As I write this, it is now late February, and true to his word, Trump has wasted no time in implementing his completely reactionary agenda, that of Project 2025. He is being assisted in this less than noble objective, by his ‘’Lord and Master’’, Elon Musk. It is Musk who pulls the strings, and Trump ‘’dances to his tune’’. It is safe to say that Trump is the finest Stooge, since Curly Howard!
The federal agencies in Washington, continue to be devastated by the ‘’Trump-Musk purges’’. The military has been hard hit lately, with the firings of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, along with several other high ranking generals, as well as all three JAG commanders.
JAG stands for Judge Advocate General, and they are the ‘’top lawyers’’ for the Army, Navy and Air Force. Their main duty is to advise the military officials, concerning the legalities of ‘’military actions’’. As far as Trump is concerned, it is really quite simple: If he gives the order, it is legal, and must be carried out!
Yet the opposition to the ‘’Trump-Musk coalition’’, as well as the ‘’Oligarchy’’, is growing, becoming stronger daily. The working people are looking for leaders, and Bernie Sanders, the ‘’Independent Senator from Vermont’’, the self described ‘’Independent Socialist’’, is ‘’rising to the occasion’’.
In an address to Congress, posted on the internet, under the title, ‘’No God Kings Will Rule In America’’, Sanders gave a remarkable speech. As it is so important, I have chosen to reproduce it here:
‘’Future generations will look back at this moment, what we do right now, and remember whether we had the courage to defend our democracy, against the growing threats of Oligarchy, and authoritarianism. Elon Musk, the wealthiest man on the planet, is attempting to dismantle major agencies of the federal government, which are designed to protect the needs of working families and the disadvantaged.
‘’These agencies were created by the US Congress. and it is Congress’s responsibility to maintain them, to reform them, or to end them. It is not Mr. Musk’s responsibility. They will remember whether we stood with President Abraham Lincoln, at Gettysburg, who in 1863, looking out over a battle field where thousands of people had died…in the fight against slavery, and he stated that, ’this nation under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that a government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth’.
‘’Do we stand with Lincoln’s vision of America, or do we sit idly by and allow this country to move into a new vision, and that is a government of the billionaire class, by the billionaire class, for the billionaire class…
‘’But it is not just Oligarchy that we should be concerned about. Not just the reality that today, three people own more wealth than the bottom half of American society. A hundred and seventy million. Three people have more wealth than the bottom 170 million. It is not just that the gap between the very very rich and everyone else is growing wider ….more income and wealth inequity today than we have ever had …We are moving under Trump towards authoritarianism. More and more power resting in fewer and fewer hands…
‘’Elon Musk, the wealthiest man on the planet, is attempting to dismantle major agencies, of the federal government, which are designed to protect the needs of working families and the disadvantaged. These agencies were created by the US Congress, and it is Congress’s responsibility to maintain them, to reform them or to end them. It is not Mr. Musk’s responsibility. What Mr. Musk is doing is patently illegal, and Unconstitutional and must be ended. …
‘’President Trump attempted to suspend all federal grants and loans, an outrageous and clearly Unconstitutional act… under the Constitution…the President can recommend legislation, he can support legislation, he can veto legislation, but he does not have the power to unilaterally terminate funding passed by the Congress…
‘’It is Congress, the House and the Senate, who control the purse strings, but in this move towards authoritarianism, it is not just the Congress that is being attacked, it is our judiciary…
‘’The Vice President…. said that ‘judges are not allowed to control the executives legitimate power’. …One of the major functions of the federal courts, is to interpret our Constitution, and when appropriate, serve as a check on the Unconstitutional power of the executive. …
‘’Mr. Musk meanwhile, has proposed, ‘that the worst one percent of appointed judges, be fired every year’, and he demanded the impeachment of judges that have blocked him from accessing sensitive Treasury Department files. No doubt, under Mr Musk’s rule, it will be him and his billionaire friends who determine who the worst judges are….you do not impeach judges who rule against you here in the US…
‘’Under the Constitution, we have a separation of powers, brilliantly crafted by the founding fathers of this country, in the 1770’s….an executive branch, a legislative branch, and a judiciary …Mr. Trump and his friends are not just trying to undermine two of the three pillars of our Constitutional government, the Congress and the courts, they are also going after the media. …cannot have a functioning democracy, …without an independent press. …’’
(This was followed by a list of major media news outlets which Trump has recently sued, using the power of his presidential office)
‘’The President, using his incredible power and the power of his agencies, to go after media in this country, who are saying and doing things he doesn’t like. …Time to ask a simple question….What do Mr Trump and Mr Musk and their fellow billionaires, really want? …their endgame? their goal?…It is exactly what ruling classes through out history, have always wanted, and have always believed to be their right ..more power for themselves, more control for themselves, more wealth …they are determined to not allow democracy, and the rule of law to get in their way …the needs, the concerns, the pain, the ideas, the dreams, of ordinary people are simply an impediment, to what they the Oligarchs are entitled to. They actually believe this!’’
(Sanders then went on to explain that, before the American Revolution of 1776, the ruling class of British nobility, believed that they had the ‘’divine right of kings, appointed by God, not to be questioned by mere mortals’’ )
‘’Now we have an ideology…that a very wealthy group of people …their absolute right to rule …Oligarchs of today are our modern day kings … their greed has no end’’
(Sanders then listed the three richest men in the country, each of whom is worth several hundred billion dollars. It is clearly his opinion that these three multi billionaires form that which he refers to as the ‘’Oligarchy’’. He also maintains that their wealth is equivalent to the ‘’bottom half of American society, that of one hundred seventy million people’’. He went on to state that their wealth has soared dramatically, since the November election of Trump)
‘’Meanwhile, 60 percent of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, 85 Million are uninsured for medical, 25 percent of seniors are trying to survive on 15 thousand a year or less, 800 thousand are homeless, and we have the highest rate of childhood poverty of almost any major country on earth, and real inflation adjusted wages for the average American worker has not gone up in fifty years.’’
