Yo

Well, havent posted in awhile, was bored on the computer, thought, might as well. welp this is my last term at college, and it needs to hurry the hell up, flunk day is almost assuredly monday, may day,and my birthday are coming up. wow that was a rant, welp got a test tomorrow, and im smoking some chron, peace.

11:19 PM - 0 Comments - 0 Kudos - Add Comment

Fuck society
Current mood: fuck it all

Ive been thinking a lot lately, something which the government wishes id rather not do, and decided to rant on some things. First of all Fuck this country. Im not saying fuck all countries because i havent lived in them, but i bet they are similar. Fuck societies norms, we are told what we can and cannot do, government was said to be for the people, it sure as fuck isnt in this country, a small handful of rich elites controlling what i can do, say, believe, or inhale, fuck that. I will smoke whatever the fuck i please, the government has NO say in what i do. the only maxim that should be used in deciding the "rights" of people are whether it hurts others, if you are not affecting others, do WHAT YOU WANT! dont let the government decide that for you, It is a fucking plant, its a flower we are smoking, it is one of the LEAST harmful substances humans consume, Fast food is worse for you. How can they make a plant illegal? Its a fucking plant, you dont own a plant and tell me that i cant interact with the natural environment, tell me that i cant do something just because you said so, fuck you. George bush and dick cheney deserve to rot in hell, if there existed such a place, they are no less than profit hungry capitalists who know nothing about how to run a country The laws are not meant to protect us, they are meant to PROTECT THEM FROM US! fucking pollution killing people because companies dont want to lose miniscule profits, Wars killing kids, Wars killing everyone, because we want more oil, fuck that. War with Iran, jesus christ, what fucking idiots running this country. I may seem like a small thorn in the side of the giant, but this thorn wont be gotten rid of so easily. Ill do what i please. This shit could probably be shut down as myspace is owned by Fox and mr idiot murdock, hes not a fan of free speech, so its to be expected. Egoist motherfuckers, shit just sucks, this is my rant.

2:06 PM - 0 Comments - 0 Kudos - Add Comment

Might as well

Ive been really procrastinating lately, in terms of school work, eh chief running water, gets the job done better. Anyways Ive been listening to desmond dekkers "israelites" album and its pretty damn good, i suggest you all to check it out. Well i saw a recent study that there was no link between marijuana and lung cancer. Also that thc in some instances can prevent cancer, as it kills off the aging, cancerous cells.

interesting eh, well gotta go for now, peace

Currently listening : Israelites: Best of Desmond Dekker By Desmond Dekker Release date: 24 September, 2002

11:09 PM - 0 Comments - 0 Kudos - Add Comment

Back Already

Yes i know this really soon to be posting another blog but what can you do. A couple things, First of all the USSR, again. People need to understand what happened and what didnt. First what DIDNT happen, a communist revolution, socialism, uprising of the working class, or communism. what Did happen, using the name "communism" to rally support of the masses while doing Nothing to make communism actually happen, petty-bourgeois socialism, whats easier than taking from the people, when you speak in their language? what else did happen? a betrayal of the revolution, the Democratic revolution, one and Lenin DID note this, that was striving for capitalism. He knew that you cant skip from feudalism to socialism, when analyzing the realities of the current situation, and the need for the workers themselves to fight for socialism, it isnt rocket science to see that the USRR NEVER embodied socialism or communism. It embodied a failure of petty-bourgeois thought that tried to coop socialism for its benefit. I recomend reading this piece  Hekmat-Marxism and The World Today
Now Im not saying i agree with all his positions are anything like that, in fact i havent read enough of hekmat to come to any conclusions, but he really does explain what happened in China and the USSR, well.

In other news, Its friday, and I have tons of shit to do this term, and am not looking forward to it. Oh ya, I would just like to put an offer up that if you have any questions, qualms, comments etc, either post them here, or if you are interested in understanding communism, what communism really is, i welcome emails, if you want to know what you can do to stop the capitalist onslaught on your livelehood, give me an email or message me here and we can go from there.

There is no reason in particular i thought to write this, but supposed college students, ones that have nearly all the resources they could want at their disposal still cant tell apples from oranges. In fact talking to people, ones with supposed "less education" than elitist, arrogant college students, you find out that they know what they want, and they know more than a lot of college kids, maybe not organic chemistry, but in terms of whats happening around them, and to them. give us more credit, we arent stupid, we dont need any leaders, to lead us out of the abyss, we are doing it on our own, and you are NOT welcome to join us, you are a degenerating element in working class politics and liberation. and if for any moment you join the movement, you will have no say, and its only a matter of time till you are thrown to the dump.

This may sound harsh, but the primary reason of the failure of socialist movements, and their lack of a huge unified movement, is the presence of the petty-bourgeois and their thought. Look at the SWP,RCP,CP-usa, all run by petty-bourgeois elitist who know nothing of the concrete situation workers face, nor will ever, unless their positions of power are smashed. Many organizations are taking the proletarian only policy, and thats how it should be, they upper classes know nothing of what the working class go through or what they do, attack us how you will, but you will never stop the tide of working class liberation

end.

