Democratic Socialists in Congress, Their Agenda, Their Values, and Their FIGHTING Songs! R_1026
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(Recompiled August 3, 2002 and an attempt made to verify
all links and provide current working links in place of dead links.)
Some insight on Democratic Socialists of America (from their own web pages and
links): (All links were active November 2000)
Folks want to see who is working against our forefathers' dream of a
Constitutional Republic? Here are the links and the search engine to find out
who is undermining the Constitution which guarantees at least for now in
America:
Constitution of the United States
Article IV, Section 4:
- Republican form of government guaranteed.
Each state to be protected.
"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a
Republican form of Government, and shall protect each of them against
Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive
(when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence."
(We are being invaded and attacked from within. The communists/socialists
are taking over without firing a shot!)
http://www.dsausa.org/international/index.html
DSA is the largest US affiliate of the Socialist International (SI)
http://www.socialistinternational.org/main.html
http://www.socialistinternational.org/maps/english/northa.htm
Full member parties
USA Democratic Socialists of America, DSA
http://www.dsausa.org/
USA Social Democrats USA, SDUSA
http://www.socialdemocrats.org/
(Links above were active August 3, 2002)
Links active today November 12, 2000
(Links still active August 3, 2002)
Democratic Socialists of America's core beliefs in a nutshell:
(Link active August 3, 2002)
http://www.dsausa.org/about/index.html
"The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is the largest socialist
organization in the United States, and the principal U.S. affiliate of the
Socialist International. DSA's members are building progressive movements for
social change while establishing an openly socialist presence in American
communities and politics. At the root of our socialism is a profound commitment
to democracy, as means and end. ... We are socialists because we reject an
international economic order sustained by private profit, alienated labor, race
and gender discrimination, environmental destruction, and brutality and violence
in defense of the status quo. We are socialists because we share a vision of a
humane international social order based both on democratic planning and market
mechanisms to achieve equitable distribution of resources..." RESOURCES=WEALTH!!
Go to this Democratic Socialists web page
http://www.dsausa.org/dsa.html
and once there click the "magnifying glass" to activate the search engine
http://www.dsausa.org/search.html
and enter as key words: Progressive Caucus and you will get:
DSA Site Search Results
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The Keyword(s) you searched :: progressive caucus
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The Results of the search are : 2 Entries found 1 The Progressive Caucus
http://www.netprogress.org/
Matched with keywords :: 100 %
Click the above link to get:
"The Progressive Challenge
In January 1997, members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus
<http://www.netprogress.org/legis/index.htm >
http://www.ips-dc.org/netprogress/ <New August 3, 2002 Link>
and leaders from a growing
coalition of progressive non-governmental organizations
<http://www.netprogress.org/sponsors/index.htm>
http://www.ips-dc.org/netprogress/ <New August 3, 2002 Link>
held a public conference on Capitol Hill to highlight the
little-publicized fact that 52 Congressional candidates running
on explicitly progressive agendas unanimously won their
sought-after seats in the '96 November elections. The event
emphasized the need to reinvigorate efforts to articulate an
agenda for America that engages Congresspeople, activists,
scholars, and citizens in a national debate and struggle for
progressive priorities at the state, local, and national level.
Since then, the Progressive Challenge coalition has conducted
public and congressional briefings, debates and a Congressional
Caucus State of the Union Address, and membership in the 105th
Congress Progressive Caucus stood at 58. This legacy will
continue in the 106th Congress."
