Tucson ISO: International Socialist Review

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

We're getting our Lit together!

Since one of the best ways to grow as an activist and revolutionary is to read up on what other activists and revolutionaries did and are doing, we thought it would make a lot of sense to get in on a sweet literature table. During times of economic hardship one of the best places to invest is in yourself, and what better way to pull yourself out of economic hardship than by taking control of the system that screwed it all up in the first place!

Haymarket Books, a not for profit publisher, is one of the greatest sources of progressive literature. They, along with the International Socialist Review are a project of the Center for Economic Research and Social Change. So it is no surprise that we would go to them to stock up on some great titles to fill our lit table!

Check out just some of the titles that we will be carrying below. Shoot us an email if you would like to preorder a book or two, or three!

And of course we want you to buy your next copy of Sexuality and Socialism or The Meaning of Marxism from us (how else do we get ready for a LGBT reading group without you!), but that does not mean you should not check out Haymarket's website for a complete list of titles!

Wednesday, July 08, 2009

New ISR Subscription for 2009

The International Socialist Review Journal is offering a new deal for subscribers. If you have not had a subscription in the last two years, or this is your first subscription, you are eligible for:

One free back issue
One free book

ISR is offering a new selection of books and back issues to choose from as well. This is a great opportunity to get a new subscription to one of the leading left journals.

Check them out online at www.isreview.org!

Where We Stand

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.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

We're getting our Lit together!

Wednesday, July 08, 2009

New ISR Subscription for 2009

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