for Musk to show Trump ‘’who’s the boss’’!

Now the Republican Party is deeply split. They are ‘’caught between a rock and a hard place’’. On the one hand, President Trump wants them to vote for this bill, and as President, he has considerable power. On the other hand, Elon Musk wants them to vote against this same bill, and he also has considerable power. In fact, he has practically an unlimited amount of money!

In deference to the power of Elon Musk, a private citizen, the Speaker of the House has just called him, presumably to beg forgiveness, for the sin of voting for the bill. Yet Citizen Musk refused to take that call! Punishing the Speaker of the House!

Certain Republican Senators have publicly sided with Musk, in opposition to the budget bill. As the Republican Party has a ‘’razor thin majority’’ in the Senate, this is considered to be a very serious matter. Especially as Trump is determined to get the bill passed before July 4, Independence Day, a national holiday. A tall order!

This to so stress the fact that the ruling class, the bourgeoisie, is deeply divided. This has very important implications for the working class. The Communist Manifesto makes this abundantly clear:

‘’Further, as we have already seen, entire sections of the ruling class are, by the advance of industry, precipitated into the proletariat, or at least threatened in their conditions of existence. These also supply the proletariat with fresh elements of enlightenment and progress.

‘’Finally, in times when the class struggle nears the decisive hour, the process of disintegration 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.’’ 

Both Trump and Musk are members of the same class of monopoly capitalists, multi billionaires, imperialists, the ruling class of bourgeoisie. Both are also leaders of that ruling class. Yet the fact that they are divided, is an indication of the ‘’process of disintegration going on within the ruling class’’, as the Communist Manifesto phrased it. 

This is an indication that the ‘’class struggle’’ is approaching the ‘’decisive hour’’, the point at which the working class rises up in open revolt. This will soon result in a ‘’Second American Revolution’’, starting with an insurrection. We had best be prepared!

At least we know what to expect. As per the Communist Manifesto, ‘’Entire sections of the ruling class are… precipitated into the proletariat…(and) supply the proletariat with fresh elements of enlightenment and progress’’. 

In my opinion, the members of the Democratic Socialists of America, DSA, constitute the ‘’bourgeois ideologists’’, as they are composed, almost exclusively, of people with University degrees. For that reason, they have been exposed to the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin. 

Now we can expect a ‘’portion of these bourgeois ideologists’’, to ‘’raise themselves to the level of comprehending theoretically the historical movement as a whole’’. 

In other words, we can expect certain members of the DSA to read, once again, the essential works of Marx and Lenin. Only this time, without the bourgeois distortions, as are taught in University. In this way, they will ‘’raise themselves theoretically’’, to the level of Scientific Socialists, true Marxist – Leninists, Communists.

We can further expect this ‘’entire section of the ruling class’’, to ‘’supply the proletariat with fresh elements of enlightenment and progress’’. 

To phrase it in more popular terms, we can expect these recently enlightened individuals, to bring to the working class, the proletariat, the awareness of themselves, as a class, complete with their own class interests. 

Allow me to stress the fact that, it is in the best interests of these bourgeois scholars, to do precisely that! After all, the ruling class of multi billionaires have decided to wipe out the middle class! Feel free to consider yourselves as ‘’living on borrowed time’’! Because, in a very real sense, you are!

But do not take my word for this. It is the monopoly capitalists who have recently ‘’laid down the law’’. They have decided that there are merely five businesses that are ‘’Too Big To Fail’’. 

Yet as every coin has two sides, the flip side to that coin is that there are thousands of businesses, which are ‘’Too Small To Succeed’’. Your business is about to go the ‘’way of the dodo bird’’. 

By all means, do not wait for the ‘’axe to fall’’. Instead, get active. This activity can take various forms. Get involved with Councils, otherwise known as Soviets. Take part in protests and demonstrations. Carry signs which call for Scientific Socialism, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, among other things. At the same time, avoid the use of vulgarity!

As well, get together with family and friends, and join the two mainstream political parties, as card carrying members. Run for any and all political offices, preferably as members of both parties. Take the capitalists at their word, and attempt to ‘’change the system from within’’.

Bear in mind that the goal is not to take over the existing state apparatus, but to raise the level of awareness of the vast majority of the working class. Even the much less advanced must be persuaded of the correctness of our position. Experience is such a great teacher!

As I have gone into this in previous articles, there is no need to repeat it here. I can only stress the fact that you are in a unique position to raise the level of awareness of the working class, due to your previous experience, in the service of the monopoly capitalists. 

Fear not, your experience will not be held against you. On the contrary, your skills and training will be put to good use, after the revolution, as we will need skilled administrators. 

The alternative will, very likely, not be pleasant. Americans, in particular, have a history of dealing rather harshly, with their class enemies. During the First American Revolution, those who were considered to be enemies of the working people, Tories, were frequently publicly humiliated, through the use of ‘’tar and feathers’’. Most unpleasant!

Do not be surprised if that form of humiliation is resuscitated. After all, it worked before, it may well work again!

May I suggest the following slogans, to be placed on signs:

Peace! Democracy! Socialism!

Prepare For Insurrection!

Dictatorship of the Proletariat!

Workers of the World, Unite!

Second Chinese Revolution Imminent

Gerald Mcisaac

The current ‘’trade war’’, initiated by Donald Trump, has resulted in some ‘’unforeseen consequences’’, to phrase it politely. In particular, his 145% tariffs on all Chinese goods, imported into the country, has resulted in an ‘’economic crisis’’, within the country of China, according to an independent Leftist journalist. This he has documented reasonably well, in the video titled, Dark Days Started In China: Chinese Workers Turns Against Xi Jinping- Mass Protest & Strikes Rises!

Allow me to stress the fact that the details which are presented in this video, are valuable, if only because the Chinese government censors have done such a fine job of keeping all news reports, concerning any and all protests, ‘’under wraps’’. These details stand in stark contrast to the analysis, by the narrator, which is limited strictly by his bourgeois outlook. This is to say that his analysis is largely bogus. 

The video documents the fact that Chinese protesters are chanting, ‘’Xi Jinping step down’’, as well as ‘’End Beijing’s Lockdown’’, and ‘’End Lockdowns All Over China’’. The narrator also makes the point that the situation is ‘’the same’’ in numerous cities, in that the ‘’people are in revolt, and hold Xi Jinping responsible for the economic crisis’’. He went on to say that, ‘’Millions of young Chinese, desperate about their future, have taken to the streets, for the first time, with such courage, carrying anti Ji banners. Opposition posters, graffiti and anti Ji slogans on the streets, are signs that many things are indeed changing in China.’’

These facts are promptly followed by an analysis: ’’What is the reason behind all this? Why is the Chinese people so angry with the government? The most obvious reason is the economic crisis in China’’, as well as the ‘’145% tariff imposed by the US on China’’, which has had a ‘’devastating impact on the Chinese economy…moreover, the social repercussions of this pressure are bringing to the fore a series of issues ranging from protests to tensions between the police and citizens.’’

This analysis is also somewhat valuable, as it provides us with a rather typical example of the bourgeois understanding of all revolutionary motion. The existence of classes, and of the class conflict, especially between the working class, the proletariat, and the monopoly capitalist class, the bourgeoisie, is carefully not mentioned. With that in mind, they are careful to refer to the crisis in capitalism, as an ‘’economic crisis’’, which has given rise to ‘’social repercussions’’, ‘’ranging from protests to tensions between the police and citizens’’. 

As well, the fact that the existence of classes necessarily gives rise to a state apparatus, of which the police are the most visible presence, is carefully overlooked. I use the word ‘’necessarily’’, as it is necessary for the class in power, in this case the bourgeoisie, to subjugate all other classes, especially the proletariat. I use the word ‘’especially’’, as it is the proletariat, which is the only consistently revolutionary class. As the capitalists are well aware!

Incidentally, I mention this for the sake of countless working people, those who are just now becoming politically active. Welcome my Brothers and Sisters, my Comrades!

With that in mind, I will also mention that China was once a Socialist country, from the Chinese Revolution of 1949, until the death of Mao, in 1976. After his death, the capitalists were able to return to power. To this day, the new capitalist rulers, of China, have maintained that which they refer to as the Communist Party of China, CCP, as their preferred instrument of rule. It is absolutely not a true Communist Party, as it once was, under Mao. It is Communist in name only! Do not judge a book by its cover! The current members of the Chinese Communist Party are bourgeois, capitalist, to the very core of their being!

The video goes on to state that, in certain cities, the ‘’unemployment rate has reached double digits, with record levels of unemployment among young people with college degrees…reports of an increase in the numbers of protests in China are frequently making headlines….police intervention has been used in some cases….some unemployed young people, organized online, have criticized some government policies as inadequate, saying that they cannot provide jobs, and that there is not enough resistance against Trump’s sanctions…attempts are being made to delete or block them…Although large scale mass protests are being suppressed…small but determined street demonstrations are now being turned into mass popular uprisings…The young population…is now demanding jobs, bread and a future…Xi Jinping’s administration is struggling to cope with the social unrest it is trying to suppress domestically….protests are still making headlines….deflation, uncertainty, and unemployment, are combining to stifle the domestic market. This inevitably leads to protests, clashes with the police, and anti establishment sentiments…the interests of the Xi government, and the citizens, are increasingly at odds with each other, the country could be dragged into a process of chaos…Young people are faced with bankrupt factories, closed workshops, and empty container ships…the possibility of a sharper social reaction, within the country, may emerge…real stagnation and social unrest have yet to emerge…could the Chinese people’s uprising lead to a revolution in the country?’’

I have deliberately chosen to quote the preceding, in such detail, in order to drive home the point that the bourgeois journalists, even those who are Leftist leaning, will go to great length, will resort to such ‘’verbal gymnastics’’, in order to avoid any mention of revolution. Yet that particular journalist was finally able to face that prospect, however reluctantly, which is the reason I placed it in italics.

There is a good reason that the journalist is so worried that a revolution could soon break out in China. A second Chinese Revolution! Because he has accurately described a revolutionary situation!

