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This Is a Communist Rebellion
I write articles on war. I have spent the last ten years studying revolution and rebellion cause I find it interesting and it pays. So imagine my surprise this weekend, when I saw a straight-up Communist Rebellion break out on the streets of the USA.
People in the media, on Ricochet, and my friends on Facebook just think this more of the same that we have seen in recent years. No, that was Stage 1. We are at the beginning of Stage 2. What Stages am I talking about?
First, let’s talk a little about Che Guevera. After the Cuban Revolution, he realized three things.
- Popular Forces can win against a regular army if properly led.
- The Revolution does not have to wait for favorable social and political conditions, the insurrection itself can create these conditions.
- The Countryside is the main battleground in underdeveloped Latin America.
All these Antifa guys wearing Che shirts; does it occur to anyone that they might be reading his books as well?
The US is not Latin America. The countryside is not the main battleground, it’s the cities.
Now we get to the three stages.
Stage 1. A defensive stage, where revolutionary cadres establish themselves in sanctuaries (universities) and begin popular resistance. I have no doubt there are hundreds of safe houses littered across American cities, not all of them known, where stockpiles of pre-positioned materials are set.
Stage 2. An equilibrium stage, where the guerrillas move amongst the people, increase their strength, and destroy government support and morale. This is where we are now.
Stage 3. A popular offensive stage, where the guerillas, acting as the vanguard, will lead the entire people in overthrowing the government and consolidating their power.
This is organized action by Antifa, an honest-to-goodness Communist front who has been preparing for something like this for years now. Berkeley, Oakland, Portland. Those were practice runs. They were testing police response in preparation for a large series of planned riots.
The Wuhan Flu has prepared the stage for this action in a way that Antifa could never dream. Tens of millions of people unemployed and cooped up for months. The perfect ingredients to encourage large scale rioting. I have no doubt that they dusted off operational plans and the leadership cadre set things in motion probably a few weeks into the virus.
Antifa is following the work of men such as Carlos Marighela, Douglas Bravo, and Abraham Guillen. They are Latin American revolutionaries from the 1960s and 1970s who took Che’s ideas and applied them to the then-new modern city environments.
It is in American cities where large groups of discontented people can be found. Workers, students, and the unemployed. Right now there are tens of millions for Antifa to go with.
They consider this a political-military struggle.
There are now Antifa cells that serve as revolutionary cadres.
They are out in the streets pre-planning and staging material for the riots at this very moment. Those pallets of bricks and water scattered about.
The actions they are to take will include assassination, kidnapping, sabotage, attacks on police stations (already happening), propaganda, and agitation through all media. They are currently working through some organizations for protest demonstrations, strikes (hard to do with everything shut down), civil disobedience, and what Antifa excels at, rioting.
All of these things are planned to have political effects. They are trying to undermine the faith in government by proving how inadequate and incompetent they are (lucky for them most of the places they are doing this to are run by Democrats). Urban guerilla warfare is designed to increase social disintegration.
They are trying to force the government to overreact and then crackdown, so they can get more recruits, more supporters, and more money.
That’s the goal of the riots. Antifa does not think this will work out in undermining the government; they think they can use this to recruit more people to their side. This is the start of a years-long struggle, one that has been going on since the Obama administration. They are the Vanguard for a true revolution that will strike down capitalism and lead to their new world vision for the USA.
I have no doubt their leadership cadre has been trained and is actively getting support from Russia and China. It’s not Twitter farms stirring up trouble. What do you think those Chinese Cultural Centres on University Campuses are just there to steal your secrets? They have been used to target people who would be interested in being Marxist guerillas, and many of them have flown to China on “cultural visits” where they have been given training in tradecraft and information operations in preparation for the rebellion.
I am not saying that the Chinese ordered this into active operation. That some sort of “Climb Mount Nitaka” order was given. But the idea that they and Russia are not training and supplying Antifa seems ridiculous.
So, this is the big one. I can’t believe it’s actually happening. That someone would actually try it in the continental US. But it’s happening and people need to be aware.
Certainly law enforcement seems to be getting the message. I don’t expect Antifa to succeed. I expect this to be crushed in a few months’ time. But we need to start changing the narrative because it’s the wrong one. Antifa is trying for a Communist Revolution in the streets of America.
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Right now there’s an alliance between the Communists and the anarchists.
A member of the Oathkeepers using the nom de guerre of “Navy Jack” infiltrated Antifa after the 2016 election. This is from his after action report:
Navy Jack on the Communists:
And anarchists:
Read the whole thing.
Here’s a link to his other work, including interim reports from his infiltration.
Meant to be “feel good” pieces on the news this morning, the videos of police officers kneeling down before…and to the great satisfaction of…the mob in various cities across the country struck me as a sign that this destruction of morale is well underway. Expect more of this to be pushed onto your screens daily…the effects will become more evident very soon.
Based on the limited exposure I allow myself to the TV coverage, nothing that has reached my eyes and ears over the last six or seven days with respect to protests (outside of Minneapolis) and riots makes any sense…the mouthpieces shown on TV recite story lines and describe situations that defy all logic and rationality without even a hint of a clue behind their mindless eyes.
The stages you cite are about establishing a momentum to the “desired” shift in society. If we are not already past the tipping point, we certainly appear to have more than enough momentum already to put us there. I fear the game is already over…
I don’t think the CCP cares if the US becomes Communist. What they want is for the US to become weaker. Once that’s out of the way, the stupid gwailos can do what they want, but China will dominate.
