The problem is capitalism, not just a harsh budget - WSM speech at the Dáil

andrew
Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:05:01 +0000
Budget 2011, Economy, Dublin, Talk, Analysis

As part of the budget protests at the Dail Dec 7 2010 Gregor Kerr gave the following speech for the WSM. In it he argues that, while we must fight the budget, we need to look beyond that and clearly say that capitalism as a way of organising society is morally and politically bankrupt. If we want to ensure that this financial crisis and the economic misery it has visited on millions of working class people across the world is the last, then we need to begin to organise not to change the administrators of capitalism, but to tear down that capitalist system and replace it with a system which places the needs of the many above the greed of the few.