Independent Socialist Group

Can’t Rent, Can’t Buy: Nationwide Housing Crisis

by Peggy Wang (APA, MTA/NEA – personal capacity) This article was originally published in Socialism Today, the paper of the Independent Socialist Group. Subscribe to the paper to receive each issue in print and read the articles before they’re published online! For years construction of unaffordable luxury units has displaced workers already struggling to getContinue reading “Can’t Rent, Can’t Buy: Nationwide Housing Crisis”

ISG In Action: Solidarity with the Nurses

by Jay Verchin ISG members in Worcester, MA, have supported the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) throughout the 10-month long strike against Tenet Healthcare, the corporation that owns St. Vincent Hospital. It was the longest nurses’ strike in state history. On March 8th, 2021, 800 nurses with the MNA walked out of the hospital. The nursesContinue reading “ISG In Action: Solidarity with the Nurses”

Capitalism in Crisis: Socialist Solutions Needed

by Elisabeth Wichser This article was originally published in Socialism Today, the paper of the Independent Socialist Group. Subscribe to the paper to receive each issue in print and read the articles before they’re published online! The signs of capitalist crisis are everywhere. Year two of the COVID-19 pandemic rages on. Your landlord wants toContinue reading “Capitalism in Crisis: Socialist Solutions Needed”

ISG In Action: Shut The Proud Boys Out of Portland, Maine

by Emery Adams (Saco Education Association, personal capacity) and Ruby Nguyen This article was originally published in Socialism Today, the paper of the Independent Socialist Group. Subscribe to the paper to receive each issue in print and read the articles before they’re published online! Here in Portland, Maine, members of the Proud Boys—a white supremacistContinue reading “ISG In Action: Shut The Proud Boys Out of Portland, Maine”

Climate Disaster & Capitalism

by Milena Germon & Nikayla Sims This article was originally published in Socialism Today, the paper of the Independent Socialist Group. Subscribe to the paper to receive each issue in print and read the articles before they’re published online! As people worldwide struggle with ecological and climate disasters, it is clear climate change is notContinue reading “Climate Disaster & Capitalism”

Who Will Pay for the COVID Crisis?

by T.R. Whitworth This article was originally published in Socialism Today, the paper of the Independent Socialist Group. Subscribe to the paper to receive each issue in print and read the articles before they’re published online! The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the contradictions of capitalism. Widespread death (over five million worldwide), unemployment, homelessness, andContinue reading “Who Will Pay for the COVID Crisis?”

Meet a Socialist – January/February 2022

by Sam Skinner This article was originally published in Socialism Today, the paper of the Independent Socialist Group. Subscribe to the paper to receive each issue in print and read the articles before they’re published online! For most young people, it’s impossible to pretend that capitalism works. From disastrous wars for profit to the climateContinue reading “Meet a Socialist – January/February 2022”

After Teamsters Elections, Rank-and-File Must Continue to Organize for Change

by Evren Pallares Ó Laoghaire, Teamsters Local 170 (personal capacity) This article was originally published in Socialism Today, the paper of the Independent Socialist Group. Subscribe to the paper to receive each issue in print and read the articles before they’re published online! This past November Teamsters Union members voted in new national leadership afterContinue reading “After Teamsters Elections, Rank-and-File Must Continue to Organize for Change”

Unions Fighting Back and the Need for Socialism

by Jeff Booth, AFSCME Local 3650 (personal capacity) This article was originally published in Socialism Today, the paper of the Independent Socialist Group. Subscribe to the paper to receive each issue in print and read the articles before they’re published online! Union workers in 2021 were in at least 346 strikes across most sectors ofContinue reading “Unions Fighting Back and the Need for Socialism”

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The Independent Socialist Group is proud to announce the first issue of our newspaper Socialism Today! The paper contains socialist analysis about current events and history, as well as proposals for how to build the workers’ movement and fight for socialism here in the US and internationally! Sign up here for a yearly subscription deliveredContinue reading “Subscribe Now to Socialism Today!”