ISO Pittsburgh: How to Study Marx Today?

Saturday, March 28, 2015

How to Study Marx Today?

Since the beginning of the global economic crisis of 2008, the ideas of Karl Marx have been back with a vengeance! But for those who are new to his ideas, studying this 19th century revolutionary thinker can be challenging.
Pepijn Brandon is a historian from Amsterdam who is now a researcher at Pitt. He'll introduce how to study Marx today, appealing to those in need of a "beginner's guide" as well as those already familiar with Marx's writings.

Thursday April 2nd

7pm

Friends Meeting House

4836 Ellsworth Avenue

Admission is free (of course).

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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.