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 sent a series of questions to Ofer Neiman, an Israeli activist in Israelis Against Apartheid. Those questions were sent, and answered, before the bodies of the six hostages were discovered. In […]
What would it mean for Trump to return to the White House? Trump’s base among the fascist Christian nationalists or his encouraging assaults on the media is all one needs to answer […]
The following is an article in Israel’s daily newspaper Haaretz. It contains interviews with soldiers at Israel’s torture facility, Sde Teiman, which is called a “detention center”. There have been many previous […]
The Ukraine Socialist Solidarity Campaign has initiated this statement. We urge all readers of Oaklandsocialist to sign the statement and pass it around. What would be especially useful is to find teachers […]
Here is a video of my presentation to the Ukraine Socialist Solidarity Campaign on the Republicans’ plans to overturn November’s elections if they don’t win them. All too many people are ignoring […]
The ongoing Democratic Party convention should be seen in two related contexts: One is the threat of a fascist-connected ethno-nationalist returning to power, this time far better prepared than he was in […]
Introduction by Oaklandsocialist: Just a week ago, we published a pamphlet on the nature of this period. We somewhat tentatively concluded that, after alternating waves of revolutionary and counter-revolutionary periods, it seems […]
On Monday night the Democratic Party celebrated leaving the 20th century and entering the 21st. Symbolic of that was the “love” expressed for Joe Biden when he spoke. “We love you, Joe,” […]
Upcoming forum by Ukraine Socialist Solidarity Campaign on plans of Christian nationalist Republicans to overturn November elections. Register for forum here: https://bit.ly/4dpgoU5
Introduction from Oaklandsocialist: A debate is under way within the left about whether or not to vote for the Democrats. Some on the left oppose voting for the Democrats’ and use the […]
