Concern No. 2: Socio-economic development for oppressed and exploited countries and nations, and social equity for all working people

The deep problems of the imperialist-dominated world capitalist system have worsened and are in very sharp focus today. The majority of humanity has long suffered unremitting poverty and exploitation. But the people are being pushed into even greater difficulties by the current episode of intense economic and financial crisis which is feared to be the worst since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The current descent into greater socioeconomic turmoil doesn’t just underscore the inevitability of crisis under capitalism – it also exposes how imperialism’s dogged and vicious efforts to secure profits are precisely what create the conditions for ever greater instability. All this affirms how there can never be true socioeconomic development or equity for the people under this oppressive and exploitative capitalist system.

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