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An Open Letter To Independent Socialists

Gerald Mcisaac

The American democratic republic is under attack. Now that Donald Trump is once again President, he has wasted no time in implementing his completely reactionary agenda, referred to as Project 2025.

Barely one week into his second term, he has already made several attempts to ‘’terminate the Constitution’’, with his executive orders. As one Leftist journalist pointed out, ‘’Trump has provided ample ammunition for a third impeachment’’! This journalist is referring to the fact that, on ‘’day one’’ of his administration, he first violated the Fourteenth Amendment, nullifying birth right citizenship, by ordering the deportation of American citizens. Then, he ordered the state of California to amend their election laws. The penalty for not doing so, is to withhold federal money, for the severe losses the state suffered, due to the brush fires, within the city of Los Angeles. A clear example of ‘’election tampering’’!

It is noteworthy that twenty two states have gone to federal court, in an effort to stop Trump’s ‘’birth right citizenship order’’. A Leftist journalist documented this in a fine article:

‘’Today, a federal judge, who has been on the bench for forty years, and was appointed by Reagan, just told Trump, and his administration, and his DOJ lawyers, who went into court to argue in favour of that executive order, that it is blatantly Unconstitutional, and issued a temporary restraining order to block it’’. As the judge stated, ’’I have been on the bench for four decades. I cannot remember another case where the question presented was as clear’’.

A second Leftist narrator added that the same Judge ‘’scolded the Justice Department attorney’’, by stating that ‘’I have difficulty understanding how a member of the Bar can state unequivocally that this is a Constitutional order. It boggles my mind’’. The narrator then went on to state that he was ‘’Surprised that the judge has not sanctioned lawyers, really out of bounds for lawyers, a shocking thing to come up with’’.

Those two narrators, whom I just quoted, may object to being referred to as ‘’Leftist’’. They may prefer such adjectives as ‘’progressive’’, or perhaps ‘’democratic’’, in reference to themselves. 

Regardless of the manner in which they choose to classify themselves, the fact remains that they have taken a progressive stand, in favour of defence of the American democratic republic. It is significant that they make no claim to being socialist. It is an indication of the breadth and depth of the mass movement, against the completely reactionary agenda of Trump and his handlers, the multi billionaires. It has now extended to the upper stratum of the middle class, the petty bourgeois. 

This brings me to the subject of those who consider themselves to be ‘’Independent Socialists’’, of one shade or another. Such individuals may, or may not, be a member of a particular political party, or of a socialist organization, or both. Yet it is safe to say that all such self described Socialists, are progressive people, at least concerned with people in general, and with the democratic republic, in particular. We can work with such people, as they are honest, people of integrity.

It is reasonable to assume that the vast majority of self described Socialists, are intelligent, well educated members of the middle class, complete with University degrees. As that is the case, they are at least aware of the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin, as those theories are taught only in University. 

More accurately, the scientific theories of Marx and Lenin are not so much taught, as distorted in Universities! As all Universities are ‘’bought and paid for’’, by the bourgeois, this is perhaps not too surprising.

Yet as those who refer to themselves as ‘’Socialists’’, are predominantly honest, I am convinced that they are prepared to listen to the ‘’voice of sweet reason’’. If nothing else, feel free to keep an open mind.

Bear in mind that Marx was, first and foremost, a Social Scientist. This is to say that Marx examined society from a scientific view point. The fact is that society develops according to certain laws, and not according to a haphazard assortment of random thoughts! Regardless of how pleasant those thoughts may be! And rest assured, the thought of socialism is indeed most pleasant!

Having said that, let us examine how Marx phrased it, in 1852: 

‘’And now as to myself, no credit is due to me for discovering the existence of classes in modern society, nor yet the struggle between them. Long before me, bourgeois historians had described the historical development of this class struggle, and bourgeois economists the economic anatomy of the classes. What I did that was new was to prove: 1) that the existence of classes is only bound up with particular historical phases in the development of production; 2) that the class struggle necessarily leads to the Dictatorship of the Proletariat; 3) that this Dictatorship itself only constitutes the transition to the abolition of all classes and to a classless society.’’

It should be stressed, that Marx was concerned with something more than capitalism and socialism. Indeed, the ‘’historical phases in the development of production’’ led to something more than the ‘’existence of classes’’. It was only at the point that the ‘’development of production’’ led to a surplus, so that people were enabled to enslave people, a time referred to as ‘’civilization’’, that classes first came into existence. Slaves and slave owners.

Yet before civilization, in a time commonly referred to as the ‘’Stone Age’’, society still existed, albeit devoid of classes. At that time too, society developed, but still according to certain laws, based upon the ‘’development of production’’.  

It was an American anthropologist, Lewis Henry Morgan, who  wrote a book in 1877, titled: Ancient Society: Researches In the Lines of Human Progress From Savagery Through Barbarism To Civilization. 

Morgan made it abundantly clear, in that book, that society develops ‘’as the product of successive enlargements of the sources of production, which were then reflected in changing family forms’’.

Marx most emphatically agreed! For that reason, he planned to write an article, based at least in part, on that book. He even wrote notes on that subject.  

As Marx stated: ‘’Social relations are closely bound up with productive forces. In acquiring new productive forces, men change their mode of production, and in changing their mode of production, in changing the way of earning their living, they change all their social relations. The hand mill gives you society with the feudal lord; the steam mill society with the industrial capitalist’’. 

Yet before he could complete that work, Marx died, in 1883. So his close friend, Friedrich Engles, carried on the work that Marx was able only to start. 

As Engels stated, ‘’Marx had made it one of his future tasks to present the results of Morgan’s researches in the light of his own- within certain limits, I may say our- materialistic examination of history, and thus to make clear their full significance. For Morgan, in his own way, had discovered  afresh in America, the materialist conception of history, discovered by Marx forty years ago, and in his comparison of barbarism and civilization it had led him, in the main points, to the same conclusions as Marx.’’

