OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE OF THE VANGUARDIST UNION Greetings to the people of the world! The Revolutionary Futurist Vanguard, and indeed the entirety of the liberated peoples who compose the Vanguardist Union, are presently observing the developing situation in Ardonia, wherein a military junta has recently seized power and initiated a political crackdown against both the revolutionary movements and the left-wing of capital. The Vanguardist Union, in solidarity with both the people of Ardonia and indeed all humanity, roundly and unreservedly condemns the coup and the junta, and does not recognise the legitimacy of the new regime. However, it is insufficient to merely condemn this event, and thus provide cover for the system of bourgeois democracy. We must also understand why this happened, and what must be done as a result. The capitalist system is filled with intrinsic contradictions, problems that it is unable to resolve that inherently push the entire system towards collapse and revolution. Democratic systems of governance can help ease this tension, slowing the process for a time, and the policies of social democracy fulfil a similar purpose, staving off crisis for as long as possible. Yet, nevertheless, crisis will inevitably manifest. Just like the capitalist economic system in which it is rooted, the democratic political system is plagued with contradiction. It is, at its core, hypocritical, based on the falsities of political liberty and political equality, and these illusions cannot stand forever. The coup and subsequent installation of a military dictatorship in Ardonia represents the breakdown of this hypocrisy, with the velvet-gloved tyranny of bourgeois democracy giving way to open despotism. The collapse of Ardonian democracy heralds the imminent arrival of capitalist crisis, as demonstrated by the immediate aims of the junta in attempting to suppress the revolutionary organisations within Ardonian society. The Ardonian bourgeoisie, and indeed the international bourgeoisie, have chosen to place their trust in the junta to maintain the capitalist system upon with their existence is predicated. History teaches us that they are willing to go to the any length, to commit the most horrendous and abominable crimes imaginable, in order to maintain their position. The only solution to this threat, the only way to snuff out this tyranny once and for all, is to wage a relentless war against the bourgeoisie and the whole system of capitalism. This war must be waged by the the workers of the world, united in their desire to build a better future for all humanity and the very Earth itself. Workers of Ardonia, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains! Long live the world revolution! |