San Diego State University ISSE
News about the ISSE at San Diego State University
The ISSE will be hosting a public meeting to discuss the events of March 4th and the way forward in the fight to defend public education. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, March 15, in Casa Real - Aztec Center, SDSU.
On March 4th, tens of thousands of students in California and throughout the United States stood up in defense of public education. Although largely ignored by the mainstream media, the walk-outs, rallies and demonstrations of March 4th powerfully signaled the entrance of a new generation of young people into politics. But the crisis of the university and of the entire system of public education is bound up with a far broader social crisis of international scope, which includes ongoing and impending imperialist wars, unprecedented levels of social inequality, and the political hegemony of an obtuse and parasitic financial elite. The legitimate interests and aspirations of working people, including students, are coming into sharper conflict with the reality of a decaying social system.
The critical issue is one of political perspective. What social forces can carry out the fight to defend public education, and what political program and orientation is necessary for this fight to succeed?
Joseph Kishore, National Secretary of the Socialist Equality Party will speak on this question at a public meeting at San Diego State University.
Ricardo Ruiz, SDSU student and ISSE member, will also speak about the experience and the importance of March 4th at this event.
This event is part of a series of meetings being held throughout the country leading to a national conference on the social crisis and war in April 17-18 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
In the wake of the March 4th events, we invite all students and workers to attend the meeting and discuss the future of the fight to defend public education.
Here is an article, Thousands rally in San Diego, California against education cuts, and video, ISSE members speak at San Diego rallies, about the March 4th events in the San Diego area.
And of course, the ISSE statement that was produced for the March 4th Day of Action: For a socialist movement toward education!
Hope to see you all at the meeting. This should be quite an exciting semester!
Please, feel free to email us with questions, comments and/or concerns.
ISSE article in the Daily Aztec
The rally called by the ISSE on Sept. 26, 2009 on the SDSU campus was highlighted in the Daily Aztec, SDSU's independent student paper.
Please click here or copy and paste the link below to read the article. http://www.thedailyaztec.com/city/group-voices-budget-concerns-1.1930214
The ISSE is enthusiastic about the turnout of the rally, and strongly feels that the rally will increase the visibility of our organization on the campus of SDSU. As was one of the central themes of the speeches at the rally, the ISSE believes that the coming period will be marked by increased mobilization of students throughout the globe, and in California in particular. The ISSE at SDSU is organizationally and theoretically poised to be the leading voice of socialism on our campus. Over the coming months we will continue to deliver the perspective of international socialism in a clear and principled manner.




