jeudi 5 janvier 2017


Mr. Donald Trump according to Marxists

Why did we keep capitalism so long?

Daniel Paquet                                                                  dpaquet1871@gmail.com

“The proletariat and wealth are opposites.  As such they form a whole.  They are both products of the world of private property.  The whole question is what position each of these two elements occupies within the opposition.   It does not suffice to proclaim them two sides of one whole.  Private property as private property, as wealth, is compelled to preserve its own existence and thereby the existence of its opposite, the proletariat.  This is the positive side of the antagonism, private property satisfied with itself.”[1]

“You all know that the market price is the same for all commodities (e.g. including the worker) of the same kind; however the conditions of production may differ for the individual producers.  The market price expresses only the average amount of social labour necessary, under the average conditions of production, to supply the market with a certain mass of a certain article.  It is calculated upon the whole lot of a commodity of a certain description. (…)  But supply and demand must constantly tend to equilibrate each other, although they do so only by compensating one fluctuation by another, a rise by a fall, and vice versa.”[2]

“The proletariat, on the other hand, is compelled to abolish itself and thereby its conditioning opposite – private property – which makes it a proletariat.  This is the negative side of the antagonism, its disturbances within itself, private property abolished and in the process of abolishing itself.  The possessing class and the proletarian class represent one and the same human self-alienation.   But the former feels satisfied and affirmed in this self-alienation, experiences the alienation as a sign of its own power, and possesses in it the appearance of a human existence.”[3]

In our century, we live under imperialism and several new questions arose for mankind.  But “the full impact of the controversial billionaire’s white House tenancy will only begin to be felt in the course of 2017.  (…)  Many will dub that date Black Friday, fearful that Trumpism may irreparably damage international security, environmental protection and human rights. Others will see it as a sign of welcome change. It will be a year of living dangerously.”[4]

“After an exceptional media campaign for months in the end there was only the choice between pest and cholera left for the masses. (…) All this shows the farce of the bourgeois democracy and that bourgeois parliamentarism loses its effect to the same extent as progressive societal potential consolidates in the left trend and uses the democratic rights in elections for a proletarian profile. The crisis of bourgeois parliamentarism has become a general phenomenon.  All over the world the masses are searching for a societal alternative to the imperialist crisis system. The conclusion can only consist in strengthening real alternatives all over the world.  That means: priority to the construction of strong Marxist-Leninist parties in all countries of the world, union of the revolutionary forces in coordination and cooperation in the ICOR, the union of the revolutionaries of the world.”[5]

“In the pre-revolutionary period, the period of more or less peaceful development, when the parties of the Second International were the predominant force in the working-class movement and parliamentary forms of struggle were regarded as the principal forms – under these conditions the Party neither had nor could have had that great and decisive importance which it acquired afterwards, under conditions of open revolutionary clashes.  (…)  It means that the parties of the Second International are unfit for the revolutionary struggle of the proletariat, that they are not militant parties of the proletariat, leading the workers to power, but election machines adapted for parliamentary elections and parliamentary struggle.  This, in fact, explains why, in the days when the opportunists of the Second International were in the ascendancy, it was not the party but its parliamentary group that was the chief political organization of the proletariat.  It is well known that the party at that time was really an appendage and subsidiary of the parliamentary group.  It scarcely needs proof that under such circumstances and with such a party at the helm there could be no question of preparing the proletariat for revolution.”[6]

War or peace, it is still a relevant question, especially with the role played by Daesh in Syria; and terrorism altogether.

“Exasperated by what he sees as the US failure to isolate the jihadis in the Syrian opposition, Putin plans with Turkey and Iran to prepare his own Syrian peace roadmap.  He wants to capitalize on his military victory with a diplomatic triumph. (…) At this point at least, the Gulf States, Europe and the US are excluded from the process. Moscow even said ‘almost every level of dialogue with the US is now frozen.  We don’t communicate with one another, or if we do at minimal level,’ said Putin.”[7]

Western countries (including Canada) and USA at the helm are furious and seriously frustrated by the result of the war that they are ready to resume just any time.  At the moment, they are hammering a cleft between Russia and Turkey and conditioning the public opinion in their respective country.

“In January, Trudeau ‘s government will face its greatest challenge to date: a Trump presidency.  When it comes to US relations, few countries have as much at stake as Canada.  Last year, nearly three-quarters of its exports went to the US, while every day about 400 000 people cross the border.”[8]

The bourgeoisie and its mass-media dig the grave where to put the coffin of ‘communism’.  It is not the first time.

“If we maintain and strengthen the unity of our Party, if we emerge from international difficulties as successfully as we have done up to now, if we concentrate all our efforts on the tasks that now necessarily arise from present conditions, there can be no doubt that we shall overcome these difficulties.  All over the world the communist movement is growing, if not as fast as those of us who measured it by wartime and immediate post-war standards expected, at all events it is growing and is becoming sound, solid, broad and deep.  And if we, in co-operation with the Communist Parties that now exist in all, or nearly all, countries, soberly assess our position and are not afraid to admit our mistakes we shall victoriously emerge from all these difficulties.“[9]

By the way, a recent survey realized in Russia gave the following comment: “the independent Levada Centre of pollsters showed that 53% of Russians have a positive view of Lenin’s rolein history, compared with just 27% with a negative view (20% said they didn’t know).”[10]

Anyhow, at the very moment, most of the people in Canada and USA expect calamity in the house with Donald Trump; but Hillary and William Clinton did almost everything the same thing (and probably worse) as President and Secretary of State as they alert us to foresee.  But aren’t they hypocritical while hiding their own legacy; that would be done or not by Mr. Trump too.  In fact, if the result of the presidential election were a surprise, we could be surprised as well by the real policies of the new sheriff in town.   Let’s wait and see!

Oh, and don’t forget those thousands of angry people who demonstrated in the US cities when the results of the election have been known to all!  The US people may talk again and surely Donald Trump is aware of it.  Stop now and forever to abase them!

 

 

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[1] Tucker, Robert C., The Marx-Engels Reader, Alienation and Social Classes, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York-London, 1978, page 133
[2] Marx, Karl, Wages, Price and Profit, Foreign Languages Press, Peking, 1975/Reprinted by Red Star Publishers, New York, 2014, page 30-31
[3] Ibidem, Tucker, page 133
[4] The Guardian Weekly, As Trump era begins, global turmoil rises, A world divided, London, 16.12.16, page 10
[5] ICOR Resolution on U.S. Presidential Election, « US presidential election between pest and cholera », Publication of the Revolutionary organization of Labor, USA, Boston, January-February 2017, number 100, page 8
[6] Stalin, J.V., The Foundations of Leninism, Foreign Languages Press, Peking, 1975, Originally printed in the People’s Republic of China/Reprinted in the United States, 2010, page 94
[7] Wintour, Patrick, Common ground unites Russia and Turkey, The Guardian Weekly, 30.12.16, London, page 4
[8] Kassam, Ashifa/Mathieu-Léger, Laurence, « Globalisation isn’t working for many », The Guardian Weekly, London, 30.12.16, page 12
[9] Lenin, On the Organizational Principles of a proletarian Party, Novosti Press Agency Publishing House, Moscow, 1972, pages 316-317
[10] Walker, Shaun, Lenin’s legacy poses a problem for Putin, The Guardian Weekly, London, 20.12.16, page 7

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