In my opinion, Sanders has ‘’hit the nail right on the head’’! He has provided us with a detailed, accurate description of the current situation in America. It is not a pretty sight!
As a result of this rather ‘’grim situation’’, a ‘’mass movement’’ has taken place, or a ‘’grass roots, popular uprising’’, to phrase it in popular terms. The people taking part in this movement, are looking to Sanders for leadership. They want him to tell them what to do. This is documented quite well, in a video titled, ‘’Massive Crowds Show Up For Bernie Sanders In Trump States’’.
At the start of the video, the narrator points out that a great many Americans are feeling ‘’aimless’’, somewhat ‘’frustrated with the Trump administration’’, and the ‘’Democratic Party is not doing a whole lot to fight back against it’’.
That is putting it most politely! In fact, the Democratic Party is clearly ‘’in cahoots’’ with the Republican Party! Both Parties serve the same class of monopoly capitalists, the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie. As the class of monopoly capitalists has determined to change their method of rule, from that of a democratic republic, to that of an Oligarchy, both mainstream political parties have determined to submit, to the will of their political masters. This despite the fact that the Oligarchy plans to abolish both mainstream political parties! Both Republican and Democratic Parties, are now ‘’falling on their swords’’! Sacrificing themselves, out of love for the monopoly capitalists!
The narrator then went on to point out the fact that there is no election campaign, yet a great many people are showing up, for the Sanders ‘’Fight the Oligarchy Tour’’. As Sanders phrases it, on his posters, ‘’Together we must say NO to oligarchy, NO to authoritarianism, NO to massive cuts in Medicaid and NO to huge tax breaks to billionaires’’.
An excellent idea! But just how do we achieve those most noble objectives?
As Sanders stated, in one of his town hall meetings, ‘’Trumpism will not be defeated by politicians inside the DC Beltway. That is not going to happen. It will be defeated by millions of Americans ….all over this country, who come together, at a grass roots level…in a movement that says no to Oligarchy, no to authoritarianism, no to kleptocracy, no massive cuts to programs, that the working class desperately needs, and no to huge tax breaks for the billionaires and the one percent.’’
Sanders certainly has a point there! He sounds very much like a Scientific Socialist! A true Marxist! A Communist! Yet with his next statement, he reverted to his true, middle class, Utopian Socialism, nature.
The course of action, recommended by Sanders? That the voters, within Congressional Districts controlled by Republican Members of Congress, apply pressure, to their Member of Congress, to vote against these tax breaks!
As if that is about to do a world of good! Both mainstream political parties have resigned themselves to their fate, to that of being abolished, as the Oligarchy takes power. So no Member of Congress can be threatened with removal from office, as that office is about to be abolished! An empty threat!
Senator Bernie Sanders is a very intelligent man. He is a highly respected leader of the working people, a Member of the Democratic Socialists of America, DSA, and well aware of the plan, of the Oligarchs, to abolish the democratic republic. As he stated, the Oligarchs are not about to ‘’allow the rule of law to get in their way’’. He even compared them to the monarchs of yesteryear, including the British nobility, which formerly ruled the American colonies. Absolutely correct!
Yet in order to stop the Oligarchy, Sanders is suggesting a strictly legal, non violent course of action. As if that is about to impress the Oligarchy! As far as they are concerned, laws are made to be broken!
The proper approach, is to combine legal and illegal action, while not ruling out violence. As well as the legal action, recommended by Sanders, may I suggest a legal challenge to the 2024 Presidential election, on the grounds that it was Unconstitutional, in direct violation of the Twelfth Amendment. A Supreme Court ruling, to that effect, would remove both Trump and Vance from office.
At the same time, on the ‘’illegal front’’, so to speak, preparations must be intensified, for the approaching Insurrection. The Oligarchy is determined to seize power, is in the process of seizing power, with no regard for legalities, as they think that they have the ‘’divine right to rule’’! A mere Supreme Court decision is not about to impress them!
With that in mind, may I suggest further training, arming and equipping of Councils, as I have outlined in previous articles. In secret, of course, as far as possible. Part of that training may involve the study of the key works of Marxism, such as the Communist Manifesto, State and Revolution, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, What Is To Be Done?, and Left Wing Communism, An Infantile Disorder.
In conclusion, we can say that the monopoly capitalists, the multi billionaires, the bourgeoisie, have decided to change their method of rule, from that of a democratic republic, to a straight forward dictatorship, in the form of an Oligarchy. This involves abolishing the legislative and judicial branches of government, which is to say, both the Senate and House of Representatives, as well as all courts. Further, both mainstream political parties have agreed to this. They are surrendering their power to the Oligarchy.
The common people, by whom I mean the workers and family farmers, must be made aware of this. They must be encouraged to become politically active, as experience is such a fine teacher. Take the advice of Sanders, all of which is perfectly legal, and see what happens. No change!
At the same time, consider the revolutionary works of Marx and Lenin. These are readily available on the internet, even in audio form. This is to drive home the fact that the existing state apparatus must be smashed, at the time of the Insurrection, and replaced with a new state apparatus, in the form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, in order to crush the multi billionaires. Rest assured, after the successful socialist revolution, they will make every effort to return to power.
The future lies with Scientific Socialism, in the form of Councils, exercising power through the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. Now the common people have to be made aware of this.
Gerald McIsaac
Gerald McIsaac Science Project 