For the first time in many decades socialism matters. The largest socialist group in the US is Democratic Socialists of America. That’s why what DSA does matters also. Below is a report […]
Last December, we published an open letter to Codepink about their planned “peace caravan” to Iran. Without giving the slightest support to US capitalism’s threats and attacks against Iran, we criticized this […]
Here is a timeline of how the mainstream US capitalist media has covered the issue of Trump’s financial ties with the Russian mafia capitalist class. This timeline is significant, because it provides […]
The NY Times has now revealed that the FBI has been investigating Trump for working for Russia! They write: ” “In the days after President Trump fired James B. Comey as F.B.I. director, law […]
From the ever creative and insightful Raymond Nat Turner: Waiting on Capitalist Hill… “Universal suffrage is thus the gauge of the maturity of the working class. It cannot and never will be […]
Donald Trump has learned some lessons from the Republicans’ defeat last November. “America proudly welcomes millions of lawful immigrants who enrich our society and contribute to our nation. But all Americans are […]
Reprinted from Alliance of Middle East Socialists. This is confirmation of our criticism of CodePink’s “Peace Caravan” to Iran. See the Open Letter to CodePink. Jan 7, 2019 Esmail Bakshi, leader of the […]
“Absolutely. I am prepared,” said Donald Trump. Prepared for what? To keep (some of) the federal government shut down for months or a year or longer. Sure, he’s prepared. He’s got his […]
As we look back over 2018 and think about what 2019 will bring, we should keep in mind what Trotsky said – that revolutionaries can be some of the most conservative of […]
Roger Silverman in London writes the New Year message he’d like to hear from Jeremy Corbyn: As we go into 2019, Britain under the Tories is hurtling towards disaster. May’s Brexit plan […]
Originally posted on Michael Roberts Blog:
Well, there has not been a year starting like this for a long time. The US government is in disarray. The President of the Unites States starts…
The stock market is in free fall. The federal government is in partial shutdown and nobody knows how long this will last. US foreign policy is unknown, while the executive branch of […]
“For two years, they tried to tutor and confine him. They taught him history, explained nuances and gamed out reverberations. They urged careful deliberation, counseled restraint and prepared talking points to try […]
Horrifying the entire US foreign policy establishment, US President Trump announced a full withdrawal of US troops from Syria on Wednesday, Dec. 19. The announcement threw the entire US foreign policy establishment […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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…
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 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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
