Introduction: In the first part of this series we discussed why a nearly exclusively focus on economics is inadequate to oppose Trump and MAGA. Economic self interest is vitally important, but as […]
A movement against Trump is starting to develop. This coincides with the general decline in his support as seen in the opinion polls. The question is what general direction such a movement […]
By Yorgos Mitralias ‘The second story relates to the Wilna ghetto. Until its extermination, some of the men were taken out of the ghetto to work in an arms factory. The director […]
I spent an interesting half-day in court the other day. The court was holding bail hearings for a series of defendants. Every single, one of the defendants, with only one exception, was […]
I was asked about the call for a general strike. Here are my thoughts: A general strike doesn’t happen because a few hundred or even a few thousand people want it; it […]
Reprinted with permission of the author, who also publishes the web site The Fire Next time.net. Here Siyâvash discusses the developing divisions within the regime of the Islamic State of Iran. Such […]
(Oaklandsocialist notes: “Reform UK” is a far right party started by Nigel Farage, who has visited with Trump. Farage was one of the engineers of Brexit. As we can see, Trump’s victory […]
About 5,000 turned out in Oakland for the April 5 “Hands Off” protest. Here is a short video and some of the photos I took. The posters people made up give a […]
Trump claims that in the longer run his tariffs will lead to greater investment in U.S. production and therefore lead to jobs for U.S. workers. Just the opposite will happen. This video […]
A construction worker in Eastern United States that we know reports the following conversation he had with some fellow workers about the effect of Trump’s coming tariffs. We also discuss the economic […]
