‘We have to smash the state’: The Left prepares for war

Published August 11, 2026 6:00am ET | Updated August 11, 2026 10:32am ET



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The 2020 Black Lives Matter insurrection came close to achieving regime change in America, yet failed, because Marxists did not anticipate that Americans would rise to defend their country. But Marxists are now better prepared to deal with counterrevolution.

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