Bashar al Assad is gone! December 7, 2024 will go down in history as one of the world’s most brutal dictators ever fled the country. Sadnaya prison, that scene of untold horrors […]
Assad is gone!
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.
Podcast: Interview with Craig Unger
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Interview: Craig Unger, author of “House of Trump, House of Putin”
Here is the video of our interview with Craig Unger. Below it is the text of that interview. This interview will also appear on Oaklandsocialist’s podcast. Also, see our review of Craig’s […]
Report from inside Aleppo
Oaklandsocialist read an important report from inside Aleppo and we reposted it here. We did that after requesting permission and receiving no response. Since then, we were asked to remove it and […]
More on “stolen election” claim
The claim that Trump stole the election seems to be gathering even more support. So I did a little more research on the claim. As far as I can see, they are […]
Trump and the European right: an attraction-repulsion relationship that does not bode well…
by Yorgos Mitralias What to think of Trump’s return to the White House? For the European bourgeoisies and their parties, the answer should be and has been positive and even enthusiastic. But […]
Podcast: Trump receives setbacks
If you prefer to listen to a podcast of my latest article on the setbacks Trump has received, it can be found here.
Trump receives setbacks
There is an ancient Greek myth about two monsters, Scylla and Charybdis, who sat on either side of a narrow passage of water. Sailors had to make sure that in avoiding one […]
Podcast: Did Trump/Putin steal the election via vote machine hacking?
here is a podcast of my recent article on that issue.
Did Trump/Putin steal the election via hacked voting machines?
Claims are circulating that the recent election was stolen by hacked voting machines and/or some other means. In this hour of extreme danger, it’s more important than ever to get our facts […]