The lies and hypocrisy were so thick it felt like Sydney, Australia blanketed by smoke from the wildfires there. You had Ken Starr stand up there with his kindly and pompous smile […]
Impeachment matters: Lies, hypocrisy and the mustache in the room
Impeachment matters: Trump’s lawyers sink to the occasion
Trump’s White House lawyers opened up their defense of Trump on Saturday. It was a classic example of how a skilled lawyer can combine a series of isolated events, statements and […]
Impeachment matters: The Democrats wrap up their case
The debate around Trump’s impeachment can be confusing. It can seem that both sides are simply distorting things equally. But that’s also true about human-caused (actually, capitalist-caused) global warming. A skilled lawyer […]
Impeachment matters: First 2 days of Senate impeachment trial
“Ukraine” means “borderland”, and that it is. It’s a border – or a gateway – from Russia to Western Europe as well as to Asia. As such, it has major strategic importance […]
Worker rights in the USA: The law and the reality
I was sent a message from a Mohamed Abdi, General Secretary of the Somali Public Trade Union, asking what is the situation with labor rights in the United States. Here is my […]
Jesse Jackson, Bernie Sanders and DSA
By Mike Howells In 1988 “independent” socialist Bernie Sanders and the DSA both endorsed 1988 presidential candidate Jesse Jackson and his presidential Rainbow Coalition campaign. That an African American and well known […]
Video: Oakland youth strike against climate disaster
Martin Luther King jr. and “the fierce urgency of now”
“Go back with the Fierce Urgency of NOW to talk with your Locals and International unions about all workers joining together – To End this Shutdown with a General Strike.” Sara Nelson, […]
Iran Popular Protests Against Regime Intensify in Response to Iran Downing of Passenger Plane
From Alliance of Middle East and North African Socialists January 12, 2020 The eloquent statements and slogans voiced by the latest wave of mass protests in Iran seem to indicate that the […]
US and Iran: Open war now seems unlikely
On the evening of the Iranian missile attack on military installations in Iraq that housed US troops, this writer wrote on Facebook: “…. I don’t think that either Trump nor Khameini/Rouhani want […]
Anti-war protest in San Francisco
Well over 1500 people swarmed the streets of San Francisco to protest the latest terrorist drone attack of the Trump administration. About a quarter or more of the protesters were young. But […]
Statement from Alliance of Middle East and North African Socialists on US war with Iran
The Alliance of Middle East and North African Socialists (AMENAS) has issued the following statement on the US attack on Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Mauhandis: Oppose U.S. and Iran War by […]
For a workers movement to stop US war on Iran
The best – the only – way to build a successful movement against a US war on Iran is to build a workers movement that includes direct links between workers in this […]
Chile: Carabineros set theater on fire
Traduccion al espanol abajo In these videos, you see the Chilean carabineros having set a theater on fire by shooting tear gas canisters onto its roof. The carabineros (“paco”) are universally hated, […]
UAW corruption starts with the pro-company strategy of the leaders
The scandal of corruption and union leaders living like capitalists that is sweeping the UAW has its roots in the pro-company strategy of the UAW leadership. Today, former UAW president Bob King […]
Boris Johnson and the “demise of the nation state”
And so, another reactionary demagogue joins the ranks as Boris Johnson becomes head of state in Britain. He joins Donald Trump, Narendra Modi (India), Scott Morrison (Australia), Viktor Orban (Hungary), Jair Bolsonaro […]
Root for the home team? Not!
I read the sports section of the Chronicle and occasionally watch a professional sports game on TV, but basically I hate professional sports and root against the home team – Oakland, in […]
British election results
Roger Silverman comments from London on yesterday’s British election results This is no time for glib slogans. This is a serious defeat; a disaster. It clears the way for the most […]
DSA should hold People’s Impeachment Hearings
DSA should hold public “People’s Impeachment Hearings” across America. What good will it do to phone bank for Bernie Sanders if the ultimate outcome of these hearings is that Trump is strengthened […]
Impeachment hearings: One of three key events in Trump presidency
There have been all sorts of key moments in the Trump administration, but three stand out as true sign posts of the Trump method. Trump inauguration The first was on the very […]
New Oaklandsocialist pamphlet: “Chile Awakens”
Oaklandsocialist has put together our eyewitness reports from Chile into a pamphlet. Readers are welcome to print it up themselves. Or read it here online. Chile awakens
France: for general meetings and elected strike committees
The following article is dated Dec. 5 (today) and is from the French blog site “Arguments pour la lutte sociale” Editorial of December 5, 2019 at 10:30 pm Posted on December 5, 2019 by aplutsoc […]
British elections in era of revolution and resistance
Roger Silverman writes from London: There really shouldn’t be any doubt about the result of the British general election. After all, Labour is offering the most radical manifesto since 1945, including a […]
Impeachment: A window into the crisis of the US capitalist class
Former US ambassador to Ukraine and a career diplomat Marie Yovanovitch put her finger dead on the issue: On the one hand there lay what Trump loyalist Gordan Sondland represented: “he was […]
Oaklandsocialist letter to Venezuelan workers translated and distributed in Venezuela
Happy that Oaklandsocialist’s letter for an independent workers movement has been translated and distributed inside Venezuela. Llamado a apoyar al movimiento obrero independiente en Venezuela. Llamado a apoyar al movimiento obrero independiente […]
Video: A new day dawning in Chile
Video from my visit to Chile
Chile Despertó: Algunas reflexiones sobre el levantamiento chileno
Donde quiera que camines por las calles de Santiago, hay graffiti político pintado en aerosol en los edificios. Un lema popular entre los graffiti es “Chile despertó” – Chile se despertó. Y […]
Photos from Chile
Here are just a few of the many, many pictures I took in Chile. I will be putting together some video also.
