1. The document discusses the connections between capitalism, globalization, crises, and neoliberalism. It argues that internal contradictions within capitalism led to economic crises, not neoliberalism, and neoliberalism emerged as an ideological response. 2. It analyzes the legacy of the post-war social partnership between labor and capital, which brought unprecedented social progress but also depoliticized and demobilized workers. When the balance of power shifted in the 1970s, neoliberalism broke down this compromise. 3. It argues that trade unions must become more political to fill the void left by failing political parties. Unions need to build new alliances, develop concrete alternatives