Currently listening : Sandinista! By The Clash Release date: 25 January, 2000

2:32 PM - 0 Comments - 0 Kudos - Add Comment

So much shit
Current mood: aggravated

Well, you may be wondering, why post a blog after all this time. well, why not. There has been so much going on. this is my senior year of college, and its hectic as shit. All i know is that, i want to put my degree into defence of my class, the working class. I would like to do something along the lines of the environment if i could. I see myself at this school, full of petty-bourgeois know it all pricks, and i cant help but wonder, why the hell is such a elitist school right smack dab in the of this city, where the median income is barely 30 grand. and the last below the poverty line statistic i saw was 13%, yes 13%, what the fuck. People get too fed up with words to actually realize what is going on. oh Bush is good, the economy is improving, capitalism provides for all, except the lazy bums, Bullshit! That is all bullshit, capitalism only provides for the rich, egotistical bastards who sit in their offices devoid of any contact with the people. They are doing it for themselves and noone else. Its a job, just like the presidency, except that job affects everyone in this world, especially seeing that its the US. They are getting paid to oppress us, from OUR money, its completely idiotic. what a great system we have here, not only do our institutions, beliefs, social norms of this country blow, but we have to pay them to continue.
          Another thing which i have to say, and will beat it into the bush until people understand. why do you insist on holding onto the American Dream in America, and why do you insist on believing all the bullshit that gets fed to you. I have looked into this further, and have some conclusions on it, but would just like to know why people dont generally think on their own. Take my school for example, the pro-capitalist students, dems and reps, constitute nearly the whole school, except me. There is a huge library where you can access almost any literary journal or newspaper, and see for yourself the shit we are being fed. Countless books on the violence and oppression capitalism causes, just put the two and two together. the iraq war goes simply beyond being for or against, it gets down to the class issue, the poor,workers are being brainwashed into fighting the battles of our petty leaders. They are doing the fighting while Bush and co. in the white house are drinking Crystal and eating filet mignon. why the fuck is it like this? People can take control of society, it is our society, not theirs, their power is fleeting, they are nothing more than figureheads for something they wish they had. We have the real power, we just havent realized it yet. Imagine if those 500,000 people at the recent January 27th protest actually stormed the white house, would they start open shooting? doubt it, granted a riot would most likely ensue, but was does 2,000 law enforcement at most have against half a million pissed off protestors? nothing, they would be crushed beneath the shoes of the people. They would be crushed defending a lost cause.
       If communism is supposedly "dead" then why is it necessary to continue the suppression of communists, this is happening worldwide, and it most definitely is happening in America modern day. when someone comes out, and lets people know he/she is a communist, they are shunned, humiliated, confronted, and "exposed" as traitors, why the big fuss, if communism is dead? Something that is dead cannot come back to life. there is no afterlife. You want to know the reason? Its because Communism is NOT dead. nor will it be until it is fulfilled and thus rendered useless. Friedman and the rest of the capitalist naysayers, say that free market capitalism is the last stage in history, how delightfully arrogant. As capitalism lives on, so will the resistance, it is increasing, exponentially, I have seen more communist activity in the past two years than i have before that. we are becoming stronger and stronger. communism is not about some power hungry dictator, in fact if thats what you are scared off, look at your own government. No, it is not about a state or totalitarianism, it is about the people, the people as whole, it is about making a society that makes sense, about putting in the hands of the people what is rightfully theres, their labor, and creative activites, under capitalism both are taken from the workers, they control the minds and the labor. and they will only have my labor until the days of oppression are over. I dont wanna hear the ignorant bullshit about how stalin, or mao implemented communism, its been historically proven wrong. im sorry, but if you think that, you might want to pick up a book sometime, you know, you can get those in those buildings that say "library". The best ive heard it so far, is that Stalin was to Communism as Bush is to Democracy. In any movement, leaders will arise and sway the minds of the public to get what they want. Stalin saw this and took advantage of it, the cost? millions of people hating communism. The newer generations are equiped with not growing up in those foolish times of mcCarthyism and the cold war, they dont have focus on the past events like others do, they have the ability to transform everything. What is stopping us? well for starters communication and unity. A problem that literally tears the socialist movement apart is the use of the petty-bourgeois elites that run such parties as the RCP, Sparts, ,SWP, etc.. and the armchair liberals of the Cp-USA,ISO SP-USA(granted i had some great comrades in the SP) and others. when you separate the working class, you stall their unity. If we didnt have the "professional" scum to ruin our movement, we would have a Huge movement. It is up to us to uncover the lies of these intellectuals and work for communism, for us, for our class, for the workingclass, we do NOT need them to make this happen. they'll have us think that only elites and intellectuals can bring this about, the the workers are too stupid or lazy. Well you are being proven wrong. I got into this petty-bourgeois elitist, private college, with nothing but a good essay and a shit ton of loans. I had no money out of pocket to pay for school. if it just so happened that i didnt get loans, I would still be working at walgreens or some other retail disaster. but no, i got in, and am not surprised by the atmosphere, the drinking problem at this school is beyond control, idiots drinking their lives away and for what? to be cool or something? This school, nay, this country, the people need to wake up and see that shit is actually shit, that it serves no purpose for us, it only serves to benefit the few? oh but the Democrats are resisting, Ha, giving me a hernia, the democrats, i would argue betray the working class even more than the republicans. The republicans are known as a party of the rich, upper class, stating their personal aims openly, whilst the democrats trying to take their jobs, appease the workers, offer them miniscule crumbs and hope to get their vote. The republicans blatantly lie to us, the democrats hide it, they are no better. There is NO democracy, the parties only differ on execution, they both want the same thing, capitalism, riches for themselves on the backs of the workers. Pelosi? haha she is nothing but soapbox troll of the capitalist class and the republicans. a new democratic majority, what does that mean for me and the rest of my class? nothing, it means a different style of doing the same thing, robbing of the working class. they are forestalling the inevitible, they cant do that forever. and when it comes, they will realize drastically how they fucked up everything and will never, ever be able to make it up

