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What if I told you there is a communist revolution underway in America? What if I told you Antifa is leaderless, and isn't a group but an ideology? What if I told you the ideology was a communist revolution? There are a number of groups that join in the efforts.
There are even more businesses, organizations and Unions involved in the funding, supplies, communications and coordination of the attack groups.
I'm going to show these groups connections to the attacks masked as protests and rallies, and their history of communism and current expressions of a desire to destroy the American capitalist system and replace it with communism.
Introduction to the groups, starting with the oldest and it's founders and those that currently run it, their methods of communication, partnerships, and what they say about communism in their own words.
From the PDF on IWW website their Constitution describes communism with out once saying it by name:
"Preamble to the IWW Constitution
The working class and the employing class have nothing in common.
"Preamble to the IWW Constitution
The working class and the employing class have nothing in common.
There can be no peace
so long as hunger and want are found among millions of the working people and the few,
who make up the employing class, have all the good things of life.
so long as hunger and want are found among millions of the working people and the few,
who make up the employing class, have all the good things of life.
Between these two classes a struggle must go on until the workers of the world organize
as a class, take possession of the means of production, abolish the wage system, and live in
harmony with the Earth."
as a class, take possession of the means of production, abolish the wage system, and live in
harmony with the Earth."
Terms used in place of communism include "abolish the wage system", "revolutionary industrial unionism," "One Big Union," "working class control," and "democratic unions," which is how they describe the type of union they run.
IWW formed from Western Federation of Miners (WFM) as the Wiki page on "One Big Union" describes:
"WFM did undergo substantial changes. In contrast to the AFL, the WFM,
... opened itself to all potential members and also to ideas and values in conflict with Capitalism.
"WFM did undergo substantial changes. In contrast to the AFL, the WFM,
... opened itself to all potential members and also to ideas and values in conflict with Capitalism.
It accepted any member of a bona fide union without initiation fee upon presentation of a valid union card. It demanded neither a closed shop nor an exclusive employment contract. It sought jobs for all, not merely the organized and highly skilled few.
Members of the WFM "... saw no advantage to huddling within their traditional crafts; they sought to mobilize all workers across a given industry to confront employers – and governments – with their aggregate clout.
With little stake in the status quo, they invested their faith in sweeping political programs to remedy the grim conditions in which they worked and lived."
In 1905, WFM leaders initiated a meeting of thirty prominent socialists and labour radicals in Chicago.
In 1905, WFM leaders initiated a meeting of thirty prominent socialists and labour radicals in Chicago.
This group analysed industrial and social relations from the revolutionary viewpoint and drafted a manifesto.
Enumerating labour's grievances, it criticized craft unions for creating a skilled aristocracy, and suggested "one big industrial union" embracing all industries and "founded on the class struggle."
Printed in great quantities, this invitation to the first convention of the IWW was sent around the country."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Big_Union_(concept)
That was a link provided on the website for PDX IWW.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Big_Union_(concept)
That was a link provided on the website for PDX IWW.
If you follow some of the other links about the IWW, you find out Socialist Party of America was key in the formation of IWW, and later became Democratic Socialists of America, with big names as members like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Ilhan Omar.
Purpose of DSA:
"We are…
Purpose of DSA:
"We are…
…socialists because we reject an economic order based on private profit, alienated labor, gross inequalities of wealth and power, discrimination based on race, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, disability status, age, religion, and national origin, and brutality and…
…violence in defense of the status quo. We are socialists because we share a vision of a humane social order based on popular control of resources and production, economic planning, equitable distribution, feminism, racial equality and non-oppressive relationships.
We are socialists because we are developing a concrete strategy for achieving that vision, for building a majority movement that will make democratic socialism a reality in America.
