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.
A great text by Nadia Valavani* on the first Tsipras government by Yorgos Mitralias Introduction by Oaklandsocialist: Ten years ago, the left wing Syriza government in Greece refused – for a time – to […]
By “G” in eastern Germany Introduction from Oaklandsocialist: Trump and his MAGA movement are part of a global trend. To understand and oppose it we must see it in that light. That […]
The group “Indivisible” held their weekly protest against Trump by the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland. Here’s some photos. At least they’re doing something.
Introduction by Oaklandsocialist: It is important to understand how the situation in the U.S. is perceived in Ukraine. Here is the point of view of Alexander Skyba. He is a Ukrainian socialist […]
Video of CNN report that DOGE’s “Big Balls”, who is over the U.S. Treasury Department and has access to all its files, is linked to Russia. After we made this video, CNN […]
“A friend of mine called me yesterday. “John, what the fuck is going on?!!” he demanded.
Why republish a text on Auschwitz and its meaning, written in Greek in the last century? Because, reread today, at a time profoundly marked not only by the genocide of the Palestinians […]
Events here in MAGA land hold lessons for workers of all lands (including Ukraine and Syria). As I write this, the news here in the United States is still filled with discussions […]
by Cloud Sevens “Cloud Sevens” is a worker in Ukraine. Here they report on some of the effects of Trump’s actions in Ukraine and around the world. Earlier this February, Trump issued […]