As Lenin stated, in his work Left Wing Communism, An Infantile Disorder, ‘’The fundamental law of revolution, which has been confirmed by all revolutions, and especially by all three Russian revolutions of the Twentieth Century, is as follows: for a revolution to take place, it is not enough for the exploited and oppressed masses to realize the impossibility of living in the old way, and demand changes; for a revolution to take place, it is essential that the exploiters should not be able to live and rule in the old way. It is only when the ‘lower classes’ do not want to live in the old way and the ‘upper classes’ cannot carry on in the old way, that the revolution can triumph’’. (italics by Lenin)

The current situation in China, as described in the previously mentioned video, fits the description of a revolutionary situation. The Second Chinese Revolution is on the horizon!

The common people of China, by whom I mean the workers and family farmers, have one important advantage, in their war with the capitalists. That advantage lies with their experience of the Great Chinese Proletarian Cultural Revolution.

This calls for a little explanation. First, let me stress the fact that the ‘’Road to Scientific Socialism’’, is not similar to a four lane highway. On the contrary, the capitalists have placed ‘’potholes and roadblocks’’ at every opportunity. They are determined to maintain their life of luxury, at the expense of the working class. The experience of previous revolutions has confirmed this, beyond any shadow of a doubt. 

As is well known, the Great October Soviet Socialist Revolution of 1917, led by Lenin, gave birth to the Soviet Union. The first Scientific Socialist Republic! After the death of Lenin, in 1924, Stalin became the new leader. He was responsible for transforming the Soviet Union, from a rather backward, primarily agrarian country, into a highly industrialized country, on a par with the United States, through several Five Year Plans. This placed them in a good position to face the Nazis, in 1941. They refer to this as the Great Patriotic War.

Several years later, in 1949, the Chinese Revolution was also successful. Mao Tse Tung and the Chinese Communist Party led the Revolution to victory. Two of the largest countries in the world were, at that time, socialist.

After the death of Stalin, in 1953, the capitalists of the Soviet Union were able to return to power. To say that the world, or at least the most progressive people of the world, Scientific Socialists, Communists, were surprised, is an under statement. At first, all too many could not believe it. This is referred to as ‘’living in denial’’. 

Such an attitude is common place, to this day, even among those who are Scientific Socialists. It is also inexcusable, as Lenin warned that, after the revolution, after the capitalists are overthrown, after the capitalists are crushed, under the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, they will not resign themselves to their fate! On the contrary, their resistance will ‘’increase tenfold’’, as they make every effort to ‘’restore their paradise lost’’!

Lenin was not joking! The capitalists weaselled their way into the Communist Party, and with Stalin out of the way, seized power.

The Chinese Communist Party was slow to respond, but respond they did. They conducted a proper criticism of Stalin, and concluded that Stalin was a great revolutionary, but had made some rather serious mistakes. It was those mistakes which enabled the capitalists to return to power. In addition, the Chinese Communist Party launched the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, in 1960. A truly magnificent, ten year Revolution.

For ten years, the common people of China took part in this Revolution, in which the capitalists were rooted out of various fields of culture. In the process, they became schooled in the class struggle. For that reason, Mao was of the opinion that any return to power, of the Chinese capitalists, would not last for long. At worst, a few decades. As it has been several decades, since they returned to power, it is high time they were overthrown.

No doubt, the veterans of the Cultural Revolution will now coach the younger generation, in the class conflict. More accurately, class war, as it is a class war. 

We can only hope that they will be able to download the revolutionary works of Marx and Lenin, as well as Mao, from the internet. As the situation is now far different from that of 1949, with parts of the country now highly industrialized, the works of Marx and Lenin are more relevant.

There can be no doubt that the Chinese people will once again, overthrow their capitalists, and crush them, under the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. Except that this time, they will do a more thorough job. 

As I have mentioned, in a previous article, the mistake of the Chinese Communists, lies in that of not carrying the Cultural Revolution through, to its logical conclusion, that of a Scientific Revolution. Just as the capitalists were hiding in various fields of culture, so too, they were hiding in various fields of science. By and large, they remained hidden, biding their time, waiting for the moment to strike. The death of Mao provided them with that moment. The rest is history, as they say.

Bear in mind that I use the word science, in the loosest possible sense, to include all fields of academia. All such fields are crawling with capitalists, and must be cleansed.

This is to stress the fact that Scientific Socialism, Communism, is a science, and should be treated as a science. The revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin, as well as Mao, must be put into practice and refined. We must learn from the experience of previous revolutions. All of us are human, we all make mistakes, including the best of the Communists. It is our duty to learn from the successes, as well as the failures, of previous revolutionaries. 

As for those who are discouraged by the fact, that the two previous attempts at Scientific Socialism, have resulted in the capitalists returning to power, may I suggest that no one promised you a rose garden. This is war, class war, every bit as real as any other war throughout history. Further, there is a big difference between losing a battle and losing a war. 

