This afternoon, two BART employees working behind the picket line were killed by a BART train that struck them as they were working on the track. For details, see here. These two […]
BART Management Kills Two
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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.
BART Strike Continues
The first day of the BART strike was a tremendous success. Pickets at the BART facility at the Port of Oakland were honored by longshore workers. This was not expected by BART […]
BART & AC Transit Workers Unite!
BART & AC Transit Workers Unite! No Concessions; No Give-Backs BART and AC Transit workers are on the front lines in the fight against pay cuts and the “race to the bottom.” […]
Nobel Prize, World Health Organization…
After the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to US President Obama, it became clear that this prize is totally political. Now, the same can be said for the UN’s World “Health” Organization. […]
Would You Take This Job?
Would you take a job where you knew that your career was likely to last about three years, at the end of which you’d almost certainly have had at least one serious […]
Republicans and Democrats Get Further Into the Swamp
Here is an amusing little video of the struggle going on between the Republicans and the Democrats in the US House of Representatives. Basically, what the Republicans have done is to give […]
Government Shutdown – A “Tragic Opera”?
US Government Shutdown: A “Comic Opera”? By John Reimann Well, it seems they dodged a bullet. Or did they? Was there ever a realistic chance of the bullet striking home? We’re talking […]
Attacks on Canada’s Health Care System
by Wendy Forrest Wendy Forrest is a nurse in Canada. Here she explains how Canadian capitalism is attacking that country’s national health care system. As a nurse on the front line, working […]
Lauryn Hill ordered to undergo counseling due to “conspiracy theories”.
The popular singer Lauryn Hill has been ordered to undergo counseling due to her alleged “conspiracy theories”. But what do those theories consist of? They include an understanding of the racism that […]
Is Corporate America Feeling the Heat?
Participants in the protest marches against the Zimmerman verdict in both Oakland and Los Angeles commented that there seemed to be a new layer of black youth who were getting involved. […]