We live in world of multiple crises—war and inter-imperialist rivalry, pandemic, economic upheaval and climate chaos. Billionaire wealth surges every year while millions of people struggle to survive. Capitalism is driving us towards catastrophe.

Marxism can help explain why these crises happen—and gives us the tools that can help guide the struggle to end them.

How Marxism Works is an accessible introduction to the basics of Marxist theory, from understanding history to economic crisis, oppression, the role of the working class, and why we need a revolution to bring about socialism.

This revised and expanded Australian edition draws heavily on How Marxism Works, by the late British revolutionary Chris Harman (1979), and The Case for Socialism, by David Glanz (2021). It has been edited by David Glanz.