Thanks, yeah I think Antifa has copied and learned from the Anarchists, and have moved beyond them. They can organize in a way the Anarchists cannot.
They also have a realizable goal. Overthrow the existing structure and replace. Anarchists want to burn it all down. Not so attractive.
I was going to mention I think Antifa is probably has a play book, that they are following. Like a football team. Each cell is following its directives from that for the moment.
The USA has put a lot of work into electronic communications. If I were Antifa, I would send through the postal service cause who bothers to check that anymore.
If game over for Antifa yes that would be true. I dont see everyone giving up the ghost to a bunch of kids with a little info war training.
JSOC is already likely gearing up to take care of this problem. I am just informing the people on Ricochet what is going on.
Yes this is Hybrid Warfare. My old boss agrees with me.
If Trump wins in November, we may buy a little more time. Whether that’s enough, who knows. The Chinese are stringing up a heckuva tightrope for him. Serious provocations right now that would take three carrier battle groups to cover, and whether they could survive in some of those regions is uncertain. Whether with riots at home Trump could offer an effective military response even if the anticarrier threat’s bark is worse than its bite is a real question.
Here at home, ongoing, economy wrecking disorder helps the Democrats. If Trump can calm things down, that can help him. But if he loses the election, it’s probably game over for the Union.
That’s bad. I had hoped that I was reading things wrong since I’ve never worked in your field, though I’ve heard and seen some things in the course of my life.
I dont necessarily agree. People dont always make big changes when times are bad. FDR got reelected a lot. Change often happens when times are good. When the books are open, and people feel free to spend again.
In times of uncertainty you tend to go with the devil you know vs the one you dont.
Also I think the virus is going to suppress some democratic vote. I think it already has.
There’s a deeper endemic problem:
The CCP’s leaders sure aren’t suppressing their laughter.
See the OP’s comments on the education system for more context.
Leaders around the world are watching. And in many capitals they are laughing at America. The notion that other countries would want to emulate our sterling example of democracy rings more than a little hollow these days. If democracy is designed to tamp down social unrest and insurrection because it allows everyone’s voice to be heard, then we are not making a good case for it.
I just want to say. I am a writer. I am not an intel professional. I worked logistics for 20 years.
This analysis is from a hobbyist and my boss is my old editor. However he is a major in the US reserves and he studied at the School of the Americas.
Remember this social unrest is not ‘normal’ social unrest. This rest is being instigated by a Communist Insurgency backed up by some help from foreign sources. You dont get riots in dozens of cities like this, without a coordinated action. This has been planned for months. Probably before the virus.
China has been fomenting unrest for a while now. We do it to them, so I don’t blame them. I do blame our media and the DNC that cooperates. Most on the streets are out to get some shoes or are LARPing. I think the Antifa folks will find that despite the crowds, there is no passion for their cause.
I agree. They will get the same problems the original rebels in the 70s found. But they will damage before they go.
You need a charismatic leader, and I don’t see one.
Antifa + criminals let out of jail because of the pandemic + teenagers is the combustible mix. I also see this as what will happen to the 2020 elections.
I hope it’s enough and isn’t offset by massive fraud involving mail ballots.
Mail balloting fraud is exceptionally rare. Now California has vote harvesting and as we saw in the special election, when Republicans matched the Democrats they easily rewon back the spot.
Also I think the virus will and has suppressed Democrat turnout in lots of places. Even with mail balloting.
Makes sense to me . . .
Absolutely spot on analysis. It’s plain as day to anyone who has studied communism.
Students of Christopher Dawson are not surprised. The goal is chaos. And to get people used to the idea of the military in the streets.
The left is now trotting out retired generals to criticize the response, especially any use of force to stop looting. I don’t know what Esper thought he was doing.
I suspect that part of declaring them a terrorist organization will be tracking money back to foreign actors funding. I am betting on China
Getting paid no doubt.
I’ll take Iran. Deal?
The problem is so few people do these days. And those that do are the wrong people to do the studying. I expect that will be changing soon.
They do not want authorities to overreact and put them in jail. Jail is a good place to get covit 19, which is exactly where they should be put. They just want to be allowed to do their chaos, get a little bloody in the process and parade minor bruises. They undercut weak leaders which are common. Of course the main stream media knows they’er just stupid stooges serving the interests of oversized corporations that enjoy nearly infinite economies of scale. Trump may actually understand this coalition of destructive forces. We’ll see.
I suspect Barr does. Trump should send him after the ANTIFA puppetmasters like Grant sent Sheridan after Early in the Shenandoah…engage the enemy and follow him to the death.
An observation: One overlay to the map of the United States of Antifa is the territorial map depicting which trafficking cartels are colonizing which cities and states and the related maps of US criminal gang territories. Cities whose governments are heavily weighted to protection rackets and graft can modulate criminal gangs by giving them a place at the table in return for votes and money. An example of how this works/worked in Minneapolis is found here:
(Except Early was the good guy.)
Thanks for this post. I’m not really a conspiracy guy, but one of the things that’s bothered me the past several days is that it seems like the reaction to the Floyd killing is out of proportion to the act itself. It feels very much like a pretext for something bigger. This has helped provide some possible context.