Note: It was just a few months ago that the crisis in Greece was at the top of the news. The fact that the struggle in Turkey has overtaken it is a […]
Report From Greece
oaklandsocialist
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.
Palestinian attacked; then arrested for assault.
Here is a video of the far right, racist politician Baruch Marzel attempting to attack occupants of a Palestinian center. One of the leaders of the center, Jawad Abu Eysheh, filed a […]
Fifty Years Ago…
On June 11, 1963, Vivian Malone and James Hood attempted to enter the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa in order to register for classes. Their way was blocked by then-Governor George […]
The Devil’s Triangle: How Big Green, Mainstream Labor & Democrats Derail the Struggle to Stop Fracking
by John Reimann Fracking kills. It kills by poisoning the earth, the water and the air. It kills by destroying wilderness and open space areas. It kills by destroying our quality of […]
Obama Administration Domestic Spying, Entrapment and Assassination
Suppose you were a young person from the Muslim community in the United States and you were just trolling around the internet – maybe on Facebook – interested in what is happening […]
Message of Greetings from Workers International Network to International Socialist Network
A few months ago, Britain’s largest socialist group – the Socialist Workers Party – was wracked by conflict involving an allegation by a female comrade that she was raped by one of […]
Pakistan Election Report
Dear Comrades, This is to thank you for your support and solidarity during my election campaign for Punjab Assembly PP 86 Toba Tek Singh. I lost the elections despite a outstanding campaign […]
“Big Green” and Corporation America
I have been doing some research into “Big Green”. Take Food and Water Watch, for instance. They received major donations from the likes of the Park Foundation, founded by Roy H. Park. […]
“What Happened to our Unions?”
Note: This pamphlet was written about ten years ago and is a bit out of date in some ways. However, the main points it makes are even more true today then back […]
What is Socialism?
Over 150 years ago, a small pamphlet was published that opened a ghost is haunting Europe, the ghost of communism*. (*NOTE: This was before the rise of the Soviet Union and its […]