Now out: The 2019 Workers Hella Revolutionary Calendar: a reminder of who we are and what we’ve done, for a better outlook during these difficult times. Oaklandsocialist has put together the 2019 […]
2019 Workers Hella Revolutionary Calendar!
The French Hillary Clinton and the American Marine Le Pen
“We shouldn’t change course because it is the right one and necessary.” French president Emmanuel Macron, saying that he will not concede to the protests against his tax increase. Just a week […]
French “Yellow Jackets” and the Calm Before the Storm
It’s almost as if the “Gray Lady” -the New York Times – is warning the US capitalist class. “A quiet fear gnaws at [French] households: What happens when the money runs out around […]
Did Julian Assange help Trump get elected? Does it matter?
Originally posted on Louis Proyect: The Unrepentant Marxist:
While it is likely that the Guardian article about Paul Manafort meeting with Julian Assange will turn out to be bogus, there is still…
Open Letter to Code Pink
The following is an open letter to the US “peace group” Code Pink. At a time of widespread confusion in the working class around the world, and a time of increased war, […]
The capitalist neo-cons
The SF Bay Area sports world is in a tizzy about the owner of the SF (baseball) Giants having donated to the campaign of the racist Cindy Hyde Smith of Mississippi. (Hyde […]
New Wave of Strikes / Protests in Iran Need Solidarity from International Socialists and Progressives
From Alliance of Middle East Socialists During the past two weeks, the ongoing wave of protests and strikes in Iran have gained a new intensity. On the one hand, the impact of […]
The Midterm Elections, the Democrats and Democratic Socialists of America
“Something old and something new…” That’s how the Democrat/Republican political alignment could be described after the 2018 midterm elections. Yes, there was a “blue wave”, although not a tsunami. According to Real […]
Video: California burns while PG&E profits
For an explanation of the science behind how global climate disruption is causing the drought that has set the conditions for these disastrous fires, see this article. For some of the […]
Protest this horrible disaster – make PG&E pay!
This is not just some abstract force of nature destroying California; it is capitalism destroying our lives and destroying the planet. The different socialist groups and environmental groups, in fact anybody who […]
California Wildfires: A Working Class Issue
As wildfires roared through both Northern and Southern California, the SF Chronicle reports the weather prediction (as of Nov. 12) is for “Mostly sunny skies with dry conditions throughout the week for […]
2018 Midterm Elections: Voter Suppression, Racism and Chauvinism
The 2018 elections were a scandalous fraud, even by the standards of capitalist legality. The fact that the AFL-CIO completely ignored this is just the tip of the iceberg as far as […]
America’s halfway house
Originally posted on Michael Roberts Blog:
The mid-term Congressional elections saw a swing to the opposition Democrats in the Lower House and the Republicans were ousted as the majority party. This is…
Brazilian elections: some very real lessons
It might seem strange that an open racist could be elected in a country with a majority of black and “mixed race” (as it’s described there) people. It might seem strange that […]
The Maga Bomber, Stockholm Syndrome and Mass Schizophrenia
If you wanted to write a piece of fiction meant to show how many white workers are being driven criminally insane due to the crisis of capitalism and the failure of the […]
Conversation at the grocery store: “That’s not a threat. It’s an opportunity!”
I have to stop letting my wife do most of the grocery shopping. I was standing on line at Lucky’s just now. There was a guy standing in front of me. Looked […]
Marriott strikers can win
“I think it’s great.” “Is this something to do with those women protesting?” “They are completely different from us.” These were three comments from workers and young people about the Marriott strike […]
Brexit, Theresa May, Jeremy Corbyn and the dog who was silent in the night
Roger Silverman reports from London: The Brexit endgame is playing out. Theresa May’s position as prime minister is under threat from the Brexiteers, who are alarmed at the prospect of a capitulation […]
Khashoggi murder shows world capitalist crisis
The murder of Washington Post reporter Jamal Khashoggi represents another attack on capitalist democracy, but it is also much more than that: It represents a potential crisis in the Saudi regime and, […]
Voter Suppression: Another Tactic in Trump’s Drive for One-Man Rule
Oaklandsocialist has repeatedly pointed to Trump’s drive for one-man dictatorial rule. He is doing this by whipping up his supporters into a frenzy of denialism and hatred and outright violence. Through this, […]
Hurricane Michael, Global Warming and Cognitive Dissonance
It is vital for the working class movement – and for socialists within that movement – to understand the science behind global warming/climate disruption and its links with disastrous storms like […]
Developing a Marxist approach to global agriculture: A primer on the role of animals in maintaining soil health
by David Walters “All progress in capitalist agriculture is a progress in the art, not only of robbing the worker, but of robbing the soil…. Capitalist production, therefore, only develops the techniques […]
Kavanaugh Confirmed: Where Do We Go From Here?
There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth on one side and posturing and boasting on the other. But in the wake of the confirmation of right-wing hatchet man Kavanaugh to the […]
Interview: Cliff Willmeng, workers’ candidate for Boulder County Commissioner
Cliff Willmeng, long time socialist and working class fighter, is running for Boulder County (Colorado) Commissioner. Here, he talks with Oaklandsocialist about why he’s running. He explains: He’s using the campaign to […]
Protest Kavanaugh; Protest FBI Cover Up
Thousands of people around the country have been marching and sitting in to protest the planned coronation of serial sexual predator, bully and proven liar Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Here […]
Frat boy culture endangers all workers
Occasionally, liberals are worth quoting. Here is one such time. “This was a job interview, not a criminal trial…. But Kavanaugh’s bleating about due process and presumption of innocence — his rage […]
Brett Kavanaugh: Elitism on Trial, Part II
First came Christine Blasey Ford. In plain language, she described how Kavanaugh and his buddy tried to rape her, and all the while they were laughing. Her testimony was all the more […]
Brett Kavanaugh: Elitism on Trial
Try as they might, they cannot escape the fact that what is happening with Kavenaugh is a case of elitism on trial. Who, after all, is Brett Kavenaugh? Where did he come […]
Report from Venezuela
Venezuela: a collapsing capitalist regime By Simon Rodriguez (from the Venezuelan left opposition) Hyperinflation will reach its first year in October and continues to accelerate. According to some forecasts, it can reach one […]
Trump Speaks at UN General Assembly
The world’s working class movement, and socialists as part of it, has some lessons to learn from Trump’s UN speech this morning. China: Trump pledged a continued trade war with China. His […]
World Economic Perspectives
Trump has been bragging about the booming US economy. But this economy does not exist in a vacuum; it’s directly related to the world economy. And in both cases, the economic expansion […]
Strike Wave: Steelworkers Next?
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 […]
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, […]
Corporate debt – the IMF gets worried
Originally posted on Michael Roberts Blog:
The IMF does not pull any punches in its latest post on the IMF blog. It is really worried that so-called ‘leveraged loans’ are reaching dangerous…