Currently listening : Super Black Market Clash By The Clash Release date: 25 January, 2000

3:30 PM - 0 Comments - 0 Kudos - Add Comment

Its been a damn long time
Current mood: thirsty

This is the first time ive been on myspace in months, damn same ol' garbage that i remember. anyways Ive been still active politically to all you conservatives, so go suck a wang, secondly at the beginning of summer i had three jobs, i worked at two different walgreens stores and an animal shelter. oh by the way fuck that animal shelter, if you wanna know ask. So now that job and one of the hallmark jobs is over, im just working at a walgreens right down the street from my house, I stock somedays, cashier, and work in fuckin cosmetics, which in fact is what im doing tomorrow. Im the beauty advisor for that day, your damn right. well aside from the rambling i dont really have much to say than, school sucks ass, and I cant wait to sleep through my statistics classes

oh and by the way.... Fuck Israel...

that is all

Currently reading : The Collapse of the Third Republic: An Inquiry into the Fall of France in 1940 By William L. Shirer Release date: April, 1994

9:45 PM - 1 Comments - 1 Kudos - Add Comment

Outsourcing:Where to Stand
Current mood: Contemplating

A large problem facing Americas labor in the 21st century is outsourcing. The capitalists in their seemingly never ending drive for profit seek the lowest costs of production, as to maximize their competitive edge. Since labor is one of them, they must find ways to lower the costs of that as well. We recognize that outsourcing is a process that stems from the nature of capitalist production.. In seeking to find the lowest costs available the capitalists are taken to the far off corners of the world finding the cheapest labor possible. This can also be seen as immigrant labor, anti-union measures, downsizing, but here we are most concerned with outsourcing. By analyzing the dynamic relationships between Labor and Capital we understand that this is just one of the ways capitalists use their bargaining power. The reasons for outsourcing can are mentioned above, but a main reason it continues is because of thee lack of unity of labor. In order to keep the bargaining power of the workers low, the system propagates internal feuds between the workers, which can be seen in the Buy American or pointing the blame at foreign workers for taking their jobs. These direct the problem in the wrong direction, and to be able to successfully counter these claims, the ideological waste of the petty-bourgeois trade union managers must be countered. We are pointing our fingers the wrong way when we blame foreign workers for taking our jobs, if blame is to be cast it must be cast at those employing that cheap labor. They dont have standards of human dignity or of labor regulations, and would rather make a cheap buck, bring harm to both domestic and foreign workers, then maybe loose a couple percent in that quarter. Yet we must remember that the process of lowering costs is a natural outcome of capitalist competition, when domestic workers no longer cut it. Capitalists love to push competition between the workers as it takes the blame off of them so they can more easily manipulate us. It is competition between the workers, each looking to make a living for themselves and feed their family, and due to this competition and the limited jobs the workers lower the wage they are willing to work for to make it easier for them to get a job(as the labor costs are lowered without a cut in production). The movement of businesses across national borders supplements their drive for profit. In areas that dont have organized labor, is labor that is easily exploited. The fight is not one between nationalities but instead a fight between Capital and Labor. In order to alleviate this outsourcing there needs to be a broader unity of labor. Instead of saying Buy American our voices should be shouting Buy Fair. Only with the unity of Labor all across the globe can enough pressure be put on companies, giving them nowhere to run. Only with the Unity of Labor can a better society be made for all.

Currently listening : The Clash By The Clash Release date: 25 January, 2000

10:03 PM - 3 Comments - 2 Kudos - Add Comment

League Bulletin .2: From Political Power to Political Protest
Current mood: high

An Open Letter to All Democratic Forces

Brothers and sisters! The Communist League extends greetings to you in this time of great peril. We have authored this letter in the hopes of opening a dialogue with you that can lead to positive and substantive steps forward in the struggles we all wage.
     Like you, we have seen over the last period a fundamental shift to the right in the politics of the ruling classes of the United States. The fact that the corporatists and neoconservatives were successful in maintaining their hold on the levers of state power through the massive disenfranchisement of African American and working-class voters, while the supposed opposition party either capitulated to them or put on a show for the cameras, is just one of many indicators of this shift.
     The capitalists, of course, would like you to think that this shift was a result of popular support and a mandate for attacks on democratic and civil rights, for war and genocide, and for the destruction of living standards and the environment. On the contrary, the only mandate the current regime received in the last election was from the capitalists themselves. Apart from that shift, the people of this country remain as polarized as they were four years ago.
     Many of you will be reading this letter during the course of events organized to allow people to express their outrage and disgust at the actions of the corporatist Bush regime in Washington. Some of you have traveled hundreds or thousands of miles to be a part of these protests, and we salute all of you for your courage and dedication to the principles of democracy, peace and social justice.
     But these events also raise important questions that none of us can afford to ignore. What do we do after these events are over? What are the next steps to take after we have marched as far as we can and protested everything we can? Where do we go from here? Now what?