The link shown above or <http://www.netprogress.org/legis/index.htm >
http://www.ips-dc.org/netprogress/legislation.htm <New August 3, 2002 Link>
when clicked will show a virtual rogue's gallery of socialists infesting our
government! (The new link shows some of the members BUT this August 3, 2002
link shows all of Socialists in the House of Representatives):
Congressional Progressive Caucus Members
http://bernie.house.gov/pc/members.asp
These links are the latest and they are active August 3, 2002:
http://dsausa.org/pc/
Table of Contents:
Progressive Challenge Fairness Agenda Summary
http://dsausa.org/pc/pc0.html#fairness
Progressive Challenge Fairness Agenda Full Text
http://dsausa.org/pc/pc.fairness.html
Progressive Caucus
http://dsausa.org/pc/pc.caucus.html
Progressive Caucus Statement of Purpose
http://dsausa.org/pc/pc.caucus.html#stpur
(These two links identify the Socialists infesting Congress):
Progressive Caucus Executive Committee
http://dsausa.org/pc/pc.caucus.html#exec
Progressive Caucus Members
http://dsausa.org/pc/pc.members.html
also: http://bernie.house.gov/pc/members.asp
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Progressive Promise to America
http://dsausa.org/pc/pc.promise.html
DSA's Progressive Agenda
http://dsausa.org/pc/pc.progag.html
The link shown above or <http://www.netprogress.org/legis/index.htm >
[Link no longer shows Congressional Committees and the members of them BUT the
updated link shows the over 50 Socialists in our House of Representatives and
the two updated links are (again): http://dsausa.org/pc/pc.members.html
also: http://bernie.house.gov/pc/members.asp ]
when clicked will show a virtual rogue's gallery of socialists infesting our
government!
Here is the listing of Congressional Committees and the Socialists on them:
((This link (active August 3, 2002) comes closest to matching the year 2000
results shown below: http://www.ips-dc.org/netprogress/legislation.htm ))
House Committees
Agriculture
Earl Hilliard
Bennie Thompson
Appropriations
Julian Dixon
Marcy Kaptur
Carrie Meek
John Olver
Ed Pastor
Nancy Pelosi
Jose Serrano
Louis Stokes
Esteban Torres
Banking & Financial Services Democrats
Julia Carson
Barney Frank
Luis Gutierrez
Maurice Hinchey
Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.
John J. LaFalce
Cynthia McKinney
Bernie Sanders
Nydia Velasquez
Maxine Waters
Mel Watt
Lynn Woolsey
Budget Democrats
Patsy Mink
Lynn Rivers
Bennie Thompson
Committee on Commerce Democrats
Diana DeGette
Elizabeth Furse
Henry Waxman
Committee on Education and the Workforce
Chaka Fattah
George Miller
Patsy Mink
Major Owens
Donald Payne
Carlos Romero-Barcelo'
John F. Tierney
Lynn Woolsey
Committee on Government Reform & Oversight
Danny Davis
Chaka Fattah
Dennis Kucinich
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Major Owens
Bernie Sanders
John F. Tierney
Henry Waxman
Committee on House Oversight
Committee on International Relations
Eni Faleomavaega
Alcee Hastings
Earl Hilliard
Dennis Kucinich
Cynthia McKinney
Donald Payne
Committee on the Judiciary
John Conyers
Barney Frank
Jerry Nadler
Maxine Waters
Mel Watt
Committee on National Security
Neil Abercrombie
Lane Evans
Committee on Resources
Neil Abercrombie
Peter DeFazio
Eni Faleomavaega
Maurice Hinchey
George Miller
Carlos Romero-Barcelo'
Committee on Rules
Committee on Science
Alcee Hastings
Lynn Rivers
Select Committee on Intelligence
Julian Dixon
Nancy Pelosi
Committee on Small Business
Danny Davis
Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.
John J. LaFalce
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Peter DeFazio
Corrine Brown
Bob Filner
James P. McGovern
Jerry Nadler
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Committee on Veterans Affairs
Lane Evans
Bob Filner
Luis Gutierrez
Julia Carson
Corrine Brown
Committee on Ways and Means
John Lewis
William Coyne
Charles Rangel
Xavier Becerra
Pete Stark
Jim McDermott
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Here is the Socialists' Steering Committee
U.S. House Progressive Caucus
Staff Coordinator
Carrie Lynch
202-225-6416
2134 Rayburn H.O.B.
Washington D.C.
