Author Archives: Independent Socialist Group

Education’s Working Class Faces Unsafe, Uncertain Fall Semester as the Push to Re-Open Schools Continues

By Sarah Beth Gable, SEIU Local 509 (Personal Capacity)  “Under safe conditions, if we get the virus under control, I’d go back with confidence. But this is crazy. I don’t want the measure of my dedication and commitment to be how willing I am to risk my and my students’ lives.” Sharahn Santana, a teacherContinue reading “Education’s Working Class Faces Unsafe, Uncertain Fall Semester as the Push to Re-Open Schools Continues”

What Future for U. S. Youth?

Every year, in every crisis, the rich have gotten richer, while the working class struggles to keep its head above water. Capitalism entails booms and busts where workers rarely benefit from the booms and are always hurt by the busts. As entire sections of the workforce either lost their jobs or have been unable to work due to COVID-19, the inevitable economic crash has come to a head once again—with this recession promising to be much more severe than the last. But this pandemic doesn’t need to be a death sentence for the working class.

Who Will Pay for the Coronavirus Crisis?

Every year, in every crisis, the rich have gotten richer, while the working class struggles to keep its head above water. Capitalism entails booms and busts where workers rarely benefit from the booms and are always hurt by the busts. As entire sections of the workforce either lost their jobs or have been unable to work due to COVID-19, the inevitable economic crash has come to a head once again—with this recession promising to be much more severe than the last. But this pandemic doesn’t need to be a death sentence for the working class.

Who’s Afraid of the Black Panthers? Lessons from the Black Panther Party

by Samuel Skinner As Marx correctly noted in the Communist Manifesto, the ruling ideas in any era are the ideas of the ruling class. The history that is published in school textbooks and made into TV mini-series is distorted in order to protect and support the capitalist system. Popular narratives of the Civil Rights movementContinue reading “Who’s Afraid of the Black Panthers? Lessons from the Black Panther Party”

The U.S. Left After Sanders’ Retreat

by Jeff Booth and Elisabeth Wichser And so today, I am announcing the suspension of active campaigning and congratulate Joe Biden, a very decent man, on his victory. Bernie Sanders (April 8, 2020) The Bernie Sanders campaign for the Democratic Party nomination for President in the current election cycle in the U.S. ended earlier thisContinue reading “The U.S. Left After Sanders’ Retreat”

Lessons from the Civil Rights Movement

Black Lives Matter: A New Take on an Old Struggleby Elisabeth Wichser After the murder of George Floyd at the hands of four Minneapolis police officers on May 25, millions took to the streets around the world to voice their outrage that yet another black person was murdered for the crime of existing in aContinue reading “Lessons from the Civil Rights Movement”

A Socialist Program for Fighting Police Racism and Brutality

View the Independent Socialist Group’s new pamphlet Against Racism & Police Brutality here! Explosive protests against police brutality have emerged across the U.S. in the wake of the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. We in the Independent Socialist Group have drafted the following program in response. We hope it can helpContinue reading “A Socialist Program for Fighting Police Racism and Brutality”