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 […]
Not in the last 100 years and more have we seen such harsh mainstream attacks on a sitting president. “Donald Trump’s press conference performance in Helsinki rises to & exceeds the threshold […]
The last African team still standing has won the football (soccer) World Cup. The only thing is, they played as the French team. But over half the starting players are of African […]
by Roger Silverman in London The recent gyrations of the May government are descending into farce. Trotsky once wrote that the British imperialists “do their thinking in terms of centuries and continents”. […]
Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh for the US Supreme Court is both less and more important than the Democrats are saying. It’s less important because what really matters is the federal appeals […]
Traduccion de un articulo que originalmente publicamos en ingles aqui. Traducido por El Grupo de Estudios Centroamericanos. Se encuentra su traduccion aqui. Nota introductoria original de Oakland Socialist: Oaklandsocialist ha producido una […]
Is a new movement welling up from below? Yesterday’s nation-wide day of protest against Trump’s anti-refugee policies seems to say “yes”, but what direction will that movement take? The fact that the […]
The Wall St. Journal editors didn’t mince their words: “Republicans are chortling after Tuesday’s primary defeat of New York Democratic Congressional baron Joseph Crowley by Sandernista Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, but they might want […]
“A nation WITHOUTH BORDERS is not a nation at all.” So tweeted Donald Trump, and it’s one of the few things he’s said that’s actually true. The question is what is to […]
We interview Jo Morales, who has been working in refugee camps and solidarity spaces in Greece for the last three years. Unlike the NGO workers, who often use the work in these […]
It really is a problem for any capitalist class when they have an idiot in chief for president. Here, for example, are excerpts from an article from the NY Times from June […]
Here is an excellent presentation by Robert Cuffy from Guiana. He places the support for Assad (both direct and indirect) in the light of his experiences in Guiana.
On May 24 of this year, Donald Trump “pardoned” the deceased former heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson. A couple of weeks later, he commuted the sentence of convicted drug dealer Alice Johnson. […]
Yes, he actually said that – Gunther Oettinger, senior member of the European Commission. The “markets will teach Italians how to vote.” In other words, the blind, impersonal forces of global capitalist […]
On Monday, May 14, we were treated to the scenes of tear gas, massive smoke, thousands protesting… and massive violence by the Israeli army, as some 60 Gazans were killed and over […]
Culture and politics mixed…
From the “Unrepentant Marxist” This is the perfect answer to those who see nothing but religious sectarianism in the uprising against Assad. Last night I attended a meeting on “From Syria to […]
Congratulations to carpenters in Western Washington State. About a week ago, they rejected a contract proposal by about 2-1. This came after a “teleconference” in early May in which some 3,000 union […]
Note: We attempted to get this article, plus a shortened version of the same article, published on the DSA blog site as a reply to an article by R.L. Stephens, who is […]
We have had a further exchange with officers of Ironworkers Local 86. Bob Korth, president and business agent of Local 86 writes: “John Reimann, You were removed as a member of your […]
A week ago, Oaklandsocialist wrote an article on how Ironworkers Local 86 was supporting Amazon against the homeless in Seattle. We sent it to Chris McClain, business manager of Ironworkers Local 86. We […]
There is more to Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal than meets the eye – in terms of the long term world relations, in terms of the world economy, and (what […]
The Seattle Times reports that Ironworkers from Local 86, backing that noted humanitarian Jeff Bezos, went and shouted down Seattle city council member Kshama Sawant as she tried to speak in favor […]
Is the Mueller investigation into Trump real or is it just nibbling around the edges of the real issue? Consider the questions Mueller wants to ask Trump. According to the NY Times, […]
“While these lines are written, a student movement is agitating France….” Olivier Delbeke reports from France. For more on the history of May Day, see this article. Introduction Fifty years ago today, […]
Introduction Listen to audio here” Oaklandsocialist has had a series of articles and pamphlets on the revolution and the counter-revolution in Syria. Part of what’s needed is a general theoretical understanding […]
Oaklandsocialist has received the following from Omran Holbane, who identifies himself as coming from East Ghouta: I will tell my story in short so as not to prolong my conversation because […]
The outrage over the granting of bail for Travis Reinking was too much. As Newschannel5 reported, the bail was revoked “following public outcry from the community.” One lawyer explained why Reinking got […]
from the Alliance of Middle East Socialists April 15, 2018 Currently, the military interventions of the Islamic Republic in the region and especially in Syria have become so deadly, and the possibility […]
Trump has launched his second attack on the Syrian government, this time by reportedly bombing chemical weapons facilities, including a chemical research facility. (We say “reportedly” because we don’t know for sure […]
Introduction We have to combine the drive to “do something”, the drive to change the world, with an equal drive to understand the world. Otherwise, we just end up running up one […]
As Trump prepares what is a likely attack on Assad’s airfields, socialists should start by looking at the underlying issues. First: Was there really a poison gas attack on Douma on Saturday, […]
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A huge brouhaha against Jeremy Corbyn is being kicked up by the capitalist media in Britain. They are claiming that this left leader of the British Labour Party is an anti-Semite. Roger […]
The State of California is suing Sutter Health Care for price fixing. The statistics behind the suit show that, while “Medicare for all” would be a positive step, what’s really needed is […]
2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the great uprising in France (1968). Now, massive strikes against the neoliberal attacks of Macron are under way there. Below, Birgitte N. reports that something similar […]
Thousands gathered in downtown Oakland today to protest against gun violence. As is to be expected, the range of politics was all over the place – from Black Lives Matter supporters […]
by Roger Silverman The widespread confusion about the respective motives and affiliations of the key players in the Syrian conflict, from the Americans to the Russians to the Turks and the Kurds, […]
Last Days of Pompeo… or of ‘Identity’ Politics? by Raymond Nat Turner His lips gurgled watery words, his nostrils were an aching incinerator… Still she taunted and tormented him about his acting, […]
I had an online debate with a long time former friend and comrade about Assad and Syria. Important enough as the issue of the disaster in Syria is, there’s a deeper issue […]
There’s a lot to be learned from the West Virginia teachers’ strike. Is it the start of a new movement in the United States? Will it be followed by similar strikes in […]
From Alliance of Middle East Socialists Mar 9, 2018 “The Free Union of Iranian Workers considers itself part of the movement for liberation from gender discrimination and any type of inequality in […]
I just arrived in time for the last day of the teachers’ strike here. Spent the day at the state capitol building with several thousand teachers. I was told that yesterday – […]
Oaklandsocialist interviews Joe Dangerfield, music teacher on strike in West Virginia: Also as a podcast:
How should socialists relate to what seems to be a growing movement among some high school students in favor of some sort of increased gun regulation – in particular banning assault weapons? […]
“My union representative told me I’m rude.” So spoke the checker at the grocery store I usually shop at. She also told me that she hasn’t seen that rep in the store […]
From Alliance of Middle East Socialists: Those who oppose both the Assad regime and the Jihadists and all the imperialist powers, need to focus on a glaring fact: Support for Assad and […]
“How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give himself up individually to a righteous cause? Such a fine sunny day, and I have to go, […]
Originally posted on Michael Roberts Blog:
The victory in Mexico’s presidential election of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), under the rubric of his relatively new ‘progressive’ Morena party, is both unsurprising and…