Like many of you, members of the League have been active for a long time in the struggles for peace, democracy, jobs and liberation. We have, from the beginning, been a part of them wherever we are. We have worked alongside you and have shared your experiences. And, at every twist and turn, these questions seem to be asked by someone.
     There is a reason for this: These questions represent the desire of people, especially working people, to step forward and move beyond the status quo. They represent the door that separates where we are now and where we can be; they represent what we are now, what we can be and what we can achieve in the process. This is why they are, at once, the most exciting questions to explore and the most challenging to answer.
     In the view of the League, these questions are central to advancing our common struggles. Concretely, they represent the move from political protest to political power, because the central task that is left to us after a march or other similar event is sustaining and building on our previous work. Thus, in our view, to fulfill our common tasks, and to sustain any movement meant to bring about positive change in society, requires that we organize ourselves for the work ahead.
     Organization can take on many forms. In a movement such as the fledgling democratic movement in the United States, no one single organizational form can contain all of the varying viewpoints. For sure, we can come together in a common united front based on such basic agreement and slogans as, Repeal the USA-PATRIOT Act, or, Abolish the Electoral College. But this is not what we mean by organization.
     Many of you are already a part of an organization: a political party of some kind; a labor union; a community action or advocacy group; etc. These kinds of organizations can play a key role in the struggles ahead, but most of them are not designed to handle the tasks facing us. Labor unions and community groups, for example, are organizations designed for specific tasks that are generally economic, social or cultural in character, and are not meant to be used as political vehicles.
     A political party, on the other hand is the best equipped to handle these tasks. All of our struggles, to one degree or another, are political struggles; in order to win what we seek, we have to change the political landscape, starting with the government. The fact that we come to Washington to make our voices heard is a testament to that fact. But what about the political parties that exist today? Are any of them capable of being one of the kinds of organization needed?

Certainly, the political organization that most of you identify with is the Democratic Party. In fact, some of you may be involved in these events because of the efforts of grassroots Democratic activists or one of the progressive caucuses in that party. But, the question to ask yourself is: Would these Democratic Party activists have lifted a finger to organize if the partisan aspect of recent events did not exist? That is, would the Democrats have helped to organize this event if they did not feel that their partys candidate was robbed?
     In our view, the answer is that most, if not all, of them would not have bothered. That fact alone tells us that the Democratic Party cannot be an organizational vehicle for the democratic movement. On the other hand, the Democratic Party does find itself represented in our movement; the liberal-democratic wing of our movement is composed of self-identified Democrats. This fact cannot be ignored, and we cannot afford to ignore these brothers and sisters even if we see their party as part of the reason why we are in this situation.
     Other political parties, too, are in our movement. Most of these parties make up the bulk of the leftwing third parties that run in elections. They range from left-populists like the Green Party to self-described revolutionary and democratic socialist organizations. For the most part, these organizations, along with smaller locally based groups of activists, make up the radical-democratic wing of the movement. Even though, generally speaking, their principles and programs are as varied as they are similar, their viewpoint on the questions of democracy and political change more or less fall into a common category.
     We, along with other working peoples organizations and groups, are a part of the third category in this movement: the revolutionary-democratic wing.
     What separates these three wings of the movement? Generally speaking, the three sections of the movement are defined by their views on democracy itself. The liberal-democratic wing, for example, seeks to merely restore the limited (bourgeois) democracy that existed in the U.S. prior to the theft of the 2000 election. Some of their more forward-thinking elements might entertain ideas about specific reforms to the Constitution or the political system in general. For the most part, however, they prefer to keep things as they are (or, more precisely, as they were).
     The radical-democratic wing of the movement seeks a democracy that is grounded on the same foundation as the existing system, but with some extensive democratic reforms. This radical democratism takes two forms: either a radical populism that is meant to put a compassionate face on exploitation, or a disjointed radicalism that advocates a classless, pure democracy dressed in revolutionary phraseology.
     The revolutionary-democratic wing, on the other hand, advocates an advanced democracy that changes not only the forms but also the content of democracy itself. The advocates of revolutionary democracy, such as our League, step forward with a platform that, taken together, poses the inevitable question: Which class shall rule workers or capitalists?

Each of these wings of the movement also corresponds to the consciousness and outlook of one of the three main classes in modern society: the ruling capitalist class; the petty-bourgeois middle class; and, the working class. Each class comes to the democratic movement with their own worldview, principles and program. Which of these prevail in the movement, however, depends on those who take part in it. In other words, you decide what kind of democracy for which the movement fights.
     As communists, as working people dedicated to real revolutionary democratic change, our view is based on the understanding that, in this period of history, real democratic functioning cannot be secured or extended within the restraints of the capitalist system, or by the capitalists acting on behalf of the people. Capitalisms totalitarian control of the economy is now being duplicated in all other aspects of society, including in the sphere of politics. In our view, it is not a coincidence that governments like the Bush regime are full of former CEOs and their professional consultants.
     This is a key difference between revolutionary democrats and all others: we do not believe that a full and generous democratic system can be established in the arena of politics as long as dictatorship and oligarchy are preserved in the arena of economics, culture and social relations.
     Many of those in the radical-democratic wing of our movement will argue against monopoly and economic oligarchy. They will argue that the problem of economic dictatorship can be resolved through the breakup of large corporations and large-scale industry, and the creation of a decentralized economy. They may even present this (combined with nationalization of certain industries) as some kind of socialism. The problem is that simply breaking up industries only turns back the clock on economic development; the tendency toward more centralized economic forms is a necessity in a worldwide economy.
     Moreover, this kind of decentralized system does not do one thing to improve the position of working people. On the contrary, when large corporations break up and become a number of smaller, competing companies, the cost of that competition comes directly from the working class itself: wage cuts; unionbusting; loss of benefits; intensified productivity (speedups); etc.
     Radical petty bourgeois democrats may offer a system that is more democratic by degrees a system that would be more of a step forward than what exists today but it would not resolve the fundamental problems facing the working-class majority of society.

