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Bot Use in the Presidential Election Read, Workers of All Countries, UNITE! Write, Distribute Voice of VOICEPublication of the U.S.OF Marxist-Leninist REVOLUTION Organization Revolution January 13, 2017 USMLO 3942 N. Central Ave, Chicago, IL 60634 usmlo.org Organize Today for an Anti-War Government Visit our website: usmlo.org usmlo.org Make 2017 a Year of Building the New! p.3 INAUGURATION 2017: SALUTE RESISTANCE Confront Government Our Security Lies in Our of Police Powers by Fight for the Rights of All Building the New Voice of Revolution salutes the immigrant rights actions, the many people joining in as well as those by African U.S. Marxist-Leninist Organization actions, in DC and across American organizers Janu- The following presenta- the U.S. presidential election the country to defend rights ary 14, rejecting government tion was given by Kathleen results is that the U.S. rul- and say, Trump is Not Our attacks and contributing to Chandler of the U.S. Marxist- ing circles have resorted to a President, This is Not Our the resistance. A variety Leninist Organization at the government of police powers. Democracy! We also salute Salute Resistance • 18 meeting on the signifi cance This has been developing for of U.S. election results to some time, especially since the working class, organized the Bill Clinton administra- IN THIS ISSUE by the Communist Party of tion, with Bush and Obama Canada (Marxist-Leninist) further developing this direc- • SIGNIFICANCE OF ELECTIONS: Information and in Hamilton, Ontario on De- tion. There is clearly very Visit our website: views analyzing elections, civil war scenarios: 1-17 cember 10, 2016 (see p.11 for serious contention within the report) camp of the rulers in the U.S. • INAUGURATION 2017: Defending Rights and *** and the election did not serve Schedule of Events 18-22 The most significant issue to sort out the differences to address when looking at Build the New • 6 usmlo.org January edition of Voice of Revolution Editorials & Statements • Confront Government of Police Powers by Building the New .... 1 • Our Security Lies in Our Fight for the Rights of All ................ 1 • Organize Today for an Anti-War Government ........................ 3 Fight for an Anti-War Government • Obama Targets Entire World for Attack by Special Operations Forces .................................. 4 Build the New • Discussion on Elections Addresses the Way Forward ............ 11 • Practical Measures Needed to Change the Situation in a Way that Favors the Workers ....................................... 12 • Civil War Scenarios Increasing ............................................ 13 • Eliminating the Human Factor/Social Consciousness .............15 • Bot Use in the Presidential Election ..................................... 16 Inauguration 2017: Salute Resistance • Inauguration Events January 19-21 ..................................... 19 Send reports, letters and photos. Read, distribute and write for Voice of Revolution. Bulk rates available. Publication of the U.S. Marxist-Leninist Organization www.usmlo.org • offi [email protected] • 716-602-8077 3942 N. Central Ave, Chicago, IL 60634 2 DEFEND RIGHTS ABROAD AND AT HOME BUILD THE NEW Organize Today for an Anti-War Government A main feature the possibility of of the election deliberation on campaign and such a crucial continuing today matter, whether is the silence im- in Congress or posed on the issue the public more of war and peace. broadly. It is little There is to be no wonder that since discussion on the the U.S. crime Obama legacy of using nuclear and crimes, which weapons against include increased the people of Ja- drone warfare, ag- pan, Congress has gression against not exercised its Syria, Yemen, power to declare Pakistan Palestine war. All the many and others while wars and inva- continuing wars sions since then against Afghani- have been done stan and Iraq and by the president. most recently greatly expanding operations for Special Forces Essentially what has developed is a permanent war government (see p. 4). Special Forces have already conducted their illegal and a permanent war economy, which are undemocratic and assassinations, raids and “training” actions in 147 countries against the interests of the peoples here and abroad. worldwide. This includes having deployments to Africa sky- Further, the current situation, including the Trump election, rocket by more than 1600% – from just 1% in 2006 to 17.26% shows that the rulers are resorting to a government of police last year. Obama has now handed Trump power to expand and powers. A government of laws has essentially been eliminated. more directly control these Special Forces. Yet serious delibera- This is evident in the fact that a political process involving tion on these crimes, government accountability for them and functioning political parties and a functioning legislature where the broad demands of the people to Bring All U.S. Troops