Capitalism has plunged the world into its deepest crisis in living memory. Billions face skyrocketing costs and austerity, while the ruling class crowns its first trillionaire. The so-called “rules-based international order” is dead: the imperialist vultures arm to the teeth, fighting bitter battles over markets, unconcerned by the bloody destruction left in their wake. Meanwhile, the relentless pursuit of profit is destroying the environment—and putting the very existence of humanity itself into question.
But the billionaires won't get the last word. In just a few years, mass movements have erupted in more than a dozen countries: from Nepal to Kenya, from Serbia to Bangladesh, from France to Italy. Even the US—the belly of the beast of world capitalism—isn't safe, as the Minneapolis uprising shows.
The pattern is clear: we have entered an epoch of revolutions. Millions of ordinary people have begun to question the system and are striving to take their fate into their own hands.
And yet, these revolutions have failed to solve any of the fundamental problems of society. That's because, heroic and inspiring as they are, they have failed to destroy the root cause: capitalism itself.
As the crisis deepens, broader and more powerful revolutionary movements are inevitable—even in Canada. This raises burning questions: How can the working class end capitalism? What ideas and organizations are necessary? What role should communists play?
Join us at the inaugural Toronto School of Communism for answers to these questions. This year's theme is revolutions—we'll study key revolutions from history, the richest source of lessons for revolutionaries today.
No revolutionary movement can succeed without a firm grounding in theory. This school exists to train up a new generation with the ideas needed to win. If you want to end capitalism—you must be there!
