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.
The ICE raids in Los Angeles combined racist anti-immigrant raids with union busting raids. This fact has been hidden by all the media. Also hidden is the failure of the union leadership […]
The bulk of this article was written before the spectacular breakup of the Trump/Musk bromance. That breakup is partly a product of two narcissistic megalomaniacs clashing. Musk’s opposition to the “Big Beautiful […]
Enjoy… & peer beneath the surface
As a follow-up to the interview Oaklandsocialist did with Trevor Ngwane, we post here a documentary made in 1985-86 of the role of the black working class in South Africa during the […]
This is the audio only of the full interview with Trevor Ngwane
Here is the full, unedited hour and 45 minute interview/discussion we had with Trevor Ngwane. It can also be heard on oaklandsocialist’s podcast channel.
Here is the most important (and final) portion of our interview with Trevor Ngwane. Trevor explains what happened to the powerful and revolutionary traditions of the movement against apartheid, how it was […]
This is the podcast. Full video will be posted later. Here is the most important (and final) portion of our interview with Trevor Ngwane, Trevor explains what happened to the powerful and […]
Here is Part 2 of my interview with Trevor Ngwane. In this interview, he talks about left and right wing populism in South Africa and some other points about current politics in […]
Here we post the audio of the second section of the interview with Trevor Ngwane. We post it so that it can be heard on our podcast channel.
