“I’ll lay my cards on the table: To me, Sanders is looking increasingly electable, the virus looks like it could reshape much of daily life at least in the short term, and […]
“Coronavirus”, covid 19 and expecting the unexpected
Syria revolution and counter revolution
The following is a summary and update of the revolution and counter revolution in Syria. It also raises some questions of how the Syrian revolution might have won: In this period of […]
“The Ghetto Fights”
In 2016, in recognition of the heroic Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Oaklandsocialist published a review of the book The Ghetto Fights. Written by one of the very few surviving fighters of that uprising, […]
After Nevada: Perspectives for the Sanders campaign
The Wall St. Journal editors are worried. Following the Nevada caucus vote they wrote: “The other candidates… all offer some version of Bernie Lite, and none speak up for the private economy.… […]
Democratic Party Debate in Nevada was enjoyable but skimmed the surface
Like the gunfight at the OK Corral, the confrontation with Michael (“Mike can get it done”) Bloomberg was a much anticipated event. It did not disappoint as far as seeing an autocratic […]
“Productivity. LOL…”: A carpenter speaks
“Productivity lol. Guys are throwing up 60 10′ boards [of sheetrock – about 65 lbs. each] on their own, with no partner. Guys are running through footage of framing that is robot […]
Trump, Barr and Julius Caesar
The present melodrama surrounding the sentencing guidelines of Trump partner-in-crime Roger Stone shows the same process as has Trump’s drive to take one person control over the State Department and the National Security […]
New Hampshire primary: Some tentative thoughts and questions
It is still far, far to early to draw any conclusions, but the results of yesterday’s New Hampshire (NH) primary leave open the question of where Bernie Sanders really stands in the […]
Trump’s trickle dries up
Worth taking a good look at the state of the economy.
Trump, the State Department and the NSC: Slip sliding further towards one-man rule
A major obstacle for Trump’s drive towards one-man rule is the bureaucracy in the key agencies of the US government, two of which are the State Department and, even more important, the […]