ISO Pittsburgh: June 2011

Thursday, June 9, 2011

MARXISM & ORGANIZATION

Presentation and power-point slideshow
with author PAUL LeBLANC

--FOLLOWED BY OPEN DISCUSSION--

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15 – 7:30 p.m.

in Pittsburgh’s picturesque Shadyside neighborhood

FOR DETAILS, CONTACT US:
isopitt@gmail.com or call 412-760-9716

How Can We Get to Socialism?
What did Marx & Engels, Rosa Luxemburg, Lenin, & Trotsky, Antonio Gramsci, and other socialists have to say? What do YOU have to say?

COME SHARE WITH US

-- POTLUCK REFRESHMENTS!!!

Make Exxon Pay Rally and March

Tired of Big Oil Not Paying Their Fair Share?

You pay your taxes, so why doesn't Exxon?
With gas prices topping $4 a gallon, it's no wonder Exxon is making record profits.

Had enough? Let's make big oil and gas pay their fair share.

Make Exxon Pay Rally and March

Friday June 10th, 3:30pm @ Market Square

Call 877-793-4238 or visit www.onepittsburgh.org for more info

Monday, June 6, 2011

Justice for Jordan Miles

On May 28th, members of our ISO Branch participated in the "Peoples Indictment" as part of the Justice for Jordan Miles activities in downtown Pittsburgh. Courtney and Nick have published the following article in Socialist Worker.org. Justice for Jordan Miles

Who We Are

We are the Pittsburgh branch of the International Socialist Organization. Our members are involved in helping to build a number of struggles: the movement to stop American wars abroad, fights against racism and anti-immigrant scapegoating, the struggle for women's rights like the right to choose abortion, opposing anti-gay bigotry, pushing for environmental justice, and standing up for workers' rights. We are committed to building a left alternative to a world of war, racism and poverty.

Read our "Where We Stand" pamphlet for more information.

Why Socialism?

The misery that millions of people around the world face is rooted in the society we live in--capitalism, where the few who rule profit from the labor of the vast majority of the population.

In the U.S., a tiny proportion of the population enjoys fantastic wealth, while millions of people live in desperate poverty, and many more live paycheck to paycheck. Yet we have the resources to feed, clothe and educate everyone on the planet.

A world free of exploitation--socialism--is not only possible but worth fighting for. The ISO stands in the tradition of revolutionary socialists Karl Marx, V.I. Lenin and Leon Trotsky in the belief that workers themselves--the vast majority of the population--are the only force that can lead the fight to win a socialist society. Socialism can't be brought about from above, but has to be won by workers themselves.