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.
HRANA News Agency- Five independent labor organizations issued an statement declaring their support for people and added “The full text of this joint statement, which a copy has been made available to […]
“At least five members have said they will vote with the president if he needs their votes.” It was November, 1993, and then-President Bill Clinton (and his lieutenant, VP Al Gore) were […]
The Marxist method is to start by trying to figure out the main processes – the main forces at work – and get some idea of how they will interact and develop. […]
Reprinted from the Alliance of Middle East Socialists By Behrouz Jalilian In the past few days the protests, the rallies and the rebellion of the Iranian people, the people of the lower […]
Are the protests in Iran a turning point in the global class struggle? They started on Thursday in Iran’s second largest city, Masshad around the issues of high prices and unemployment. The […]
The Alliance of Middle East Socialists has initiated a campaign for political prisoners in that region. It includes prisoners in Iran, Syria, Egypt, Turkey and Palestine. Oaklandsocialist is proud to be one […]
The forces that the Republicans stirred up that brought Trump into office are similar to those that Putin rests on in Russia: National chauvinism, religious fanaticism, sexism and racism. Putin, however, is […]
The following is an on-line interview the Revolutionary Communist International Tendency did with John Reimann, the editor of this blog site. For the comments of that group, see the bottom of this […]
There’s a continuum from Alex Jones to (Assad supporter) Vanessa Beeley to US Congresswoman (and another Assad supporter) Tulsi Gabbard, and all points in between. For example, they all denied that Assad […]
Even if he were ousted tomorrow, Trump would be leaving a ticking time bomb — his appointments to the Federal Appeals Courts. It works like this: While media attention goes to the […]
