From the time of the W. VA. teachers’ strike, Oaklandsocialist has been raising the possibility of a strike wave. That was because wages were lagging but unemployment was pretty low, and both […]
A visit to Flensburg: Some Impressions
I just spent a week and a half in Flensburg, Germany. Flensburg is up in northern Germany, right near the border with Denmark. It’s so remote and small that it didn’t get […]
Book Review: “House of Trump House of Putin” – the political crisis of US capitalism
The turmoil and crisis in the executive branch of the US government is not simply the product of one lone lunatic; Nor is it simply the product of US capitalism in crisis; […]
Coming Bloodbath in Idlib, Syria
Resting on the support of Rouhani and Putin, Bashar Assad is planning a bloodbath in the last remaining province not under his control – Idlib in northwest Syria. With the help of […]
Coming labor strikes vs. Washington fraud
As Oakland CA teachers and workers at Marriott Hotels prepare to strike, along with workers at Kaiser Permanente Hospital chain, the fraud in Washington – also known as the Kavanaugh hearings – […]
Labor Day, 2018, in Oakland CA
Also see our article on Labor Day, 2018.
Labor Day, 2018: Workers Respond to Feeling the Squeeze
Labor Day 2018 finds US workers – young and old, of all races and ethnic groups, full and part time – getting caught in the squeeze. According to official statistics, real wages […]
Letter from Germany: “Right Wing Extremist Movements Exploding”
Letter from a comrade in Germany. It shows the dangers of the racists and chauvinists all around the world and how in the case of Germany they have evidently infiltrated the German […]
What Happened to Revolutionary Socialism?
“Unemployment is low because everyone is working two jobs.” So spoke probable future US Congresswoman and self-proclaimed democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. This confused statement reflects the general state of affairs on the […]
Left Coast Forum: Anti-imperialism, Socialist Solidarity vs racism
Over the last weekend, the “Left Coast forum” was held in Los Angeles. Oaklandsocialist spoke at a panel on imperialism and anti-imperialism: What is international socialist solidarity?” Here is the description of […]
John McCain: “Maverick” or Opportunist?
US Senator John McCain (R, Arizona) died on Saturday. He was a militarist, a war criminal, a facilitator of racism, an opponent of the US working class, and more. Known as a […]
Article Sent to DSA Magazine: Trump Money Launderer
About a month ago, I sent the following article to the DSA magazine. The article outlines the evidence that Trump has been a money launderer for the Russian mafia and the crisis […]
Trump approval down: MAGA turned on its head
MAGA – “Make America Great Again” – is being turned on its head. Trump’s slogan was not aimed purely at the claim that he would restore the “American Dream”. It was equally […]
Planet Emergency Part II: Connect the Dots!
The very seriousness of the planet emergency is causing many of us to avoid staring it in the face. If socialists don’t start focusing on the issue, if we don’t start explaining […]
Syria Update: The Peace of the Graveyard, Then What?
The counter revolution in Syria is nearing a new stage. Idlib On the one hand, it has kettled all the active opposition it can into Idlib province. Along with their Russian sponsors, […]
Zimbabwe holds elections
On July 30, Zimbabwe held its first election in decades in which Robert Mugabe was not on the ballot. This event should cause socialists to look back at what happened in that […]
Iran after Trump’s new threats
Republished from the Alliance of Middle East Socialists: Iran After Trump’s New Threats Aug 7, 2018 After unilaterally exiting from the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran in May 2018, an agreement which […]
Right Wing Austerity Comes to Ontario
John Clarke of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) reports: After fifteen years of Liberal Governments in Ontario, the Conservatives are back in power. The Liberal Party, ever the political chameleon, delivered […]
US Perspectives: From one shock to another!
It seems like every week there is a new scandal, a new shock coming from the White House! In January of this year, Oaklandsocialist published an article on some of the main […]
Wildfires: Planet emergency
“We’ve taken a lot of hits in Lake County, but now the whole state’s on fire.” So spoke Lake County supervisor Rob Brown. Indeed, from the Oregon border (the Natchez Fire) to close […]
“We don’t care”
‘“There was polite applause, but a lot of people didn’t clap,” said a club insider privy to the exchange. “There was a lot of talk that [Supreme Court Justice Anthony] Kennedy sold […]
“Transaction denied”
“Progressive” Democrats: Learning from the past
The place was West Palm Beach, Florida and the date was mid November of 2000. Jane McAlevey had been sent there by the AFL-CIO to organize against the Bush team’s election fraud, […]
Memorial for Nia Wilson: The real Oakland
Helsinki: Was it “excellent”? Should we care?
Was the Putin-Trump meeting really “excellent” as left journalist Glenn Greenwald says? Should the working class, and socialists among them, support what the far right racist Senator Rand Paul said – that […]
Trump meets his handler in Helsinki
Not in the last 100 years and more have we seen such harsh mainstream attacks on a sitting president. “Donald Trump’s press conference performance in Helsinki rises to & exceeds the threshold […]
African team wins world cup!
