Haley Pessin and Andy Sernatinger speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2022. This session was sponsored by the Tempest Collective. https://www.tempestmag.org Crises of class inequality, race and gender oppression, and climate raise the question of how socialists should relate to a political system defined by two capitalist parties. Why does Marxism center mass struggle and class independence? What is the role of the Democratic Party in undermining or advancing the fight for a socialist future? Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on Soundcloud for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks