from wsws.org web site: John Kerry’s “Colin Powell moment” On the eve of war with Syria 27 August 2013 Yesterday, US Secretary of State John Kerry appeared on national television to deliver […]
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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.
More on March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Here is a link to another piece on the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. The main point is that the official media and politicians make such events and individuals like […]
Hypocrisy of the Year Award
“The world has had enough war. One of the things we have learned over the years, regardless of the region of the world, is that wars can’t resolve differences.” Chuck Hagel, US […]
Damned If You Do and Damned If You Don’t
by John Reimann An article in today’s Wall St. Journal confirms the theory of the tendency towards overproduction. Entitled “Stagnant Wages Are Crimping Economic Growth”, the article explains that at the “end” […]
I Remember the March on Washington
by John Reimann My parents took me to the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. I was 17 at the time and the memories will be with me for my […]
Every protest on planet
Here is a link to a map that shows every protest on the planet since 1979. It shows the protests as little “blips” that go off. If you watch this through to the […]
US Soldier Convicted for Murder in Afghanistan: Looking Back on that Crime
Mass Murder in Kandahar: Tip of the Iceberg in Afghanistan; Warning for US Society by John Reimann Staff Sergeant Roger Bales has just been condemned to serve life in prison for the cold-blooded […]
100 years since the Lockout and resulting general strike in Ireland
It is one hundred years since the Great Dublin Lockout of 1913. This was a seminal event in the development of the Irish trade union and labour movement…. Today’s trade union movement […]
A Drunken Psychopath At the Wheel: Fukushima Revisited
by John Reimann Like a psychopathic drunk driver careening down a busy street, capitalism on its last legs is creating untold disaster in its wake. One of the most serious is the […]
Why I’ll Never Make a Good Business Person
Here’s one of a number of reasons why I hate capitalism: Recently I had a roofing contractor put a new roof on my house. I tried to relate to the contractor (a […]