ISO Pittsburgh: September 2012

Friday, September 14, 2012

DEFENDING EDUCATION! a public forum

JOIN US FOR A DISCUSSION on the STATE OF EDUCATION

What is best for STUDENTS, TEACHERS, and our COMMUNITIES,

and the meaning of the CHICAGO TEACHERS’ STRIKE

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2

7:30 p.m.

5129 Penn Avenue - Thomas Merton Center

Speakers include:

Kipp Dawson - public school teacher, member of Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers

Orlando Sepulveda - Chicago Teachers Union

Josh Zelesnick - adjunct faculty member and union organizer, Duquesne University

Jonathan Clark - former charter school teacher, member of the ISO

Admission is Free

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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.