ISO Pittsburgh: January 2013

Monday, January 28, 2013

GAME OVER: A Forum with Dave Zirin

Dave will discuss sports, politics,
and his latest book
Game Over: How Politics Has Turned the Sports World Upside Down.

Thursday

February 21st

7:30PM

Friends Meeting House, 4836 Ellsworth Avenue

Dave Zirin writes about the politics of sports for the Nation Magazine.
He is their first sports writer in 150 years of existence.
Winner of Sport in Society and Northeastern University School of Journalism's 2011 'Excellence in Sports Journalism' Award,
Zirin is also the host of Sirius XM Radio’s popular weekly show, Edge of Sports.

"Dave Zirin, as the years go by, sounds less and less like a politically slanted leftist rabble-rouser and more like the only sumbitch who understands what the hell's going on."

- Will Leitch, New York Magazine.

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.