Questions on Revolution

[Dumb]

Meh.

[Rusty Shackleford]

Revolutions are short outbursts that come after a long period of tension-building.

the russian revolution was really two or 3 parts.

1905 was a major uprising that led to the foundation of the Duma(Parliament) then in early 1917, the Tsar was overthrown and a bourgeois democratic republic was founded. Kerensky(the president or whatever) promised an end to the war, he lied and continued on, and within months, the Bolsheviks took power.

there are thousands of americans right now committed to building revolutionary movements. but a few thousand people just going out and "making" revolution is asinine.

it takes more than thousands though, it takes millions. the majority of the working class must be with those workers already committed to overthrowing capitalism and liberating themselves.

as for revolution in the US.

one almost happened in the 30s and there is potential for one happening within the next few years or decades, but honestly, no one knows. as soon as obama was elected, every democrat dropped their pickets against the wars, stopped caring, and just cheered. and what did they get? more wars, more bank bailouts, and a still yet uncontrolled growth of a proto-fascist movement(the tea-party movement).


right now, there is a great divide in personal wealth. and this stems from the capitalist system itself. it inherently moves towards monopolization and imperialism. the tea party reactionaries want "smaller government" and a return to "the free market system" that free-market system died in the 70s after industrialization spread to the american west and south post-civil war. and even if a "small business society" were recreated i would over time turn into monopoly capitalism and imperialism... again...

sure propaganda has really effected the american psyche but its not like it will last forever. and it is just an excuse. revolutionaries in the US must challenge reactionary rhetoric everywhere. they must confront the lies of capitalism.


for example:

there was a pro-union demo in sac ealier this month. the tea party came out and counter-protested it. they were saying "were workers too." and guess what, they were right, for the most part. the thing is though, not all workers are inherently revolutionary, and in the us, are more likely to believe in capitalist myths and be reactionary. they were blaming their fellow workers for the problems in the economy because they had a union. but, they were wrong. theres a joke:

"there are a dozen cookies on the table, a tea partyer, a union worker, and a capitalist are sitting around it. the capitalist takes eleven and the tea partyer and union worker are left to fight over the last one."

i guess im just rambling so il try to make a point of this.

in the US, conditions are still developing and movements are being born and committed revolutionaries and their organizations/partys are maturing. there is a growth of reaction in the US but at the same time, the capitalist economy is not improving and in the end, it will come down. some day. no one knows.