Last night there was a large march in Oakland, CA, to protest the George Zimmerman verdict. Not only was it considerably larger than the previous one, but the people who were on […]
“No Justice; No Peace”
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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.
“I’m Barack Obama and I approve this message.”
“We are a nation of laws, and a jury has spoken.” That was Barack Obama’s message on the not-guilty verdict of George Zimmerman. Given Obama’s full history, what he should have said […]
“Hunger Strike All Night, All Day!”
“From Guantanamo to Pelican Bay, hunger strike all night all day! “From Palestine to East L.A., hunger strike all night all day!” This was the chant as some 250 people marched on Corcoran […]
“The Whole Damn System is Guilty”
Yesterday, an all white jury in Florida let off a white man who shot an unarmed black teenager. That is just the tip of the iceberg. According to this report, one black […]
Egypt: Revolution and Women’s Liberation
by John Reimann “I will not let them get in my way… I keep going… They are not able to intimidate us. Nothing will stop us.” These Egyptian women were speaking1 for […]
“Not Your Booty” – Egyptian Women in Battle
“I am for them a prostitute, a whore… The doctor was asking me, you are a woman, why were you there?…. I don’t want these criminal acts happening to other human beings […]
End Torture in California Prisons!
Once again, prisoners in California have gone on a hunger strike – work stoppage. One of the main issues is the use of solitary confinement. Based solely on the accusation of another […]
A Threat to the Egyptian (and World) Revolution
Early this morning, pro Morsi protesters were attacked by the Egyptian military. Some fifty were reported killed and hundreds wounded. According to some reports, the dead included some shot in the head. […]
Preparing for Revolution
Note: The document below was produced by the Workers International Network (WIN) in 2009. It tries to lay out some of the main developments in the world today, but WIN does not […]
“The Land Was Vibrating”
by John Reimann, Oakland/East Bay Socialist Group “the land was vibrating. the building every thing. i thought it was space attack” That is how an activist described the mass protests in Tahrir […]