The partial re-opening of the economy is not going to avert an unprecedented economic, social and political crisis. Although the data is unreliable and not 100% accurate, it all points to a crisis unparalleled since the 1930s.
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Reopening the U.S. Safely: Putting Our Health Above Profits
As Trump bails out his capitalist friends, workers are forced to sacrifice their health to keep the economy running. Americans are struggling to decide “do I work and risk infection or stay home and lose income?” We need a plan for combating the pandemic and safely re-opening the economy that doesn’t risk workers’ lives. Workers can organize for a safe re-opening and a new, socialist system that prioritizes people over profits.
Coronavirus Strikes; So Do We!
Despite record levels of unemployment, workers from diverse sectors of the economy have turned to collective action, fighting not only for a living wage and safe working conditions, but for their right to live! Amazon warehouse workers, Whole Foods workers, nurses, meat packers, bus drivers, nurses, and more are all sending a message to the capitalists – we won’t die for your profits!
The Case For Fare-Free Public Transit
The American public transportation system is chronically underfunded and mediocre at best. Depending on our broken public transportation system hurts working people who must pay more and more to use a system that keeps getting worse and worse. It’s time for us to fight for a better public transportation system—one that is designed by and for the workers that operate and use it. It’s time to make public transportation better, and that starts with making it fare-free.
International Workers Day – CWI Organizes Around the World
The global shutdown didn’t stop the workers’ movement and the Committee for a Workers’ International from celebrating International Workers Day on May 1st! The pandemic and economic crisis made this day of traditional struggle more important than ever. Check out the international rallies that ISG members spoke at on May 1st about how to organize the fight for universal free healthcare and job protection in the US!
No to Furloughs! Fight for PPE and Hazard Pay for Hospital Staff!
Multinational Healthcare Corporation Tenet furloughs nurses at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Worcester, MA during the pandemic.
Socialism Episode 66: US imperialism in decline: coronavirus, Trump, Sanders and socialism
Socialism is a weekly podcast produced by the Socialist Party of England and Wales, offering a Marxist analysis of the issues we face and the struggles of workers and youth around the world.
Episode 66, the latest episode of the podcast, looks at the ongoing decline of US imperialism, as capitalist chaos and coronavirus struggles envelop our nation. More episodes of Socialism can be found on iTunes, Spotify, SoundCloud, as well as many other podcast services.
Statement of unification in political solidarity between the Independent Socialist Group (ISG) in the United States and the Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI)
A series of discussions with members of the International Secretariat (IS) of the CWI and the membership of the Independent Socialist Group (ISG) in the US has resulted in a unanimous vote of the ISG for political solidarity with the CWI.
U.S. Capitalism, Not Just Trump, Discredited by Inhumane COVID-19 Response
As the death toll climbs and the Stock Market falls, what is the socialist perspective on the COVID-19 crisis? The capitalists have had their chance to fight this pandemic; we can do better! Read about the looming recession, workers resistance, and the need for a party of the working class in the time of COVID-19.
Global COVID-19 pandemic, capitalist crisis and bitter class polarization in the United States
The devastating consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the unprecedented economic global capitalist crisis which it triggered, has continued to ravage all continents. It could cause the onset of one of the deepest recessions, with elements of depression, in the history of capitalism.
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