The most important thing about last night’s Democratic Party debate was that Tulsi Gabbard emerged as a truly dangerous figure. More about that below. Here are some comments on some of the […]
Third Democratic Party debate
Unbalanced Trump a crisis for US capitalism
Like a spoiled six-year old having a temper tantrum, Trump is flailing about and out of control. How can they keep any semblance of stability, how maintain respect by foreign forces as […]
PG&E electricity shutdown in California
Oh, the horror of it! The absolute scandal unfolding as over 100,000 Californians are having to go without electricity for several days. Restaurants are having to close and some school children […]
Erdogan, the Kurds and Trump’s real “betrayal”
The invasion of NE Syria by Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is now under way. This is an invasion that is planned to be ten miles into that part of Syria. It […]
A dream or reality?
Last night, I dreamed I was in a plane that had flown into a box canyon. I looked out the window on my side and saw the rocky canyon walls slowly passing […]
Trump responds to impeachment: “The best defense is a good offense”
You didn’t have to be Machiavelli or Karl Marx to know that Trump would defend himself by going on the offense. The key to understanding his offensive lies in the speech he […]
Oakland A’s and the state of the class struggle in Oakland
Last year, Oaklandsocialist reported on the A’s previous attempt to take over Laney Community College by building a stadium on their property a year ago. Defeated there, they went to Plan B, […]
NGO’s, Katrina and New Orleans
Introduction: As global climate change bites deeper and deeper, we are seeing ever more climate disasters. Among other things, these disasters will be met with reliance on NGO’s like the Red Cross […]
Trump impeachment: What lies behind it and what lies ahead
Ronald Reagan was called the teflon president because his embarrassing miscues and falsehoods seemed to roll off him like burned food does off of teflon. Trump makes Reagan a piker […]
Report on British Labour Party Conference
By Roger Silverman, delegate It shouldn’t surprise many of us to learn that the recent Labour Party conference was nothing remotely like the press and media reports. For them, it was a […]
Which way for Greta Thunberg? Which way for the coming movement?
Greta Thunberg is the face of a coming radical youth movement aimed at stopping global climate disaster. The attacks on her, and the attempts to undermine her, should be seen in that […]
Livestream Dialogue Between Chinese, Algerian, Sudanese, Iranian, Venezuelan and U.S. Labor Activists on International Labor Solidarity
On Sept. 22, the Alliance of Middle East Socialists (AMES) held a video conference dialog between labor activists from China, Algeria, Sudan, Iran, Venezuela and the United States. As listed by AMES, […]
Greta Thunberg to UN delegates: “This is all wrong”
Here is Greta Thunberg speaking at UN. “This is all wrong,” she opened by saying. It is more than worth listening to. Note how the very same delegates that she rips into […]
Internationalism and the General Motors Strike
Now here’s a novel thought regarding the GM strike: That the strikers reach out to their fellow GM workers around the world with the idea of organizing a global strike against GM. […]
Sept. 20, 2019: The start of a global youth movement to prevent climate disaster
September 20, 2019: The start of a global movement led by the youth to prevent global climate disaster. For those who would like to read more about how the planet can be […]
Global warming, “grass” farming and a planned economy
As the Global Climate Strike date (Sept. 20) approaches, the question that will be on the minds of millions will be: “Is there a possible way to avoid a disaster that could […]
Third Democratic Party debate
I’m guessing I was like millions of others and didn’t get past the part of the Democrats’ debate where they debated health care. Round and round they went. Back and forth. Should […]
Trump’s unbalanced and erratic foreign policy and the firing of John Bolton
Question: What do you get when you combine infantile, narcissistic ego mania with an unbalanced and erratic foreign policy? Answer: The firing of John Bolton. Trump fired his third National Security Advisor, […]
Democrats’ leading candidates: What really matters
So, I watched bits and snatches of the climate discussion that CNN presented. First my impressions and then some unasked questions: Beto O’Rourke: If he doesn’t get elected president, he has a […]
Brexit: A sinister version of Alice in Wonderland
by Roger Silverman in London Curiouser and curiouser, as Alice might have said. Britain staggers towards its third general election in four years, under an unelected Prime Minister who has won not […]
Assembly Bill 5 and capitalist propaganda
I subscribe to the SF Chronicle. When it comes, first I read the comics and “Dear Abby.” Then I turn to the news. Sometimes I learn something new. Sometimes I relearn something […]
Labor Day 2019 in Oakland CA vs. 21st century capitalist realities
On the day that labor holds its traditional marches, rallies and picnics, the name and a little background of the latest mass shooter was revealed. This was the shooter in Odessa Texas, […]
Interview with Simon Rodriguez in Venezuela
Brexit and the degeneration of British Capitalism
In this interview, Roger Silverman discusses the Brexit crisis in Britain. He explains: the long, steady decline in British capitalism the decline in the simple competence of recent prime ministers as a […]
Union rank and file can stop climate disaster
Sisters and brothers: Anybody who looks around is extremely concerned about the looming climate disaster and the fires in the Amazon. Home to 2/3 of our planet’s species, the Amazon is also […]
Book Review: “Why did chavismo fail?”
