EPA Chief Gina McCarthy: Kissing up to the oil industry Don’t count on the Environmental “Protection” Agency… unless you are the oil industry or a global warming denier, that is. Today’s Wall […]
Don’t Count on the EPA…
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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.
Ukraine: “The sins of the fathers…” and beyond
by John Reimann “The sins of the fathers shall be visited upon the sons.” You don’t have to believe in the Christian Bible to see this at work in the current crisis […]
Endocrine Disruption conference
This might sound too technical for the ordinary lay person, but it’s not. And given the assault on the environment and on our health, workers have to educate ourselves about these issues. […]
Anti war protest in Moscow
Meanwhile, in Moscow, anti war protesters are arrested.
Obama statement on Ukraine
The White House has issued a statement on the Russian troop invasion of Crimea. Here, in part, is what they said along with a translation: White House statement: President Obama spoke for 90 […]
US “Democracy” in Action
The framers of the US Constitution consciously set up the government into three different parts – executive, legislative and judicial – in order to ensure that even if the majority of the […]
Brainwashed
Uri Avnery is one of Israel’s most thoughtful capitalist commentators. Despite the fact that he is unable to see past capitalism, he often has penetrating commentaries on Israeli politics. This includes his […]
Crying for Lac Megantic… and learning the lessons
On February 24, Marilaine Savard, from Lac Megantic Canada gave a presentation in Pittsburg, CA, on the train tanker car explosion that rocked that little town last July, killing 47 people (it would […]
Pittsburg Youth Step Up
Tennessee auto workers turn down (company) union
Frank Fischer, the chairman and CEO of the Volkswagen plant in Tennessee, left, and Gary Casteel, a regional director of the UAW, hold a joint press conference on Feb. 14. Can workers […]