Lenin said:
“Imperialism is decayed and rotten capitalism, and our era is the era of proletarian revolutions.”
The socialist revolution is not an ‘option’ — it is a historical necessity. Imperialism no longer even feels the need to hide behind the lies of “human rights,” “democracy,” and “freedom.”
Lenin said:
“The more aggressive imperialism becomes, the weaker it is.”
Our era is the era of imperialism and proletarian revolutions. For this reason, socialism is not an alternative — it is a historical necessity.
HOW DO WE ARRIVE AT THIS CONCLUSION?
How should Marxist-Leninist organizations and the proletariat analyse reality?
- Dialectical materialism – the method of thought: CONTRADICTION
- Historical materialism – the law of understanding society: CLASS
- Marxism-Leninism – transforming this knowledge into revolutionary practice: REVOLUTION
The fundamental contradiction lies between imperialism and the peoples of the world. This contradiction turns into class struggle. Class struggle culminates in revolution. Thus, the socialist revolution is no longer an option — it is a historical necessity.
THE MARXIST-LENINIST CONCLUSION IS CLEAR
- Capitalism cannot advance
- Imperialism is a decayed stage of capitalism
- Humanity is faced with two paths:
- barbarism
- or a leap forward through socialism
There is no third way. For this reason, the socialist revolution is no longer an “option,” but a historical necessity.
WHY DO WE KNOW THIS?
Because we know the laws of history. Marxism-Leninism teaches the proletariat scientific thinking. Marxist-Leninists evaluate events not by intentions, but by objective laws formed historically.
The entire proletariat of the world must evaluate reality in this way. This is the scientific method of thinking. Laws are not formed according to our intentions, but historically. They do not express our wishes, but objective realities.
THE LAWS OF HISTORY
1. The Tendency of the Rate of Profit to Fall (Karl Marx)
Capitalism’s internal contradiction:
- Living labour decreases
- The source of surplus value narrows
- Profit rates fall
At this point, capital faces two options:
- Social transformation (socialism)
- A return to primitive forms of exploitation
Imperialism has chosen the second — and by its nature, it must.
This is the return of primitive accumulation (Marx): expropriation, plunder, force, war.
2. Lenin’s Historical Law
Lenin stated:
“Imperialism is the eve of revolutions.”
Imperialist aggression is not strength — it is weakness. The more aggressive imperialism becomes, the weaker it is.
CAPITALISM HAS EXHAUSTED ITS HISTORICAL MISSION
According to Marx, capitalism’s historical role was to:
- Develop productive forces
- Break feudal bonds
- Create the world market
This mission has been completed.
CRISIS MEANS COLLAPSE
The imperialist crisis that erupted in 2008 has not been overcome.
- In 1945, the U.S. controlled nearly 50% of world production
- Today, this has fallen to around 15%
U.S. hegemony is weakening. The illusion of a unipolar world has collapsed.
THE REASONS FOR THE COLLAPSE
- Historical – Imperialism can no longer produce progress
- Economic – The falling rate of profit and forced regression
- Political – The historical collapse of bourgeois democracy
- Ideological – The collapse of claims to universality
THE TRUMP ERA AND THE RETURN TO THE MONROE DOCTRINE
U.S. imperialism is attempting to resolve its crisis by going back 200 years. A Monroe Doctrine – style policy of naked, coercive power is being imposed.
This is not a deviation — it is the decay phase of capitalism. Imperialism is so decayed that it can no longer sustain even ideological legitimacy.
The Monroe Doctrine (1823) declared: “Latin America is my sphere of influence.”
Trump, speaking for U.S. monopolies, effectively says: “The entire world is my sphere of influence.”
In the 19th century, the United States exploited Latin America through the Monroe Doctrine and developed as a result. What once allowed U.S. capitalism to grow now signals its collapse.
Capitalism is no longer the bearer of progress; it has become its obstacle. Unable to carry humanity forward, it now seeks to preserve itself by dragging humanity backward.
- Productive forces are not developing; they are being destroyed
- Science is subordinated to war, destruction, surveillance, and control
- Speculation dominates instead of labour
THE FINAL REVOLUTIONARY CONCLUSION
This two-hundred-year attempt to push humanity backward cannot halt humanity, cannot reverse history, it only sharpens contradictions and intensifies conflict.
The Marxist-Leninist conclusion is clear: capitalism cannot advance; imperialism is a decayed stage.
Humanity will either be dragged into barbarism or leap forward through socialism.
For this reason, the socialist revolution is no longer an “option,” but a historical necessity.
Regression is not a sign of imperialism’s strength, but an expression of its historical impasse.