Home actual deliberation occurs have been eliminated. Trump and Now is repeatedly blocked. his cabinet represent this direction. In this context, the current The many diversions and other pressures to react to every pressure from the rulers and their monopoly media to react to Trump tweet and get embroiled in the increasing fi ghts among and focus efforts on each member of the cabinet undermines the rulers play this role. We are to be reactive and limited to the fi ght for the new. It serves to direct attention to, and reli- responding to the rulers, rather than pro-active and fi ghting ance on the Senate to oppose the appointments. Targeting these for our own anti-war agenda. We are to accept the old and individuals, limiting discussion to how bad one or the other is dysfunctional pro-war political process and limit discussion to and pressuring politicians is part of the old. They divert from possible changes to it, like eliminating the Electoral College the reality of a government of police powers, where legitimacy or counting votes differently or putting limits on campaign is no longer a concern of government. Legitimacy rests with fi nancing, as has been done repeatedly in the past. But we are a government of laws, which at least attempts to appear to be not to take matters into our own hands and organize today for concerned about the people and society. A government of police an anti-war government. powers does not. Whoever makes up the cabinet, this reality What is needed is not acceptance of the old, but building the will not change. new. A new democracy of our own making that empowers the This poses the necessity to confront a government of police people themselves to govern and decide. A modern defi nition of powers by building the new. It raises the need for organizing democracy is needed, that speaks to both the content and forms today for an anti-war government and keeping this issue to needed for the political empowerment of the people. the fore as the many battles for rights go forward. Organizing One cannot talk about democracy today without addressing today includes: the fact that the people do not have control over war and peace. 1) Organizing meetings large and small, such as small group This is particularly true given that in the current completely meetings at schools, workplaces, in homes, as well as public undemocratic set-up, the president has control over nuclear forums, to engage all concerned in serious political discussion weapons and launching nuclear war. This power has eliminated on the development of a government of police powers and the 3 ORGANIZE TODAY FOR AN ANTI-WAR GOVERNMENT necessity for an anti-war government. As we respond to all direction of building the new, of working out the content and the attacks on the people, if we are pro-active, the resistance form of a democracy of our making that is vital. movement will advance. Political discussion and analysis on 3) Organize among the youth, especially at high schools and the signifi cance of the election results is the starting point to universities where the military is active, to provide an anti-war creating a political movement that favors the people. alternative, to recruiting, to a backward curriculum, to the ef- 2) An anti-war government is not simply one that opposes a forts to produce willing drones submitting to war, not thinking particular war, like the ones in Iraq and Afghanistan. Rather it human beings; is one that stands against the permanent war economy and war 4) Intervene in the many and varied actions taking place to government that serves it. It is one that addresses the problem bring to the fore the issue of war and peace and advance the stand of how to have the anti-war stand of the majority implemented that our security lies in our fi ght for the rights of all, abroad and — what are the social forms and electoral process needed for at home. This can include developing anti-war committees in this direction? What would be the features of a new constitution locations where there are none, and strengthening them where where government is constituted on an anti-war basis? These they do exist by organizing to unite and fi ght for an anti-war are issues to seriously think about and deliberate on. It is this government. BARACK OBAMA’S LEGACY Obama Targets Entire World for Attack by Special Operations Forces President Barack Obama recently issued an order to create a new “multi-agency intelligence and action force” to be known as the “Counter-External Operations Task Force,” or Ex-Ops. These “special forces” are empowered to attack anywhere in the world where the president sees fi t under the pretext that there is a threat to the United States. Obama has expanded the powers of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) – a sort of praetorian guard directly under presidential command responsible for largely secret, illegal raids and assassinations (Black Ops) worldwide.
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