Question 11: What separates a change in policy from a change in power? Scientific socialists are deeply involved in organizing for policy changes within the current exploitative framework while still fundamentally pursuing revolutionary change. We do this because, while revolutionary change is important, the process of building up the capacities of a scientifically socialist organization and popular power necessitates that the masses of the people have had their independence, creativity, and consciousness elevated in such a way that revolution becomes feasible. There are conditions for revolution and they must be met in order for the contradiction between the masses and the imperialists to be fully and radically transformed.  To begin, we ask again what separates the change in policy from the ultimate restructuring of power. Fundamentally, a change in policy is a change in the conditions under which socialists organize and the people live; however, the underlying structures ...

At the time of writing, the third round of “No Kings” protests is upon us. For context, No Kings is an ongoing series of protests organized by Indivisible and the 50501 movement to protest the growing authoritarianism and flagrant violations of civil and human rights committed every day by the second administration of President Donald Trump. It has been estimated that the protests have drawn between 4 and 6 million people, or roughly 1.5% of the total American population. These events are typically accompanied by music, speeches, marches, and chants to signify the wide opposition to the anti-human and elite-first policies of the Trump administration and the ruling class at large. One of the more notable details about the No Kings protests is the wide strata of organizations in attendance. From Democratic Party loyalists to anarchists, through communists and beyond, every ideology even marginally to the left of fascism has shown some participation in these events. However, as much as th...

  Part I: Foundations Question 1: What does it mean to say that socialism is a science? What we mean when we say that socialism is a science is fundamentally the same as when one refers to biology, chemistry, or anthropology. We mean that the processes for developing socialism are rigorous, tested, and based in observation, experiment, and prediction of material reality. We say that the process of realizing socialism in the world is a practice that follows the scientific method wherein practices and material are observed, predictions are made, practical experiments are conducted, and the results of those experiments are analyzed to continue the cycle over again. To give an abstract example, say that there exist some objects $A$ and $B$ and that the success of $A$ is contingent upon the defeat of $B$— we would call this a “zero-sum game” or alternatively say that there is a contradiction between $A$ and $B$. We can denote this contradiction $\frac{A}{B}$ (pronounced: “A over B...