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.
Urging people to leaflet building sites to get the members to stand up against this disgraceful position of the leadership. The same way the leadership is standing with the employers against the […]
I tried to post this onto Youtube 3 times, and each time I got a notice “processing failed”. Then I tried a fourth time, but this time I omitted the words “Standing […]
In what seems like it will be a repeat of the struggle of the miners of 2012, now students in South Africa are rising up. Ashley Fataar reports from South Africa: Since […]
I get one of these every day. Sometimes twice. They’re the appeals from Bernie Sanders to help elect liberal Democrats and give the Democratic Party a majority in congress. Let’s take a […]
Donald Trump is right: These elections are “fixed”. It’s just that he’s lying (again) in how they are fixed. But, man, in this weird, hilarious and terrifying presidential election, nothing Trump has said […]
This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party. At the time, they were hated and feared by every official institution of US capitalism. Today, many of […]
The carpenters pension plan in Western Washington is going down the tubes. This comes after the carpenters pension plan has already been abandoned in Alaska. Here, Bill Knowles explains part of the […]
While the corporate media is focusing on the most recently revealed personal outrages of Donald Trump, something far more important is going on beneath the surface: Corporate America – the US capitalist […]
It would be interesting for somebody to do a study on the connection between those responsible for the most predatory practices of 21st century capitalism and the capitalist sexual predators. That’s what […]
“Brexit” Colombians rejecting a peace deal with the FARC that was highly desired by both the majority of the Colombian capitalist class as well as international capital. Now the rise of the […]
