ISG members after the 3/10/26 Boston City Council public hearing on the school budget, where ISG testified against proposed cuts Full funding and staffing for Boston Public Schools The Boston School Committee is proposing laying off over 400 education workers in its plans for next year’s school budget. 265 classroom teachers and 161 paraprofessionals willContinue reading “Stop the Boston Public School Teacher Cuts!”
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International Women’s Day 2026: For a Socialist Fightback Against Trump and the Attacks on Women
(image: Wikimedia Commons, 1979 International Women’s Day protests in Tehran – Mohammad Sayyad – Tehran Mosavvar) Capitalism brings us endless wars, chronic increases in the cost of healthcare and reproductive care, unaffordable and scarce childcare, lower wages and fewer benefits, and severely weakened union rights. The ongoing crisis of capitalism disproportionately affects women with decliningContinue reading “International Women’s Day 2026: For a Socialist Fightback Against Trump and the Attacks on Women”
STOP THE WAR AGAINST IRAN!
Statement by the Executive Committee of the Independent Socialist Group The governments of Israel and the U.S. launched military attacks on Iran early this morning. The Netanyahu and Trump regimes, including Republican and Democratic Party leaderships, have blood on their hands, killing innocent civilians in another rotten, useless war. These attacks come after the resumptionContinue reading “STOP THE WAR AGAINST IRAN!”
Meet A Socialist: Sam K
I grew up in a progressive Democrat family, with parents who were always on the furthest left of the Democratic party. I knew of their support for Obama, and as I became more politically aware leading up to the 2016 election, they were strongly supportive of Bernie Sanders. While my family was still supporting theContinue reading “Meet A Socialist: Sam K”
Solidarity with New York City Nurses on Strike!
Since January 12, 15,000 New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) members have participated in the largest and longest nurses’ strike in New York history. ISG gives full support and solidarity to these striking workers who are braving brutal attacks from the hospital corporations Mt. Sinai, Montefiore, and New York-Presbyterian, three of the largest and wealthiestContinue reading “Solidarity with New York City Nurses on Strike!”
ICE Out of Minneapolis! Justice for Alex Pretti!
Statement based on reports from ISG members in Minneapolis, published January 25, 2026 Yesterday morning, January 24, ICE agents in Minneapolis shot and killed Alex Pretti, an anti-ICE activist, Veterans Affairs nurse, and union member in the American Federation of Government Employees. This comes a day after tens of thousands of protestors took to theContinue reading “ICE Out of Minneapolis! Justice for Alex Pretti!”
The Independent Socialist Group Stands With the Call for a General Strike and Day of Action in Minneapolis
Our Unions Need to Fight for the Working Class: Strike Against ICE Terror! An Injury to One is an Injury to All! Solidarity Between All Working People! Abolish ICE! ICE agents have murdered Renee Good and at least 5 other innocent civilians over the last year. ICE and the Trump administration have blood on theirContinue reading “The Independent Socialist Group Stands With the Call for a General Strike and Day of Action in Minneapolis”
Stop the ICE raids, Abolish ICE! Convict the ICE agent who murdered Renee Good
Independent Socialist Group at a Boston MA protest against ICE’s murder of Renee Good (1/7/2026) On Wednesday January 7, ICE agents in Minneapolis shot and killed anti-ICE activist Renee Good. This is the latest in at least 5 murders over the last year of civilians at the hands of ICE agents. The Trump regime’s massContinue reading “Stop the ICE raids, Abolish ICE! Convict the ICE agent who murdered Renee Good”
Mamdani’s “Governance” or Class Struggle?
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 “Mamdani’s “Governance” or Class Struggle?”
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! “
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