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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.
Oaklandsocialist speaking Aug. 6 on EU/Brexit Forum
John Reimann, representing Oaklandsocialist, will be speaking on this panel. Please pass the word.
Trump: Red Meat to the Lions. What is the Alternative?
Donald Trump’s convention speech may have thrown plenty of red meat to the lions, it may have succeeded in adding to his super-hero image, and it may even be a road to […]
Malik: Afghanistan Life in Really Bad Situation
Malik is an Afghani refugee in Germany. Recently, he sent a note to Oaklandsocialist describing the situation for Afghanis, both those living in Afghanistan and in Germany. According to the German government, […]
Pakistan: They Came in the Dead of the Night
Farooq Tariq general secretary of the Awami Workers Party, reports from Pakistan. He shows how terrorism and the government campaigns against it are used to divide and repress workers and peasants: In the […]
Britain: “The Battle is Joined”
We reprint below a report from Roger Silverman in Britain about events there. After decades of political stagnation, Britain is suddenly plunged into turmoil. It has become, for the moment, the most […]
Bernie Sanders Lowers the Curtain
Bernie Sanders has lowered the curtain on the last act of the Bernie Sanders Show. He has done what was clearly in the works for weeks – issued a formal endorsement of Hillary Clinton. […]
A Sorry State of Affairs
I was at my local supermarket just now. I got in line with a checker I know – a middle age black woman – and when she got to me we greeted […]
Police Rampage: A Suggestion For the Movement
Oaklandsocialist has a suggestion for a step in stopping the police rampage of murder, brutality, rape and destruction: That the movement to oppose it organize and go directly to the union membership […]
Video of protest in Oakland against Police rampage
This is a video of last night’s protest in Oakland against the police rampage.