The last African team still standing has won the football (soccer) World Cup. The only thing is, they played as the French team. But over half the starting players are of African […]
Theresa May and the degeneration of British capitalism
by Roger Silverman in London The recent gyrations of the May government are descending into farce. Trotsky once wrote that the British imperialists “do their thinking in terms of centuries and continents”. […]
Brett Kavanaugh nominated: A new chapter in US history?
Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh for the US Supreme Court is both less and more important than the Democrats are saying. It’s less important because what really matters is the federal appeals […]
La teoría de la revolución permanente, o ininterrumpida, y Siria
Traduccion de un articulo que originalmente publicamos en ingles aqui. Traducido por El Grupo de Estudios Centroamericanos. Se encuentra su traduccion aqui. Nota introductoria original de Oakland Socialist: Oaklandsocialist ha producido una […]
Video: Protest at Richmond Detention Center against arrest of immigrant children
Is a new movement welling up from below? Yesterday’s nation-wide day of protest against Trump’s anti-refugee policies seems to say “yes”, but what direction will that movement take? The fact that the […]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez elected: What does it mean?
The Wall St. Journal editors didn’t mince their words: “Republicans are chortling after Tuesday’s primary defeat of New York Democratic Congressional baron Joseph Crowley by Sandernista Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, but they might want […]
Immigration turmoil equals crisis of capitalism
“A nation WITHOUTH BORDERS is not a nation at all.” So tweeted Donald Trump, and it’s one of the few things he’s said that’s actually true. The question is what is to […]
The refugee camps in Greece: One person’s experience
We interview Jo Morales, who has been working in refugee camps and solidarity spaces in Greece for the last three years. Unlike the NGO workers, who often use the work in these […]
The capitalists’ idiot president
It really is a problem for any capitalist class when they have an idiot in chief for president. Here, for example, are excerpts from an article from the NY Times from June […]
Syria in light of the experience in Guiana
Here is an excellent presentation by Robert Cuffy from Guiana. He places the support for Assad (both direct and indirect) in the light of his experiences in Guiana.
Alice Johnson, Jack Johnson but no Kevin Cooper
On May 24 of this year, Donald Trump “pardoned” the deceased former heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson. A couple of weeks later, he commuted the sentence of convicted drug dealer Alice Johnson. […]
“Markets will teach Italians how to vote…”
Yes, he actually said that – Gunther Oettinger, senior member of the European Commission. The “markets will teach Italians how to vote.” In other words, the blind, impersonal forces of global capitalist […]
Israel as the most extreme expression of the crisis of world capitalism
On Monday, May 14, we were treated to the scenes of tear gas, massive smoke, thousands protesting… and massive violence by the Israeli army, as some 60 Gazans were killed and over […]
The REAL Oakland: BBQing at Lake Merritt
Culture and politics mixed…
An extraordinary meeting on Syria
From the “Unrepentant Marxist” This is the perfect answer to those who see nothing but religious sectarianism in the uprising against Assad. Last night I attended a meeting on “From Syria to […]
Western Washington Carpenters vote contract down!
Congratulations to carpenters in Western Washington State. About a week ago, they rejected a contract proposal by about 2-1. This came after a “teleconference” in early May in which some 3,000 union […]
Revolution and Counter-revolution in Syria: a reply to R.L. Stephens
Note: We attempted to get this article, plus a shortened version of the same article, published on the DSA blog site as a reply to an article by R.L. Stephens, who is […]
Further exchange with Ironworkers
We have had a further exchange with officers of Ironworkers Local 86. Bob Korth, president and business agent of Local 86 writes: “John Reimann, You were removed as a member of your […]
Seattle Ironworkers: McClain responds
A week ago, Oaklandsocialist wrote an article on how Ironworkers Local 86 was supporting Amazon against the homeless in Seattle. We sent it to Chris McClain, business manager of Ironworkers Local 86. We […]
Trump pulls out of Iran deal: Will there be war?
There is more to Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal than meets the eye – in terms of the long term world relations, in terms of the world economy, and (what […]
Unions: Selfishness will be our death
The Seattle Times reports that Ironworkers from Local 86, backing that noted humanitarian Jeff Bezos, went and shouted down Seattle city council member Kshama Sawant as she tried to speak in favor […]
Michael Cohen and the Mueller “Investigation”
Is the Mueller investigation into Trump real or is it just nibbling around the edges of the real issue? Consider the questions Mueller wants to ask Trump. According to the NY Times, […]
Video: May Day, 2018, around the world
What is Revolution?
A new movement is underway in the United States. Many of those who make up this movement are looking for a road to revolution. From the introduction to this new pamphlet: Revolution, […]