THE ONLY OPTION IS SOCIALIST REVOLUTION
Imperialism is armed from head to toe.
The proletariat must organize under Marxist-Leninist parties and carry out a revolution based on force.
Reformism has historically gone bankrupt.
Scientific socialism has once again proven to be the only consistent path. “The fact that Chavez, Morales, and now Maduro have been openly kidnapped; this is a collapse of reformism!”
THE REVOLUTIONARY TASK
The proletariat must establish:
- Marxist-Leninist parties
- Popular organizations (People’s Committees, People’s Assemblies)
In the face of imperialist aggression, if Marxist-Leninist organizations and popular organizations do not exist, this vacuum will be filled by fascism, nationalism, religion, and corruption, diverting the struggle in another direction. The process of proletarian revolutions will be delayed, and the peoples of the world will pay an even higher price.
Just as in Germany, socialists failed to establish M-L parties despite having the conditions to seize power, leaving it to Hitler’s fascism, or as in Turkey today, where the fascist party leader Devlet Bahçeli (MHP) exploits the people’s anti-imperialist sentiments by claiming “the U.S. is the real problem,” history shows the dangers of failing to organize.
The task of revolutionaries is clear:
- The naked face of imperialism has been exposed.
- Reformist and liberal illusions have collapsed.
- Revolutionary, anti-imperialist, and socialist struggle has become objectively more legitimate.
- The struggle against imperialism is not only moral — it is historical and scientific.
It is necessary to establish popular organizations and parties:
- The Party carries the question of power.
- People’s Committees and People’s Assemblies transform the class.
Functions of the Party:
- Preserve the program
- Fix the objectives
- Integrate experience
Functions of People’s Assemblies:
- Develop new cadres
- Educate the class
- Expand the struggle
This is a mutual relationship and historical wholeness.
WHY ARE POPULAR ORGANIZATIONS MORE POLITICAL AT THIS STAGE OF IMPERIALISM?
Because:
- The crisis is permanent
- The state is visible in its naked coercion
- Capital cannot hide
Therefore, popular organizations:
- Quickly clash with class antagonisms
- Rapidly acquire political character
Compared to previous periods, this process will be far sharper and more decisive.
HISTORICAL CONCLUSION
It must be stated clearly:
- Without popular organization, the class cannot appear on the historical stage.
- But, at the same time, popular organization alone cannot solve the problem of power.
The relationship between the two must be correctly established.
THE PEOPLE DO NOT BECOME POLITICAL POWER ON THEIR OWN — M-L LEADERSHIP IS REQUIRED.
The Marxist law is simple: the class makes history only when organized.
Today:
- When living spaces are under siege
- When labour is fragmented
- When the state imposes itself by force
Popular organizations are:
- Not secondary
- Central arenas of struggle
But they carry historical significance only when linked to class antagonism, leadership, and the objective of power.
IN SUMMARY:
- Historical Level: Blockage of the productive forces
- Economic Level: Stagnation of capital accumulation
- Political Level: Collapse of democracy and hegemony
- Ideological Level: Erosion of universal values
- Revolutionary Perspective: Lenin’s Logic
- The more naked and aggressive imperialism becomes, the sharper the contradictions.
- Dragging humanity backward simultaneously creates objective conditions for socialist and anti-imperialist revolutions.
Leninist Revolutionary Strategy:
- As imperialist aggression increases,
- As exploitation and coercion are exposed,
- Revolution becomes inevitable.
In short, imperialism’s regression, historical decay, and revolutionary opportunity are expressed together.
We must organize, because only an organized people is invincible.
WORKERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE AGAINST IMPERIALISM!
STRUGGLE – WIN – BUILD SOCIALISM!
THE ONLY PATH IS REVOLUTION; THE ONLY SOLUTION IS SOCIALISM!
LET’S UNITE AND FIGHT AGAINST IMPERIALISM AS A FRONT!
Signatories:
Anti-Imperialist Front
People’s Front (Turkey)
SUPERNOVA (France)
Popular Action – group of communists/militants (Greece)
“Borotba” association (Ukraine)
Movimiento Guevarista de Ecuador
Iniciativa Comunista (Spain)
Interbrigade of the Moscow City Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation
New Socialist Movement of Georgia
Zannekinbond, Flanders (state of Belgium)
All-African People’s Revolutionary Party
Revolutionary Student Commission (student’s wing of Communist Party Marxist Kenya)
23rd September Movement (Bulgaria)
American Communist Party
BULTZA EHM-L (Euskal Herria/ Basque Country)
New Communist Party of Britain
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