It should be noted that the ‘’gens’’, to which Engels refers, are commonly referred to as ‘’clans’’, in North America. Also, the title ‘’American Indians’’ is no longer politically correct, as they now prefer to be referred to as ‘’First Nations People’’. 

That is somewhat incidental to the point that Engles was trying to make: ‘’According to the gens (clans) of the ‘’American Indians’’, organized according to mother right, he discovered the primitive form out of which had developed the later gens organized according to father right, the gens as we find it among the ancient civilized peoples. The Greek and Roman gens, the old riddle of all historians, now found its explanation in the Indian gens, and a new foundation was thus laid for the whole of primitive history.’’ 

It is significant that Engels referred to this as a ‘’definitive book -as definitive as Darwin’s was in the case of biology- on the primitive state of society’’. 

This gave birth to the article that was written by Engles, titled, The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State. An absolute masterpiece, in my opinion. That is also the opinion of numerous scholars. Bear in mind that it is perhaps more accurate to say that it was written by Marx and Engles. 

This is my own personal, less than subtle way, of stressing the fact that society develops according to certain laws, and not just under capitalism. As Engels stated, the same ‘’gens’’, or clan system, which developed in North America, also developed in Europe. The ‘’old riddle of all historians’’, the ‘’Greek and Roman gens’’, was explained by Morgan. Society developed, on different continents, according to the same laws. 

Those same laws, concerning the development of society, also apply to civilization. The first classes, slaves and slave owners, gradually died out, and gave birth to the feudal system, with their more complicated arrangement of nobility, Kings and Queens, Knights, landlords, tradesmen and serfs. In turn, the industrial revolution gave birth to capitalism, with two new revolutionary classes, the bourgeois, or capitalist, and the proletariat, or working class. 

Just as slavery gave way to feudalism, and feudalism gave way to capitalism, so too, capitalism will give way to socialism. It was Marx who proved this, through his thorough, scientific examination of society.

With that in mind, may I suggest that all Independent Socialists read another excellent book by Engels, that of Socialism, Utopian And Scientific. In that work, he draws a clear distinction between the Utopian Socialists, those who think that socialism is merely a good idea, but probably not feasible, and the Scientific Socialists, those who are aware that it follows from capitalism.

As well, I can also suggest the classics, such as The Communist Manifesto, and the Essential Works of Lenin. These include State and Revolution, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, and What Is To Be Done? Also, I highly recommend, Left Wing Communism, An Infantile Disorder. 

It is very likely that most, if not all, Independent Socialists are at least familiar with those books. Yet there is a big difference between the bourgeois distortion of the scientific theories of Marx and Lenin, and the theories themselves. Night and day, in fact!

The Democratic Socialists of America, DSA, has an excellent web site, on the internet. I am sure their goals are at least similar to the goals of all self described Independent Socialists, so I have decided to copy part of their web site:

Who we are

The Democratic Socialists of America is the largest socialist organization in the United States, with over 92,000 members and chapters in all 50 states. We believe that working people should run both the economy and society democratically to meet human needs, not to make profits for a few.

What we do

We are a political and activist organization, not a party; through campus and community-based chapters, DSA members use a variety of tactics, from legislative to direct action, to fight for reforms that empower working people.

It is clear that they are a fine, progressive, Leftist organization. It is just as clear that they are completely misguided. The fact of the matter is that we live under a state of monopoly capitalism, referred to as imperialism, and as such, it is the multi billionaires who are in charge. There is no chance that the ‘’working people’’ can possibly ‘’run the economy and society democratically to meet human needs’’. 

That point is driven home by a separate video, titled ‘’The Oligarchy’s Power Is Waking America’’.

The two narrators are clearly dedicated capitalists, by no means Leftist, but still, concerned citizens, complete with a democratic sense. They are of the opinion that the ‘’billionaires and CEO’s are trying to curry favour with Trump’’.

In this, they are mistaken. In fact, the ‘’billionaires and CEO’s’’ are the puppet masters who are ‘’pulling the strings’’ of Trump. They are the ‘’handlers’’, and Trump merely ‘’dances to their tune’’. 

The narrators referred to these multi billionaires as ‘’current robber barons’’, in this ‘’second gilded age’’. It is merely a matter of ‘’following the money’’, to ‘’get to the monopoly’’, which is ‘’combined with data’’, so that ‘’American democracy is undermined’’. 

The video is presented in a very convoluted manner, as the narrators are quite confused, but the point is valid. 

It is significant that the narrators mentioned the existence of classes. They referred to the ‘’Oligarchy’’ as being members of a class of people, being ‘’zero point zero one percent of the population’’. This is to say that a small fraction of the population, one hundredth of one percent, controls more wealth than the ‘’bottom half of the population’’. The scientific term for this class of people is bourgeoisie, not oligarchy. 

They also pointed out that just one of the richest men in America, put a quarter of a billion dollars into the election campaign of Trump. They refer to this as ‘’monopoly power wedded with politics’’. That is one way of putting it!

They then complain that the ‘’three richest men in the country’’, were ‘’standing in front of all Republicans’’, the elected leaders of the country! The narrators were of the opinion that those three multi billionaires were ‘’not there for working class Americans’’. Really? What was your first clue?

Even though this video is presented in a most disjointed manner, by two dedicated capitalists, it is clear that even they are concerned with the power of the monopoly capitalists. They even mentioned the existence of classes. 

Conclusion

I consider all Independent Socialists to be my Brothers and Sisters, my Friends, my Comrades in Arms. I say this because all are honest, hard working, law abiding citizens, people who care about other people, especially the less fortunate. As do all Scientific Socialists.

For that reason, I have gone to considerable length to document the fact that the capitalists are, first and foremost, liars. All of their text books are filled with distortions, at best, and outright lies, at worst. It is simply not reasonable to expect anything better from them!

Even the best of the upper middle class, intellectual bourgeois scholars, cannot seem to ‘’think straight’’! First they state certain facts, then they become confused, and end up in a ‘’muddle’’, as Lenin phrased it. But then they are not capable of being honest!

