“Picking and winning smaller fights, one by one, until we have the organizational infrastructure required to beat their money.” That is how one member of DSA (accurately) described the political strategy of […]
Report from a comrade in Germany: Dear reader, Today I’d like to inform you about an interesting as well as disturbing fact. After the G-20 protest in Hamburg, the german justice minister […]
Today, the leadership of DSA banned a discussion on building a working class political party. As explained in this video, I was to make a presentation to the delegates to the upcoming […]
In politics, crisis also means opportunity, so the crisis that exists within the working class, also means an opportunity. Millions of workers are casting about for an alternative to the Democrats. Many […]
As a veteran Washington politician is said to have once told a newbie, “if you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.” That may describe the position Trump is in, as […]
When California’s “single payer” health care bill fizzled and died like a dud fire cracker, its rank and file supporters might have been surprised. Not so for Karen Bernal, though. Chair of […]
by Roger Silverman from London, UK After an election called in the hope of strengthening their mandate, it is the Tories who find themselves humiliated, entangled in a “coalition of chaos” with […]
Just got the newest rag of the Northern California Council of Carpenters (the word “Union” is mysteriously absent). Some more thinking from those brilliant minds. On page 3 is the usual drivel […]
On June 24, some 250 socialists, overwhelmingly young, gathered in the offices of the nurses’ union in Oakland CA. They gathered to elect new officers and delegates from the East Bay chapter […]
What were the factors that led to Trump’s election? What are the possibilities under his presidency? How can the US working class start to play an independent and cohesive role in society? […]
Starting from 88:05 and going to 112:40, here is the interview we did on WRFU’s World Labor Hour last Saturday. The interview covers the details of Trump’s Russia connection and how that […]
The mood is explosive. There are mass protests on the streets. This horrifying event sums up perfectly contemporary Britain: a systematically neglected run-down warehouse crammed with marginalised poor people (largely migrants, unemployed […]
For those who are interested, Oaklandsocialist will be on the radio Saturday morning, 10:30 Pacific Time. We will be discussing Trump’s financial ties to the Russian oligarchs/mafia, which make him more beholden […]
Yesterday, a UPS worker in San Francisco shot and killed several of his co-workers. Here, we interview a worker who works on the UPS docks about conditions on the job and the […]
Looking and sounding exactly like one of those old racist crackers from a bygone era (which is what he is), US Attorney General Jeff Sessions collaborated with members of the US Senate […]
Every so often the national spotlight turns to Oakland, CA, a city of about half the population of its better-known neighbor, San Francisco. For the past three years that spotlight has come […]
We are living in the most volatile of times. As the relatively stable prevailing world order of the last few decades passes away, sudden shocks and sharp swings to right and left […]
When male whooping cranes compete for a mate, they do a formalized, ritualized dance, designed to impress and intimidate, but also to ensure that no serious damage is done to their rival. […]
One of the few bright notes in today’s world is the amazing progress the left-wing Jeremy Corbyn of the British Labour Party has made in the present election campaign there. He is […]
It was a surreal scene straight out of “Brave New World”. A shirt sleeved crowd, composed in part of representatives of climate change deniers like the Koch Brothers’ “American Energy Alliance” and […]
Is the United States headed towards its greatest political crisis since the US Civil War? It seems that might be the case. With London bookies giving more or less even odds on […]
Often a movement from below is foretold by a crisis at the top. Is that what is happening now? A recent article by Max Boot seems to show that. Boot, a former lifelong […]
In our second report from Britain, Nick Bradley writes on the mood and other developments in the London/Essex region: It seems an amazingly low key election so far – I live and […]
British Prime Minister Theresa May has called for national elections for June 8. This takes place at a time when she is negotiating the terms for Britain to leave the European Union. […]
President Trump’s firing of FBI director Comey represents a political crisis for US, and therefore for world, capitalism. “Days before he was fired, James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, asked the […]
Sometimes when I was working in construction I’d be working right by an air compressor – one of those giant ones that makes a continual thunderous roar. The noise would be so […]
Trump’s invitation to Philippine president Duterte is a warning for what he (Trump) has planned for the black communities in the US. So far, he’s proceeded a little cautiously on that front, […]
This spring marks the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution – an event that shocked the entire world and changed it forever. Today, as turmoil and chaos, the threat of war, revolution […]
So, I was walking down the street in my neighborhood, posting these leaflets (English and Spanish) for a May Day event in the neighborhood park. Got my backpack on, my cap to […]
John Pickard comments on the issues and the mood that lay behind the French elections. He sees it as part of a general, world process. French presidential election – first round. The […]
Richard Evans reports from Britain on the election results in France The results of the first round of the French Presidential election, held on Sunday, have been announced. The final count puts […]
by Luke Pickrell This article draws heavily from a much longer piece – “Origins of the Police” – by David Whitehouse. I’ve summarized some important points and added original thoughts, including […]
The New Orleans General Strike lasted five days and completely shut down what was then American’s 12th largest city. The strike involved 25,000 workers and is considered the first general strike to […]
April 12, 2017 By Sarah Morken in Tacoma, WA Tacoma has been one of the main dumping grounds for polluting industry in western Washington. We are home to nine EPA Superfund clean […]
Just filing your taxes? Expecting a refund… maybe $500 or even $1000 or even double that? Planning on paying some bills with it? Or else… why don’t you spend it on a […]
“It’s like a bucket with a three inch hole that the water’s flowing out through, and we’re pouring water in through a one inch hole.” That’s how a Carpenter Union “organizer” described […]
Here is a commentary from the Alliance of Syrian and Iranian Socialists regarding Trump’s latest bombing of Syria. We specifically say his “latest bombing” because this is far from the first. It’s […]
Oaklandsocialist reproduces here the statement of purpose of the Alliance of Iranian and Syrian Socialists. We don’t know much about this alliance, but we think this statement offers a valuable contribution to […]
Glenn Greenwald, the influential “left” journalist at “The Intercept” has written a confused and in some ways dishonest article on Trump’s latest attack on Syria. Of course, Greenwald is right to denounce […]
If life imitates art, then the behind-the-scenes Trump story is torn from the pages of a John Le Carre novel. For those who don’t know his books, they are political and social […]
The world situation is much worse than the liberals and some socialists think. We saw this through a recent meeting of the socialist “Peace and Freedom Party” featuring a speaker who is […]
“History is the most dangerous of subjects.” So said Malcolm X, and a history class I’m taking at Laney College shows why. Called “world history” and taught by Dr. Susan Kahn, it […]
This is a real crisis both for the US capitalist class and for Trump. Every night CNN has over an hour raking Trump over the coals over this “Russia” issue. Much of […]
You would have to be a capitalist or Rip Van Winkle to expect anything positive to come from Trump’s appointments, but that’s not the point. Looking at his two latest to be […]
Prediction: President Donald Trump will not last the full four years. Some might say, “who cares? Pence will be just as bad, and do we really want the CIA and FBI involved […]
‘“It would be interesting to see to what degree the New York liberals change Trump and to what degree Trump changes the New York liberals.”’ So spoke Newt Gingrich and, no, he […]
“Iran, Hezbollah and Russia are fighting in solidarity with Syria in defending Syria’s soverienty and this is a great act of international solidarity. The liberation of Aleppo was a victory for the […]
Several thousand women, and a few men, gathered in downtown Oakland to mark International Women’s Day, 2017. Considering the small forces that did the organizing, the turnout was impressive. It was also […]
About a year ago, it was revealed that an under age sex worker in Oakland had been traded around by the Oakland Cops like an old baseball player. When Oakland Mayor Libby […]
