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 notes: “Reform UK” is a far right party started by Nigel Farage, who has visited with Trump. Farage was one of the engineers of Brexit. As we can see, Trump’s victory […]
About 5,000 turned out in Oakland for the April 5 “Hands Off” protest. Here is a short video and some of the photos I took. The posters people made up give a […]
Trump claims that in the longer run his tariffs will lead to greater investment in U.S. production and therefore lead to jobs for U.S. workers. Just the opposite will happen. This video […]
A construction worker in Eastern United States that we know reports the following conversation he had with some fellow workers about the effect of Trump’s coming tariffs. We also discuss the economic […]
An apt comparison Trumpism as the Nazism of our time! By Yorgos Mitralias (Introduction: There is serious discussion on whether the United States is now fascist. Nobody can make a serious case […]
The anger at the Trump/Vande/Musk triumvirate is focusing on Elon Musk and his DOGE. Here is a video from the protest at Tesla on Sunday, March 29, in Berkeley.
Here is Part 2 of the panel discussion put on by the Italian group “Left for Ukraine.” Speakers are myself, John Reimann, and Hanna Perekhoda. The final section of this series will […]
Almost all those who are not completely absorbed into the Trump/MAGA cult have been shocked at the amazing carelessness/light mindedness at best, and utter stupidity at worst, of the Signal, chat group […]
Here are the first two speakers at the Zoom panel discussion convened by the Italian group “Left for Ukraine”.
I was honored to be invited to participate in a Zoom panel at this conference in Milan, of the Italian group “Left for Ukraine”. Here is a video of my presentation and […]