We believe that such a strategy must acknowledge the class structure of American society and that this class structure means that there is a basic conflict of interest between those sectors with enormous economic power and the vast majority of the population."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Workers_of_the_World
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Party_of_America
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Socialists_of_America
Now turning back to Portland IWW.
https://portlandiww.org/
By the organizations design, legal support of all members and non members is funded by this organization.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Party_of_America
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Socialists_of_America
Now turning back to Portland IWW.
https://portlandiww.org/
By the organizations design, legal support of all members and non members is funded by this organization.
As stated in article 3 of the Bylaws document for GDC:
"3.1 Goals
3.1.1 The GDC of the IWW wants most to provide support to any member of the working
class who finds themselves in legal trouble due to their involvement in the class war.
"3.1 Goals
3.1.1 The GDC of the IWW wants most to provide support to any member of the working
class who finds themselves in legal trouble due to their involvement in the class war.
3.1.2 Any member of the IWW or GDC in good standing may petition the GDC for direct
aid in their legal defense on charges resulting from protests, picketing, or other acts
related to job actions or activist causes.
aid in their legal defense on charges resulting from protests, picketing, or other acts
related to job actions or activist causes.
This aid may include bail, bond or legal aid,
and may take the form of a grant or a no-interest loan. Members may also rest assured
of solidarity from the organization, including motions of support, letter writing, and
public education as to the case (or cases) in question.
and may take the form of a grant or a no-interest loan. Members may also rest assured
of solidarity from the organization, including motions of support, letter writing, and
public education as to the case (or cases) in question.
3.1.3 Non-members of the IWW and GDC who find themselves embattled with the law
may also expect solidarity from the organization, including motions of support, letter
writing, and public education as to the case (or cases) in question."
may also expect solidarity from the organization, including motions of support, letter
writing, and public education as to the case (or cases) in question."
The IWW international website that provides these documents is found here:
https://iww.org/
The IWW directory shows they have locals in 93 areas in the US, 20 locals in Canada, and 37 in Europe.
https://iww.org/
The IWW directory shows they have locals in 93 areas in the US, 20 locals in Canada, and 37 in Europe.
other departments include: Santa Cruz Education Workers Local IUB 620, Social Justice Education Movement (SJEM), New York City Industrial Union Branch 630 & 640 / Stardust Family United, New York City Printing and Publishing Workers Industrial Union Branch 450 /
Freelance Journalists Union. All found on their directory page:
https://iww.org/directory/
Their news site has articles showing where they are taking action.
https://iww.org/directory/
Their news site has articles showing where they are taking action.
https://iwwsolidaridad.org/ https://iwwsolidaridad.org/2020/06/08/iww-solidaridad-con-el-levantamiento-que-se-esta-produciendo-en-todo-estados-unidos/
It translates easily from Spanish.
From the article posted June 8, 2020:
The Industrial Workers of the World - IWW and the Organizing Committee of Imprisoned Workers stand in solidarity with the uprising that is taking place in the United States.
https://iwwsolidaridad.org/2020/09/13/sonar-con-otro-mundo-despues-de-la-pandemia
In…
From the article posted June 8, 2020:
The Industrial Workers of the World - IWW and the Organizing Committee of Imprisoned Workers stand in solidarity with the uprising that is taking place in the United States.
