A spectre is haunting europe...

Yesterday marked the 136th anniversary of the birth of V.I, Lenin. It was also widely celebrated as Earth day. Coincidence? I think not.

It stands to reason that the bourgeois powers would present an alternative special occasion to counter the popularity of the Socialist leader. It certainly would not be the first case of such an event taking place, nor the last.

But this assault on the founder of the Soviet Union extends far beyond tactics to divert people from celebrating the anniversary of his birth. The actual assault is on Lenin himself, in the flesh.

It has been 136 years, and Lenin is still with us. His body is still housed within the mausoleum in Red square, Moscow, Russia. This is exactly what the capitalists fear, and this is why they are pushing harder then ever to bury Lenin. I have heard many arguments for burying Lenin, some of them even good arguments, all of them on the grounds of moral concern for Lenins last testament and "putting his soul to rest". Of course, The true motives for burying Lenin have nothing to do with morality, and everything to do with maintaining Capitalist dominance in the former USSR, and elsewhere.

It is not Lenin in particular that the bourgeoisie want to bury; It is Socialism itself.

But the tide is turning against the bourgeoisie, and in favor of Lenin. Lenin has become a powerful rallying point for socialism, especially as Russia and the rest of the former socialist camp continue to be violently raped by capitalism. A recent study found that two-thirds of the population of Russia think favorably of Lenin. Millions of Russians, and peoples of all nations are defending the Lenin mausoleum from the advancing claws of the international capitalist powers.

Burying Lenin will be tricky enough. Burying the Revolution will be the death of Capitalism, and the birth of a new society, the society of Communist man. It is on this 136th anniversary of the birth of V.I. Lenin that a hope for the future and the vision of the revolution can be glimpsed.

Lenins memory lives on. The revolution lives on.