Vladimir Herasymchuk

The main method of stupidifying the people for the benefit of rampant pseudo-democracy is the lie. And the liars are constantly perfecting their art. However, the methods of bourgeois propaganda, unfortunately, have not been fully explored. The apologists of anticommunism gained a temporary victory over socialism. Meanwhile, the globe continues its journey in space. The civilization on Earth develops according to objective laws.

In our message we are reflecting on some of the aspects of the methodological apparatus of the bourgeois propaganda with the example of information on events in Latin America.

1. Silencing of the essence of the events as one of the methods of lying
2. Territorial and temporary localization, concentration of the attention of society on individual processes and phenomena of little importance with the purpose of distracting mainstream people from social contradictions in the society
3. Covering the essence of the processes and phenomena with truth-like cloak of the clutter of mainstream information and often simply with gossip.

So, the leaders of world imperialism look at the collapse of the Soviet Union as at the final demise of the socialist system. However, one cannot see the meaning of the events by only looking at their territorial and temporary localization. One must have a broader view of the world.

For example, let us turn to the XIX century. After victorious European revolutions, which ended in the brightest, although short-lived, flash of Paris Commune, German empire was born in Europe – the stronghold of reaction and chauvinism. However, did it determine the essence of the century? Let us compare social, economic and political situation on the continent in the beginning and in at the end of the century. No, the XIX century is not the German empire! The essence of this epoch is transformation of communism from utopia into science, from mirage and a fairy tale dream into methodology of class struggle. Isn’t that right?

And it is not the counter-revolution of the 1990s that determines the essence of the XX century. The light lit by the Great October will never fade. Our epoch is Lenin and Stalin, Che Guevara and Fidel. It is the flag of victory on Reichstag and Red Flags of Latin America. Unfortunately, "revolution is not possible without a counter-revolution" (V.I. Lenin). However, after the complete defeat the World socialism still has its strength and is full of decisive intentions to continue its victorious march on its way to establishing the World of Free Labour, democracy and socialism.

As for the Third millennium – shut up, you miserable pygmies! And do not turn your eyes away from the lightning blitz all over the planet! The Star of Liberation shines brighter and brighter over the Motherland of Bolivar and Jose Marti! More and more powerful becomes the left front of Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. More and more often red banners fly over Mexico. A communist became a leader of the Parliament in India. The first satellite is launched in the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea. Despite of the known contradictions within its class relations, communist China becomes more and more mighty. No, do not comfort yourselves with vain hopes for world domination, gentlemen globalists. World revolution, having crossed challenging borders of the New Millennium, continues its march across countries and continents!

Why, then, the World of the Yellow Devil, who managed to destroy my wonderful Country of Soviets, is silent about this? It must be that fear took over the body and soul of the Criminal whose days are numbered. This is why he is trying to conceal the truth. Silencing the essence of the events is one of the forms of lying. At the same time, the clutter of the dominant information sources almost always hides itself under the truth-like cloak. All of this is directed towards misleading a mainstream person.

Let us now dive into some concrete events of modernity. For instance, when listening to the recent news on the events in Latin America, one might ask a banal question – is there such a country in the world as Bolivia? How about Chile? We understand that no one doubts the existence of such countries. However, the Rio Grande carried a lot of its waters into the Atlantic since the time when in the presidential elections in Bolivia on December 18 the leader of the left forces Evo Morales won. And most media in our country, Ukraine, leave this event in the shade and unnoticed. Is it possible that numerous correspondents and observers have not heard about such a state as Bolivia?

It is symbolic that this particular country became a new centre of struggle for socialism in Latin America. It is there, in the ravine Quebrada del Yuro, while still burning with revolutionary passion, died Che.

The pseudo-democratic media of Ukraine also has covered up with the cloth of mystery and unknown the information about the revolutionary events in Venezuela. The President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez clearly defined his country’s direction towards socialism. Information about the elections in Chile, where a socialist Michelle Bachelet, supported by communists, gained victory, is also absent from the media.

Having said this, isn’t the taboo on true information about the events around the world and about the fear of the soon-to-die imperialism a manifestation of unavoidable steps of the World revolution?

The following poetry is dedicated to the process of activation of the revolutionary movements in Latin American continent. The Dictatorship of Free Labour is ahead!

Borisfen – an ancient name of the Dnieper river
Evo Morales, Hugo Chavez – presidents of Bolivia and Venezuela
Quebrada del Yuro – a ravine in the area near which Che Guevara died
Quasars – space bodies with huge and bright energy output. There is a theory that quasars may be nuclei of future civilizations.
Lethe – in Greek mythology a river in the kingdom of dead
Slouch – river in Zhitomir, Rovno and Khmelnitzki regions of Ukraine
Kreshchati Yar – a ravine, from which the main street of Kiev – Kreshchatik started

Clouds tangle above Borisfen
The blue skies darkened
On the thrones of our Lords ghosts rule…
However, the spring is drawing near from under the horizon!
The sun will rise again above Kreshchati Yar,
The time will come for May thunders,
And human race will blaze up like quasar
The World will rise in scarlet rays.
Today Rus is foggy and gloomy,
Look – blizzard captured the heavens,
Yet, we hear rumbling in the ravine del Yuro –
Che Guevara’s spirit resurrects in many souls.
From Amazon to Orinoco,
From the Andes to mountains above Slouch
In hundreds voices sounds:

VIVA MORALES,
        CHAVEZ
                AND FIDEL!

…The wind tears evil-baring clouds into rags –
Let the blue skies brighten up and shine!
The ghosts from the thrones will sink into oblivion of Lethe –
Spring with Hammer and Sickle is drawing near!

I want to finish my lyrical-political message with the words of Gregory Atamonov about the President of Venezuela: "Hugo Chavez does not hide his admiration of the Cuban form of socialism. On many occasions he spoke about his intention to copy in Venezuela "the unbelievable social achievements " of the Island of Freedom, including successful conquering of the poverty and inequality, achievement of free education, accessible medicine and the eradication of private property" ("Raboche-krestianskaya pravda" – aka "Workers and Peasants Truth" newspaper, Mukechevo, Ukraine).

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