The Painters Union (IUPAT) Local 10 in Portland OR has passed a resolution calling for mass mobilizations to stop the KKK and similar racist groups. Union activists, socialists and others should join […]
IUPAT Local 10: “Mobilize to Stop the KKK”
Outlines of Trump Presidency
The outlines of a Trump presidency are starting to appear. His appointment of Senator Jeff Sessions (R., SC) as attorney general is key. He has been one of the hardest core senators against […]
DAPL, Federal Lands and “Jobs”
There was a protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline in San Francisco this morning. What the protesters and socialists in general have to consider is this: Many of us think that when […]
Hands Around Lake Merritt
About a week or so ago, somebody put up a Facebook event calling for a “peaceful protest” in Oakland by calling on people to join hands around Lake Merritt on Sunday, Nov. […]
AFL-CIO’s Weak Statement
Richard Trumka, head of the labor movement in the US (the AFL-CIO) has put out an extremely weak (at best) statement on Trump’s victory. “The AFL-CIO accepts the outcome of this election and […]
“Political Revolution” Revealed
“That sounds to me like people want a political revolution at the DNC.” So that’s the real reality of Sanders “political revolution”. Support for corporate liberals like Pramila Jayapal, who got money […]
Thank you, Donald Trump
Thank you, Donald Trump. You brought tens of thousands of young people out into the streets on the night after elections to protest against you and what you stand for. We notice […]
Protest Against Trump
Thank you, Donald Trump. There were thousands and thousands at the anti-Trump rally in downtown Oakland last night, the overwhelming majority were young. This could be the start of something big. Here’s […]
Fight Back!
Make no mistake, the election of the far right wing, racist, xenophobic simpleton Donald Trump is a defeat. And like all defeats, it is a bit demoralizing. This is showing already in […]
Radio show: fixed elections and the rule of capital over labor
“The whole electoral process is a means of validating the rule of capital over labor…. The needs of the (capitalist) system and the needs of life on this planet, including human life, […]