There is little doubt, in our view, that there are many thousands in all wings of the democratic movement that want more than mere piecemeal, cosmetic reform. They, like we, want real, lasting change; they, like we, want to move forward, not backward.
     Working people in the United States are becoming less and less afraid of the idea of revolution. That should not surprise anyone, especially people in this country. Revolution is part of the blood and bone of U.S. history; the U.S. was born of and advanced through revolution, and can only move forward in the same way.
     This is the key to moving from political protest to political power. What we need to decide is what specific steps we want to take to get there.
     The Communist League calls for the convocation of a Continental Congress (or Constitutional Convention) to establish a new, third republic in the United States. A Continental Congress is the highest expression of the aspirations and demands of the democratic movement. It represents, in organizational form, the goals and views of our movement for democracy and democratic change.
     A Continental Congress would be charged with the task of either amending the current Constitution or drawing up a new one. It would elect an interim government to serve in between the close of the Congress and new, democratic elections. Most importantly, it would be responsible for establishing the means by which the old political order is disbanded and dispersed.

But to talk about a Continental Congress is to immediately confront several practical questions.
     First, who would call and convene such a Congress? In the view of the League, a call for a Continental Congress can come directly from the democratic movement itself specifically, a coalition of democratic organizations that represents, and expresses the views and interests of, a majority of the people of this country. Such a coalition could also elect a provisional body that would be responsible for both the organization of the Congress and the expressing the views of the movement.
     Second, how would we elect delegates to the Congress? This is a less complicated issue than it first seems. Since it is highly unlikely that any of the sitting municipal, county or state governments, it is clear that we in the democratic movement would have to organize the logistics of the election ourselves. In the view of the League, the best, most efficient way to do this is to create a structure that takes advantage of the existing concentrations of people in society: in workplaces, schools and other institutions.
     For example, we can establish an electoral process that has local election commissions that can coordinate the election of delegates based on a formula agreed to on a national level (e.g., one delegate for every 100,000 people). Agents of the local bodies that work in local industries or services can coordinate the casting of ballots in the places where they work; the same can be done by active students or workers at schools, or by people working at other institutions.
     Yes, such a process would require active participation from thousands and millions of people; but then, real democracy requires such participation to be successful. We believe that if we can create a working, viable alternative (or lay the groundwork for such an alternative), we will have no lack of people willing to dedicate their time and energies to see it succeeds.

The Communist League is committed to agitating and educating for the necessity of a Continental Congress and a third republic. As communists, we believe that a third republic must be a working peoples republic to meet the desires and demands of the vast majority of society. Nevertheless, we will work with any democratic forces willing to fight for this process.
     We appeal to all democratic forces liberal, radical and revolutionary to discuss this course of action, and to open a dialogue with us about this proposal. We are interested in developing a constructive discussion about what it would take to bring about real democratic advances.
     We understand that we have not provided a lot of answers in this letter to questions you may have. This is intentional. Only the democratic movement itself can (and should!) ultimately decide how it moves from protest to power. We offer political advice and some practical measures to accomplish it. It is up to revolutionary-minded working people to decide if we are its political leadership.
     Brothers and sisters! We must work together more closely to bring about real democratic change. We must draw together more closely not only to defend ourselves from the corporatists and their state, but also to be able to march forward to a better future.
     The path to freedom and democracy is the path to the third republic. Join us in the fight for the third republic!