Feel free to take some comfort from the experiences of previous revolutions. Shortly after the successful Russian Great October Soviet Revolution, the counter revolutionaries, the ‘’Whites’’, controlled possibly three quarters of the country. The Soviets were ‘’hanging on by their fingertips’’, desperately protecting the major cities, with their key factories and railroads. The Whites were within a few kilometres of the capital, Saint Petersburg. Yet the Communists did not despair. They called upon the working class, the proletariat, and the most advanced workers responded. With great sacrifice, they pushed the Whites back.

A similar situation unfolded in the late fall of 1941. The Nazis were within a few kilometres of the capitol of Moscow. World leaders were convinced that the Soviet Union was defeated. The exception was the Soviet High Command. They were of a different opinion. 

In fact, to the astonishment of everyone, especially the Nazis, the Soviets conducted a November 7, Victory Day Parade in Moscow! This had the desired effect of raising morale. Every member of the military, from the highest ranking general to the raw recruits, knew that the war was far from over. They were determined to drive out the Nazi invaders.

This was followed by a massive offensive in December, which succeeded in pushing the Nazi invaders back, a considerable distance. 

I offer these as examples of courage and sacrifice, on the part of working class people, against over whelming odds. Bear in mind that workers, proletarians, have no country. We do have a common enemy, the monopoly capitalist class, the bourgeoisie.

Perhaps those who are experiencing despair, can take some inspiration from this. If not, then by all means, get out of the way! The crisis in capitalism has spread to numerous countries, as has the revolutionary movement. A multi national revolution is about to take place. We have no use for quitters! Get active or get out!

Gerald McIsaac

Peace! Democracy! Socialism!

Gerald Mcisaac

On the International Workers Day, that of May 1, commonly referred to as May Day, there were a great many protests, all across the country. It is to the credit of the journalists, those who work for the mainstream press, that they did a rather fine job of giving a fair, balanced, accurate description of those events. This is rather surprising, as the capitalists do not want the working people to be made aware of the fact that the Hands Off Movement is growing, daily becoming ever stronger.

One video in particular, posted on the internet, deserves our attention. It is clear that the narrator is Leftist, even though he was reporting for a highly respectable mainstream outlet. It is titled, ‘’Anti Trump May Day Protests Erupt Coast To Coast’’. 

This particular protest was most impressive, with a rather sizeable crowd. As it was reported to be sponsored by the AFL-CIO labour union, it was mainly attended by members of the working class. Senator Sanders was the keynote speaker, and he was warning of the ‘’dangers and perils of the Oligarchy’’. As if the workers are not already well aware of this! 

The narrator made the point that there was a great deal of profanity on the signs. For that reason, the camera did not scan the crowd very closely. This shows proper respect for the viewers, and is most commendable. It also serves as a friendly bit of advice to those who take part in protest. Avoid profanity! That defeats the purpose of the posters! Instead of spreading the message, it limits the message!

Yet there was one sign which caught my attention. It stated: 

Peace! Democracy! Socialism!

This is a really fine slogan! Brief and right to the heart of the matter! Precisely what working people need!

It is reminiscent of the slogan of the working people of Russia, immediately before the Revolution of 1917. At that time, Russia was at war with Germany, people were starving, and the farmers wanted to own the land they were tilling. For that reason, the slogan was:

Peace! Land! Bread!

Now American working people are in a similar situation. They are suffering terribly, hungry, relying on food banks, many homeless, the ‘’more fortunate’’ living out of cars. Others are faced with the choice of paying rent or putting food on the table, trying desperately to ‘’make ends meet’’. Gang violence is wide spread, with ‘’drive by shootings’’ common place. Mass murder! The police are helpless against these well organized gangs, armed as they are with automatic weapons.

In terms of democracy, Trump is ever more blatantly showing his contempt for all laws. He has ordered ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to round up anyone they even suspect is an illegal immigrant, and send them out of the country, without any due process of law, as is guaranteed in the Constitution. Even American citizens are being deported! Court orders are being openly defied. District court judges and now being arrested! That madman must be stopped!

That is where socialism becomes so important. More precisely, Scientific Socialism, Communism, guided by the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin.

As yet, working people are being offered only Utopian Socialism, such as that of the Democratic Socialists of America, the DSA. Such people, although honest and well meaning, are attempting to divert the revolutionary movement, onto some harmless path of social reform. Harmless to the capitalists, the multi billionaires! The bourgeoisie!

Then there are those who claim to be Marxists, true Communists, but are not. Such people deny the need for revolution and the subsequent Dictatorship of the Proletariat, the ‘’touchstone of a true Communist’’, according to Lenin! Social chauvinists, socialists in words, chauvinists in deeds!

A similar situation existed in Russia, before the Revolution of 1917. Lenin covered this supremely well in his excellent book, What Is To Be Done?

At that time, the Russian Communist Party was referred to as the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. That Party was split, with a revolutionary faction, led by Lenin, as opposed to a reformist faction. Aside from the fact that we do not- as yet!- have a true Communist Party, that is very similar to our current situation. 

As far as Lenin was concerned, the opposing faction had their own agenda, which had nothing to do with Scientific Socialism. As he phrased the crux of the disagreement:

‘’Social Democracy must change from a Party of the social revolution into a democratic party of social reform’’. 