What in the world is happening in Venezuela? Is it exhibit #1 of the failure of socialism, as Trump would have people believe? Is it a case of a proud people standing […]
Sell outs in the carpenters union
The most recent edition of the rag published by the Northern California Carpenters Regional Council (NCCRC) has news of the promotion of two staffers: Jay Bradshaw to Executive Director of the 46 […]
Foxnews poll reveals mood in the United States
Trump isn’t looking so good, but Biden, Warren and Sanders are. Who’s looking best to most Americans? Barack Obama! That’s the results of a recent Foxnews opinion poll conducted in mid-August (8/11-13), […]
India, Kashmir and the global crisis of capitalism
“What India has done in Kashmir over the last 30 years is unforgivable. An estimated 70,000 people, civilians, militants and security forces have been killed in the conflict. Thousands have been “disappeared,” and tens […]
Kashmir crisis a heritage of British colonialism
India’s ultra-right prime minister Modi has staged an overnight coup abolishing Kashmir’s statehood and autonomous status, cutting all its communication links and flooding it with occupation troops, writes Roger Silverman in Britain. […]
The 2020 elections and the threat to capitalist democracy
When I was in second grade I befriended a kid who by today’s standards would probably be called “autistic”. He was incapable of relating to the other kids, or in fact the […]
Another crisis in socialist movement: The split in the CWI
At a time when capitalism is dragging the world into crisis and the world working class needs a workers international more than ever, at exactly this time what was probably the world’s […]
Sudan: Is a lasting deal between the generals and the protesters possible?
by David Hemson After months of extraordinary struggle involving all Sudanese towns and regions, an agreement has been made between the leaders of the movement and the military. There appears to be […]
Ellie Hamrick runs for city council: “We have a lot of problems and only the working class can solve them.”
Ellie Hamrick, a proud member of Athens (OH) Revolutionary Socialists, is running for Athens city council. Oaklandsocialist recently interviewed her. Here are some excerpts (along with some comments from Oaklandsocialist): On conditions […]
Gilroy, El Paso, Dayton: Why and What Next?
How to avoid sinking into cynicism and despair as the chaos and violence seem to sweep through US society? The first step is to understand what is happening and why. Trump and […]
Open letter by political prisoner Rodney Álvarez
Note: For background on this case, see this article. According to the article, a worker was shot and killed at a workers’ protest. Originally, the union bureaucrat Hector Maicán was arrested and […]
UFCW Local 8 president seems to side with employer & undermine sister locals
United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) representatives throughout Northern California have been bargaining with Lucky (food) Stores for months now. They thought they had reached an agreement that reportedly contained some real […]
Appeal from Jeff Nunes, fighter for carpenters rank and file
Oaklandsocialist reprints here the following appeal from Jeffrey Carlos Nunes. Brother Nunes was a leader of the New York City carpenters who opposed a wage cutting contract being forced down their throats […]
Democratic Party debates, Round II, second evening
Politics is class struggle, and that is what is obscured in these Democratic Party debates. Instead, round and round and back and forth they went. It was impossible to really make sense […]
Democratic debates Round II, first evening
Like millions of others, I was unable to listen to the entire debate among the first group of Democratic Party candidates. It just got too boring. One thing was clear: The moderators […]
Trump, the 2020 elections and what comes afterwards
There’s a long ways to go between now and November 3, 2020, but if the election were held today, and barring widespread voter suppression and fraud, it seems Trump would handily lose. […]
Mueller testifies: The coverup continues
Democrats and Republicans performed intricate dance steps while trying to lure Robert Mueller onto the dance floor yesterday. He, however, stubbornly refused to move from the wall onto that floor. Republicans The […]
Placerville CA: Silent no more!
By Scott Schroeder, Placerville, California. If you have been through Placerville, CA you may have noticed things like American flags, big pick up truck with dogs in the back & Trump bumper stickers. […]
Does a “left” Democrat stand the best chance of defeating Trump?
Does a “left” Democrat – Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren – stand the best chance of defeating Trump next year? They and their supporters argue that such a candidate would enthuse a […]
Now presenting: Boris Johnson, next British Prime Minister!
From Steve McKenzie in Britain: Barring a huge surprise, clown prince Boris Johnson will be anointed as the unelected prime minister next week. It is a fitting epitaph for the absolute degeneration, […]
Lesson from recent labor struggles: Build opposition caucuses!
The hundreds of New York City carpenters – mainly younger apprentices – who protested against a wage cutting contract proved it. The teachers in West Virginia who stayed on strike after their […]
Trump’s racist tweets show where he’s headed in the coming electon
Three days after Trump’s racist tweets and the day after he set of fascistic “send her back” chants at his rally in Greenville, the AFL-CIO was silent on the issue. So was […]
A profits recession?
Originally posted on Michael Roberts Blog:
This week, we get the first US company reports on earnings for the second quarter of 2019. And it looks as though there will be the…
Video: New York Carpenters protest pay cuts
On July 10, 2019, hundreds of carpenters in New York City rallied outside the carpenters district council office to protest the pay cuts being forced down their throat by the district council […]
I Remember the March on Washington
by John Reimann My parents took me to the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. I was 17 at the time and the memories will be with me for my […]
Preparing for Revolution
Note: The document below was written and produced by the Workers International Network in 2009. It tries to lay out the main processes in the world. Much has changed since then, of […]
