From the Editors:

Why the Bailout Won't Work and What We Need to Do
As this edition of the People's Tribune goes to press, the government has just approved the $700 billion bailout of the banks and other wealthy speculators. Among the people there is a mixture of anger and fear - anger that the speculators are being bailed out, and fear over where the economy is headed.

The government is trying desperately to save a dying economic system. We must also see that the corporations are moving to gain complete control of our society and run it entirely in their interests.
To understand why the proposed bailout won't work and is not in the workers' interest, we need to see what is really at the root of the crisis.  more