Biden’s campaign was on track to crash and burn after his debate with Trump. Despite leading Democrats – including so-called progressive or “left” Democrats like Sanders and AOC – backing Biden to the bitter end. Press conferences and a high profile television interview a week after the debate couldn’t save him. Biden’s interview performance reinforced the popular perception that he was losing it – both his mind and the election. These events triggered a sharp pause in big money donations from corporate execs and other capitalists into the Biden/Harris campaign and Political Action Committees (PACs) supporting it.
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Why the Working Class Should Vote for Jill Stein and Cornel West
Working-class people in the US need an alternative to the two pro-corporate political parties. We have to build opposition to the Biden/Harris and Trump administrations’ support for the war in Gaza, the cost-of-living-crisis, and attacks on workers and immigrants’ rights. Despite claiming to be against the attacks on LGBTQ+ people and women by the Supreme Court and Trump administration, the Democratic Party (DP) has failed to deliver national protections for either group.
Stop the Genocide in Gaza, Fight for a Workers’ Party
As the Israeli state’s genocidal invasion of the Gaza Strip nears its one-year mark, growing unpopularity forced incumbent Joe Biden to step down from the 2024 Democratic ticket, partly fueled by his administration’s support for the onslaught against Gaza. Despite replacing Biden with current Vice President Kamala Harris as their presidential candidate, the Democratic Party refuses to change its position supporting the Israeli state as US imperialism’s foothold in the Middle East.
SOLIDARITY NEEDED: Argentina’s Right Populist Melei Government Intensifies Repression
The right wing populist regime of Javier Milei in Argentina is carrying out brutal neo-liberal attacks on the Argentinean working class and all oppressed peoples. It also unleashing brutal repression and in particular is targeting the Workers’ Party (PO), an affiliate of the electoral alliance, FIT, and the social movement, Polo Obrero. Judge Casanello hasContinue reading “SOLIDARITY NEEDED: Argentina’s Right Populist Melei Government Intensifies Repression”
Attempted Assassination at Trump Rally in PA: Individual Terrorism Will Not Defeat the Right
Photo by Gage Skidmore. Former President of the United States Donald Trump speaking with attendees at a “Chase the Vote” rally at Dream City Church in Phoenix, Arizona on June 6, 2024. Via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) Statement by the Executive Committee of the Independent Socialist Group On Saturday, July 13th, a lone gunman firedContinue reading “Attempted Assassination at Trump Rally in PA: Individual Terrorism Will Not Defeat the Right”
100 Years Since Lenin’s Death, Remembering A Revolutionary Socialist Leader
Leon Trotsky, Vladimir Lenin, and Lev Kamenev (left to right). Moscow, May 1919 by Angus McFarlandMaine 2024 marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov). Along with Leon Trotsky and the Bolshevik party, Lenin (1870–1924) led the socialist October Revolution that “shook the world” in 1917. Class conscious working-class people areContinue reading “100 Years Since Lenin’s Death, Remembering A Revolutionary Socialist Leader”
The Real Border Crisis Being Ignored by the Dems and the GOP
by B.W. SculosVice President, Rio Grande Valley United Faculty (TFA/NEA) (personal capacity)Edinburg, TX The Real Crises There is a crisis at the border, but it’s not the kind the two corporate parties are talking about. Migrants are fleeing violence, poverty, and ecological instability all of which are largely produced by the US and global capitalism.Continue reading “The Real Border Crisis Being Ignored by the Dems and the GOP”
50th Anniversary of the Committee for a Workers’ International
April 2024 marked the 50th anniversary of the founding conference of the Committee for a Workers International (CWI), the worldwide socialist organization that the Independent Socialist Group stands in solidarity with. The CWI is organized in many countries and works to unite the working class and oppressed peoples against capitalism and to fight for aContinue reading “50th Anniversary of the Committee for a Workers’ International”
UAW Leading the Fight to Organize the South
ISG members on the picket line during the Big 3 contract battle and strike in 2023. Mansfield, MA. by Jeff BoothAFSCME Local 3650 (personal capacity)Boston, MA The United Auto Workers (UAW) is on the move with high-profile strikes and new union organizing, showing new determination to fight the big corporations. In April, the UAW reversedContinue reading “UAW Leading the Fight to Organize the South”
ISG in Action: Railroad Workers United Convention
RWU Convention hosted a session on Logistics Chokepoints at Labor Notes 2024. by Nicholas WurstSMART-TD Local 1473 (personal capacity) & Railroad Workers United (personal capacities)Worcester, MA On April 18 & 19, ISG members participated in Railroad Workers United’s (RWU) ninth convention in Chicago. RWU is an activist organization of rank-and-file railroad workers, families, and supportersContinue reading “ISG in Action: Railroad Workers United Convention”
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