By contrast, all Socialists, whether Independent or Scientific, are honest people. It is also safe to say that, all such Socialists have been misled by the capitalists, to one degree or another. 

In particular, American bourgeois propaganda is intense! It sets the standard for lies and hypocrisy! Not too surprising, as the monopoly capitalists, the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie, can afford to hire the finest liars and swindlers!

Do not be fooled! The fact is that monopoly capitalism is destined to give birth to Scientific Socialism! In the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat! That was proven by Karl Marx!

The capitalists are on the offensive! Those with tens, and even hundreds of billions, are determined to destroy the American democratic republic! They are ‘’wiping their feet’’ on the Constitution! Defying it at will! At the same time, reducing taxes on the members of their class! Trump is merely their puppet! Their Stooge! He puts Curly Howard to shame!

Now is not the time to ‘’play doormat’’! Now is the time to get active. If nothing else, re-read State and Revolution, by Lenin, this time with an open mind. He wrote that in preparation for the Great October Proletarian Socialist Revolution. We can use that to prepare for the approaching American Socialist Revolution. 

Now is the time to transform yourself, to take the ‘’quantum leap’’, to graduate from an Independent Socialist, to a Scientific Socialist.

Time is not on our side. To paraphrase an old proverb, ‘’Time and Revolution wait for no one’’! Just as your ancestors did not wait for their Colonial leaders to give the ‘’go ahead’’, in 1776, so too, the American public of today, is not about to wait. The Second American Revolution could break out, at any time. The monopoly capitalists are about to ‘’force the issue’’!

No one knows which particular ‘’spark’’ will trigger a popular uprising, an Insurrection. We do know that the better prepared we are, the better the chances of success. Heaven help us if we fail!

That is where Scientific Socialists come in. It is up to them, ‘’conscious people’’, to provide the working people with the proper leadership. 

Now the ‘’ball is in your court’’, so to speak. As you are aware of the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin, it is up to you to bring that awareness to the working class, the proletariat. There is no other way!

We will know that we are being successful, when certain slogans become common place:

Prepare For Insurrection!

Dictatorship of the Proletariat!

Scientific Socialism!

Revolution!

Concerning Biden’s ‘’Farewell Address To the Nation’’

Gerald Mcisaac

On January 15, 2025, President Joe Biden gave his ‘’Farewell Address to the Nation’’. As a great many working people were watching this ‘’Farewell Speech’’, and were very likely confused, this calls for an explanation. 

One of the professional narrators referred to this speech as being very ‘’dark’’, as it refers to an ‘’oligarchy taking shape in America’’. She mentioned that Biden is of the opinion that this oligarchy, has given rise to a ‘’dangerous concentration of power in the hands of a very few ultra wealthy people’’.

That is one way of putting it! The lengths some people will go to, in order to avoid any reference to the existence of classes!

True, an American oligarchy does exist. By definition, this is a ‘’small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution’’. This ‘’small group of people’’, which controls the country of America, are composed of a very few ‘’ultra wealthy people’’, as President Biden so delicately phrased it. This is to say that those people have wealth in the tens and hundreds of billions! Even that is not enough! They want more! They want to be trillionaires!

It should be noted that middle class people are well aware of this, as they are class conscious. It is working class people, proletarians, who are not aware of this, as conditions of life, of the proletariat, do not lead to the awareness of themselves, as a class, with their own class interests. 

As that is the case, and as I am mainly concerned with the working class, I should mention that the industrial revolution gave birth to two new classes. At that time, the merchants who lived in town, referred to as ‘’burghers’’, saw an opportunity to invest their money, and make a great fortune. They succeeded, beyond their wildest dreams!

In the process of investing their money, the name ‘’burgher’’ became transformed to ‘’bourgeois’’. At the same time, their money, or wealth in any other form, became known as ‘’capital’’. For that reason, the bourgeois also became known as ‘’capitalists’’, a name they generally hate, for some reason. They prefer to refer to themselves as ‘’entrepreneurs’’.

On the one hand, these freshly minted capitalists invested their money in building factories, mills, mines and such. This is now referred to as the ‘’point of production’’. They also invested in railroads and shipping lines, or the ‘’means of transportation’’. And of course, there were the banks, or ‘’financial institutions’’, possibly the most profitable of all investments. 

But then, as no class can live in isolation, a second class of people was created. This class, which has nothing to sell but their labour power, is referred to as the ‘’antipode’’ to the capitalist class. They are referred to as the working class, or ‘’proletariat’’. A second revolutionary class! And in fact, the only class that is consistently revolutionary!

The capitalists who are now referred to as the ‘’ultra rich’’, or ‘’monopoly capitalists’’, those with at least tens of billions, or even hundreds of billions, are now referred to as the ‘’bourgeoisie’’. 

By contrast, those with a paltry few million, or even a ‘’mere’’ billion or two, are referred to as ‘’middle class’’ or ‘’petty bourgeois’’. As the monopolies become ever stronger, ever more complete, the middle class is gradually being wiped out. Those few survivors, of the middle class, are now ‘’living on borrowed time’’. 

There is a reason that I mention this. It is important for the working people to learn certain technical terms. If we are not aware of this, then the capitalists will use our lack of knowledge against us.

It should be noted that the newly created, revolutionary capitalist class, turned into its opposite, completely ‘’reactionary’’, at the point when capitalism reached the stage of monopoly. This happened at about the beginning of twentieth century. This monopoly capitalism, the ‘’highest stage of capitalism’’, is technically referred to as ‘’imperialism’’. 

Even the highly respected, self proclaimed ‘’Independent Socialist’’, Senator Sanders, is now issuing warnings against the ‘’American oligarchy’’, rather than against the American bourgeoisie. Yet to refer to them as an ‘’oligarchy’’, is an improvement over the term which was common place during the Occupy Movement, of recent memory. At that time, they were referred to as the ‘’one percent’’. If nothing else, the word ‘’oligarchy’’ is a bit more accurate. A step in the right direction!