6:01 PM - 0 Comments - 0 Kudos - Add Comment

League Bulletin .1There is No Unity! There will be No Peace!
Current mood: high

Manifesto and Action Platform of the Communist League

The installation of George W. Bush for a second term in the White House has not reduced by one degree the crisis gripping the United States of America. Brought to power in 2000 by a bloodless coup dtat, based on the disenfranchisement of African American voters and ballot fraud, he and his faction of the ruling class have held on to power by the same means.
     In 2000, the epicenter of this coup was in Florida, where the regime-in-waiting already had control of the state government through Bushs brother, who is the governor, and their secretary of state, who was head of Bushs electoral campaign. In 2004, the focal point was Ohio, where the regime also had total control over the state government through the governor, a scion of the Republican apparatus, and the secretary of state, who was head of Bushs statewide re-election campaign.
     In both 2000 and 2004, African American voters were the target of massive disenfranchisement and fraud. Prior to this election, Ohios secretary of state tried to throw out hundreds of thousands of voter registration applications turned in by Blacks in heavily populated cities like Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati. Almost all of the provisional ballots cast in Ohio came from voters who were the victims of this attempted disenfranchisement far more than the 135,000 votes that separate Bush and Democratic candidate John Kerry.
     Added to this are the thousands of instances of ballot fraud (like the nearly 100,000 more votes than voters counted in Cuyahoga County, Ohio), intimidation and threats of arrest (recorded in Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit and Los Angeles), and even physical violence between Bush supporters and voters. Anyone who bothers to review all of this information can only conclude that this election, like the last one, was stolen, and that the Bush regime is still an illegitimate government in power.
     In 2000, the Bush clique was able to rely on the small but growing support that minor political parties like the Greens and various socialist parties were able to gather, in order to make the election a tight race and thus carry out their power grab. In 2004, however, with that small movement essentially crushed by the Democratic Party, the regime had to rely on mobilizing its reserve of Christian fundamentalists to keep the race close enough to steal.
     But the mobilization of these ultra-reactionary and fascistic forces is not some unusual phenomenon, but an indication of the agenda of those holding on to the reins of power in the United States. Nowhere has the rightwing assault against the ideas of the Age of Enlightenment liberty, equality, community been as pronounced or as successful as in the U.S. An Age of Fundamentalism has descended over the country, with, for example, fascistic television preachers using modern technology to perpetuate millennia-old fairy tales.
     The rise of Christian fundamentalism in the U.S. is part of a worldwide growth of religious fundamentalism. Throughout the world, the major religions are facing a rise in fundamentalist sects. It is no surprise that the current War on Terror is little more than a clash between two different fundamentalist ideologies Islamic fundamentalism, in the form of al-Qaida and the Taliban, and Christian fundamentalism, in the form of the U.S. Republican Party and its armed gangs. Workers have no side in such conflicts between reactionary religious fundamentalisms, and communists wish nothing but defeat and destruction for them both.
     While it is one thing for a worker to believe in a god or other supreme being, it is something else entirely when those beliefs are refracted through the lens of the exploiting and oppressing classes, and imposed on society as a whole by them. Communists understand the role that religion can play for workers living in an oppressive and brutal society (even though we reject such things). At the same time, when religion becomes a club in the hands of those seeking to destroy the will to resist by workers and oppressed nations, it can no longer be regarded as a personal belief system. Instead, such religion can only be seen as a contending political platform, and must be fought on that level.
     Communists stand for secularism and the complete separation of religion and politics. It is one thing to have principles or morals and apply them to everyday life. It is another thing entirely to attempt to use these ancient morals to justify modern exploitation and oppression. Such an act can only lead to an intensification of the brutality and misery already inherent in class society.

For years, communists have argued that the Democratic Party is no friend of working people. Even as Democratic-led administrations sent workers to their deaths around the world, slashed welfare programs and social services, bolstered racist, sexist and heterosexist oppression, and curtailed the precious few democratic rights workers have, the argument seemed to still be abstract and needing of one good example.
     After the 2000 coup, many people in the U.S., including millions of working people, looked to the Democratic Party to right the wrongs caused by Bush and his allies. Even though many of them knew that the Democratic leadership and its candidate, Al Gore, had capitulated to the Bush regime and handed power to them officially in January 2001, they thought that the lessons learned would have rubbed off on their politicians of choice. They were wrong.
     In fact, the Democratic leaders in 2004 were even more cowardly than their predecessors of four years ago. In 2000, they were willing to push the issue as far as the Supreme Court of the United States, and were willing to tolerate the expressions of anger and outrage many rank-and-file Democrats felt toward the Bush regime and its policies. This year, however, the Democratic leadership has demanded acceptance of the coup and its leaders.
     In the last four years, however, the Democratic politicians and party leaders have given us plenty of those: capitulation to two coups (three, if you count 2002); groveling before the Bush regime on the Iraq invasion; cowering in the face of Republican-led attacks on Social Security and Medicare; etc. Anyone who continues to hold any hope in the Democratic Party, or even a section of it, can do so only through delusion and self-deception.
     When Kerry capitulated to the Bush regime the day after the election, and more than a week before all remaining votes were to be counted, it was more than the end of the electoral contest, it was the end of any illusions people might have of using the Democratic Party to fight against the corporatist agenda of the Bush regime. In the speech announcing his capitulation to the Bush regime, Kerry pleaded for unity with the murderous Bush regime. While making noise about cheating by Republicans, he sought to bury the obvious anger that so many felt at once again being robbed of their rights.
     The problem for Kerry, Bush and the entire ruling bourgeois class rests in the success or failure of that plea. The second coup has only aggravated the political situation in the United States, and there is little doubt that the next four years will be punctuated with rising social conflict. Kerrys call for unity and peace are meant as a message to both the capitalists and Democratic activists. To the capitalist class, Kerrys call is a pledge to do what he can to contain social unrest; to the Democratic activists, his call is a warning that their party will work hand-in-hand with the Bush regime if people get out of line.
     Working people in the United States, whether they consider themselves Democrats or not, need to send a strong message to Bush, Kerry and the rest of the regime: There is no unity! There will be no peace! It is time that workers take the initiative and begin to organize to defend not simply the few rights we had under the old republic, but also fight to expand our rights as part of a wider, historic struggle to overthrow this brutal capitalist dictatorship and establish a working peoples republic the only truly democratic republic that can exist.
     If the experiences of the last four years have taught us all anything, it is that we cannot expect any section of the capitalist order to defend the rights given in the old republic. At every opportunity, the bourgeois-liberal wing of the Democratic Party has either stood silent while our rights were taken from us, or they have only made timid noises about the need to defend those rights. Why? The liberals are more afraid of an organized and mobilized working class than they are the threat of fascism and war! That is why they side with the Bush regime.

