(NOTE: See the updates at bottom of this article. This especially applies to all SEIU members.) Farhyo Ibrahim is a janitor working for ABM at the Seattle Tacoma airport. A member of […]
SEIU Local 6: A fighting union is needed
oaklandsocialist
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.
Radio show: What is socialism?
Recording on WEFT’s “World Labor Hour” on what is socialism? That part of show starts about 24 minutes in. For those who are interested, read more here. http://www.radio4all.net/files/bobpalez@comcast.net/3532-1-Illinois-WorldLaborHour_2014-10-04_edit.mp3
First Ebola fatality in US: He and 4000 more are victims of capitalism
With over 4,000 dead from the disease, Ebola is a major crisis… for the people in West Africa. For the rest of the world? Not so much. Listen to Dr. Thomas Geisbert. […]
More Video from Ferguson
We understand that there is a lawsuit going on in Ferguson challenging the police rule that nobody can stand still at the Ferguson protests. This is, of course, enforced selectively, but completely […]
Bill Maher the bigot and violence in society
Below is professor Reza Aslan answering (liberal) Zionist bigot Bill Maher’s claim that there is something peculiarly violent about Islam. He explains that you can’t lump all predominantly Muslim societies together. He’s […]
Scottish Independence Election Outcome
Rob Jones has been living in Scotland for the last nine or ten years. Below he comments on the election outcome. His comments reinforce the point made in an earlier article here […]
San Francisco Ironworkers wildcat strike
Ironworkers in San Francisco have gone on a wildcat strike against a contractor-friendly contract. The ironworkers will be getting the grand total of a wage increase of some 60 cents spread out […]
Scottish Independence
The British capitalist class is facing a crisis: The possibility of an independent Scotland. How should socialists and working class fighters see this issue? In our view, we have to start with […]
What is happening to our cities?
Here (http://darkarethedays.wordpress.com/2014/09/08/capitals-image-of-seattle/) is an excellent study of how Seattle has changed, how it has become gentrified. In describing Seattle, the writer (Jordan Martinez, a member of Socialist Alternative in that city) is also […]
Which Way for British Labour Party?
One of the major differences between the workers movement in the US and in the European countries is that we have never had a mass workers’ party in the US (which, incidentally, […]