It is significant that President Biden does not write his own speeches. Instead, he has a professional writer compose his speeches. Biden merely recites those speeches, reading from a tele prompter. As he is very likely suffering from dementia, that is probably the best he can manage.

From the text, it is clear that the ‘’handlers’’ of Biden are concerned with the fact that the ‘’oligarchs’’ are about to seize power. This shows a certain democratic sense, on their part. They are concerned that the ”American Empire” is about to collapse. Their concerns are well grounded!

This fear is quite wide spread, among middle class intellectual narrators. Indeed, some are comparing this to the situation within the Roman Empire, at the time when Rome ceased to be a Republic, and instead, became a Dictatorship. It was the beginning of the end of the Roman Empire. 

It is reasonable to expect a certain number of these middle class, somewhat progressive intellectuals, to see the ‘’writing on the wall’’, and to ‘’jump ship’’. It is clear that monopoly capitalism has ‘’had its day’’. There is no point in even attempting to ‘’patch it up’’, as Biden suggested. It is beyond repair.

In the Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels foretold 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.

‘’Of all the classes that stand face to face with the bourgeoisie today, the proletariat alone is a really revolutionary class. The other classes decay and finally disappear in the face of modern industry; the proletariat is its special and essential product’’.

Without doubt, the ‘’class struggle’’ is now near the ‘’decisive hour’’. The suffering of the working class is at appalling levels. Countless people are homeless, the more ‘’fortunate’’ living in cars. Drug overdoses are widespread. Gang violence has led to mass shootings, almost on a daily basis. The police have been reduced to documenting the slaughter. Unemployment is epidemic, as there are simply no jobs. A sense of despair is the rule, not the exception. And the wealth of the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie, is sky rocketing!

That is the very definition of a revolutionary situation! Now we can expect a ‘’small section of the ruling class to cut itself adrift, and join the revolutionary class, the class that holds the future in its hands’’. 

It is only reasonable to expect that this ‘’small section’’, will be among the most intelligent of the intellectuals. As the bourgeoisie is determined to wipe out the middle class, they have no future under capitalism. On the other hand, they have a bright future under Scientific Socialism, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. Their skills in organization and administration will be in high demand. They will be paid accordingly.

To those middle class, somewhat progressive, more intelligent intellectuals, I have a little word of unsolicited advice. Act now! Do not wait for the ‘’axe to fall’’! Trump and his ‘’buddies’’ -the three richest men in the country!- are determined to ‘’force the issue’’! To provoke an uprising! Revolution!

Among other things, they plan to deport all illegal immigrants, along with their children, including those who were born in America! Even though such children are American citizens by birth, according to the Constitution, that makes no difference. As far as Trump and his ‘’ultra rich buddies’’ are concerned, the Constitution is a mere scrap of paper!

Further bear in mind that Trump recently told his supporters to vote for him, one last time! As soon as he is sworn into office, he fully intends to set himself up as ‘’President For Life’’! Dictator!

It has been suggested that Trump was ‘’merely joking’’. True, the man does have a sense of humour. His idea of being ‘’funny’’, involves mocking those who are physically or mentally handicapped! Take him at his word! He means what he says!

The collapse of the ‘’American Empire’’, is the least of your worries! That is a given! Of far more concern, is the attack on the democratic rights of all Americans!

Trump thinks that he can do whatever he wants, and get away with it. After all, he has been doing precisely that, all his life. Thirty four felony convictions, and no penalty! Who can blame him for thinking that way?

Yet Trump is about to receive a ‘’rude awakening’’! Americans are prepared to take only so much! They have a proud history of revolution! In fact, their country was founded on revolution! They call it the Revolutionary War! A Second Revolutionary War is about to take place! Donald Trump is about to learn, that which King George learned, many years ago!

At that time, the American Revolutionaries treated the ‘’Loyalists’’, those who supported King George, to the rather uncivilized practice of ‘’tar and feathers’’. This public humiliation, of those referred to as ‘’Tories’’, served to break the power, the ‘’spiritual bonds’’, of those people. It is entirely possible that such techniques will be used, once again, in the forth coming revolution. 

Time is not on our side! Trump and his ‘’ultra rich buddies’’, seem determined to ‘’force the issue’’! So be it! Embrace the revolutionary theories of Marx and Lenin! Bring this awareness to the working class! Take part in Councils! Train, arm and equip the members of those Councils! Be active! Do not wait for the multi billionaires to drive you into bankruptcy, and the ranks of the proletariat!

As well, do not neglect your intellectual friends. Encourage them to also become active. Challenge the 2024 ‘’Presidential Election’’, on Constitutional grounds. Fight the bourgeoisie on various ‘’fronts’’. Give them no peace!

Your correspondence should also contain certain expressions, which may become slogans:

Prepare For Insurrection!

Scientific Socialism!

Dictatorship of the Proletariat!

Revolution! 

Civil War In Syria

Gerald Mcisaac

For fifty three years, the Assad family has ruled Syria, with an ‘’iron hand’’. Absolutely no dissent was  allowed. Yet on December 8, 2024, the Assad rule came to an ‘’abrupt end’’. This after a mere one week rebellion!

It is no exaggeration to say that the ‘’world is in shock’’. The mainstream journalists are completely amazed! To think that such a revolution could be so successful, so quickly! 

Clearly, those same journalists have no idea of the power of a ‘’popular uprising’’. Or at the very least, they pretend to be unaware!

This is not too surprising, as all mainstream journalists are in the service of the monopoly capitalists, the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie. For that reason, it is in their best interest to promote that which best serves their ‘’Lords and Masters’’. 

They are careful to avoid any mention of the word ‘’revolution’’! Those taking part in this revolution, are being referred to as ‘’rebels’’. They are not rebels! They are revolutionaries! They are fighting for national liberation! What is more, they are succeeding!

