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.
Oaklandsocialist received the following report from somebody living in rural California: “Things are already getting bad up here again since the orange piece of shit was elected. “In the past week we’ve […]
Introduction This is the second part of a two part series on the perspectives for the coming Trump regime. In Part One we discussed Some of Trump’s major appointments and their significance. […]
“Chaos and repression” are the words that can best sum up the coming Trump regime. This is the environment in which fascism thrives. Facing that, any thinking adult will have experienced anger, […]
Stephan van Baarle, leader of the DENK party, explains what really happened when Israeli soldiers on leave created a riot in Amsterdam when the Israeli soccer team played there.
by Alessandro Morosin To Mr. “never lesser evil” voter: You say you campaigned against Trump and project 2025, but you indeed mightily argued AGAINST voting for Harris. As a fascist Amerika begins […]
Cheryl Zuur is the retired president of AFSCME Local 444 and is the co-chair of the Ukraine Socialist Solidarity Campaign. On Sunday, November 10, the USSC held a forum on the election […]
“They are frightened, confused and lonely.” That’s how the worker who reported on the racist and misogynistic and nationalist comments in Oaklandsocialist’s previous post described the mood among tens of millions of […]
A white worker in an East Coast city has sent us this report of what white Trump supporters say. Those are quotes said in front of other (white) people that garnered nods […]
Trump/MAGA channeled the US Nazi rally at the same venue 85 years earlier. Here are video clips of both… and more
