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Revolutionary organization and discipline is more important than ever.

“None of this should be surprising but here’s what just happened:

Trump was asked if he would condemn white supremacist violence and militias. Trump not only refused, but then directly ordered the paramilitary proud boys to "stand down and stand by" and then said "something has to be done about Antifa" immediately after.

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The president just ordered a Fascist paramilitary to stand by going into the election and basically said to target his political enemies.

In the final question, Trump refused to call on his supporters to avoid taking to the streets during the contested election and refused to promise not to declare victory on election night. He pretty much said he condemns civil unrest if the election is "fair" after spending the last hour ranting about how it was impossible for this election to be fair. He also ordered his supporters to go to polls and intimidate voters and "monitor" the election.

None of this is surprising if you've been paying any fucking attention, but for those who think we're going to avoid an acute crisis with intense political violence, wake the fuck up.”

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“Work Ethic: A Communist can not be lazy. A cadre can not be lazy. This doesn’t mean refuse to care for yourself, of course, but revolution doesn’t offer many self-care opportunities. The liberal hedonist trend of “everything is self-care” is anti-Communist. Fred Hampton is an example of the Communist work ethic, his Party comrades in Chicago had to restrain him to a chair because he’d work for 24 hours straight. Aspire to be Fred Hampton, within reason. If the masses in the neighborhood call you to work on a project, and you’re sitting playing video games, go help. This builds prestige of Communists in the eyes of the people. We are oxen to be ridden by the people, as the Panthers used to say. Humility: Don’t brag. You did a successful grocery distro? Good, that’s what Communists are supposed to do. You did security at a 10,000 person march? Good, that’s what Communists are supposed to do. You got your demands on a rent strike or wildcat strike? Good, that’s what Communists do. Do this often enough, it’ll become routine, and you won’t feel the need to talk about it. We don’t do our work for attention or internet points, we do our work to build the Party, serve the people, and make revolution in our lifetime. Of course, you should do a reportback, and the MCP will disseminate and promote this news, but you should refrain from boasting as an individual on the internet about “your work”. Get together with the people and throw a victory celebration, building social and political ties where it actually matters – in real life. Ability to Unite People: Communism unites people. We all know that the Left, particularly the anti-Revisionist Left, is a fractious, quibbling series of irrelevant nanosects prone to either right opportunism or left opportunism – we must stand above this. Cadre do not spill dirty laundry all over the internet, seek out and promote gossip in public, start shit online, or engage in Twitter beef. This harms the Party’s image among the people and activists, and it degrades Maoism. We do have positions on the Peruvian/Filipino split in the ICM – the behavior of our ultra-leftist Peruvian flavored friends is an example of how cadre should not behave online. Learn from the comrades in the Filipino movement. Revolutionary Optimism: We believe that we can win. Sometimes, yes, things seem insurmountable, but we must always look to our elders. The Chinese Communist Party bounced back from the Long March, the Bolsheviks returned from exile. Root yourself always in the masses. Never forget what we are fighting for. Pessimism, eternal pessimism, is a petit-bourgeois tendency. We believe that it not only possible, but an absolute necessity to make revolution in the imperialist metropole – this is what differentiates us from the petit-bourgeois internet Third Worldists. Never for a moment doubt that we will be victorious. There are no easy victories, no, but when we apply Maoism across the country in a systematic, disciplined, creative, flexible way, the Earth will quake. Self-Sacrificing Spirit: Learn the Lei Feng spirit. Lei Feng was a child of the Party who lived his entire life in service of the people. He was a soldier. He did not ask for awards, complain in front of the people, or gripe about being assigned lower level tasks. He did his work because he loved Communism, loved the proletariat, and loved China. Countless heroes have sacrificed for us to get where we are today. We shouldn’t dishonor their memory and our goal by failing to follow their example here in the US. Fearlessness: Note, this doesn’t mean foolhardiness. This means realizing that the enemy are paper tigers, in the final analysis, doomed by the class they created, the proletariat. See how the police run from the people in Minneapolis and Seattle? They know that their system is doomed. See how fascists routinely cry on the internet when the people come for them? See how reactionary settlers are buying up guns? These are the acts of a doomed, overextended, empire. We are the new force, the force that will topple this rotten husk and deliver revolutionary salvation to billions of people. This makes us not afraid, but ecstatic. Che envied us, because when we strike the killing blow to this Empire, a millstone will be lifted off the necks of the people across the world. Dare to struggle, because we will undoubtedly win. Self-Criticism Spirit: Nothing is ever 100% good. This is anti-dialectical. We know that we will always make mistakes, large and small. It’s not a matter of not making mistakes, but of making mistakes of lessening intensity, learning from them, and rectifying the errors that led to the mistake. Criticism is not a weapon, it is a gift. We criticize our comrades because we love them, we cherish them, and we love the people. If you saw a friend walking through a dangerous minefield, you’d warn and help them before they lost their legs and their life, right? Criticism is your comrades pulling you out of the minefield, and we are all grateful for comrades who care enough to criticize and guide us through our mistakes and errors. Love and Faith in the Masses: Without the masses, we are nothing. We love them because we are of them. We have faith in them because they are who will make the new world. We do not lie to, steal from, break faith with, or abuse the confidence of the masses. We love mass culture, music, dancing, and speech patterns. We promote the masses’ organic culture while also drawing out the proletarian elements for a new Communist culture which is constantly being built. Groundedness: We don’t chase flights of fancy, or do things that are against the will of the masses. This is adventurism, the anarchist disease. We must be rooted in the concrete conditions of our areas and the masses in these areas. We raise the level of the people through involvement in their mass movements and campaigns, political education, and forming close ties with them through regular mass work. We seek their counsel, we sit on their porches and chop it up, we eat with them, we live with them. This is what keeps us grounded in the people, and what prevents us from going off on dangerous flights of fancy. The biggest crime is for a cadre to lose touch with the people, because the people are our lifeblood. Humor: The stereotype of a Communist is a joyless automaton. We laugh with the people, and with ourselves. Of course, we don’t take serious matters lightly, or make mock of the conditions of the masses, but humor is a refuge of the oppressed and we don’t shy away from it. Maturity: We are engaging in the struggle for power. Power does not belong in the hands of those who throw temper tantrums, engage in juvenile back and forth on the internet for the eyes and ears of the enemy, State and otherwise, or generally act as if the Communist Movement is a “scene” in high school. We must always be mature and disciplined in all things that we do. You are a representative of Maoism, Communism, and Revolution. We must always appear up to the task of administration and leadership. Temperence: Every Communist formation has placed restrictions on comrades’ engagement with drugs, social media, alcohol, and sexual relations. We are not hedonists, neither are we Spartans. Comrades should practice prudence and moderation in all things of this nature because especially in Left spaces they lead to drama and embarrassing scenes which debase Communism in the eyes of the People. Communists must always be in command of themselves and practice self-restraint, and comrades must monitor and help guide comrades away from harmful and dangerous habits such as habitual intoxication and drug abuse. Loyalty: Communists are always loyal to their Party, their Comrades, and the masses. Comrades do not gossip, backbite, lie or go behind the back of another for any reason. Nor do we allow for factionalism and cliques to form – these harm the Party and are remnants of bourgeois politics transferred into the Communist movement. Communists are aboveboard, straight-speaking, and honest, always. Cadre development is a lifelong process. There is no such thing as a “perfect cadre”. But, by cultivating these values, comrades will be incorporating the best Communist ethics into themselves and will be better servants of the people, the Party, and the Revolution.”
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