These revolutionaries consist of a broad assortment of people, from different ethnic groups, minorities and religions. In the interest of the revolution, they have agreed to put aside their differences and unite, with the goal of overthrowing the hated Assad regime. 

It is significant that a major mainstream news outlet, sat down ‘’for an exclusive interview’’, with the ‘’main rebel leader, Abu Muhammad Al Valani’’. 

The person conducting the interview, asked a good question: ‘’In a matter of days, you have managed to take large cities. What has changed? How were you able to do this now?’’ 

According to the translator, the reply was: ‘’In recent years, there has been a unification of internal opinions, and the establishment of institutional structures, within the liberated areas of Syria. This institutionalization included the restructuring within military factions. They entered unified training camps, and developed a sense of discipline. This discipline allowed them ….to engage in a battle in an organized manner. The progress and execution of plans have been swift, with clear communication and and adherence to commands. They stop where they should stop, and withdraw where they should withdraw. The revolution has transitioned from chaos and randomness, to a state of order, both in civil and institutional matters, and in military operations alike.’’ (My italics)

I have chosen to include his complete response, as it is so important. The key details I have placed in italics. 

The ‘’unification of internal opinions’’, is a reference to the fact that a successful revolution, ‘’cannot be made by an individual’’, so to speak. It must have ‘’broad based support’’. The vast majority of common people, workers, farmers and small business owners, must be prepared to set aside their differences, and unite in the common cause, that of overthrowing the existing state apparatus. 

He also mentioned ‘’unified training camps’’, in which those same revolutionaries developed a ‘’sense of discipline, which enabled them to engage in battle in an organized manner’’. 

Anyone who doubts the importance of discipline, is free to consider the results of the numerous incidents, through out history, of a group of farmers, armed with pitch forks, attacking a well disciplined army of soldiers. All such outcomes, while predictable, were never pretty. The farmers were cut to pieces.

This brings us to ‘’clear communication and adherence to command’’. The leaders of the revolution must be well respected. Their orders must be ‘’sharp and clear’’. In response, all ‘’enlisted personnel’’ must be prepared to obey those orders, even if they do not agree with them. These orders may include that of ‘’withdraw’’. 

It is in this way, and only in this way, that the ‘’revolution’’ can transition from ‘’chaos and randomness, to a state of order’’.

This brings me to a passage, written by Lenin, in Left Wing Communism, An Infantile Disorder. It is supremely relevant:

‘’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 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, tenfold 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)

The current situation in Syria, certainly fits the ‘’fundamental law of revolution’’! The ‘’exploited and oppressed masses’’, the common people, the workers and family farmers, can ‘’no longer live in the old way’’, and are ‘’demanding change’’. At the same time, the ‘’exploiters’’, in this case the Assad regime, can no longer  ‘’rule in the old way’’. Revolutionary!

Syria is in a position where it has been crushed and exploited by the Assad family, for many years. At the same time, the competing imperialist powers are anxious to ‘’exert their influence’’ over the country. 

As Lenin explained quite well, in Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, the whole world has long since been divided up, between the so called ‘’Great Powers’’, which is to say the imperialist powers. As he phrased it, ‘’The characteristic feature of this period is the final partition of the globe – not in the sense that a new partition is impossible – on the contrary, new partitions are inevitable – but in the sense that the colonial policy of the capitalist countries has completed the seizure of the unoccupied territories on our planet’’. (italics by Lenin)

The two great imperialist powers, the United States and Russia, are fighting over Syria, as two dogs fight over a bone. Both are determined to crush and exploit the country, preferably with the help of neighbouring countries.

The current situation in Syria can perhaps best be compared to the situation in Russia, immediately after the Great October Socialist Revolution of 1917. At that time, the country was in ruins, after three years of war. The infrastructure of the country was badly damaged. The common people were calling for ‘’peace, land and bread’’. Many of the factories were shut down. The trains were barely running, if at all. The Russian army was in no position to fight. The situation was desperate, and desperate times call for desperate measures.

Lenin responded to this seemingly hopeless situation, by enacting a series of compromises. He persuaded the Russian Communist Party to sign the Treaty of Brest Litovsk. Even though it meant losing a third of the population, half of their industry, and ninety percent of their coal mines, as well as having to pay a huge sum in ‘’indemnities’’, it was better than complete defeat. 

He also made certain concessions to other political parties, within the new government. Bear in mind that none of these concessions violated principle.

As a result of these compromises, the Russian Soviet Republic was able to weather the following three year civil war, as numerous foreign powers tried to wipe out the upstart Socialist republic.

Of course, the current situation in Syria is not that desperate. Yet it is safe to say that the country has been severely damaged, after fifty years of Assad rule. No doubt, the infrastructure needs repair, various factories have been shut down, and countless people are in desperate need of the basic necessities of life, such as food, shelter and medical assistance.

As well, according to the internet, over five million Syrians have fled to neighbouring countries. They are currently living in shelters, composed of tents. It is only proper to bring them home, to rebuild their houses, to offer them at least the basic necessities, so that they can live a life of dignity. 

That is going to take a certain amount of time and effort. Yet the result will be a new, improved, strong Syria, so that it is well worth it. 

In the mean time, may I suggest tolerating the presence of Russian and American military bases, within Syria, as well as the Israeli occupation of the Golan Heights. 

Even though the Syrian army was able to overthrow the Assad regime, very quickly, it is as yet, too weak to challenge the military power of those countries. 

This may be a ‘’bitter pill to swallow’’, but makes more sense than fighting a battle that cannot be won. At least, not yet! After the country is rebuilt, the infrastructure repaired, the refugees returned, factories working, trains running, farmers growing their crops, and the new Syrian Army is properly trained and equipped, then it will be a different matter. 

That was precisely the policy of the newly created Russian  Soviet Republic, immediately after their revolution. It served them supremely well, at least until the capitalists were able to return to power, after the death of Stalin.

The current situation in Syria is not as desperate, as was that of Soviet Russia, immediately after their revolution. Yet as the Russian Soviets were able to recover, so too, the revolutionary Syrians can also recover. As long as they do not ‘’bite off more than they can chew’’. 