https://iwwsolidaridad.org/2020/09/13/sonar-con-otro-mundo-despues-de-la-pandemia
In…
…an article from Sept 30, 2020 there is clear Marxist Leninist language in use:
Fear invades us all, no matter the radical degree of criticism that arises from this or that individual,
just a breath of the vital about the capitalist montage was enough to awaken the
primal…
Fear invades us all, no matter the radical degree of criticism that arises from this or that individual,
just a breath of the vital about the capitalist montage was enough to awaken the
primal…
…fears of the species, the beast out of the cave Today it has a name: Covid19 and in the quest
to prevail and not die, we all abide by the rules of state health, hearts
light up and vibrate in the face of the most stupid sentimentality: the employer and the worker unite (…
to prevail and not die, we all abide by the rules of state health, hearts
light up and vibrate in the face of the most stupid sentimentality: the employer and the worker unite (…
…before an
antagonistic nature which is expressed in the daily class struggle, manifested in the
material misery of all the exploited and in the violent destruction of our world by
capitalism and the world bourgeoisie), the first in the largest spaces, with a
balanced and…
antagonistic nature which is expressed in the daily class struggle, manifested in the
material misery of all the exploited and in the violent destruction of our world by
capitalism and the world bourgeoisie), the first in the largest spaces, with a
balanced and…
…complete diet , the second in its cage, sheltering the young under the wing, accepting the sacrifice
for the sake of economy; If life was miserable in daily conditions, in the face of the biological crisis it
suffocates us every moment more, food is scarce in the most…
for the sake of economy; If life was miserable in daily conditions, in the face of the biological crisis it
suffocates us every moment more, food is scarce in the most…
…marginalized sectors, but they
abound and shine in the sideboards of supermarkets that serve the bourgeois sector, there are no
gloves nor does it cover mouths for workers, but if you can afford it, you will find all the catastrophic vision
on the internet.
abound and shine in the sideboards of supermarkets that serve the bourgeois sector, there are no
gloves nor does it cover mouths for workers, but if you can afford it, you will find all the catastrophic vision
on the internet.
I'll assume the lack of proper punctuation comes from the Spanish to English translation.
You should check the whole article for yourself.
You should check the whole article for yourself.
In spite of the fact groups forming in the US, and abroad, for many years, never once state communism, or that they are communist, they repeat the ideology in articles, constitutions and bylaws, and in their own history that they post, and maintain the original articles written…
…by their communist founding. The Marxist Leninist verbiage is undeniable, the numerous ways they say communism is the cure for all the world's problems is frightening.
It's not just the fact communism has murdered so many people throughout history, it's not that fact it has always failed, that is so frightening; it's that the revolution is going to take so many lives in America, they know it, and are taking every step they can to make their…
…revolution happen.
I posted about this once before, a website that reads Vladimir Lenin and writes, quoting him and describing how to make a communist revolution work in America.
I posted about this once before, a website that reads Vladimir Lenin and writes, quoting him and describing how to make a communist revolution work in America.
Giving an interpretation of Lenin's works, on every aspect of communist revolution, and how to apply it in America
https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ncm-5/cwp-overthrow.htm
"As we have seen, conditions in the U.S. much different than in the third world.
https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ncm-5/cwp-overthrow.htm
"As we have seen, conditions in the U.S. much different than in the third world.
When capitalism becomes destabilized, there is a pre-revolutionary situation lying in between a non-revolutionary and a revolutionary situation. The pre-revolutionary situation will not necessarily take the form of a nationwide flow, as in Russia in 1912-1914.
We have consistently pointed out that the American workers are waking up under the impact of the economic crisis and this awakening is taking the form at this point of mass disorientation.
After decades of dreaming of a better life, they are seeing all their hopes slipping away, never again to return.
The disorientation, the disillusionment with the “American way of life,” has not led yet to a nationwide upsurge.
The disorientation, the disillusionment with the “American way of life,” has not led yet to a nationwide upsurge.
It has led to the workers questioning their whole lives, asking is it all worth it, what is it all about? What we’re seeing is the beginning of judgment day."
There are plenty of other ways to show the ideological similarities, but it would be an endless endeavor to do so, and have little, point. Communist have no issue being subversive, manipulative and outright lying to attain revolutionary status in America.
The information provided thus far should be enough introduction to what communism looks like. Calling it out for what it is can be effective in cutting off their funding.
They wear a mask of socialism, and social justice, grifting on good people that want a better America, people who have the perspective of an average liberal.
It's the explicit description in Lenin's writings to produce propaganda in this fashion to rally the working class against their own country.
They work on community projects, ask for funding to “fight racism” and to end “systemic oppression” and to “abolish the wage system” while only thinly veiling their designs to destroy capitalism.
