What We Stand For

RISE fights for democratic socialism - a classless society, free of oppression, exploitation, war and environmental degradation, where wealth and resources are commonly owned and democratically managed for the good of the many, not the few. This means building powerful mass movements of workers and the oppressed that harness the unique economic power of the working class to end the unjust system of capitalism. We fight for every possible reform but never limit ourselves to what capitalism can offer. In the words of James Connolly, “our demands most moderate are, We only want the earth.”

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