Now is the time to consolidate. May I suggest a slogan of ‘’Return, Repair, Rebuild’’. The refugees can be encouraged to return, to help repair and rebuild the country of Syria. I am sure that the vast majority are quite anxious to do just that! That is the policy which provides the Syrian Revolution, with the best chance of continued success. 

Concerning Ancient Advanced Civilizations and Artifacts

Gerald Mcisaac

It is significant that, in various countries of the world, the most advanced members of the working class, those whom Lenin refers to as ‘’Internationalist workers’’, are involved in challenging scientific theories, in the field of archaeology. 

In particular, they are conducting a careful examination, of the ruins of previous civilizations, especially, although not exclusively, those of the ‘’Ancient Egyptians’’.

Those who investigate the ruins of ‘’Ancient Egypt’’, are referred to as ‘’Egyptologists’’, and include professional archaeologists, as well as amateurs. These professionals are commonly referred to as ‘’mainstream archaeologists’’, while the amateurs, especially those who challenge the theories put forward by the professionals, are generally referred to in less polite terms.  

As a result of these investigations, the amateur archaeologists have determined that those same ‘’Ancient Civilizations’’, were far more advanced than previously thought! They almost certainly used electricity, as well as power tools! They also had the technology required to move items, such as granite statues and obelisks, which weighed tens -and even hundreds- of tons!

Further, they are convinced that, at least in Egypt, there existed a ‘’previous civilization’’. Many of the statues and monuments, built by this previous civilization, was usurped by the later, ‘’Dynastic Egyptians’’. They merely claimed these creations, as their own!

The fact that these ‘’Internationalist’’ workers are making these bold claims, is most encouraging. It provides them with valuable training, in preparation for the forth coming revolution, and the subsequent Scientific Socialism, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.

Most of these advanced workers, are focused on that which they refer to as ‘’Ancient Egypt’’, complete with the pyramids. Properly so, I might add, as in Egypt, the evidence for an advanced civilization, which existed before the ‘’Age of the Pharaohs’’, is very sharp and clear.

This calls for a little explanation, for the benefit of so many common people. First, the term BCE, Before the Common Era, has replaced BC, Before Christ.

As well, the title ‘’Pharaoh’’, is that of a ruler with almost absolute power. The first Egyptian Pharaoh came to power at about 3100 BCE, at the time of the unification of the country, that of Upper and Lower Egypt. This gave rise to that which scholars refer to as the ‘’Early Dynastic Period’’, in that other Dynasties followed. Those same scholars have also divided this time of rule, that of the Pharaohs, into several Periods. Yet all are agreed that the rule of the Pharaohs ended with the death by suicide, of Cleopatra, in the year 30 BCE. That also marked the beginning of Roman rule.

It is also customary to refer to the Egyptians, who lived under the rule of the Pharaoh’s, as ‘’Ancient Egyptians’’. May I suggest that a more accurate title is that of ‘’Dynastic Egyptians’’, as those who lived before the age of Pharaohs, can also be considered to be ‘’Ancient Egyptians’’. 

These advanced workers have produced a great many videos, concerning the pyramids, obelisks, statues and ruins of ancient Egypt, and compared them to the ruins of other ancient civilizations, in different parts of the world. The similarities are striking.

That being said, it is also important to note that certain of these videos are of questionable significance. Even though each announcer did their best, in producing each video, there are occasions when the end result was mere confusion. For that reason, I have carefully selected, and recommend, those which I consider to be among the best. 

Perhaps it would be best to start with the video titled, ‘’Out of Place Ancient Artifacts In the Cairo Museum In Egypt’’. 

The title of this video is somewhat misleading, as it is clear that the ‘’Ancient Artifacts’’, which the announcer considers to be ‘’Out of Place’’, within the ‘’Cairo Museum’’, are indeed most ‘’Ancient’’! Such artifacts are most properly displayed in the Cairo Museum! Along side the ‘’not so ancient’’ artifacts, which were created by the Dynastic Egyptians, so that the contrast is sharp and clear!

The video starts, within the Cairo Museum, with an examination of an ‘’Ancient Artifact’’, that of a ‘’giant, granite, unfinished box’’. 

The narrator is correct to refer to this container as an ‘’unfinished box’’, because that is precisely the case. Even though the ‘’mainstream archaeologists’’ always refer to such containers as a ‘’sarcophagus’’, another term for a coffin. Yet numerous such ‘’granite boxes’’ have been located within Egypt, while none have been known to be used as a a coffin! Bravo, announcer!

All such ‘’granite boxes’’, found within Egypt, have been carved from a single block of granite. This particular box was no exception. The only thing different, was the fact that the workmen made a mistake. The interior of the box was cut out perfectly, but the attempt to cut out a lid, from that same block of granite, resulted in a mistake, and the lid broke. This is not too surprising, as we all make mistakes. For that reason, the unfinished box was abandoned. 

The narrator is also correct, when he states that it includes signs of ‘’high technology’’, which includes ‘’saw marks’’. In particular, there were examples of ‘’two circular saws working, one on top, one on the bottom, obviously powered by some kind of machine, and rapidly cutting through this granite, which is seven out of ten, on the hardness scale, with diamond being ten’’.

For the benefit of those who do not generally work with stone, I will mention that there is something called the ‘’Moh scale’’, created as a means of measuring the hardness of different minerals. As the narrator mentioned, diamond has a hardness of 10, while hardened steel has a hardness of between 7 and 8. Granite has a hardness of 6 to 7, while copper and bronze come in around 3.

Allow me to stress the fact that it is simply not possible to cut into a block of granite, with a copper or bronze tool! Those were the only tools available to the ‘’Dynastic Egyptians’’! Attempts have been made to do just that, as a means of proving that such people were capable of fashioning granite boxes! All such attempts ended in abject failure! Such tools are simply too soft! These granite boxes were not created by the Dynastic Egyptians!

