The Workers' School

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📅 May 24, 2026 ⏰ 5:30–7:00 PM 📍 rift, 2nd Floor, 2112 V.V. Soliven Building, Epifanio de los Santos Ave, San Juan City, Metro Manila 🛜 via Zoom

The discussion will also ask: Is every generation compelled to produce its own “Marxism”? If so, what kind of Marxism is needed in this conjuncture from the perspective of Gen Z? Co-organized by The Workers' School, the Marxist Forum, and rift.

❓What draws younger generations to Marxism today? What do they find useful in it? What do they find limiting? How can those limits be overcome? Young students and workers will reflect on how they encountered Marxism and why they engage with it today.

𝘽𝙐𝙆𝘼𝙎 𝙉𝘼! 📣 We keep hearing that historical materialism is outdated and no longer speaks to people, especially the youth. Yet in recent years, more and more young people continue to be drawn to Marxism. Why? A panel discussion on Marxism, Gen Z, and the crises of today.

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Mula kina Marx at Engels hanggang sa mga debate nina Bernstein, Lenin, Luxemburg, Gramsci, Sison, Lagman, at iba pa, pag-aaralan natin ang iba’t ibang ambag sa Marxismo upang palakasin ang ating kakayahang suriin at baguhin ang mundo.

𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙭𝙞𝙨𝙢 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮 and where should it be heading in the coming years? For the final session of our Intro to Marxism course, we look back at what we covered while also examining the Marxism(s) being forged for the struggles ahead.

🔴 rift EDSA, San Juan City, Metro Manila 🔴 Available via Zoom REGISTER HERE! ONLINE: sosyalista.ph/twsmarxismgenz… ONSITE: sosyalista.ph/twsmarxismgenz… 📷 Philippine Collegian 5/5

Hear from Gen Z and Millennial students and young workers engaging with Marxism today. What draws them to it? What do they find useful or limiting? What kind of Marxism is needed for the crises of the 21st century? 🔴 May 24, 2026 🔴 5:30–7:00 PM 4/5

Gen Z is projected to become the first generation economically worse off than their parents, and among the most skeptical of capitalism. Why are young people rediscovering Marx today? Is it just an aesthetic trend, or a deeper political shift? 3/5

Then came the 2008 crash, stagnant wages, a pandemic that exposed the failures of the social safety net, intensifying genocide and imperialist rearmament, and a climate crisis growing harder to ignore. Enter Gen Z. 2/5

A SPECTRE IS HAUNTING THE YOUTH... For decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Marxism was dismissed as a relic. Capitalism’s defenders declared the “end of history” and insisted there was no alternative to exploitation, inequality, and war. 1/5

5/5 📌 Readings: sosyalista.ph/twsguerrero sosyalista.ph/twslagman 📌 Online registration: sosyalista.ph/marxismcourse

4/5 📅 May 17, 2026 🕐 2:00–5:00 PM 📍 Online at onsite 📕 Bahagi ito ng mas malawak na kursong tumatakbo mula Pebrero hanggang Mayo 2026 upang palalimin ang pag-unawa sa Marxismo bilang scientific theory at tradisyong intelektwal para sa pagsusuri at pagbabago ng lipunan.

1/5 “Semi-feudal” pa rin ba ang Pilipinas o atrasadong kapitalista na? Angkop pa rin ba ang “protracted people’s war” o kailangan na ng ibang estratehiya para baguhin ang lipunan? Sa huling session ng ating Intro to Marxism, tatalakayin natin ang debate nina Ka Joma at Ka Popoy