20515
Steering Commitee
Peter DeFazio, Chair (D, OR-4) pdef...@hr.house.gov
Lane Evans (D, IL-17)
Maurice Hinchey (Economic Security) (D, NY-26)
Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (D, IL-2)
(The "Reverend" Jesse Jackson's son!)
Cynthia McKinney (Media) (D, GA-4)
Major Owens (Program) (D, NY-11)
Bernie Sanders (Strategy) (I, VT-At Large)
Nydia Velazquez (D, NY-12)
Maxine Waters (D, CA-35)
Lynn Woolsey (D, CA-6)
woo...@hr.house.gov
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Members
Neil Abercrombie (D, HI-1)
ne...@abercrombie.house.gov
Xavier Becerra (D, CA-30)
David Bonior (D, MI-10)
Corrine Brown (D, FL-3)
George E. Brown, Jr. (D, CA-42)
talk...@hr.house.gov
Julia Carson (D, IN-10)
rep.c...@mail.house.gov
John Conyers (D, MI-14)
jcon...@hr.house.gov
William Coyne (D, PA-14)
Danny Davis (D, IL-7)
danny...@mail.house.gov
Diana DeGette (D, CO-1)
Julian Dixon (D, CA-32)
Eni Faleomavaega (D, AS-Del)
Chaka Fattah (D, PA-2)
Bob Filner (D, CA-50)
Barney Frank (D, MA-4)
Luis Gutierrez (D, IL-4)
lu...@hr.house.gov
Alcee Hastings (D, FL-23)
hast...@hr.house.gov
Earl Hilliard (D, AL-7)
Marcy Kaptur (D, OH-9)
rep.k...@mail.house.gov
Dennis Kucinich (D, OH-10)
John J. LaFalce (D, NY-29)
Barbara Lee (D, CA-9)
John Lewis (D, GA-5)
Carrie Meek (D, FL-17)
Jim McDermott (D, WA-7)
James P. McGovern (D, MA-3)
George Miller (D, CA-7)
george.m...@hr.house.gov
Patsy Mink (D, HI-2)
Jerry Nadler (D, NY-8)
jerrold...@mail.house.gov
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D, DC-Del)
John Olver (D, MA-1)
john....@mail.house.gov
Ed Pastor (D, AZ-2)
ed.p...@mail.house.gov
Donald Payne (D, NJ-10)
Nancy Pelosi (D, CA-8)
sf.n...@mail.house.gov
Charles Rangel (D, NY-15)
Lynn Rivers (D, MI-13)
Carlos Romero-Barcelo'(D, PR-Del)
Jose Serrano (D, NY-16)
jser...@mail.house.gov
Pete Stark (D, CA-13)
pete...@hr.house.gov
Stephanie Tubbs-Jones (D, OH-11)
Bennie Thompson (D, MS-2)
ms...@hr.house.gov
John F. Tierney (D, MA-6)
Esteban Torres (D, CA-43)
arco...@hr.house.gov
Mel Watt (D, NC-12)
mel...@hr.house.gov
Henry Waxman (D, CA-29)
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These active links (August 3, 2002) also name the Socialists in our House of
Representatives:
http://www.sovereignty.net/center/socialists.htm
http://www.tysknews.com/Depts/gov_philosophy/socialists.htm
NOTE: Website for updated list of the Progressive Caucus
http://bernie.house.gov/pc/members.asp
As a reminder the DSA home page does not disguise its "redistribute
the wealth" ideology. It says plainly:
http://www.dsausa.org/dsa.html
"Democratic Socialists of America share a vision of a humane international
social order based on equitable distribution of resources..."
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http://www.dsausa.org/archive/index.html
(Link active August 3, 2002)
Here are some of the Fight Songs which can be linked to the socialists in our
American Congress! (Can all of you imagine ol' Jesse Jackson Jr., Maxine Waters,
and others sitting around a bon fire singing the following ditties?)
http://www.dsausa.org/archive/Docs/Songs.html
(Link active August 3, 2002)
From 1995 -- DSA Songs
Red Revolution
(to the tune of "When the Red, Red Robbin, Comes Bob, Bob Bobbin Along"
author: Ruy Texeira, Madison DSOC and/or Rick Kunnes, former NAM
Organizational Secretary 1979-1981)
When the Red Revolution
Brings Its Solution
Along, Along
There'll be no more lootin'
When we start shootin'
That Wall Street throng
Wake up you proletarians
Don't act like seminarians
Expropriate Barbarians
Build a Workers' Republic
Exploitation and Degradation
You Won't Find Here
Surplus Value and Capital Will Disappear
I'm Just a Red again,
Saying what I've said again,
When the Red Revolution... da, da, da, da
Brings Its Solution...da, da, da, da, da
A long
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Are You Sleeping, Bourgeoisie
Traditional American song, sung in rounds to the tune of "Frere Jacques".
Are you sleeping, Are you sleeping,
Bourgeoisie, Bourgeoisie,
And when the revolution comes,
We'll kill you all with knives and guns,
Bourgeoisie, Bourgeoisie
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Bourgeoisie, Bourgeoisie, See How They Run
Usually sung in rounds after "Are You Sleeping, Bourgeoisie". Sung to the tune
of "Three Blind Mice".
Bourgeoisie, Bourgeoisie,
See how they run,
See how they run
And when the revolution comes,
We'll kill them all with knives and guns,
Bourgeoisie, Bourgeoisie
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The Inter-Factional
Written at the end of the Summer 1985 DSA Youth Conference after endless
nitpicking over a re-draft of the YS's statement of principles, "Which Way
America".
To the tune of The Internationale
Arise, ye prisoners of group process
Arise, correctors of poor verse.
For just as we reach a consensus,
Still "better" words are birthed,
No more facilitators bind us,
No motions will be called
The text shall rise in new rephrasements,
It was all rot, it shall be awed.
Chorus
'Tis the final conflict
Let each stand by her phrase
The International Working Draft
Shall reach the human race
(repeat chorus)
Some dream of liberal coalition,
Decry the wreckage of the earth.
Each Caucus thunders condemnation.
Priorities are reversed!
One day the printer's ink will bind us,
Red and Greens, no more will stall.
"Which Way A-mer-i-ca" shall triumph,
It was all rot, it shall be awed
(Chorus)
*with apologies to Pierre Deguyter (1871)
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See what the socialists really think of Real Americans people? Their very own
words too! The link above is active 11/22/2000 (still active 08/03/2002) for
YOUR verification!
Remember to see the Congress people who have identified themselves with DSA aka
Democratic Socialists of America just follow this:
(These two links identify the Socialists infesting Congress):
Progressive Caucus Executive Committee
http://dsausa.org/pc/pc.caucus.html#exec
Progressive Caucus Members
http://dsausa.org/pc/pc.members.html
also: http://bernie.house.gov/pc/members.asp
You will get all 58 socialists infesting our American Congress by name and
their addresses, web page addresses etc.
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http://www.dsausa.org/archive/index.html
From the link above find this:
"Lingo - how to understand left lingo."
Click "Lingo" or its link here:
http://www.dsausa.org/archive/Docs/Lingo.html
(Link active for August 3, 2002)
And you will see that DSA aka Democratic Socialists are all about communism,
trotskyism, marxism etc.
Here is "lefty" lingo in their own words!
<start>
Left-Wing Lingo, Ideologies and History
written by J. Hughes Please send suggestions for additions to: (e-mail)
jhu...@changesurfer.com
SOCIALIST IDEOLOGIES:
Utopian, Communitarian Socialism
Anarchism
Communism, Marxism
[Scott Bradbury comment August 3, 2002: Notice the Democratic Socialists and
their U.S. Congress infiltration agent, Progressive Caucus, embrace all forms of
communism as Socialist Ideology! See special attachment at the bottom of this
document which explains how socialism is just a transitory phase to a communist
state.]