The narrator went on to state that, right next to this defective granite box, is a second granite box, complete with a ‘’different set of saw marks’’, possibly from a ‘’band saw, working at high speed, and that requires a diamond encrusted blade’’, which ‘’did not exist during Dynastic times, so we have to consider that these saw marks are from a much older civilization, that had high technology’’.  Excellent!

This was followed by an examination of a ‘’basalt box’’, which has a hardness of about 6. It too, was clearly made with ‘’advanced technology’’, by an earlier civilization, then ‘’recycled’’ by the Dynastic Egyptians, who were able to claim it as their own.

The narrator then proceeded to the second floor of the museum, and was struck by the fact that there were two sarcophagi, each ‘’ten foot long’’, or three meters. He was skeptical that people grew that large!

Such an attitude is understandable, but perhaps mistaken. As I have documented in previous articles, we are not the only species of human, currently living on this planet! The humans known as ‘’gigantopithecus’’, is also very much alive and well. They grow to a height of ‘’ten feet’’, or three meters. I refer to them as ‘’Giants’’. It is entirely possible that the mummified remains of these Giants is located within these sarcophagi. A simple DNA test would prove this, or disprove it. It is worth a shot, but not likely to happen. No doubt the mainstream scientists are dead set opposed to this. Perish forbid that I should be proven correct!

The next item on the ‘’hit parade’’, is the ‘’Enigmatic Schist Disk’’, so called because it appears to be made out of the mineral schist. Or not. No one seems to know the possible use of such a disk. Yet as it was found in an ancient tomb, it must have been held in high regard. After all, only such items were buried with the dead. 

Without doubt, it was meant to ‘’rotate and resonate’’, to ‘’vibrate’’. As it was found in pieces, and put back together as best the workers could, the original shape could have been slightly different. 

It is entirely possible that it was used in the process of ‘’melting stones’’, and forming different blocks. More on that subject later, in this article. 

This disk was found in a ‘’cache of thirty thousand to forty thousand turned, very hard stone bowls and plates, that could only have been made, using lathes of some kind’’. It is significant that many of these containers were made of granite!

Even the labels on these objects, states that they were likely from the ‘’Pre Dynastic or Archaic Period’’. 

The narrator is correct, when he states that these artifacts, including granite bowls, could have been created only on a machine powered lathe. Yet he neglected to mention that such a machine had to be powered by electricity!

This is followed by a display of hand crafted pottery, created during the Dynastic Period. The contrast is striking! The quality of workmanship is far inferior!

The narrator concluded that there was an earlier civilization, which existed possibly twelve thousand years ago, and was far superior to the Dynastic Egyptians. Not something the mainstream archaeologists want to hear!

This begs the question: What was the power source for these machines?

The answer to this question was revealed, in the excellent video, ‘’Pyramids Power Plant Theory – Proof and Experiments’’. The ‘’Great Pyramid of Gaza’’, one of the ‘’Seven Wonders of the Ancient World’’, was nothing other than an electrical generator! It used the Nile River to produce vast amounts of electricity!

The narrator also documented the fact that the ‘’Granite Sarcophagi’’ were also nothing other than giant batteries! 

The electrical power from these sources, was used to illuminate the underground labyrinths, to provide power to run lathes, as well as huge stone cutters. 

Truly, the idea that the pyramids were ‘’constructed as tombs’’, is ‘’completely ridiculous’’! They were electrical generators! We can learn from the ‘’Archaic Egyptians’’!

This brings us to a subject I merely touched upon, earlier in the article, that of ‘’melting stones’’. That is covered in another video, that of ‘’Mystery of Ancient ‘Knobs’ In Temples – Evidence of Stone Melting – Geopolymer Technology?’’

The video is set in Cambodia and India. The narrator points out that, on the walls of stone temples, certain stone blocks have a mysterious protrusion, called ‘’knobs’’, a ‘’projection like a door knob’’. Most stone blocks do not have these protrusions. Yet he pointed out that the stones which have such ‘’protrusions’’, also have plants growing out of them!

As he stated, in reference to the walls of the temples, ‘’This is all solid granite, huge blocks perfectly fit together, you cannot even insert a needle between these blocks, they look as though they are molded and assembled.’’ He further concluded that the stones with knobs were ‘’defective pieces from a mass manufacturing company’’! They are ‘’not only found in Cambodia and India, but also in Egypt, Peru, Turkey and almost all ancient megalithic sites’’.  

He went on to explain that these ‘’knobs’’ are called ‘’drops’’ in the field of casting. As he stated, ‘’When we melt some material and pour it into a die, sometimes if the material has not fully liquified, it forms a projection, technically known as ‘Drops’…. The ancients were melting and casting rocks, just as we form concrete blocks today. …Rocks were melted and some other ingredient was added. Plants grow only on stone blocks of ancient temples, probably because the rocks are softer than natural rocks….. Rocks melted, material added, into geo polymers…. Melting rocks a well known concept in Hinduism. Such priests say they were created artificially, man made stones, possible herbs which can soften or liquify stone. This allows for rock bending technology’’. 

Assuming that these huge rocks were ‘’melted and casted’’, as I suspect is the case, then without doubt, something was added to these rocks, in order to make them soft and malleable. Perhaps the best way to determine the exact chemical additive, is to take a sample of a block, one with plants growing out of it, and subject it to a proper analysis, in a laboratory.

There are other mysteries, although not quite so ancient. These are covered quite well in the video, ‘’10 Unsolved Mysteries of Ancient Rome’’. 

One of these ‘’Unsolved Mysteries’’ is that which is referred to as the ‘’Roman Dodecahedron’’, a ‘’geometrical shape with twelve faces’’. It also has ‘’tiny knobs on each outer edge’’, and ‘’holes of various sizes on each face’’. Over one hundred of these ‘’peculiar objects’’ have been found, all over Europe. Yet ‘’no one has any idea what they were used for’’, as there is ‘’no mention of such an item in any historical record’’. This has not stopped people from putting forward various suggestions, such as ‘’candle holders’’, to ‘’mere decorations’’.

