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”
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FALLING LIVING STANDARDS AND ANOTHER WAR FOR OIL
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
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”
STOP THE WAR, STOP TRUMP! BUILD FOR A REAL GENERAL STRIKE!
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!”
Hands off Cuba!
No Invasion, End the Sanctions! By Claire Bayler & Jack D. (Worcester, MA / Maine) Trump and his administration say “Cuba’s next” following the vicious U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran. The Trump administration has moved aggressively in the interests of U.S. capitalism and imperialism with the kidnapping and replacement of Venezuela’s president in JanuaryContinue reading “Hands off Cuba!”
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”
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”
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!”
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