A permanent and sustainable solution to all the problems facing working people is possible by taking the biggest companies into democratic ownership, and reorganizing the economy on a democratically planned basis. Under such a system we could democratically decide how to allocate resources. We could rapidly transition away from fossil fuels, develop massive jobs programs to rebuild the country's rotting infrastructure, and begin to build a whole new world based on meeting the needs of the majority, not the profits of a few.

Capitalism is based on ruthless exploitation and competition, and leads inevitably to the development of mega monopolies.

On the basis of capitalism, victories like raising the minimum wage are only temporary.

While we still live in a capitalist society, we of course will fight for whatever reforms help make life better for working people.

Today, capitalism faces a deep structural crisis.

Bernie Sanders says that the biggest banks that dominate the economy should be broken up into smaller banks. This would be far more radical than Hillary Clinton's proposals to regulate Wall Street.

Socialism is a society where the resources are used democratically to provide a better life for all, based on ending the dictatorship of big business over the economy and politics.