Today we continue a series of discussions about the basics of Marxism, a method for understanding

and changing the world used by many of the great organizers, activists, and revolutionaries

in modern history. We'll continue last week's discussion on the Marxist understanding of the real

estate or housing market, this week focusing on the

skyrocketing cost of rent and the great hardships this imposes on workers throughout the United

States.

We need a new system.

We need a new society.

We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible even a few weeks ago,

but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. Deepening unemployment, a looming wave of evictions, massive and widening inequality.

There's no denying it.

Capitalism is in crisis and capitalism is the crisis.

We are excited to be joined once again by Professor Richard Wolfe.

He talks to us every Wednesday in this weekly segment where we talk about the biggest stories

related to the economy, the state of the working class, and the crimes of big business.

I'm your host, Brian Becker. The Socialist Program brings you content three days a week

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Richard Wolfe is the co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work. He's the author of many

books, the latest being The Sickness is the System when

Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or itself. You can check out his work at

R-D-Wolf.com. That's R-D-W-L-F-F.com. Professor Wolf, welcome back. Thank you. Glad to be here.

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