Social Democracy
Fabianism
Marxist-Leninism
Trotskyism
Maoism
Schactmanism I
Schactmanism II
Euro-Communism
New Left
Contemporary American Democratic Left
Radical Democracy
Democratic Marxism, and other kinds of democratic socialism
Socialist Feminism, and other kinds of feminism
Black Socialism, and other kinds of people of color politics
Eco-Socialism, and other kinds of green politics
Family Tree
[...]
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Communism, Marxism, Scientific Socialism
Theory: Marx outlined a "dialectical materialist" theory of history postulating
that the nature of the technological and economic system of each society
determines the power relations within that society, dividing society between
those who own and control the means of production and those who are exploited.
...Social democratic reforms in the short-term, towards the replacement of
capitalism (the private ownership of means of production) with "social
ownership" (socialism). The democratic advancement of the masses' interests
replaces the "dictatorship" of bourgeois democracy with the "dictatorship" of
the working class under socialism. Finally, the idea of ownership itself will
disappear, as will all vestiges of class divisions, and therefore the need for a
State will disappear, which is the stage of communism. [Another summary of
Marxism]
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Marxist-Leninism, Bolshevism, Communism
Theory: Since workers can only achieve trade-union consciousness , they must be
led by a vanguard party of Marxist-Leninist revolutionaries. This party must be
governed by military discipline, and "democratic centralism" : party-membership
is tightly controlled and all members must keep party discipline, not
contradicting the party-line in public, but only through internal "democratic"
debate. The party newspaper plays a central role. The party relies heavily on
front-organizations, ostensibly independent but actually controlled by the Party
Praxis: Usually dated from the USSR's founding of the (3rd) Communist
International, 1920-1956. In the U.S.: Communist Party USA (CPUSA),
1920-present.
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Trotskyism
Praxis: Leon Trotsky, a Bolshevik leader and factional opponent of Stalin,
exiled from Russia in 1929 for his advocacy of more power to industrial worker
organizations against the Stalinist party machine. Murdered by a Stalinist
assassin in Mexico in 1940. As a movement, associated with Trotsky's founding of
the "Fourth International", 1938-present. In the US, Trotskyism was originally
associated with the Socialist Worker's Party (SWP or "Swoops"), 1940-present.
Some assert that in the late 1970s the SWP became "Castroists." Today Trotskyism
is more vividly represented by the Spartacist League ("the Sparts"), the
Workers' League and the International Socialist Organization.
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Maoism
Theory: China should lead a united, revolutionary Third World against Soviet and
American imperialism. Peasants can be the backbone of "proletarian" revolution
if led by a Communist Party. Once in power Communists must engage in constant
struggle ("Cultural Revolution") against the feudal and bourgeois elements
entrenched in the socialist State. Continuous group criticism and self-criticism
by party cadres is a key form of ideological purification.
Praxis: In the US: the tiny Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) - following the
immortal teachings of Marx-Lenin-MaoTseTung-Bob Avakian thought - the Maoist
International Movement, the Committee to Support the Revolution in Peru, and the
Progressive Labor Party (PLP).
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Democratic Marxism
Theory: The State as a relatively autonomous "contestable terrain" for the
organized, self-conscious constituencies of the working class, through an open,
inclusive political party (a left Democratic Party or third party) and a radical
labor movement. Socialists organize a coalition of the sinking bottom third and
the sliding middle third of America (the bulk of the poor and the working middle
class) against the wealthy and corporations; central, necessary role for
organized labor. Influenced by Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci; socialists
struggle to wrest ideological hegemony away from the ruling class, and gain
hegemony for radical ideology. The leading exponent in the U.S. has been Michael
Harrington. Also well described in the pamphlet "Toward a Democratic Socialism:
Theory, Strategy, and Vision" (1991) by Joseph Schwartz, member of the DSA
National Political Committee.
