Kieran Allen (author Marx and Alternative to Capitalism), Paul Murphy TD (RISE)
The international business magazine, Bloomberg, has predicted social unrest and revolutions after the COVID-19 crisis.
The private market cannot cope with the crisis. When ventilators or testing equipment are needed, corporations push up the price. Private hospitals demand huge fees to deal with the pandemic. Yet the crisis is also revealing who are the essential workers – and it is not the stockbrokers or the advertising executives.
At this meeting, we examine how we can build a better society to capitalism. What would socialism really look like – and can it work?
Questions and discussion will follow short introductions.
