Here’s a fascinating article on how Trump spends his day. In a personalized form it shows the two forces that are at work in the White House: One is the right […]
Trump the Bonapartist?
The Trump indictments: What they are, why they matter
Introduction The method of capitalist rule in the United States is shaking. It is not shaking because of a clash between the classes. It is shaking because of a crisis at the […]
Donald Trump: an unprecedented crisis
Introduction Donald Trump represents something entirely new in US politics. Because what he represents is so different from what we had over the past 150 years, many people, ironically including most socialists, […]
Why Socialists Should Understand the Trump Crisis
We must start to draw a link between the confusions – in fact the abandonment of principle – of many socialists regarding Ukraine and their equally great confusions about the crisis swirling […]
Trump’s Last Year in Office: A Book Review
With Trump now out of office for six months, it’s time to look back over what the Trump years meant, and especially his last year in office. A series of new “Trump” […]
Unbalanced Trump a crisis for US capitalism
Like a spoiled six-year old having a temper tantrum, Trump is flailing about and out of control. How can they keep any semblance of stability, how maintain respect by foreign forces as […]
Trump and the reluctance to reckon with something fundamentally new
Socialists, and Marxists in particular, are often slow to fully see it when a sharp turn in the situation develops. Is that what’s happening now? Does Trump’s election represent a wide-scale loss […]
Is Russia fascist?
Ilya Budraitskis is a Russian socialist and a refugee from that country. He talked with the Ukraine Socialist Solidarity Campaign recently on the issue of whether Russia is fascist. He raised many […]
Attack on “Critical Race Theory”: Racism and McCarthyism
John Reimann: The Republican attack on so called critical race theory has to be seen in its context. Just in the last few days, the republican controlled US Supreme Court made two […]
News of the Week
Note: Oaklandsocialist will try to have a regular weekly article with comments on events of the previous week. Last week, all the stars aligned to focus attention on the trial of Derek […]