Recruiting worker in low paying industries, building unions like IWW, IWOC, ILWU and infiltrating them from the ground up, and politicians, filling political counsel seats, entering the legal system and taking positions like district attorneys, education boards, teaching in…
…classrooms, news writers all driving their propaganda machine as designed by Vladimir Lenin. Everywhere you here social justice messaging you are seeing the effects of Marxist propaganda.
The leaders and core believers in the communist revolution keep the organization's working, collecting funds, recruiting more people for specific actions to be taken in creating their revolution.
Funding used to gear up rioters, cover legal expenses, production of propaganda and and social media recruitment campaigns.
Networking with other organizations and groups, they can call out recruits for action anywhere, creating a gathering of hundreds with only a few hours notice.
IWW has another organization made specifically for organizing action and legal defense of those taking action.
IWW has another organization made specifically for organizing action and legal defense of those taking action.
In the international head, on their website, they have information on the organization they built to take action, the General Defense Committee. The GDC is treated as half of the IWW, as the GDC bylaws document makes clear in its title and preamble.
They state their intent clearly enough:
Preamble to the GDC Bylaws The capitalist class of bosses, financiers, landlords, and their cops wage relentless and violent class war upon the working class.
Preamble to the GDC Bylaws The capitalist class of bosses, financiers, landlords, and their cops wage relentless and violent class war upon the working class.
The General Defense Committee (GDC) is a committee of and supports therevolutionary unionism of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). The GDC’s goal is to defend and support the entire working class, divided andunder attack by those who wage class war against us.
We therefore promote, through organization, action, and outreach, a mass, non-sectarian defense of the class, in order to build a self-organized working class that treats differences as strengths and opportunities to live in solidarity.
Community Self Defense means we intend to build our revolutionary community precisely by defending it and the earth on which we live. Our power as a class will never come from our possession of wealth, but from our ability to organize the class to defend ourselves.
We must secure defense against legal attacks, but do not imagine that legal and financial defense alone are sufficient. Any revolutionary union that does not expect oppression from the master class, and organize to meet it, has failed to learn from past waves of repression.
We say defense means organized action taken explicitly to defend members of the class against the different forms of oppression that structure our society. Our membership expects the GDC to be an arena of mutual education through mutual struggle.
Exploiters rely upon the fractured unity of the working class.
By standing in solidarity across and directly attacking the diverse oppressions of the class, we intend to embody the notion that an injury to one really is an injury to all, and to openly use our defense to build the resilience, strength, and fighting spirit of the working…
…class. Because the class war is not limited to the workplace, our defense of the class cannot be limited to the workplace. Oppressions like racism and sexism structure class oppression and division.
Both degrade the solidarity members of the working class should have for each other, and are predicated on acts of violence within the class, and structures of violence organized by the state. We are against all oppressions.
By organizing against the diverse oppressions of the working class, and centering our revolutionary and anti-capitalist foundations, we intend to directly overcome those divisions.
Through this struggle we advance the goal of an anti-capitalist revolution by building the size, solidarity, and strength of working class.
The oppressed do not determine the grounds of their liberation; those grounds are chosen by the oppressors, whose warfare upon our class results in exclusion, harm, and death.
We intend to meet our oppressors on whatever grounds we must, in order to complete the revolution against the capitalism that accelerates not only our exploitation throughout the world, but our entire world’s ecological peril.
We reject sterile bureaucratic or legalistic restrictions on the revolutionary demands with which our union and our world is faced, recognizing that our history includes failed attempts to pretend allegiance to the state and capitalism. We make no pretense.
We will defend and support each other. The General Defense Committee of the Industrial Workers of the World demands hope and bravery of its membership, so that we can build and organize the class that is worthy of the revolution that we must make.
The document can be found here:
https://iww.org/assets/gdc-bylaws.pdf
Both IWW and GDC in the Portland local are in the same building, and the business licenses are issued to the same person.
https://iww.org/assets/gdc-bylaws.pdf
Both IWW and GDC in the Portland local are in the same building, and the business licenses are issued to the same person.
