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 […]
Trump’s racist tweets show where he’s headed in the coming electon
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 […]
Carpenters Union leadership record a dismal failure
The New Your Carpenters Union leadership has sent out the following defense of its disastrous contract: If this contract is so great, why didn’t they allow the rank and file carpenters, vote […]
Epstein arrest: a means of getting at Trump?
The procurer of young girls for the rich and famous – Jeffrey Epstein – has been arrested in New York. He had previously been convicted of similar crimes in Florida. In that […]
Carpenters wildcat strike in NYC?
There is increasing talk on Facebook about a wildcat strike among New York City carpenters. The issue is the horrible contract that the union leadership has negotiated. The defining question is whether […]
NYC Carpenters in struggle… against their own union leadership
Carpenters in New York City are facing a danger and an opportunity. During a nation-wide building boom, the New York Carpenters District Council is proposing a contract with some huge give-aways. Most […]
Census Drama and Trump’s Strategy
With the concentration camps on the US border, the growing planet climate/environment emergency, the attacks on a woman’s right to make her own reproductive decisions, and the possibility of war with Iran […]
#Jewishresistance in San Francisco protest of concentration camps
Video of July 5 protest by some 200+ people – mainly but not entirely Jewish youth – against Trump’s concentration camps at the US/Mexican border. They were protesting the camps as well […]
Report from Germany: From “hopeless” to “Now I believe in a future again”
From a correspondent in eastern Germany: Dear readers, Until just a few months ago, I was pretty hopeless about our future and did not really believe that the good would still be […]
Democratic Party Debates
First Night I went to a “watch party” to watch the first round of the Democratic Party debates. It was held at the offices of the Sierra Club in downtown Oakland. I […]
Supreme Court census ruling: Grounds being prepared for inclusion of citizenship question
The US Supreme Court’s ruling today against the inclusion of a citizenship question on the US 2020 census is a sneaky way for the Republican right wing majority to have the best […]
Trump postpones war abroad in favor of war at home
Trump is trying to postpone the war abroad (against Iran) in favor of fighting the war at home. He backed down at the last minute as far as a military attack on […]
Trump, “treason”, and bourgeois democracy
On June 20, the Wall St. Journal republished a column from the publisher of the NY Times, A.G. Sulzberger. The column was sharply critical of Trump. Normally, these two publishers are at […]
A Russian and West Indian in Revolutionary Sudan
by Luke Pickrell Born are the beautiful children, hour by hour with brightest eyes, and loving hearts you have bestowed upon fatherland, they will come, for bullets aren’t the seeds of life. […]
Support Louisa Hanoune
Trade unionists and activists are mobilizing for an international day of action on 20 June in solidarity with Louisa Hanoune, General Secretary of the radical left Workers’ Party who was detained by […]
New Crisis in Gulf of Oman: What really happened? Where is it headed?
On Thursday, June 13 two oil tankers, one operated by a Japanese company and the other by a Norwegian shipping company, were attacked in the Gulf of Oman, off the coast of […]
Britain in a Tailspin
Britain is rapidly plunging into a dangerous tailspin, explains Roger Silverman, in London. Having put her proposed Brexit deal with the EU to parliament three times only to be humiliated each time, […]
“How to start a workers party”
I was asked for “an outline for ‘how to start a workers party.’” But it’s not like just reading the directions and proceeding step-by-step for assembling a piece of Ikea furniture. It’s […]
California Democratic Party convention: Does it matter?
The California Democratic Party held its convention this last weekend. This time it was in San Francisco. Some might ask: “Why should we care about what this party of the capitalists is […]
Letter from US workers to workers in Iran
Note: The following is an open letter to our fellow workers in Iran. We hope this will be a first step in organizing direct links between workers in our two countries. If […]
Reminder: Livestream event Saturday – the state of the revolutions in Algeria & Sudan
Sponsored by the Alliance of Middle East Socialist. From this link: Saturday, June 1 – the current state of the revolutions in Algeria and Sudan. Join us in a livestream facebook event […]
A Conversation Among Capitalists
NOTE: We understand that some readers took this post seriously. It never occurred to us that that would happen, and we deeply apologize for any confusion we may have created. In the future, […]
US and Iran: Coming even closer to war?
Although far from certain, it is increasingly difficult to see how a Trump war against Iran can be avoided. Trump might not want it, because he knows such a war is likely […]
The Two Faces of India
As the shadow of ruthless authoritarian regimes falls across the world’s continents from Europe to America North and South to Asia, the world’s capitalists have greeted with undisguised jubilation the victory of […]
Homeless in Oakland: The backstory of Greg and Marie
Labor should fight attack on women and abortion rights
The new laws against abortion rights are an attack on women, first and foremost, but on all working class people also. That’s because they represent the increased power of the far right, […]
Union meeting in Venezuela
republished from laclase.info. By C-cura Press Caracas, May 10, 2019. During the whole day yesterday, a first meeting of workers was held in the Engineering Auditorium of the UCV, convened by Eduardo […]
Escalating Threat of War: Is there a way out?
