Emery Addams & Claire BaylerPortland, ME / Worcester, MAHealthcare worker (personal capacity) On Saturday, April 1, 2023, in Portland, Maine, roughly 25 neo-Nazis organized a march to City Hall and assaulted a group of counter-protestors opposing the fascists. The attack took place in front of the police, who took no action. This march is onlyContinue reading “Pride 2023: Defend and Extend Trans Rights”
Category Archives: Fight the Right
Trump Indicted, Capitalist Political Crisis Continues
Claire BaylerWorcester, MA On March 30, 2023, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) formally charged Donald Trump in one of four major court cases connected to his presidency. The results of the four major cases could impact Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, announced November 15, 2022. As the Independent Socialist Group (ISG) reported during the 2020Continue reading “Trump Indicted, Capitalist Political Crisis Continues”
CLUB Q SHOOTING: Workers’ movement must fight against far-right hate!
by CJ White and Elisabeth Wichser Each year, the week of November 13 is celebrated as Transgender Awareness Week: a time for events, education, and advocacy for the transgender community. This week is followed by the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR), a day to remember and memorialize people taken from us by acts of hateContinue reading “CLUB Q SHOOTING: Workers’ movement must fight against far-right hate!”
January 6th and the Future of Trumpism
by the Executive Committee of the Independent Socialist Group “The executive of the modern state is but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie.” Marx and Engels, Manifesto of the Communist Party January 6, 2023 marked two years since the right-wing political riot at the Capitol. The riot shocked the politicalContinue reading “January 6th and the Future of Trumpism”
Kansas Abortion Ban Referendum Defeated
by Elizabeth Rogers In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled in Roe v Wade to federally protect abortion rights in the United States. Less than 50 years later, the Supreme Court overturned it in June 2022. This landmark decision means states now have the individual power to determine if abortion is legal. As a result, 136Continue reading “Kansas Abortion Ban Referendum Defeated”
Organize Mass Protests to Fight the Far Right
By Angus McFarland and T.R. Whitworth This article was originally published in the September issue of Socialism Today! Subscribe here. Across the United States, and in many parts of the world, the far right is on the attack. Stirred up during the 2007-08 recession, encouraged and emboldened by the Trump administration, and driven to aContinue reading “Organize Mass Protests to Fight the Far Right“
We Need Mass Counter-Protests Against Boston Fascist March!
On July 2nd, the fascist group Patriot Front (PF) marched through sections of Boston, Massachusetts and along the Freedom Trail. Around 100 uniformed fascists wore masks to hide their faces and carried shields and American flags on large poles to use as weapons. During the march they attacked and hospitalized a black man. This wasContinue reading “We Need Mass Counter-Protests Against Boston Fascist March!”
Organize and Fight for Reproductive Rights!
by Elisabeth Wichser Working women in Argentina, Ireland, and Colombia have won access to abortion in the last decade, yet in some countries, like the U.S., the right wing has escalated attacks on abortion rights. In response to the leaked Supreme Court opinion draft against Roe V. Wade, protests to defend abortion rights—like the thousandsContinue reading “Organize and Fight for Reproductive Rights!”
Workers Won’t Go Back: Build a Movement to Defend and Expand Abortion Rights!
On May 2nd, a draft opinion from the Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson was leaked to the public, suggesting that the ruling in this case will overturn the precedent set by Roe v. Wade. If Roe v. Wade is overturned, it will result in millions of women in the United States losing access toContinue reading “Workers Won’t Go Back: Build a Movement to Defend and Expand Abortion Rights!”
ISG In Action: Shut The Proud Boys Out of Portland, Maine
by Emery Adams (Saco Education Association, personal capacity) and Ruby Nguyen This article was originally published in Socialism Today, the paper of the Independent Socialist Group. Subscribe to the paper to receive each issue in print and read the articles before they’re published online! Here in Portland, Maine, members of the Proud Boys—a white supremacistContinue reading “ISG In Action: Shut The Proud Boys Out of Portland, Maine”
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