
Last Sunday (Sept. 17) a forum was held on how socialists should orient towards the 2024 elections. I was one of the panelists. The following is what I presented, followed by some […]
The administrator of this blog site, I am a lifelong socialist and a retired carpenter and the former recording secretary and an expelled member of Carpenters Local 713. I was expelled for my leading role in the 1999 SF Bay Area carpenters wildcat strike as well as for his opposition to the union bureaucracy in general. I was one of the founding members of a small group called Labor Militant, which was the forerunner to Socialist Alternative. Along with a small group of others, I was expelled when that group started to adapt to the union bureaucracy. I have also visited the workers' movement internationally, including in Pakistan, Egypt (during the Arab Spring), Britain, Mexico and Chile (during the uprising there in 2020). Unless otherwise specified, I am the author of the articles that appear here. Although I am the main author, Oaklandsocialist welcomes articles on any issue that relates to the working class. Contact us at Oaklandsocialist@gmail.com.
Last Sunday (Sept. 17) a forum was held on how socialists should orient towards the 2024 elections. I was one of the panelists. The following is what I presented, followed by some […]
Save the Date! September 24th 11:00 AM PDT/2:00 PM EDT Socialists and the 2024 Elections in the USA An online forum brought to you by the Marxmail.world List Register Here The Marxism […]
Last Wednesday, the QAnon controlled House Judiciary Committee quizzed Attorney General Merrick Garland. That hearing was important if for no other reason than that it gives us a taste of what the […]
by Yorgos Mitralias As Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis invokes – for the umpteenth time – the climate crisis as an alibi to mask his responsibility for the successive natural disasters that have […]
“I cannot speak, so I listen very well. I never interrupt, I never deflect the course of the conversation with a comment of my own. People, if you pay attention to them, […]
by Ilya Matveev Sections of the Western left have developed a narrative according to which Russia has been gradually surrounded by NATO and that supposedly “provoked” Putin. It’s increasingly difficult to sustain […]
Here is an interview with South African socialist, scholar and working class fighter Trevor Ngwane. Among other things, Trevor discusses: his own history of struggle, the role of the ANC and […]
Today marks the 50th anniversary of “another” 9-11. That is, the anniversary of the coup in Chile that overthrew the socialist president Salvador Allende. That coup was led by General Augusto Pinochet, […]
Like a “weather disturbance” gathering strength as it moves across the Atlantic, the criminal charges surrounding Trump are gathering force and seem likely to end up in a full scale crisis. If […]