According to an article in today’s Wall St. Journal, Thanksgiving weekend sales actually declined from last year. This was the first time this has happened in seven years. The figures account for the early Thanksgiving […]
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.
The Democrats and Corporate America
Here is a fascinating article on the links between Walmart and the Obama administration. But it also goes far beyond that. It shows how the Democratic Party and Corporate America are enmeshed, how […]
Black Friday Protest in Urbana, Illinois
Across the nation, the media has featured the shopping frenzy on “black Friday” – the day after Thanksgiving. They have not featured so much the protests at Walmart on that same day. […]
The U.S., Iran & China
by John Reimann On Sunday, Nov. 24, the US and Iranian regimes reached a deal concerning Iran’s development of nuclear energy, specifically its refining of nuclear fuel. Three days later, the Obama […]
Should Socialists Support Nuclear Power?
The “captains of industry” – from the Koch brothers to Bill Gates to Warren Buffett – are daily proving themselves incapable of running the world. Rather than “running” it, they are […]
Marxists Meet in Paris
Note: The Workers International Network (WIN) is just what it calls itself – a network – of socialists from around the world. We hold periodic conferences to assess the major world developments. […]
Socialist Elected in U.S.A.
(Note: This article was written at the time of the election of Kshama Sawant. It was enthusiastic, and that was correct at that time. As the final sentences in the article point […]
Kshama Sawant Interviewed
Kshama Sawant has an interview on the widely read salon.com. It can be found here. In it she makes some excellent points. She is asked if she believes the U.S. is moving […]
Socialism Makes the Big Time
The media can no longer ignore the issue of socialism. If nothing else is accomplished by Kshama Sawant’s victory, that in and of itself is an important step forward. Like all capitalist […]
Obamacare: Caring for Private Profits at its Best
It is not easy to criticize Obama Care. And the reason for that is not that it might be considered not to be p.c. (political correct) to criticize the main “reform” of […]