As the Romans were both practical and not at all sentimental, these suggestions are not likely. I consider it far more likely that these were mere toys, used for gambling. This would explain the fact that they are not mentioned in the historical record. 

As is well known, all armies are plagued with the problem of boredom. This was especially true before the invention of the printing press, which helped to alleviate the problem, through the written word. Of course, the Romans had no access to this. Partly for that reason, they tended to relieve boredom with gambling, frequently with the use of dice.

The thieves of the time were not stupid. They noticed that dice were small, easily concealed and switched, with dice that were ‘’loaded’’. That is true to this day. 

It is very likely that the ‘’dodecahedron’’ was invented, as an alternative to a pair of dice. Much larger, not so easily concealed and switched, and with holes on each face, so that it was not so easy to ‘’load them’’. Possibly each face was numbered, in chalk, from 1 to 12, or in Roman numerals, from I to XII. Or perhaps these numbers were scratched into each face. If that is the case, then a few of those items should still have these marks on them. 

I mention this as an example of facing these ‘’Ancient Mysteries’’, on an individual basis. This is referred to as ‘’Eating the apple one bite at a time’’. This makes more sense than trying to solve all such mysteries at once.

Now to return to our investigation of Ancient Egyptian Technology. 

One of the finest videos is titled, ‘’The Pyramid, the Labyrinth, and the Underground Caches of Hawara’’. It documents the difficulties that these ‘’amateur archaeologists’’ are facing, as they challenge ‘’mainstream accepted’’ scientific theories, in the field of archaeology.

The video starts with a quote by an ancient Greek writer, by the name of Herodacus, the ‘’Father of Historians’’. As he stated, writing around 500 BCE:

‘’This I have actually seen. A work beyond words. For if anyone put together the building of the Greeks, and display of their labours, they would seem lesser, in both efforts and expense, to this Labyrinth. Even the pyramids are beyond words. Yet the Labyrinth surpasses even the pyramids.’’

Coming from a highly respected Greek historian, this is indeed ‘’high praise’’! 

He went on to describe a ‘’multi level structure called Labyrinth’’, one which contained ‘’three thousand rooms filled with hieroglyphs and paintings’’. Half of these rooms were underground!

Other ancient travellers support this description, at least of the above ground structures. These include such highly respected sources as Strabo and Pliny. 

If true, then this structure would qualify as the ‘’Eighth Wonder of the Ancient World’’! Yet no trace of this Labyrinth has ever been found. Or at least, not until now!

Modern day amateur archaeologists are convinced that the above ground structure has been destroyed and ‘’scavenged’’, the material used by successive generations, in order to construct new buildings. They are also convinced that the underground structures are still intact! 

In 2008, a professional team of geo physicists, equipped with ground penetrating radar, conducted a survey, in that area. As a result of that survey, they concluded that there is a strong possibility that the Labyrinth may still exist. Their results were published in the ‘’National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics’’, under the title of ‘’Geophysical Studies of Hawara Pyramid Area’’. 

This could well have led to a major scientific breakthrough. The existence of the Labyrinth could have been proven! The Egyptian authorities were quick to ‘’express their appreciation’’, so to speak. In fact, the Supreme Council of Antiquities ordered them to ‘’stop communicating’’ those results, or face ‘’sanctions’’, from the ‘’Egyptian National Security’’. Gratitude!

This unfortunate response, to scientific research which challenges mainstream scientific theories, is not exceptional. It is typical. Also reactionary! All too many leaders, of all too many countries, are determined to ‘’Maintain the status quo’’, to make sure that ‘’Nothing changes’’, that everything ‘’Stays precisely the way it is’’. ‘’The text books have been written, and they are to stay written, as is’’!

This is not to say that the leaders of these countries are completely reactionary. In scientific jargon, we say that these leaders, who oppose such challenges, ‘’have certain reactionary features’’. 

As I have documented in previous writings, this is precisely the attitude which has led to the collapse of numerous previous civilizations. Not that it is about to lead to the collapse of our civilization, as our civilization is the one and only civilization, to have experienced an industrial revolution.

That industrial revolution gave birth to two new, revolutionary classes. On the one hand, there was the capitalist class, the bourgeois. On the other hand, as no class can exist in isolation, there was also the working class, the proletariat.

Yet that changed dramatically, at around the beginning of the twentieth century. At that time, capitalism reached the stage of monopoly. The age of revolutionary competitive capitalism was over. The age of reactionary monopoly capitalism began. That is our current situation. 

At the same time, the working class, the proletariat, has become ever more revolutionary. 

It was Marx who conducted a scientific examination of capitalism, and proved that it would, of necessity, lead to a state of Scientific Socialism, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. That is the reason our civilization will not collapse, as have all previous civilizations. 

With that in mind, may I suggest that members of the revolutionary working class, the proletariat, take part in the formation of a broad based, Archaeological Society. May I further recommend that it be International, open to amateur as well as professionals, both scholars and scientists. There is strength in numbers!

The Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities may be able to threaten individuals with ‘’sanctions’’, but not a whole Society! The country relies heavily on tourism! Such a threat would damage the tourist industry!

The preceding was a mere sample of the ‘’Mainstream Archaeological’’ theories, being challenged by working people. These people deserve our support. After all, we can learn a great deal from the ‘’Ancients’’. 

Allow me to stress the fact that the most important thing, is the training these workers are receiving, in the class struggle. And it most definitely is a class struggle! After all, the governments of all capitalist countries, are in the service of the capitalists. 

This training will serve them well, at the time of the insurrection, as well as after the revolution, when they are placed in positions of authority. Bear in mind that the most advanced workers will be placed in such positions.

As the monopoly capitalists, the bourgeoisie, are determined to strengthen their rule, thus further impoverishing the working class, the proletariat, it is clear that the working class may soon have no choice but to rise up in insurrection. 

Scientific Socialism, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, may indeed be closer than we had anticipated.