Int'l Socialism

War, poverty & oppression are products of capitalism, a system in which a ruling class profits from the majority. The alternative is socialism.

Workers create society?s wealth, but have no control over its production & distribution. A socialist society can only be built when workers collectively take control of that wealth & democratically plan its production & distribution according to human needs instead of profit.

The working class is the vast majority of society & is the key to the fight for socialism. Socialism is working-class self-emancipation. Only mass struggles of the workers themselves can put an end to the capitalist system of oppression.

We support the struggle of workers and oppressed for economic, political & social reforms, both as a means to improve their conditions & to advance their confidence and fighting strength.

China and Cuba, like the former Soviet Union are state capitalist regimes.

Capitalism divides the working class based on sex, race and nationality.

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.