Fred Weston, Editor of "In Defence of Marxism" (www.marxist.com) gave a lead off on the crisis of capitalism, with particular emphasis on the situation in Europe. The event was an open meeting of the Communist Tendency of SYRIZA, which was held on Friday, December 20, at the CINE KERAMIKOS in Athens, held as a fringe meeting during the founding congress of the SYRIZA Youth. It was highly successful with over 100 attending.