The Epstein scandal exposes the full moral decay of the capitalist class. For the rich and powerful, power comes with a sense of total impunity to exploit the most vulnerable and a rejection of common moral principles. In the face of the rottenness of the Epstein class, ordinary people are beginning to question the very morality of the system in which we live.

This talk by Hélène Bissonnette – leading member of the Revolutionary Communist Party in Canada – will explain how morality develops, its hypocritical nature under class society, and the crisis of bourgeois morality today.

Reading list

Articles

Leon Trotsky – “Their Morals and Ours” (English) (French)

Hélène Bissonnette – “Morality and the class struggle” (English) (French)

Daniel Morley – “Jeffrey Epstein and the psychology of bourgeois decadence” (English)

Ben Gliniecki – “War, peace and class struggle: Marxism vs. pacifism” (English)

Marie Frederiksen – “Marxists and Morality” (English)

Andréas C. et Piera S. – Epstein and his world (French)

Podcasts

Against The Stream – “The Epstein Files and the Crisis of Trumpism” (English)

Videos

Daniel Morley – Morality and class society (English)

Ben Gliniecki – Their morals and ours: Marxism vs. pacifism (English)

Gabriel Vergne – Their morals and ours: Ends and means in the revolutionary struggle (French)