ISO Pittsburgh: October 2014

Sunday, October 12, 2014

SOCIALIST DAY SCHOOL - November 1st

ANOTHER WORLD IS NECESSARY

Getting Organized to Change the World

Saturday, November 1

10:30am - 3:30pm

DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE: Global Struggle for Socialism
Speaker:
Mike Gonzalez (author, Hugo Chavez: Socialist for the Twenty-First Century)

RACE, CLASS, GENDER: Connecting the Dots
Panelists include:
Helen Gerhardt (Iraq war vet, social justice activist), Carl Redwood (Community Organizer), Danna Cascone (ISO)

CAPITALISM AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Panelists include:
Mel Packer (Marcellus Protest, Protect Our Parks), Russ Fedorka (ISO)

LOCATION:
Pittsburgh Athletic Association (across from the Cathedral of Learning)
4215 Fifth Avenue
Rear entrance off of Lytton, downstairs in the Walnut Room

Admission is free, all welcome

Lunch is available for purchase onsite

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

Here's an article based on a radio interview with Paul LeBlanc on WESA-FM
http://wesa.fm/post/iso-wants-school-you-socialism

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Social Gathering

Join us in welcoming revolutionary activists and scholars

from The Netherlands and Britain who have just moved to the 'Burgh!

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4 -- 7:00-9:00 p.m.

317 S. PACIFIC AVENUE in Bloomfield/Friendship

(home of Jonah McAllister-Erickson and Jessica Benner)

RSVP: isopgh@gmail.com or 412-760-9716

Snacks and libations will be served!

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.