Winning the Demands of the Mamdani Campaign Jeff Booth, AFSCME Local 3650 (personal capacity) “A great New Yorker once said that while you campaign in poetry, you govern in prose.”– From Zohran Mamdani’s victory speech, quoting Mario Cuomo, a former Democratic Party Governor of New York State. “Socialist reform must not be confounded with so-calledContinue reading ““Governance” or Class Struggle?”
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STOP THE WAR ON VENEZUELA! NO BLOOD FOR OIL!
Donald Trump announced that the U.S. military attacked Venezuela and abducted their president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, and flew them to the United States. The largest oil reserves in the world, as well as the lithium and gold in Venezuela, are worth too much for U.S. corporations and their authoritarian Trump regimeContinue reading “STOP THE WAR ON VENEZUELA! NO BLOOD FOR OIL! “
Stop the Attacks on Venezuela
(“Keep Trump’s Hands Off Venezuela” protest in Boston, MA on November 22, 2025) Escalate the Fight Against Trump and the Right U.S. corporations led by the Trump regime are continuing sanctions, theft, and now outright murder against the people of Venezuela. Venezuela’s rich stores of oil (the most in the world), lithium, and gold areContinue reading “Stop the Attacks on Venezuela”
Socialist World Podcast Episode 2: Mamdani & the 2025 Elections
Welcome to the second episode of the Socialist World podcast! On this episode, some ISG members discuss the 2025 elections with a focus on Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York City mayoral election. What do past Democratic politicians tell us about how Mamdani’s term in office might go? How can the working class inContinue reading “Socialist World Podcast Episode 2: Mamdani & the 2025 Elections”
Stop the ICE raids, Abolish ICE! No Deportations, No Disappearances!
Los Angeles “A Day Without Immigrants” demonstration on May Day, 5/1/2006 (Jonathan McIntosh / Wikimedia Commons) The Trump regime’s mass deployment of ICE agents into working-class neighborhoods across the country is terrorizing communities, schools, hospitals, stores, and workplaces. Backed by National Guard troops and militarized federal and local police, ICE is emboldened to abduct, detain,Continue reading “Stop the ICE raids, Abolish ICE! No Deportations, No Disappearances!”
Escalate the Fight Against Trump and the Right
A mass movement is growing against the Trump regime. Trump, the Republican Party, and his billionaire cabinet are leading attacks against working people here and around the world, using many policies from Biden and previous Democratic and Republican administrations. The Trump administration is sending the military into cities, using National Guard and federal police agenciesContinue reading “Escalate the Fight Against Trump and the Right”
Socialist World Podcast Episode 1: How Did You Become a Socialist?
Welcome to the first episode of the Socialist World podcast! In this podcast, some members of ISG discuss how they became socialists and why they joined ISG. Socialist World is a new podcast produced by the Independent Socialist Group (ISG). Follow the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or YouTube to receive new episodes when they’reContinue reading “Socialist World Podcast Episode 1: How Did You Become a Socialist?”
Bring Rent Control Back to Massachusetts!
Sign the petition for a rent control ballot initiative Support a statewide ballot measure that would limit rent increases to the inflation rate determined by the Consumer Price Index or 5%, whichever is lower. If passed, this would affect residential buildings in Massachusetts, with some exceptions. This ballot measure would help protect many working classContinue reading “Bring Rent Control Back to Massachusetts!”
Organizing Against the Genocide
Palestinian refugee carries injured grandchildren from Israeli bombing of Nuseirat Camp. Oct. 29, 2023. Photos by Ashraf Amra via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) Palestinians Starve While Israeli Military Seizes Entire Gaza Strip by Ashley RogersPhiladelphia, PA The genocide of Palestinians escalated this past July as the Israeli military forced many of those in Gaza intoContinue reading “Organizing Against the Genocide”
Trump’s Brutal Campaign Against Immigrants
California National Guard mobilized during anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles / June 12, 2025. Photo from Public Domain via Wikimedia. By M.J.Maine Trump has been in office for less than one year, and we have already reached new levels of cruelty and abuse embodied in the Florida “detention center” that is being called “Alligator Alcatraz.”Continue reading “Trump’s Brutal Campaign Against Immigrants”
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