Activities
The ISO participates in several local and national progressive movements. These include the antiwar movement, efforts to end the death penalty, support for gay marriage and abortion rights, the struggle for immigration rights, among others.
The ISO does not support the Republican party or Democratic party, both of which it views as political representatives of corporate power. The group has, however, campaigned for the Green Party in various races and assisted Ralph Nader's presidential campaigns in 2000 and 2004. In California in 2006, ISO member Todd Chretien challenged Diane Feinstein for a seat in the United States Senate on the Green Party ticket, receiving 139,425 votes (1.8 percent).
The ISO has participated in the Occupy movement, starting with the "general assemblies" used to plan New York City's Occupy Wall Street and its Summer 2011 predecessor, "Bloombergville". The organization views Occupy as having "shown the potential to build a mass, activist left in the U.S. for the first time in decades."
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