Here is Greta Thunberg speaking at UN. “This is all wrong,” she opened by saying. It is more than worth listening to. Note how the very same delegates that she rips into […]
Greta Thunberg to UN delegates: “This is all wrong”
oaklandsocialist
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.
Internationalism and the General Motors Strike
Now here’s a novel thought regarding the GM strike: That the strikers reach out to their fellow GM workers around the world with the idea of organizing a global strike against GM. […]
Sept. 20, 2019: The start of a global youth movement to prevent climate disaster
September 20, 2019: The start of a global movement led by the youth to prevent global climate disaster. For those who would like to read more about how the planet can be […]
Global warming, “grass” farming and a planned economy
As the Global Climate Strike date (Sept. 20) approaches, the question that will be on the minds of millions will be: “Is there a possible way to avoid a disaster that could […]
Third Democratic Party debate
I’m guessing I was like millions of others and didn’t get past the part of the Democrats’ debate where they debated health care. Round and round they went. Back and forth. Should […]
Trump’s unbalanced and erratic foreign policy and the firing of John Bolton
Question: What do you get when you combine infantile, narcissistic ego mania with an unbalanced and erratic foreign policy? Answer: The firing of John Bolton. Trump fired his third National Security Advisor, […]
Democrats’ leading candidates: What really matters
So, I watched bits and snatches of the climate discussion that CNN presented. First my impressions and then some unasked questions: Beto O’Rourke: If he doesn’t get elected president, he has a […]
Brexit: A sinister version of Alice in Wonderland
by Roger Silverman in London Curiouser and curiouser, as Alice might have said. Britain staggers towards its third general election in four years, under an unelected Prime Minister who has won not […]
Assembly Bill 5 and capitalist propaganda
I subscribe to the SF Chronicle. When it comes, first I read the comics and “Dear Abby.” Then I turn to the news. Sometimes I learn something new. Sometimes I relearn something […]
Labor Day 2019 in Oakland CA vs. 21st century capitalist realities
On the day that labor holds its traditional marches, rallies and picnics, the name and a little background of the latest mass shooter was revealed. This was the shooter in Odessa Texas, […]