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.
CNN tends to be like the Democratic Party: booorrring! That’s partly because they always avoid actual confrontation in favor of being nice and polite. Last night, though, CNN’s Van Jones broke the […]
by Yorgos Mitrialis United but desperately alone! United in their slaughter, their bloodshed and their loneliness. And united, too, in the same relentless resistance for life, liberty and national self-determination. The […]
Together with Musk, Vance and Milei Trump the “peacemaker” like Hitler the “chancellor of peace”! by Yorgos Mitralias Friedenskanzler, i.e. Chancellor of Peace. If we tell you that’s what Hitler was […]
With all the turmoil surrounding the Trump/Vance/Musk triumvirate, it is easy to lose track of the turmoil/crisis surrounding a local little corruption issue, which is the issue of the corrupt New York […]
By Michael Karadjis So it’s back to the plan, Israel and Hamas will be, for this weekend anyway, sticking to the plan after all. But an interesting train of events leading to […]
A great text by Nadia Valavani* on the first Tsipras government by Yorgos Mitralias Introduction by Oaklandsocialist: Ten years ago, the left wing Syriza government in Greece refused – for a time – to […]
By “G” in eastern Germany Introduction from Oaklandsocialist: Trump and his MAGA movement are part of a global trend. To understand and oppose it we must see it in that light. That […]
The group “Indivisible” held their weekly protest against Trump by the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland. Here’s some photos. At least they’re doing something.
Introduction by Oaklandsocialist: It is important to understand how the situation in the U.S. is perceived in Ukraine. Here is the point of view of Alexander Skyba. He is a Ukrainian socialist […]
