In times of capitalist boom, those who hate all the injustice and cruelty of the system agonize over how to reach others with their message of struggle. But then come times like now, with hundreds of thousands getting pink slips, utility bills skyrocketing, and the life savings and pensions of many workers and middle-class people going up in smoke as stocks collapse.
Every crisis comes as a big surprise to most people, and needs careful analysis.
But even though each new development has its own unique features, Marxism has for a very long time provided the tools to analyze this crisis-prone system and develop a program of struggle against the capitalist class. That will be the framework for a conference in New York on June 2, when Workers World Party will present a discussion on the socialist answer to the growing capitalist crisis. There are several varieties of socialist parties in the world today. Some think socialism can come into existence gradually, through elections. They're generally known as social democrats.