“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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…
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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; […]
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 […]
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 – […]
Also see our article on Labor Day, 2018.
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 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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
‘“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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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, […]