Compare this to that which Sanders and AOC are saying. Those two are calling for ‘’due process of law’’, to ‘’stop the Oligarchy’’, to ‘’fight for democracy’’, for ‘’judicial independence’’, for the ‘’rule of law’’, for ‘’immigrant and workers rights’’. All of this is nothing more than ‘’social reform’’!

This is characteristic of those who are Utopian Socialists, although they may refer to themselves as Independent Socialists, or Democratic Socialists. They have chosen to reject the Scientific Socialist theories of Marx and Lenin. They know better! They think that liberalism and socialism are the same! They deny the class struggle, and are careful to make no mention of classes, as we ‘’all live in a democratic society’’! ‘’Majority rule’’! Perish forbid that there should be any mention of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat!

Of course, just as in Russia, this criticism of the Scientific Socialist revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin, has merely been transferred from the bourgeois literature, as is taught in Universities, to the Utopian Socialists who are  calling for paltry reforms. The revolutionary movement, of the working class, must be diverted!

It is a fundamental tenet of Marxism, that the working class, the proletariat, is not aware of itself, as a class, with its own class interests. The conditions of life, of the proletariat, do not lead to that awareness. That awareness, class consciousness, must be brought to it, from an outside source. That outside source is middle class intellectuals. Or at least, that was previously the case. Now, not so much!

We now have a highly cultured working class, complete with various digital devices. We also have the internet, a most valuable source of information. This includes many of the revolutionary works of Marx and Lenin, which can be easily down loaded. Equally without doubt, advanced workers can do just that, and study them. It is better to study them with others, if at all possible. With the various ‘’social networks’’ available, on the internet, that is not difficult. Whatever it takes to make workers aware of those revolutionary Scientific Socialist theories! The more advanced workers can then pass that awareness on to those who are less advanced.

Bear in mind that, as Lenin stressed, ‘’Without a revolutionary theory, there can be no revolutionary movement’’. Revolution is what is needed! Scientific Socialism, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, is needed! The working class, the proletariat, must be made aware of this. The revolutionary motion needs direction! Proper leaders! Otherwise that revolutionary motion is like a ship sailing, but without a captain! Rudderless! Drifting around the ocean!

Just as a ship needs a captain, so too, the working class needs leaders. These leaders must be Scientific Socialists, true Marxists, Communists, those who call for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. 

We can take this comparison one step further, and compare the Scientific Socialist theories of Marx and Lenin, to a compass. Just as the captain of a ship uses the compass to chart a course for the ship, so too, the Communist leaders of the working class, can use those same Marxist theories to give direction to the working class revolutionary movement.

We can further compare the Captain of the ship to the true Communist Party, one which calls for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. 

The astute reader may have already guessed that the destination, of the working class movement, is first an Insurrection, in order to overthrow the ruling class of monopoly capitalists, the bourgeoisie, followed by the smashing of the existing state apparatus, that which is used to crush the working class. This must be immediately followed by setting up a different state apparatus, in order to crush the former billionaires, as they make every effort to ‘’restore their paradise lost’’. This new state apparatus is known as the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. The worst nightmare of every capitalist! With good reason, I might add!

This stands in stark contrast to the advice of the Utopian Socialists, those who are acting as ‘’Captains of the Ship of the Second American Revolution’’. For them to advise working people of the dangers of the Oligarchy, is similar to warning sailors of the dangers of storms! Tell them something they do not already know!

As for those readers who consider themselves to be ‘’landlubbers’’, unable to relate to ‘’nautical matters’’, may I suggest thinking of the class struggle as a ‘’boxing match’’. 

In this imaginary boxing match, one of the boxers is blind folded. That poor soul is swinging wildly in all directions, and on occasion, is able to land a solid punch, more or less by chance. By contrast, his opponent, who can see supremely well, is able to land blow after blow. 

Of course, the preceding was a none too subtle reference to the class struggle, that of the working class, the proletariat, against the capitalist class, the bourgeoisie. The boxer who is blindfolded is the proletariat, while the boxer who can see very well is the capitalist. 

The blindfold is a reference to the fact that the working class is not aware of itself, as a class, with its own class interests. Still less is it aware of the revolutionary Scientific Socialist theories of Marx and Lenin.

By contrast, the capitalist class is supremely well aware of itself, as a class. They are equally well aware of those same revolutionary theories, that of Marx and Lenin, as they learned about them in University. After all, it is only in University that the distortion of those theories is taught.  

As a means of ‘’levelling the playing field’’, so to speak, it is necessary to raise the level of awareness of the working class, to make them ‘’class conscious’’, to ‘’remove the blindfold’’. This is to say that they must be made aware of the Scientific Socialist revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin. 

Granted, the previous two metaphors are childish over simplifications. Certain readers may even find them to be somewhat offensive. Bear in mind that my main concern is with raising the level of awareness of the working class, including those who are somewhat less advanced. They have to start somewhere, and most can relate to sports comparisons.

It is not enough to ‘’Stop the Oligarchy’’, as recommended by the Utopian Socialists! They must be overthrown and crushed! And the whole class of multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie, along with them!

