The state presents itself as neutral, standing above society. Marxism exposes it as something very different: an instrument of class domination.

This session explains how the police, courts, military, and bureaucracy defend the interests of capital, even while maintaining the illusion of “democracy.”

We’ll look at structural power, repression, and why reforms alone cannot transform the state into a tool for liberation. By examining the capitalist state’s real function, we open the door to understanding what workers’ democracy could look like—and why revolutionary change requires building new institutions of popular power from below.