This is the second of two articles on the developing crisis in the Persian Gulf. In the first article, Oaklandsocialist discussed the internal dynamics within the Trump administration. Here, we republish a […]
US war on Iran coming?
Late Saturday night or early Sunday morning, some sort of bombing attack was carried out on several ships in the Straits of Hormuz, near Iran. Several ships, including the Andrea Victory, were […]
A nonprofit violates rules of capitalist economics
Irene has been taking a class in playwriting. The class is put on by a non-profit. Recently the teacher, whom Irene likes, resigned because he would not commit to a clause in […]
“Progressives”/liberals vs. “moderates”/conservatives: Who’s right?
For those whose entire political focus is on defeating Trump: The Berners claim that the best way to defeat Trump is to get “progressive” (meaning liberal) candidates. Such candidates will get a […]
Trump and the reluctance to reckon with something fundamentally new
Socialists, and Marxists in particular, are often slow to fully see it when a sharp turn in the situation develops. Is that what’s happening now? Does Trump’s election represent a wide-scale loss […]
Formal logic vs. dialectical thinking
Toilet seat at Rooz Cafe in Oakland.
Putin, Trump and Pompeo
On Wednesday, May 1, Trump’s Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, warned that “military action is possible” in Venezuela. “If that’s what’s required, that’s what the United States will do,” he said. He also […]
Oaklandsocialist on Twitter
We have now linked Oaklandsocialist to Twitter via @oaklndsoclst. All our posts will be tweeted out through this account. For those who use twitter and would like to receive a tweet whenever […]
May Day 2019: Mourn for the dead; fight like hell for the living!
Alan Justad, 71; Sarah Wong, 19; Andrew Yoder, 31; Travis Corbet, 33. These were the four killed when a tower crane collapsed in Seattle last Saturday (April 27). They are just a […]
Attempted Coup in Venezuela
The Party for Socialism and Freedom in Venezuela has made the following statement regarding the attempt of Guaidó to take power through a coup. Oaklandsocialist agrees with the statement, and we add […]
President Bernie Sanders?
A new opinion poll seems to strengthen Bernie Sanders’ claim that he’s the Democratic Party candidate most able to defeat Trump: Taken by Sanders campaign, it shows Sanders beating Trump in three […]
Worker solidarity: We have to change the entire world!
A long time friend and comrade of mine, one who’s fought inside his work place and inside his union for many years, sent out the following appeal: NEED SOME HELP! Hi friends, […]
“The Trojan Horse of Sudan Uprising”
reprinted from the Sudanese Translators for Change SUDANESE TRANSLATORS FOR CHANGE STC·FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2019 The current Transitional Military Council (TMC) headed by Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, continues to act as […]
Bernie Sanders: Minority candidate in the Democratic primaries
Sanders supporters are bemoaning the planned “superdelegate coup” if Sanders doesn’t win an outright majority of delegates. What would happen is that if no candidate gets over 50% of the delegates in […]
Venezuela: A country held hostage
Republished from Venezuelanvoices. See their web site for other reports from inside the country. Venezuela: a country held hostage 16 april, 2019by venezuelanvoices Author: Simón Rodríguez | Original text in Spanish: laclase.info, 20/03/2019. Under the global spotlight […]
Report from Sudan
Here is a report from Sudan. Clearly, this is a revolutionary situation. The question is whether the revolution will be carried through to overthrow capitalism itself: Just to give those of you […]
Trump elected Israeli Prime Minister
Donald Trump (AKA Benjamin Netanyahu) will apparently serve an unprecedented fifth term as Israel’s prime minister. Netanyahu, whose similarities to Trump are striking – right down to the criminal charges against him […]
Alliance of Middle East Socialists’ Call for new socialist-humanist network
The Alliance of Middle East Socialists has issued a call for the formation of a “New Socialist-Humanist Solidarity Network”. Here it is below. We think this is an important call and, in […]
Wall St. Journal admits Marx was right
It was clear from the headline alone: The Wall St. Journal was admitting that Karl Marx was right. They wrote: Investors Brace for Hit to Profits as Costs Rise Increasing wage and […]
Report from Britain: “Brexit rumbles on”
Ridhard Evans reports from Birmingham, Britain: Brexit rumbles on. Yet another last chance deadline missed. Same again next week. It doesn’t matter much materially, if Britain is a semi-detached EU member (which it […]
Cyclone Idai, Refugees, and Border Walls
It was disaster everywhere as thousands of people streamed along the road out of Beira, Mozambique. They were trying to escape the floodwaters of Cyclone Idai. An elderly woman carrying her husband […]
The Mueller Report and Global Climate Disaster
It’s happened again! In October of 2018, after a fraudulent one-week FBI investigation, the US Senate confirmed sexual predator Matt Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court. The Democrats had placed all their […]
