The essence of the IS theory was summed up in the slogan: "Neither Washington nor Moscow, but International Socialism."
Initially the ISO was led by former members of the IS "Left Faction," but by the early 1980's some of them dropped out of activity while newer figures emerged to play leadership roles within the group, among the latter AhmedShawki and Sharon Smith.
Although at the time of split in IS, Joel Geier was in the faction opposed to the future ISO, he too later joined ISO and has since played an important role in developing the group.
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AhmedShawki has helped organize global justice protests from Genoa to Quebec to Washington, DC and has returned from Brazil to report on the new Lula government.
He is a leading voice against U.S. intervention in the Middle East and edits the International Socialist Review.