This is an interesting article written by the Philippine anti-globalization activist Walden Bello who was a long-time member of the ultra-leftist Philippine Communist Party.
There are two Communist parties in the Philippines... I support the PKP - 1930: http://www.pkp-1930.com
Bello has provided some important insight into what is going on right now concerning attacks on democracy here in the United States; this is a worthwhile read considering, in my opinion, that Bello continues to fall into the anti-working class trap of the New Left with his references to there being a “white working class” when in fact there is one multi-racial working class and his description of China being “authoritarian.”
Bello has had many twists and turns in his own thinking but seems often not to appreciate the twists and turns involved as the Chinese people have struggled to build socialism in a very complex world in a very hostile environment dominated by Wall Street imperialist dictate.
Bello also misses the fact that Xi Jinping is leading the country in a study of “The Communist Manifesto” as a major part of the effort to get China on a firm socialist footing.
Nor does Bello mention the importance of China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI) contributing to world peace and ending some of the worst poverty in the world.
But, for a non-Marxist left wing scholarly intellectual lacking ties to the working class, Bello does a pretty good job here:
https://fpif.org/america-has-entered-the-weimar-era/
I would encourage using this article for discussion in developing our strategy in defense of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and democracy.