Those who are trying to divert the revolutionary motion of the working class, onto some harmless path of social reform, are in the service of the bourgeoisie. Regardless of their intentions! Frequently, they are not even aware of this! Unwitting pawns of the multi billionaires!

Those who are Utopian Socialists, such as Sanders and AOC, are not the enemy! They are merely misguided. The billionaires are using them, for their own purposes, that of diverting the revolutionary movement, onto some harmless path of social reform. 

It is important to realize that the two mainstream political parties, serve the same class. Regardless of what the Utopian Socialists may say, salvation does not lie with the Democratic Party! Further bear in mind that the legislative branch, both Houses of Congress, have abdicated their authority, to the executive branch. As well, the judicial branch is- at best!- slow to respond to any challenge.

We can only hope that a considerable number of Utopian Socialists will read the Scientific Socialist theories of Marx and Lenin, this time with an open mind. Once they grasp the fact that those theories are correct, then they can bring this awareness to the working class. That would be a fine service, and it is in their best interest to do so. After all, the bourgeoisie is determined to also wipe out the middle class. Such middle class intellectuals have no future under capitalism, but a bright future under the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. 

The choice is stark and clear. Either the collapse of the democratic republic, to be replaced with the rule of the Oligarchy, headed by Trump, or revolution and the subsequent Dictatorship of the Proletariat. 

Gerald McIsaac

May Day, International Workers Day

Gerald Mcisaac

It is no exaggeration to say that, at least here in North America, working people have been robbed of their history. This extends to the International Workers Day, of May 1, which has its roots in the American workers movement. 

In the interests of correcting that particular injustice, I should mention that, in the spring of 1886, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labour Unions, the precursor to the American Federation of Labour, called for a ‘’day of action’’, in the form of a nation wide strike, to take place on May 1. The goal of this ‘’labour dispute’’, to use the expression of the bourgeois, was to secure an eight hour work day.

This is significant because, at that time, the standard work day was often ten to sixteen hours long. As well, workers were frequently required to work six and even seven days a week, with no overtime pay.

At that time, the labour movement was very broad and deep, so that on that day, hundreds of thousands of American workers went on strike, all across the country.

This ‘’day of action’’, this ‘’one day strike’’, of May 1, was largely peaceful. The exception was within the city of Chicago, in Haymarket Square. Events took place there, which were anything but peaceful. It started when someone threw a bomb, and ended with numerous people dead and injured, both police and protesters.

To this day, no one knows for sure who threw the bomb, or why it was thrown. We do know that the police started shooting in retaliation, and the workers responded in kind. 

This ‘’conflict’’, between workers and police, has gone down in history as the ‘’Haymarket Incident’’. It became a ‘’turning point’’ in the labour movement of the United States, and around the world. It led to the establishment of May 1, as ‘’International Workers Day’’. It also contributed to the ‘’growth of labour unions and the adoption of laws and regulations which improved working conditions and wages for workers’’, as the bourgeois journalists so delicately phrase it.

Regardless of how it is phrased, the fact of the matter is that, by the early twentieth century, International Workers Day, or May Day, as it is commonly called, became an important holiday for the labour movement around the world. 

In the Socialist Soviet Union especially, May 1 was a national holiday, at least until the capitalists were able to return to power. Now it is still celebrated in numerous countries, around the world, including Viet Nam, China, Cuba and several countries in Europe and Latin America. To this day, it is still one of the most widely observed holidays. A testament to the strength of the American working class movement!

Now American workers are building upon their proud tradition, of revolutionary motion. The Hands Off Movement is daily becoming ever stronger. In fact, it is so strong that a certain popular Leftist journalist, has pointed out that these protests are ‘’crossing the threshold of mainstream media attention’’. This is to say that the Movement is so strong, the mainstream press can no longer continue to ignore it!

Incidentally, it is also being referred to as the ’’50-50-1 Movement’’, in that it stands for fifty protests in fifty states, on one day. As there are far more than fifty protests taking place on any given day, it is doubtful that such a title will replace that of ‘’Hands Off Movement’’. Also, the press frequently refers to ‘’Red States’’, which is a reference to the states which, at least formerly, strongly supported Trump. Not so much now!

The finest of the bourgeois economists, and such are exceptional, are now drawing a comparison, of the current state of events, to that of the Great Depression. In particular, the Wall Street Journal has a headline: ‘’Dow Headed for Worst April Since 1932 as Investors Send ‘No Confidence’ Signal’’.

Such a headline, by the WSJ, one of the most highly respected, most conservative newspapers in the country, is quite remarkable. Even though the newspaper was careful to avoid the dreaded ‘’D Word’’, that of ‘’Depression’’, it is well known that the year 1932, was the depth of the Great Depression. 

The bourgeois economists are frustrated by the fact that all of this is ‘’self inflicted’’, brought on by Trump and his insane tariffs, as well as his impulses, so that the administration has no coherent policy. In fact, the International Monetary Fund, IMF, is reported to be of the opinion that, ‘’Trump Tariffs Will Slow U.S. Economy to a Crawl’’. 

