Tucson ISO: Meaning of Marxism Schedule (changed)

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Meaning of Marxism Schedule (changed)

Since we've been so busy it's been hard to finish Meaning of Marxism by Paul D'Amato. But reading this has reminded us of the need for further reading. It's time we finish the book so that we can begin our next. Everyone is welcome to join us. We can cover in discussion some of what you may have missed if you did not read the previous chapters. Copies of the book are available from the Tucson ISO branch.

Sunday, January 3rd at 7pm

6. Democracy, Reform, and Revolution

7. The Need for Socialist Organization

pages 87-119

Sunday, January 17th at 7pm - postponed till 24th

8. Russia: The God That Failed?

9. Imperialism, Nationalism, and War

pages 120-159

Sunday, January 31st at 7pm

10. Marxism and Oppression

11. Capitalism and the Environment

pages 160-189

Sunday, February 14th at 7pm

12. But What about...? Arguments against Socialism

13. Can It Happen Here?

14. Imagine ... The Future Socialist Society

Conclusion: The Point Is to Change It

pages 190-221

Meetings will be held in the Main Library at the University of Arizona.

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Socialism, Not Capitalism

War, poverty, exploitation and oppression are products of the capitalist system, a system in which a minority ruling class profits from the labor of the majority. The alternative is socialism, a society based on workers collectively owning and controlling the wealth their labor creates.

Workers’ Power

Socialism is working-class self-emancipation. Only mass struggles of the workers themselves can put an end to the capitalist system of oppression and exploitation.

Revolution

We actively support the struggle of workers and all oppressed

people for economic, political and social reforms, both as a means to improve their conditions and to advance their confidence and fighting strength. But reforms within the capitalist system cannot put an end to oppression and exploitation. Capitalism must be replaced.

Internationalism

Capitalism is an international system, so the struggle for socialism must be international, uniting workers of all countries. Socialists oppose imperialism--the division of the globe based on the subjugation of weaker nations by stronger ones—and support the self-determination of oppressed nations. We oppose all immigration controls.

Full Equality and Liberation

Capitalism divides the working class, based on sexual, gender, racial, national and other distinctions. The specially oppressed groups within the working class suffer the most under capitalism. The liberation of the oppressed is essential to socialist revolution and impossible without it.

The Revolutionary Party

To achieve socialism, the most militant workers must be organized into a revolutionary socialist party. The ISO is committed to playing a role in laying the foundations for such a party. We aim to build an independent socialist organization, rooted in workplaces, schools and neighborhoods that, in fighting today’s struggles, also wins larger numbers to socialism.

*The ISO’s Where We Stand was first adopted at its founding convention in March, 1977. It has been amended on several occasions since, but remains a basic summary of the organization’s political outlook.

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Meaning of Marxism Schedule (changed)

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