For communists, the road to the workers republic the first step on the road to the classless, communist society is paved through the struggle for revolutionary democratic change. Winning the battle of democracy, a battle that can only be waged fully by the working class, is what provides that necessary foundation. Even though communists support all struggles of working people, regardless of how partial or half-hearted their demands, we do this on the basis of our own principles and platform.
     Even though we communists see the need for a farther reaching and comprehensive platform to address all the objective needs and desires of the working class, we also understand that it is necessary to prioritize certain demands that speak directly to the crisis facing working people in the U.S. today. While these demands do not necessarily require the overthrow of the capitalist order to be implemented, they do lay the basis for a system that is open and democratic enough to allow for greater struggles.
     In order to reverse the reactionary corporatist tide, and to prepare the ground for an all-encompassing battle of democracy, communists demand the following immediate changes to the U.S. political system:

1. Abolition of the two-chamber federal legislature. In its place, we call for an expanded, single-chamber Congress, with half of the body elected on the basis of one Representative for every 100,000 people and the other half elected on the basis of proportional representation.
2. Abolition of the presidency, with its imperial war powers and unchecked executive authority. All executive Cabinet officers, including the chief executive of the United States, should be elected by and from the Congress.
3. Abolition of the appointed judiciary. Direct election of all federal judges and justices, up to and including the Supreme Court of the United States. Panels of judges and justices to replace one-person decision-making. Extension of the jury system to all federal levels.
4. Elimination of all special privileges and immunities for elected officials. No salary of an elected official should exceed the average wage of a skilled worker. The right to recall an elected official at any time must be universal.
5. Public control of all elections through the creation of a non-partisan National Electoral Council, which shall be responsible for creating an electoral system that includes all parties in the process. Creation of blind electoral districts and the abolition of gerrymandering.
6. Universal suffrage (the right to vote) for all persons beginning at the age of 14.
7. Abolition of all laws that give corporations the same rights as citizens. Abolition of all laws that restrict the right of working people to participate directly, either individually or collectively, in the political process.
8. An end to the states rights federal system and for final union of the country. Standardization of all laws and regulations that affect citizens. Federalization of all civil liberties and civil rights legislation and enforcement.

     Reform of the political system is only one arena in the battle of democracy. In order to make these reforms into useful tools for the working class, additional political demands that challenge the social and political basis of capitalism must also be raised. Two key elements central to the corporatist platform are the glorification of the armed guardians of capitalist order and the division of working people along racial/national, gender and sexual lines.
     In order to further advance the political and social position of the working class, and to break the power of the armed capitalist state, communists demand the following:

1. Full political, economic and social equality for all, regardless of race/nationality, gender, sexuality, age or ability. Comprehensive civil rights protection for all, enforced by the federal state. Comparable worth laws enforced at all levels of society.
2. Fully funded and enforced affirmative action programs, including quotas and timetables, in housing, education, employment and public services, enforced by local councils of working people. Comprehensive reparations program for descendents of those held as slaves or indentured servants in the United States.
3. The right of self-determination for all nationalities imprisoned within the borders or jurisdiction of the United States, including U.S. possessions (Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, etc.), the District of Columbia and Native American/First Nation territories. Full representation in Congress for all autonomous territories under U.S. jurisdiction.
4. Comprehensive domestic care programs, including childcare, meal preparation and delivery, and cleaning and maintenance services, to free women from domestic slavery and servitude.
5. Abolition of laws that favor heterosexual nuclear families, including special taxation privileges and preferences in state services. Extension of the common rights associated with marriage to any pairing that requests them.
6. Free, comprehensive public education from pre-kindergarten to post-graduate studies. Abolition of all private educational institutions, including charter and parochial schools. Addition of mandatory vocational curriculum to all academic studies. Full stipends at a living wage for all students. Nullification of all existing student loan debt.
7. Complete separation of church and state, and of church and school. Full freedom for both religious and anti-religious writings.
8. Free legal services for all, regardless of ability to pay. Abolition of all private legal services.
9. Abolition of existing police forces in favor of volunteer units organized by neighborhood or workplace. Administration of such units under worker/community control through elected councils. Free training in the care and use of weapons for all who desire it; mandatory training for those volunteering for neighborhood or workplace defense, and for those wishing to possess firearms.
10. Disbanding of the military officer corps (including non-commissioned officers). Abolition of all ranks and orders, replaced by elected task- or unit-designated positions. Organization of all military personnel into unit councils to administer organization. Demobilization and immediate recall of all overseas military units. Universal arming and training of the people for self-defense.

     Central to the task of winning the battle of democracy today is the immediate end to the so-called War on Terror, which is used by the ruling class to keep working people in the U.S. atomized and unable to defend themselves. The ever-present threat of terrorism and artificial wartime climate are meant to make workers suspicious of each other, as well as their class brothers and sisters in other countries. They also give the capitalists a powerful weapon that can be used to keep working people from acting collectively for more rights or a better livelihood.
     In order to remove the weapon of the War on Terror from the hands of the capitalist class, communists demand the following:

1. An immediate and unilateral end to the War on Terror. Immediate, unconditional withdrawal of all military personnel from Afghanistan, Iraq and other targets of U.S. imperialist aggression.
2. Full repeal of the USA-PATRIOT Act, Domestic Security Enhancement Act, Anti-Terrorism and Death Penalty Act, Omnibus Counterterrorism Act, Transportation Security Act, and all other anti-terrorist legislation.
3. Abolition of the Department of Homeland Security and its associated agencies. Abolition of the FBI, CIA and all other intelligence gathering agencies.
4. Strict enforcement of Posse Comitatus laws. Abolition of the militarys North American Command and restriction of the use of military personnel on U.S. soil to disaster relief and invasion only.