Naturally, Trump is taking no responsibility for this. He is doing that which he does best- passing the buck! Rest assured, the buck stops nowhere near the Oval Office! 

In this particular case, he is blaming the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, because he did not raise interest rates. He has even gone so far as threatening to fire that Chairman, even though it is beyond his legal authority. Not that such legal technicalities have ever stopped him before! It may not stop him now! Chairman Jerome Powell may well be on his way out the door! More chaos and uncertainty! The very thing that investors hate! Leading to more wild swings in the stock market! At the expense of working people!

The bourgeois press is referring to this as a ‘’Constitutional Crisis’’. They use this expression because, by Constitutional law, there are three separate branches of government, the executive, the judicial and the legislative. Each performs certain particular functions, and this acts as a series of ‘’checks and balances’’ on the others. The executive is headed by the President, the legislative is composed of the Senate and House of Representatives, commonly referred to as the Congress, and the judicial is composed of the various courts, with the Supreme Court at its head. 

The trouble being that the legislative branch has abdicated its authority to the executive branch, headed by President  Trump. He, in turn, is determined to abolish the democratic republic, and establish the rule of the Oligarchy. In addition, the judicial branch is at best, slow to respond to any challenge to their authority.

In fact, this is a crisis in capitalism. The ruling class of bourgeoisie, the multi billionaires, are unable to rule in the old way, and are being forced to change their method of rule.

At the same time, the common people, mainly the working class, the proletariat, but also the family farmers, as well as the lower strata of the middle class, are now in motion, all across the country. They are marching in countless cities and towns, as part of the Hands Off Movement, demanding change.

This is of exceptional significance, as it is the very definition of a revolutionary situation! On the one hand, the ruling class cannot rule in the old way, and the ‘’exploited and oppressed masses’’, cannot live in the old way! Lenin explained all this quite clearly, in his excellent article, Left Wing Communism, An Infantile Disorder: 

‘’The fundamental law of revolution, which has been confirmed by all revolutions, and especially by all three Russian revolutions in the twentieth century, is as follows: for a revolution to take place, it is not enough for the exploited and oppressed masses to realize the impossibility of living in the old way, and demand changes; for a revolution to take place, it is essential that the exploiters should not be able to live and rule in the old way. It is only when the ’lower classes’ do not want to live in the old way, and the ‘upper classes’ cannot carry on in the old way, that the revolution can triumph. This truth can be expressed in other words: revolution is impossible without a nation wide crisis (affecting both the exploited and the exploiters). It follows that, for a revolution to take place, it is essential, first, that a majority of the workers (or at least a majority of the class conscious, thinking, and politically active workers), should fully realize that revolution is necessary, and that they should be prepared to die for it; second, that the ruling classes should be going through a governmental crisis, which draws even the most backward masses into politics (symptomatic of any genuine revolution is a rapid, tenfold and even hundredfold increase in the size of the working and oppressed masses- hitherto apathetic- who are capable of waging the political struggle), weakens the government, and makes it possible for the revolutionaries to rapidly overthrow it.’’ (italics by Lenin)

I consider the preceding paragraph to be of exceptional importance. The reason I say this, is because the ‘’fundamental law of revolution’’, is a Marxist theory, which is ‘’confirmed’’ by all previous revolutions, and ‘’especially by all three Russian Revolutions of the twentieth century’’. And we are currently in a revolutionary situation!

May I suggest that all Utopian Socialists in general, and in particular, all members of the Democratic Socialists of America, take note of the fact that Lenin used experience, to confirm his Scientific Socialist theories. That is the proper application of the scientific method.

Allow me to state that, almost certainly, the next American Revolution, will closely resemble the Great Russian Proletarian Soviet Socialist October Revolution. For that reason, we can learn from that Revolution. 

I can only stress the fact that the ‘’fundamental law of revolution’’ was ‘’confirmed’’ by ‘’all three Russian revolutions of the twentieth century’’. This is referred to as taking the ‘’standpoint of practice’’. 

That ‘’fundamental law of revolution’’, is as follows: ‘’For a revolution to take place, it is not enough for the exploited and oppressed masses to realize the impossibility of living in the old way, and demand changes; for a revolution to take place, it is essential that the exploiters should not be able to live and rule in the old way. It is only when the ’lower classes’ do not want to live in the old way, and the ‘upper classes’ cannot carry on in the old way, that the revolution can triumph.’’

That is a near perfect description of our current situation! The ruling class of multi billionaires can no longer rule in the old way, have decided to abolish the democratic republic, and establish the rule of the Oligarchy, with Trump as their figurehead President. 

At the same time, the ‘’lower classes’’, mainly the workers, but also the family farmers and lower strata of the middle class, are rising up in protest, all across the country. They do not ‘’want to live in the old way’’!

This brings us to the next point Lenin made: 

‘’For a revolution to take place, it is essential, first, that a majority of the workers (or at least a majority of the class conscious, thinking, and politically active workers), should fully realize that revolution is necessary, and that they should be prepared to die for it’’.

