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 comment: Last night in New York City’s Madison Square Garden, the Trump campaigned channeled a U.S. Nazi rally 85 years ago at the same venue. All the most racist memes were […]
Introduction by oaklandsocialist: This article is directly related to the issue of the upcoming elections because of Trump’s close ties to Putin, as Oaklandsocialist has docujmented many times, going back to the […]
Following Israel’s assassination of Yahya Sinwar, Netanyahu said “The war, my dear ones, is not yet over. We have before us a great opportunity to stop the axis of evil and create […]
By an Irish-American socialist There is a transition taking place in the consciousness of a great number of people who oppose Israeli Apartheid and belligerence to not shirk from accusations of anti-semitism. […]
“We have the power to take an historic stand and defeat this war mongering Senator Harris…. To win this election [the Democrats] need this city [Dearborn], they need this state [Michigan]. We […]
By Reza Fiyouzat The question assumes that the Green Party will get that much of the total votes cast nationally. What That Number Will Do In a system of winner-take-all (except in […]
by Yorgos Mitralias Why has Bibi Netanyahu become the darling and idol of racist, neo-fascist and neo-Nazi right-wing scum in Europe and around the world? The answer is not difficult: these scum […]
Oaklandsocialist introduction: The longshore is the only major industry in the United States that is still nearly 100% union. That along with the central role of international trade made the east coast/Gulf […]
As the Netanyahu government drives towards a regional war, the most important task of socialists is to understand the nature of this ongoing catastrophe, how it got to this state of affairs, […]
Somebody is going to occupy the White House in 2025, and that somebody will either be Kamala Harris or Donald Trump. The question is: “does it matter which one?” Given the crisis […]
