Identity politics professes to unite oppressed people against their oppressors. But in reality, it merely distracts from the root cause of society’s ills, including racism, sexism, homophobia and every other form of bigotry.

Capitalism could not survive without dividing the working class along the lines of race, gender and sexuality to prevent a common struggle against the real foe: the rich bosses and the exploitative system they represent.

As Ylva Vinberg, a leading Swedish communist, explains in this episode, we need united class struggle to strike at the heart of all the rotten and reactionary ideas that poison human relations.