Revolution in America: Capitalist Domination and the Means of Resistance

Chapter 5: Revolution and the Socialist Federation.

 The revolution must be swift and unyielding, with a great majority of the Proletariat being involved one way or another. The goal of this revolution, as well as the Socialist revolutions across the world, can be summed up by a statement Lenin made:

"We want to achieve a new and better order of society: in this new and better society, there must be no rich or poor; all will have to work. Not a handful of rich people, but all of the working people must enjoy the fruits of their common labor. Machines and other improvements must serve to ease the work of all and not enable a few to grow rich at the expense of millions and tens of millions of people. This new and better society is called socialist society".

 However, in order to begin even working towards this "new and better society", there must be both an organization that dedicates itself to the cause and a doctrine that stands for this society. This idea will call for a Socialist Federation and for the "Federation of the Proletariat". Now what is the "Federation of the Proletariat"? In all, the "Federation of the Proletariat" is an idea made by the writer that states that if the people are given more control over the government through Direct and Council Democracy, sided with the government education of the people in political, social and economic affairs, then the people will begin to rely more on themselves and each other and less on the government, thereby rendering that government obsolete. The doctrine that supports this does not entirely exist as one entity, so the writer had taken it upon himself to make a doctrine, which has been dubbed "Andréism", which will be the doctrine that stands for this society (Andréism will be explained in more detail in another book, which is currently in the works).

 Returning to the revolution, the reader may be asking, "But why must a revolution be seen as the only way to this society"? To answer this, the reader must know that the current apparatus would never allow such a thing to happen willingly, as they would fear losing their power, which would lead to them suppressing this idea as much as possible, so, therefore, only a revolution, namely an armed uprising against the apparatus, will effectively establish the new system without any omissions or Bourgeois amendments. It was Marx who had said that "Revolutions are the locomotives of history". If this is so, then this also proves that a revolution is not just possible, but unavoidable.

 "But must the revolution be an armed one"? Yes, but that doesn't mean that bloodshed is absolutely required! In using terror tactics (Psychological Warfare), sabotage and liberation of major Bourgeois states and even by merely destroying property, the revolution can be mostly bloodless, unless there is not other option but to fight back, then we would have to shed blood, but only if there is no other option. And once the revolution is won, and the Bourgeois state apparatus is smashed entirely, then, and only then, will the Proletariat be able to work towards a Socialist Federation, which will be the first ever in history. In this Socialist Federation, the Proletariat, having made up the whole population (the Bourgeoisie will be brought down to the level of the Proletariat), will organize into Workers' Councils, Communes and Committees with the Central Committee of delegates acting as the main body of the Socialist Federation, but this Central Committee will, as was previously stated, be entirely bound to the people through Direct and Council Democracy. Direct Democracy will have the people directly participate in the decision-making of the government, such as whether to approve or disapprove of an action, demanding a specific act be done, etc. This will make the people be in direct control over the Central Committee, who will obey the demands of the people. Council Democracy, which was adapted from Direct Democracy, allows bottom-top elections, meaning that direct and free elections will conduct from the bottom to the top of the system; the people of each district, company, etc will elect those who they find appropriate to represent them, and those representatives will elect those who act as the representatives of the Workers' Council, Commune or Committee, and they, along with the whole population, will elect those who will be in the Central Committee, and each representative will be ultimately responsible for their duties. If the elected person(s) fail in their duties, then they can be recalled at any time and a new person(s) can be elected.

 Aside from serving the people, the Central Committee of delegates will also be required to educate the population in political, social and economic affairs, which will make the people begin to rely on the government less, which will render the government obsolete; and when both the government and the people have reached that point, then the government will dissolve, thereby achieving the "classless, stateless" society of Communism that Marx had predicted.

 But what of property, business, the Bourgeoisie and the economy in this Socialist Federation? Property, i.e., land, possessions, etc, that had been possessed by the wealthy will be freely and fairly distributed to all, with those who have excess property having to share a decent amount of that property to the impoverished people; private property will remain, yet it will also be seen that every person has a fair amount of property to work for, as property is but one of the many fruits of labour.

 Small, local businesses will be privately owned, yet will be monitored by the Workers' Council of that respected district, so as to see that that business remains fair to both the producers and the consumers. Big businesses, however, will be owned and managed by the Proletariat as a whole, so as to be fair to the producers and the consumers and to maintain economic growth through Syndicalism, which has the workers own the major business and negotiate with each other on how to maintain the economy.

 As for the Bourgeoisie, they will be revoked of their status as the Bourgeoisie and brought down to the level of the Proletariat, so that they will learn to work and enjoy in the fruits of labour, along with the workers and peasants beside them. If we were to kill them off, deport them or imprison them, then we would be following in China and Russia's footsteps, which would be damaging and immoral, so it is sensible to show mercy towards the Bourgeoisie and let them understand that the Socialist Federation is much better than the old apparatus.

 However, before this can all be achieved, we must, first and foremost, build an Andréist organization. This organization would be much like the Bolsheviks, with a revolutionary elite acting as the nucleus of the organization, yet this organization would act as being of the Proletariat and not as the Proletariat. Another difference would be its strictness; unlike the Bolsheviks, who established Democratic Centralism, this revolutionary organization would establish Organic Centralism, which would not be as strict, but it would prevent any alienation or deviation from the goal. The final difference would be its existence after the revolution; after having completed its goal, which is the Proletarian victory of the revolution, then the organization would no longer need to exist, as it was a revolutionary organization, and if the revolution has been won, then the organization has completed its goal and, therefore, would dissolve fully, so as to establish the Socialist Federation and the Direct and Council Democracy that was promised.

 "But what of corruption", you ask? As was said, Organic Centralism will be established, which will apply strict discipline among the center and the supporters. Organic Centralism is defined in basics in the "Theses of Lyons" as follows:

"The communist parties must achieve an organic centralism which, whilst including maximum possible consultation with the base, ensures a spontaneous elimination of any grouping which aims to differentiate itself".

 In establishing this discipline among the delegates and binding them to the party consensus, the aforementioned delegates will have no option but to follow said consensus, which will be to establish Socialism and Direct and Council Democracy, to transfer absolute power to the Proletariat and to finally dissolve the party after the success of the revolution, so as to accomplish the "Federation of the Proletariat" and the "classless stateless" society of Communism that Marx predicted.