Roger, Great article but they explained the what and now I want to read the
how. How often is this published?
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Subject: [blind-democracy] In this issue of Socialist Viewpoint we are
celebrating the 100th anniversary of the October 1917 Russian Revolution.
http://socialistviewpoint.org/sepoct_17/sepoct_17_02.html
Editorial Introduction
In this issue of Socialist Viewpoint we are celebrating the 100th
anniversary of the October 1917 Russian Revolution. We are featuring
historical articles outlining the profound victories and failures of the
first workers’ state based upon the ideas of Marxism and the vision of a
socialist world free of war, wage-slavery, oppression, and starvation—a
world where the full development of each is the condition for the full
development of all. The momentous events that took place in Russia
beginning in 1917 can be seen as an outline of what was successful and
what failed on the road to a socialist world.
The context of today in the USA
Only 55.4 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots in 2016—26.5
percent for Clinton and less, for Trump—with Trump getting 304 votes in
the Electoral College, which resulted in his victory.
Neither candidate nor their capitalist parties represent the people—the
working class. In fact, the presidential election represents the
complete inability of the U.S. capitalist class to even address the dire
needs of working people in this country. Living conditions are
deteriorating on par with the deterioration of our environment.
Capitalism can offer only war and conquest on behalf of the ruling rich,
at the expense of everyone else and the planet.
In the face of an extreme housing shortage, a crumbling infrastructure,
unemployment, and massive incarceration, the U.S. “…House and Senate
Armed Services Committees are planning to propose a defense budget of
$640 billion for 2018, a $37 billion increase over the Trump
administration’s $603 billion request…along with a $65 billion war
budget.”1 Trump wants to bolster America’s military with an amount not
far short of Russia’s entire 2016 defense budget of $65.8 billion....”2
Clearly, the system of capitalism with the U.S. capitalist class at it’s
helm, is incapable of improving life on Earth and, on the contrary, can
only offer the most powerful destructive forces. We are in the throes of
capitalism’s death agony.
The task of the working class is to take the power away from the
capitalists and rule society in its own name and interests. On the way
to this goal we must study history to find out what went wrong with the
only democratic working-class revolution in the world and how to apply
those lessons to our current struggle of survival against capitalism.
The goal of socialism is to put an end to war, conquest, and imperialist
domination paid for by the sweat and blood of wage-slavery. The wholly
undemocratic system of capitalism only works in the interests of the
capitalist class and is diametrically opposed to the interests of the
vast majority of humanity and the health of the planet.
The massive outpouring of people against bigotry, hate, war and mass
incarceration is a step in the direction of a peaceful world whose
minimal requirement is to bring equality and justice to all, and a
permanent end to war and environmental destruction.
We will be continuing this discussion of the 100th anniversary of the
1917 Russian revolution in coming issues.
1 “Congress proposes defense budget $37 billion higher than Trump’s,” by
Jeremy Herb
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/22/politics/congress-trump-defense-budget/index.html
[https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVP.X5w_wmCbXuBi7IxZHlWBZwJYFR&pid=Api]<http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/22/politics/congress-trump-defense-budget/index.html>
U.S., Russia tensions escalate in
Syria<http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/22/politics/congress-trump-defense-budget/index.html>
www.cnn.com
The House and Senate Armed Services Committees are planning to propose a
defense budget of $640 billion for 2018, a $37 billion increase over the Trump
administration ...
2 “Trump’s proposed increase in U.S. military spending is almost as big
as Russia’s entire defense budget,” by Max de Haldevang
https://qz.com/935663/trumps-increase-in-us-military-spending-is-almost-as-big-as-russias-entire-defense-budget/
[https://qzprod.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/ap_06050808165-e1489789176266.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=250]<https://qz.com/935663/trumps-increase-in-us-military-spending-is-almost-as-big-as-russias-entire-defense-budget/>
Trump's increase in US military spending is almost as big
...<https://qz.com/935663/trumps-increase-in-us-military-spending-is-almost-as-big-as-russias-entire-defense-budget/>
qz.com
As US president Donald Trump was proposing a $54 billion defense spending hike
on March 16, something rather different was happening in Russia. With its
economy ...
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