     The victory of the working class in the battle of democracy is impossible if workers are too busy trying to survive. Winning the battle of survival is the prerequisite to fighting the battle of democracy. In order to win the battle of survival, economic measures are necessary that raise the working class out of its imposed state of poverty and despair, and remove the economic shackles that keep working people from participating in the political process.
     In order to win for the working class a livelihood that allows for their full and unchallenged participation in political life, communists demand the following:

1. A minimum weekly wage of $560, adjusted to the cost of living and tied to the rate of inflation. Raising of unemployment benefits to the minimum wage. A sliding scale of wages and hours to aid in the elimination of unemployment and poverty.
2. Mandatory price freezes on all staple goods and services. Massive penalties, up to and including seizure of all assets, for companies violating price regulations. Price freezes on all rental properties. Cancellation of all mortgage debts below $100,000.
3. Massive public works programs to rebuild public service and recreation facilities, residential neighborhoods and communities, schools, workplaces, and societal infrastructure. All programs to be organized and controlled by councils or assemblies of workers.
4. A heavily graduated and progressive income tax structure. Abolition of all tax loopholes and breaks for corporations and the wealthy (corporate welfare). A 100-percent capital flight tax to be imposed on any capitalist or corporation seeking to move assets out of the U.S. Abolition of the payroll tax and all sin taxes on articles of consumption.
5. Reinstatement and strengthening of the estate tax. Curtailing of the right of inheritance of personal possessions and financial assets, based on a sliding scale. Abolition of the right of inheritance of land and means of production.
6. Immediate withdrawal from all so-called free trade agreements and institutions.
7. Immediate placement of all essential services and utilities currently privately owned into public ownership, under the control of elected workers councils or assemblies. All state-provided services placed under the control of elected workers councils.
8. Immediate placement of all banking and financial institutions into public ownership, under the control of elected councils of financial service workers and customers. Consolidation of banking services into a single, national banking service.
9. Free, universal health care from pre-birth to death. All medical and related health services placed into public ownership, under the control of councils of health care workers and patients. Nullification of all previous medical debts.

The demands listed above are admittedly modest. Under conditions of a relatively stable, capitalist democratic republic, a platform like this would be pretty painless for the ruling class to implement. But, in the United States today, these demands represent more than mere reform. Taken as a whole, these demands pose the question of which class shall rule. This is because there is no section of the bourgeois ruling class, or its petty-bourgeois appendages, willing to stand up and fight for a consistently democratic platform.
     The theft of the 2000 election dealt a mortal blow to the second republic of the United States of America. That republic, which emerged from the Civil War and Reconstruction (the Second American Revolution), lasted for 135 years before succumbing to the forces of counterrevolution much as the first republic, formed in 1788, fell after 72 years of relatively unstable rule.
     There will be some who will long to restore the second republic, its democratic institutions and practices. We communists must clearly state that the second republic is dead and can no sooner be resurrected as can their dead grandparents. Today, working people should no longer speak about democracy or the republic as it was; rather, we must now begin to talk about the republic as it will be that is, as it should be.
     The third republic of the United States, if it is to be a really democratic republic, will have to be a working peoples republic. That is, it will have to be governed by working people, in the interests of working people. The democracy it would implement would be a system that makes the sentimental proclamations of liberty and equality a reality, and truly accessible to all.
     Unlike the old capitalist republics, which were governed by administrative districts drawn arbitrarily (or according to factional dominance), a working peoples republic would base itself on neighborhood and workplace councils or assemblies. By moving to such a basis for election of representatives, the dominance of the capitalist class would be broken because of their inability to use their financial or political influence to attain or retain power.
     The political revolution that brings about the working peoples republic, however, is only one aspect of the overall social revolution we communists fight for; we also fight for a revolution in the economic relations of society. Just as the first American revolution abolished the semi-feudal landed nobility, and just as the second American revolution abolished slavery and indentured servitude, so the third American revolution will free society of the private ownership of the means of production. Collective, public ownership of the means of production, combined with workers control of those facilities, will liberate humanity from the scourge of production for profit, which ignores the needs of people in favor of what stimulates the bottom line.
     Finally, the revolution that brings about a working peoples republic will be the spark for a revolution in social relations. Unlike previous social revolutions, which were based on transferring power from one minority class to another, the revolution that leads to the working peoples republic and workers control of the economy will put the majority in control of the destiny of society. Moreover, as workers control of the economy expands and becomes universal, the other classes in society will begin to disappear.
     As the members of the dispossessed classes (the bourgeoisie and petty bourgeoisie) integrate themselves into the working class, all classes begin to disappear. When this process is complete, there will no longer be the need for a republic. It will become obsolete, and will wither away into the pages of history.
     The abolition of classes, carried out during the transitional period of a working peoples republic, is the necessary prerequisite for embarking on the path to the new human society. This society without classes and class antagonisms, without the coercive state apparatus or totalitarian economy, is what we fight for. This is communism genuine communism and it is the future of all humanity, the only future that offers society an alternative to war, poverty and violence.

Communist League

Currently listening : Legend (New Packaging) By Bob Marley & The Wailers Release date: 21 May, 2002

5:59 PM - 2 Comments - 0 Kudos - Add Comment

Much work to do

I have many political pieces to write, I want to learn spanish,arabic,french,russian at least. I wanna get good at guitar, I want to get in a band, I want to fight in a revolution, I want to bring communism.

8:26 PM - 0 Comments - 0 Kudos - Add Comment