UW-Madison's International Socialist Organization will introduce the The Case for Socialism"" Wednesday night at Memorial Union during its kickoff meeting, with the intent to offer students a different view of the upcoming presidential election.
According to their website, ISO is a socialist chapter of a larger national organization fighting for social change around the country.
Sherry Wolf, International Socialist Review editorial board member and author of ""Sexuality and Socialism,"" will begin the forum and speak about the need for organization.
Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, UW-Madison graduate student and member of ISO, said the organization hosts meetings each week.
""We do a number of different kinds of meetings '¦ this meeting in particular is really this year's kickoff,"" she said. ""We want people to be able to come and ask their questions, and raise their opinions about what needs to change and how.""
UW-Madison alumnus and ISO member Ben Ratliffe said he questions the promises current politicians make to the public and wants to help direct students on a different path.
""While many people are excited about Obama's campaign we are a little skeptical about whether Obama will be able to do everything he says he is going to do '¦ I actually think his actual platform looks a little bit more conservative than most people are right now,"" Ratliffe said.
Both Ratliffe and Wrigley-Field want students to know the organization offers an outlet for change that differs from the Democrats and Republicans.
""Students more and more are looking at the systematic destruction of the American dream '¦ I think the ISO proves that there is something better and that change is actually possible,"" Wrigley-Field said.
ISO is also helping the Campus Antiwar Network with their kickoff meeting Sept. 15 and will host a forum for Iraq vets against the war Sept. 27.