Praxis: In the U.S., represented in the Democratic Socialists of America, the
Socialist Party USA, Committees of Correspondence, and Solidarity.
<END of Leftist Lingo>
Now for more proof Socialism is just a transitory stage to a Communist State and
is achieved incrementally:
(Links active August 3, 2002):
Taken from: Committee of Correspondence
http://garnet.berkeley.edu:3333/.left/CoC/.dandi/.di4/.di4.08.htm
The stimulus for writing this essay came out of the ongoing effort within the
left to reconstitute a new vision of socialism. To date, I find a healthy
openness to new ways of thinking about the relation of democracy to the
socialist project, and a renewed committment to struggle "in the long haul".
However, except for the attempts at scientific utopias [1] in the Green and
futurist literature, there is little in the new declarations of socialists [2]
that excites the imagination. This short-coming will surely be a handicap in
attracting youth. We are not being as "radical as reality itself", to borrow a
phrase from Lenin. [3] The ecological question is still being relegated to a
laundry list of needs and demands, instead of being at the heart of our vision.
And, in the apparent desire to avoid alienating potential recruits, many
marxists/ socialists are avoiding the "C" word (Communism) like the plague.
Let us recall for a moment Marx and Engels' concept of socialism as the lower
stage of communism and, thus, a transition between capitalism and the higher
stage of communism..... <end>
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Notice the phrase which said: "...in the apparent desire to avoid alienating
potential recruits, many marxists/ socialists are avoiding the "C" word
(Communism) like the plague."
Workers Power Global | Marxism for Beginners
... Transition to communism. ... refined the concept of a “transition society”
and introduced the ... phases. In the first stage, “socialism” as he called it
... http://www.workerspower.com/wpglobal/transitiontocommunism.html
Transition to communism
Karl Marx was not the first to condemn capitalism for the poverty and inequality
that it creates, neither was he the first to fight for a society in which
poverty and inequality would be eradicated. But he was the first to realise that
capitalism itself would create the forces capable of overthrowing it....
Socialism, understood as a society in which the economy was socially owned and
output was shared equally, would not be created, fully developed, separate from
existing capitalist society. Instead, in historic terms, there would be a period
during which capitalist society would be transformed into socialist society, a
“transitional” period.
Marx’s political strategy, therefore, had to begin from this understanding of
society; the means of production for a better society already existed, the
working class needed that better society but the capitalists, protected by the
state, were determined to prevent any change. His first attempt to develop a way
of overthrowing this minority was presented in the Communist Manifesto of 1848.
In the Manifesto, Marx not only delivered a devastating attack on capitalism but
set out the measures that a working class government, brought to power by a
democratic revolution, would need to take to begin the transition to socialism.
These included the abolition of private ownership of land, a progressive tax to
drain away the wealth of the capitalists, the centralisation of credit in a
national bank, state ownership of transport and communications, planned
extension of production to meet need and free state education for all children.
In one sense, Marx’s predictions were brilliantly confirmed within months.
Revolutions shook Europe later in 1848. But the course of events revealed a flaw
in this first communist programme....
Marx, therefore, further refined the concept of a “transition society” and
introduced the idea that the development of communist society would take place
in two phases. In the first stage, “socialism” as he called it, the commune
state was still necessary both to defeat all attempts at counter-revolution and
to reconstruct the international economic system on an egalitarian and planned
basis.
This, Marx called, the “dictatorship of the proletariat”. Dictatorship is
frequently counterposed to democracy. Yet for Marx the concept of dictatorship
was necessary and justified. Indeed, it was a very democratic dictatorship.
Democratic, that is, for the vast majority, the working class; dictatorial over
the bosses who would try to sabotage progress and crush the new regime through
counter-revolution.
How long this transition would take was not predictable but Marx pointed out
that the more successful the commune was the less necessary it would become.
Once the bourgeoisie had been eliminated as a class, for example, there would be
no need for military organisation or defence expenditure....
Administration would still be necessary but in an egalitarian society this would
not involve the subordination of one part of the population by another, it would
no longer be “political”. This would be communist society.