This is to say that, above all else, the most advanced workers must become ‘’class conscious’’. They must become aware of themselves, as a class, with their own class interests. As well, they must also become aware that it is necessary to smash the existing state apparatus, at the time of the Insurrection, which sets off the Revolution, and then establish a new state apparatus, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. After all, the multi billionaires will be anxious to restore their ‘’paradise lost’’. They must be crushed!

These advanced workers can then transmit that understanding to the less advanced.

This brings us to the next point that Lenin made:

‘’Second, that the ruling classes should be going through a governmental crisis, which draws even the most backward masses into politics (symptomatic of any genuine revolution is a rapid, tenfold and even hundredfold increase in the size of the working and oppressed masses- hitherto apathetic- who are capable of waging the political struggle), weakens the government, and makes it possible for the revolutionaries to rapidly overthrow it.’’ 

Without doubt, the ruling class of multi billionaires are experiencing a ‘’governmental crisis’’. Their plan, that of abolishing the democratic republic, and establishing the rule of the Oligarchy, with Trump as the figurehead President, has hit a snag. That snag is Donald Trump. That boy just will not cooperate! He insists on imposing tariffs, which is driving the country into another Great Depression. Not at all what the bourgeoisie had in mind!

This collapsing economy has had the effect of ‘’drawing even the most backward masses into politics’’. Those who were ‘’hitherto apathetic’’ are now politically active, marching, protesting, demanding change, ‘’waging the political struggle’’. Further, the ruling class of multi billionaires are divided, so that the government is weaker, ‘’making it possible for the revolutionaries to rapidly overthrow it’’. 

As I write this, it is now late April, and various protests are being planned for May Day. That is also a fine time to raise the level of awareness of the working class. Posters could possibly call for Revolution, Insurrection, the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, and for people to read State and Revolution, for example. At the very minimum, posters should at least draw the attention of people to class distinctions.

It is also a fact that everyone likes to be entertained. Who better to raise the level of awareness of the working class, while at the same time entertaining them, than celebrities? And in particular Hollywood celebrities! Movie stars!

This is not to imply that such people automatically become experts on Scientific Socialism, as soon as they achieve the status of ‘’celebrity’’. They do not. Yet they can raise their own level of awareness, by studying the Essential Works of Marx and Lenin. They can then bring that awareness to the working class. 

Bear in mind that the fans of these celebrities, especially ‘’Hollywood Movie Stars’’, pay strict attention to whatever they say. That gives them a great deal of power. Spiritual power. Feel free to use that power. Now is not the time to be shy. At the same time, do that which you do best. Entertain! Education through entertainment!

There is a sense of urgency to this. Time is not on our side. Trump and the Oligarchy are determined to force the issue, to abolish the existing democratic republic, and they have already made great strides in this direction. It has been compared to ‘’taking a wrecking ball to a building’’.

In response, the working people are rising up, protesting, demanding change, looking for an alternative. That is the reason they are flocking to rallies held by Sanders and AOC. Those two are offering paltry reforms, not the alternative of Revolution, and the subsequent Dictatorship of the Proletariat!

The people taking part in the Hands Off Movement are looking for an alternative, not more of the same. The one and only alternative is that of Scientific Socialism, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.

My advice, to those people, is to study the Essential Works of Marx and Lenin, especially State and Revolution. Those works are available on the internet. 

I stress the importance of State and Revolution, as that is the work which is most relevant. The Insurrection, which will start the Revolution, could happen at any time. It is that book which stresses the importance of smashing the existing state apparatus, and replacing it with the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.

It is very likely that most members of the Democratic Socialists of America are well aware of this, as well as other revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin. The reason I say this, is because they have been exposed to those Scientific Socialist theories in University. Bear in mind that there is a big difference between being exposed to those theories, and learning them. After all, the Universities merely teach the bourgeois distortion of those theories.

To those people, may I suggest that you take the standpoint of practice, of experience. It is experience that confirms the correctness of the theories of Marx and Lenin. As the American Revolution is about to break out, it is urgent to face that fact. 

Further face the fact that the experience of the Soviet Union and China, both formerly socialist countries, now capitalist, confirms the fact that the capitalists must be crushed, after the revolution, under the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. Otherwise, they will return to power, as they did in those two countries.

As I have previously pointed out, the capitalists were able to return to power in those two countries, because of the mistakes made by Stalin and Mao. It is up to us to learn from those mistakes, and not repeat them. Here too, it is a matter of learning from experience. 

We can also learn from the experience of the Occupy Movement of 2011. It was superb, broad based and deep. Yet it failed to overthrow the multi billionaires, as it was not guided by any principles of Scientific Socialism, which is to say Marxism. For that reason, the best it could achieve was paltry reforms, which were quickly clawed back, at the earliest opportunity. 

Unless the current Hands Off Movement is given the proper direction, towards Revolution and the subsequent Scientific Socialism, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, this movement will also flounder. 

The choice is now stark and clear. Either Donald Trump and the rule of the Oligarchy, along with a Second Great Depression, or Scientific Socialism, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. Choose wisely.

Gerald McIsaac