
As the new year begins, Alan Woods, editor of In Defence of Marxism, looks at what lies ahead, as economic crisis, environmental catastrophe, war, and disease continue to plague humanity. The perspective is clear: socialism or barbarism.

As a new wave of the pandemic sweeps across Europe, governments are enforcing measures to slow the spread of the virus. But the ruling class and its representatives cannot be trusted with our lives. We need to put workers in control.

The emergence of a new, highly-transmissible variant of COVID-19 threatens to deepen the coronavirus crisis. This disastrous setback is the entirely predictable result of capitalist profiteering. The alternative is clear: socialism or barbarism.