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.
The Putin Trump alliance advances towards mutual goals: Ukraine for Putin, Nobel Prize for Trump On August 15, the two most powerful ethno-nationalist, racist, homophobic, and sexist leaders in the world – […]
Introduction by Oaklandsocialist Today, defenders of the genocidal state of Israel throw the charge “antisemitism” at anybody who makes legitimate criticisms of that state or of Zionism in general. We must not […]
On Aug. 1, Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics for having reported on negative numbers for the previous month. Here, conservative NY Times columnist Thomas Friedman unloads on […]
Here, in this 1986 speech, then Senator Joe Biden explains why the US must support and rely upon Israel, and Israel alone, in the so-called “Middle East”. He explains that while the […]
“I remember every friend, every person who I protested next to, every friend who was tortured to death. They didn’t die in vain to get this. They died to get freedom. They […]
Sotsialy Rukh (Social Movement) is a broad-based socialist group in Ukraine. They have always opposed Russia’s invasion while at the same time taking an independent (and critical) position towards Zelensky. Here is […]
Zohran Mamdani already looked like he was going to win the Mayor race in New York City. His chances look even better since his two main opponents, Andrew Cuomo and Eric Adams, […]
Elective affinities of executioners The Rafah Ghetto like the Warsaw Ghetto By Yorgos Mitralias “And now we ask: How can you eat, sleep, live? How guilty will you feel in your hearts […]
“Better to break the law than to break the poor.” A lesson for the “Mamdani Movement”: The Battle of Liverpool, 1983-’85: Introduction The Mamdani Movement is already facing resistance not only […]
I have a good friend and trusted associate who is a server at one of the most elite private clubs in Manhattan. He overheard the following conversation between two of the most […]