<END>
Extra material from the above source:
http://www.workerspower.com/wpglobal/TMch7.html
The Trotskyist Manifesto
7 For a revolutionary communist international
The working class needs a revolutionary party in order to establish the
dictatorship of the proletariat. ... Centralised discipline is an essential
means of concentrating all the force of the revolutionary vanguard on the
bourgeoisie and its state. It renders each action of the party more effective.
Discipline can be a life and death question when carrying on work in conditions
of illegality... A genuine revolutionary party exercises a strong influence on
the vanguard of the class. It is composed of communist cadres, has a sizeable
national implantation in the advanced sectors of the proletariat, and is able to
organise mass struggles. In revolutionary and pre-revolutionary situations the
party must develop into a mass party in order to organise the masses for the
seizure of power...
<END>
http://www.workerspower.com/wpglobal/beginnersguide.html
[...]
Transition to communism
Capitalism creates the force, the working class, which is itself able to
overthrow capitalism and build socialism. In the transition to a new society the
capitalist state has to be smashed and a new form of state, a workers’ state,
must be established. When the transition is completed society will no longer
need a political force, a state of any sort, to organise production and
distribution.
Marxism and the family
The family is fundamental to capitalism and plays a specific role for the
capitalists. The family is the material basis for the social oppression of
women, lesbians and gay men and youth.
<END>
Is there any doubt about the mindset of the political LEFT?
Here is Gus Hall of the Communist party USA endorsing Clinto-Gore in an earlier
camapaign:
http://www.socialequality.com/public_html/prioriss/iwb9-9/left.htm
Gus Hall backs Clinton-Gore
Not surprisingly, the most fervent support for Clinton and the Democratic Party
comes from the remnants of the old-line Stalinists in the Communist Party USA.
Not only are Gus Hall & Co. backing Clinton, but they are denouncing any
independent or third party campaign which threatens to damage Clinton's
reelection prospects.
http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1936-rev/ch03.htm#ch03-1
What is the Soviet Union and where is it going?
Chapter 3
SOCIALISM AND THE STATE
The Transitional Regime
Capitalism prepared the conditions and forces for a social revolution:
technique, science and the proletariat. The communist structure cannot, however,
immediately replace the bourgeois society. The material and cultural inheritance
from the past is wholly inadequate for that. In its first steps the workers'
state cannot yet permit everyone to work "according to his abilities"—that is,
as much as he can and wishes to—nor can it reward everyone "according to his
needs", regardless of the work he does. In order to increase the productive
forces, it is necessary to resort to the customary norms of wage payment—that
is, to the distribution of life's goods in proportion to the quantity and
quality of individual labor.
Marx named this first stage of the new society "the lowest stage of communism",
in distinction from the highest, where together with the last phantoms of want
material inequality will disappear. In this sense socialism and communism are
frequently contrasted as the lower and higher stages of the new society. "We
have not yet, of course, complete communism," reads the present official Soviet
doctrine, "but we have already achieved socialism—that is, the lowest stage of
communism."....
<END>
Need I say more?
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Ginger Eakle
You are just trying to convince us that your ramblings make sense.
Keep this crap in the Political newsgroups not Christian newsgroups.
"Tavish" <ta-v-i...@ix.n-et-co-m.comRemoveHyphens2Mail> wrote in message
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is,
> as much as he can and wishes to-nor can it reward everyone "according to
his
> needs", regardless of the work he does. In order to increase the
productive
> forces, it is necessary to resort to the customary norms of wage
> is, to the distribution of life's goods in proportion to the quantity and
> quality of individual labor.
>
> Marx named this first stage of the new society "the lowest stage of
communism",
> in distinction from the highest, where together with the last phantoms of
want
> material inequality will disappear. In this sense socialism and communism
are
> frequently contrasted as the lower and higher stages of the new society.
"We
> have not yet, of course, complete communism," reads the present official
Soviet