Building a Fighting Labor Movement (6/11/2026) - By Nick WurstSMART-TD local 1473 & Railroad Workers United (personal capacity)Worcester, MA The working class is in the grips of a massive cost-of-living crisis. Gas prices are skyrocketing due to the US-Israeli assault on Iran and Lebanon. Utility bills are climbing as heat waves hit much of the US. Corporations are pressuring the working classContinue reading "Building a Fighting Labor Movement"
Pride 2026: Protest and Fight Against Trump and the Right (6/5/2026) - ISG at Boston Pride with the Andrea James independent for Massachusetts governor campaign contingent (6/6/2026) revolutionary socialist struggle for queer liberation As queer workers and youth face increased repression in Trump’s second term, we need to bring back real, militant organizing to the struggle for queer liberation. The rights won by the queer movement wereContinue reading "Pride 2026: Protest and Fight Against Trump and the Right "
ISG stands in Solidarity with Long Island Railroad Workers (5/18/2026) - By Nick Wurst and Matt Foster, both members of SMART-TD and Railroad Workers United The Independent Socialist Group stands in solidarity with workers at the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) in New York, where approximately 3,500 members of rail unions have taken strike action against the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) which owns and operates LIRR. TheContinue reading "ISG stands in Solidarity with Long Island Railroad Workers"
FALLING LIVING STANDARDS AND ANOTHER WAR FOR OIL (5/13/2026) - Profits Over People Every Time by Miranda Alpert and Jeff Booth (AFSCME Local 3650, personal capacity)Boston, MApublished in the April 2026 edition of Socialism Today Before the Trump regime launched its war on Iran, there was already a recession brewing in the weakening U.S. economy. The murderous war for oil increases the threat of recession,Continue reading "FALLING LIVING STANDARDS AND ANOTHER WAR FOR OIL"
May Day 2026: For Working-Class Revolutionary Socialism & A 24-Hour General Strike (4/28/2026) - Join ISG at the following events on May 1st: May 1st, May Day, is International Workers Day. May Day rallies this year will include protests against the Trump regime, the cost-of-living crisis, attacks on immigrants, and the war against Iran. Calls for a general strike emerged in the Minneapolis anti-ICE protests in January. The IndependentContinue reading "May Day 2026: For Working-Class Revolutionary Socialism & A 24-Hour General Strike"
Support the Andrea James Independent Left Campaign for Massachusetts Governor (4/19/2026) - The Independent Socialist Group voted to support the Andrea James campaign for Massachusetts Governor and is publishing the following statement. If you are interested in how to organize for independent working-class politics, contact us! Many are looking to the 2026 elections as an opportunity to fight back against the unpopular, anti-working class Trump administration andContinue reading "Support the Andrea James Independent Left Campaign for Massachusetts Governor"
STOP THE WAR, STOP TRUMP! BUILD FOR A REAL GENERAL STRIKE! (4/14/2026) - The Trump regime is escalating its rampage against the working class here in the U.S., in Iran, and around the world. Trump’s right-wing, corporate administration has plunged the U.S. and other countries into another brutal war for oil. Every day the government spends billions on the war, including arming the Israeli military and joining withContinue reading "STOP THE WAR, STOP TRUMP! BUILD FOR A REAL GENERAL STRIKE!"
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