The in
Business record of GDC
http://egov.sos.state.or.us/br/pkg_web_name_srch_inq.show_detl?p_be_rsn=2083002&p_srce=BR_INQ&p_print=FALSE
Amelia Cates is listed as President and Secretary of the GDC. Also the same address in use for the IWW licenses.
http://egov.sos.state.or.us/br/pkg_web_name_srch_inq.show_detl?p_be_rsn=1542195&p_srce=BR_INQ&p_print=FALSE
There are different names on the IWW licenses, and I'll get into those in later threads.
Business record of GDC
http://egov.sos.state.or.us/br/pkg_web_name_srch_inq.show_detl?p_be_rsn=2083002&p_srce=BR_INQ&p_print=FALSE
Amelia Cates is listed as President and Secretary of the GDC. Also the same address in use for the IWW licenses.
http://egov.sos.state.or.us/br/pkg_web_name_srch_inq.show_detl?p_be_rsn=1542195&p_srce=BR_INQ&p_print=FALSE
There are different names on the IWW licenses, and I'll get into those in later threads.
Let's look closer at GDC's Amelia Cates for a moment. This name is on the team for the PDX Bail Fund on the Go Fund Me website, and it is currently at $1,375,960, yes it is over a million in funds. GDC Local 1 listed as the fundraising team.
They posted an email address in the GFM description, on the same domain as Rose City Antifa. http://Riseup.net is based in Seattle from what I found on their website. So here are the links to the GFM, and the riseup site, and the email addresses for GDC, and RCA.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/pdx-protest-bail-fund
https://riseup.net/en
[email protected]
[email protected]
This is only a starting point to knowing their communications system.
https://riseup.net/en
[email protected]
[email protected]
This is only a starting point to knowing their communications system.
There are a number of other accounts and websites central to the calls to action sharing and relaying the locations and times for people to show up. Here is a quick list of the network doing this work in Portland.
They post, and share others posting on social media, send out emails, and phone zapps to their followers. Each of the websites offers up an option or multiple options on how people can participate.
https://pdxgdc.com/
https://portlandiww.org/
https://portlanddsa.org/
https://www.ilwulocal5.com/
https://www.pdxresistance.org/
https://www.dontshootpdx.org/
https://popmobpdx.com/ https://www.carenotcops.org/
https://portlandiww.org/
https://portlanddsa.org/
https://www.ilwulocal5.com/
https://www.pdxresistance.org/
https://www.dontshootpdx.org/
https://popmobpdx.com/ https://www.carenotcops.org/
http://criticalresistance.org/
https://www.dcbcpdx.org/
https://iwoc.noblogs.org/join/
https://incarceratedworkers.org/
Run by Adam Carpinelli of
https://sjacpdx.org/board-advisory/
There are more, and this is just the most popular organizations in Portland.
https://www.dcbcpdx.org/
https://iwoc.noblogs.org/join/
https://incarceratedworkers.org/
Run by Adam Carpinelli of
https://sjacpdx.org/board-advisory/
There are more, and this is just the most popular organizations in Portland.
Each could be researched more, each connection could be detailed better than I have time for. Each of their social media accounts can show more connections, and the vast pool of resources they have access to.
Such research would also reveal the other funding pools, fund raisers, and their donors that provide supplies, legal aid, and cover living and travailing expenses.
If there is enough interest in this information, I will continue the research and produce more details on other groups. I don't believe removing rioters is going to be effective enough to continue pursuit of those individuals.
Local level funding organizations, and then national organizations, and international need to be exposed and the intentions they have with funding riots needs to become the center of the conversation before we will see an end to the communist revolutionaries in our streets.
Had to go to Michigan last week, so I'm behind by a week on my original plan for the next thread. It's coming soon and about 25% ready to go.
