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 […]
Sutter Health sued; socialized medicine needed
Report from Denmark
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 […]
March against violence: Another sign of coming movement?
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 […]
East Ghouta: Support US Intervention?
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?
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, […]
Debating the pro-Assad “Left”
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 […]
West Virginia teachers defeat corporate politicians
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 […]
Iran: Ongoing Labor Strikes, Women’s Protests and Ideas for International Solidarity
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 […]
Visiting the strike of West Virginia teachers
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 – […]
Interview: West Virginia teacher discusses strike
Oaklandsocialist interviews Joe Dangerfield, music teacher on strike in West Virginia: Also as a podcast: