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 revolutionaries of modern history.

We'll discuss the Marxist understanding of the role played by stock markets in capitalism.

How has the function of stock markets evolved over the years, and how do they contribute to today's exploding wealth inequality?

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 very excited

to have Professor Richard Wolfe join us for a regular weekly segment where we discuss the biggest

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

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Richard Wolfe is the co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work and the author of many books,

the latest being The Sickness is the System,

when capitalism fails to save us from the pandemics or itself.

You can check out his work at rd.wolf.com.

I'm Walter Smolerick, filling in for Brian Becker, who's out this week to attend the funeral

of our dear friend Abduz Lukman.

Abduz was a committed fighter for social justice and an insightful voice in people's alternative

media as part of Lukman Nation.

All of us at the Socialist Program extend our heartfelt condolences to his beloved wife and

comrade, Jackie Lukman.

Professor Wolf, let's turn to this topic of the stock market.

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