Chile awakens: Some thoughts on the Chilean uprising
Everywhere you walk in the streets of Santiago, there is political graffiti spray painted on the buildings. A popular slogan among the graffiti is “Chile despertó” – Chile woke up. And truly, […]
Chile: Abel Acuña presente
The police – the “carabineros – killed another protester in Chile on Friday night. I just found out. Young Abel Acuña – all of 29 years old – collapsed on the ground […]
Mensaje al Pueblo valiente de Chile de unos Trabajadores de EEUU
Esta es una traduccion imperfecta de un mensaje de unos Trabajadores en EEUU al Pueblo Chileno. (El mensaje en ingles abajo.).) Enviamos nuestra solidaridad a toda la clase trabajadora de Chile. Que […]
Some conversations here
A few conversations today: The young woman working at the front desk at the hotel where I’m staying: When she showed me out, I commented on the sign on the front door […]
A day in Santiago
I arrived in Santiago yesterday. The first few people I talked with were not very enthusiastic. One, just a passerby in the street, commented to me about “the fanatics” who are marching. […]
Germany, the United States, and the new world (dis)order
Is Donald Trump an aberration in US history? Is it simply a matter of defeating him with fact, reason and reform (either less reform, as exemplified by Biden, Buttigieg, Harris and others; […]
Huge movement in Haiti: Interview with Max Blanchet
Interview with Max Blanchet also as a podcast.
“Huge movement underway in Haiti”: Interview with Max Blanchet
Oaklandsocialist interviews Max Blanchet about what is happening in Haiti today, the history of the Duvalier dictatorship and more. This interview also available as a podcast here. Correction: Max wants […]
France: “We are going forward to a big social clash”
Olivier Delbeke reports from Fance From November 1st to November 3rd more than 500 Yellow Vests coming from roundabouts from all over France gathered in Montpellier to hold the fourth Assembly of […]
Union leader released in Iran
From the Hekmatist Party: Celebrations of a victory On the occasion of the release of Haft Tapeh detainees The continuous protests of the workers of Haft Tapeh, the resistance of detainees […]
Is Trump a “traitor”? A book review
Is Donald Trump a “traitor”, an agent of a rival foreign power (Russia)? That is the claim of the former federal prosecutor Kenneth McCallion in his recently published book Treason & Betrayal. […]
For independent workers movement in Venezuela
We, the undersigned labor and socialist activists, hereby express our support for a genuinely free and independent workers’ movement in Venezuela. We are concerned about the persecution of independent labor activists by […]
Impeachment, Ukraine and Syria
Although it came first, the Nancy Pelosi-led impeachment inquiry cannot be understood without understanding Trump’s troop withdrawal from Syria. For over a year now, mainstream capitalist commentators have been railing against Trump’s […]
Solidarity with Iraq Popular Protests: Statement from Alliance of MENA Socialists
From the Alliance of Middle East and North African Socialists: The demands for social justice and economic redistribution against the neoliberal destructive policies cannot be dissociated from the opposition to the sectarian […]
Take letter to your Democratic representative
The impeachment issue is galvanizing US politics. Intimately involved in impeachment is the issue of Trump’s relationship with the right wing dictator, Vladimir Putin. For workers to really see the significance of […]
Perfidious Trump throws Kurds to Erdogan and Assad
Marcus Halaby writes from London: Introduction All socialists and democrats should support the Kurdish resistance to the Turkish invasion of northern Syria, and the remaining revolutionary-democratic forces struggling against Assad’s reactionary dictatorship. […]
Third Democratic Party debate
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 […]
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 […]
