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.
By Michael Kradjis read more from him at their anti-imperialism and ours Extermination by hunger happening now. Australian government still “concerned”, manages to actually “condemn”, first time using the word, some extremely […]
by Richard Johnson The UK’s left is changing while the far right are making gains The 1st May election results have landed like a bombshell on British politics confirming that the […]
“Do you have some book recommendations for books you think everyone should read at least once?” asked a young comrade of mine. Here is my answer: First of all, please bear with […]
Introduction by Oaklandsocialist: We were at the May Day rally in Berlin. (Video and photos coming.) We talked with a number of groups there, all of whom defended Putin’s invasion of Ukraine […]
Introduction: In the first part of this series we discussed why a nearly exclusively focus on economics is inadequate to oppose Trump and MAGA. Economic self interest is vitally important, but as […]
A movement against Trump is starting to develop. This coincides with the general decline in his support as seen in the opinion polls. The question is what general direction such a movement […]
By Yorgos Mitralias ‘The second story relates to the Wilna ghetto. Until its extermination, some of the men were taken out of the ghetto to work in an arms factory. The director […]
I spent an interesting half-day in court the other day. The court was holding bail hearings for a series of defendants. Every single, one of the defendants, with only one exception, was […]
I was asked about the call for a general strike. Here are my thoughts: A general strike doesn’t happen because a few hundred or even a few thousand people want it; it […]
Reprinted with permission of the author, who also publishes the web site The Fire Next time.net. Here Siyâvash discusses the developing divisions within the regime of the Islamic State of Iran. Such […]
