by Roger Silverman in London November 7th, 2017 marks the centenary of an event whose impact still today reverberates throughout the world. The Russian revolution remains a constant spectre at the feast […]
The Russian Revolution turns 100!
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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.
Oakland A’s stadium proposal: Save Laney College; stop gentrification
A specter is stalking America’s urban working class. It is the specter of gentrification. Urban workers, mainly people of color, are victimized in good times and bad. When times are bad, many […]
Iraqi Kurdish independence
From the Middle East Socialist Alliance: Iraq Kurdish Independence Faces Threats from Outside and Contradictions from Within Support for the right of self-determination of the Kurdish people and opposition to the Barzani […]
Podcast: AFSCME Local 444 meeting with Mazzocchi
Here is a podcast of this article.
Save Laney College; keep the A’s where they are! Radio interview.
The multi-millionaire, real estate speculator and school privatizer owner of the Oakland A’s wants to build a new stadium right across the street from Oakland’s Laney Community College. Here is an interview […]
OCAW’s Tony Mazzocchi and his campaign for a Labor Party in 1989: Some lessons for today
Here are segments of a video of an important union meeting that was held in 1989. In that year, AFSCME Local 444 in Oakland, CA, sponsored a meeting for Tony Mazzocchi, national […]
Las Vegas Massacre: Some thoughts on random shootings in the US
On Monday, Aug. 25, a gunman opened fire on patrons of a library in Clovis, New Mexico, killing two and wounding four others. That marked the 244th mass shooting of 2017, […]
Report from Germany
K. Reimann reports from Dresden in eastern Germany: As we know, yesterday was Election Day in Germany. I knew exactly that, despite my efforts, the AfD was going to win and that […]
Sanders single payer bill: “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice…”
Counterpunch has an article about Bernie Sanders new single payer bill. They claim that the reasons that many Democrats are signing on to it is due to pressure from the people plus […]
“Trump-Proof the Bay Area”: A Meeting in Oakland, CA
On Sept. 16, socialist Seattle city council member Kshama Sawant, Richmond Progressive Alliance (RPA) member and candidate for California Lt. Governor Gayle McLaughlin, and East Bay DSA member Jeremy Gong spoke at […]