ISO Pittsburgh: September 2013

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Forum: REBEL CITIES

Thursday October 3rd - 7:30 to 9pm

Building urban insurgencies to democratically transform society

Friends Meeting House

4836 Ellsworth Avenue in Oakland

Presentation from David Harvey (video)

followed by a panel discussion with:

Carl Redwood

Paul O'Hanlon

Helen Gerhardt

There is also a study group on David Harvey's Rebel Cities

at the Thomas Merton Center, 5129 Penn Avenue

Every Tuesday in October, 7:30 to 9pm

Rebel Cities can be purchased for $16.95

Everyone is welcome to participate in the study group!

First meeting is October 8th

Please contact leblanp1@laroche.edu or helengerhardt1@gmail.com

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.