“From the river to the sea, Israel will be free…” to do anything it likes towards its goal of ethnically cleansing all Palestinians. That is the message it sent with the rockets […]
Background to assassination of World Central Kitchen workers
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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.
RFK Jr. comes to Oakland… sort of
On March 26, RFK Jr. brought his presidential campaign to Oakland… kind of. I was there, but RFK onluy showed up via teleconference. The fact that he wouldn’t set foot in Oakland […]
Video on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: Putin draws the “left” further into the far right
Latest in my slideshow series on the “left” being drawn into Putin’s far right web, in this case regarding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Ronna McDaniel and depraved Republicans land on their feet
NBC’s hiring of recently fired chair of the Republican Party, Ronna McDaniel, is causing a bit of a kerfluffle. But the scandal is that McDaniel loyally served Trump after he attempted to […]
ISIS K attack in Moscow: first thoughts
Al Jazeera is giving credibility to ISIS (ISIL) K’s taking responsibility for this terrorist attack. This group has a long history of attacking Russian targets due, first and foremost, to Russia’s role […]
“I’m really rich”
“I’m really rich. I have total net worth of $8.73bn. I’m not doing that to brag. I’m doing that to show that’s the kind of thinking our country needs.” So said Donald […]
How Putin draws the “left” into the far right
Note: this is a more detailed version of the article of a similar title that appears on the public page of Oaklandsocialist. If you find it too detailed, I suggest you go […]
Putin draws the left into the far right
Russia’s fascist connected Putin is creating great confusion within the left, including the socialist left. He and his agents and assets (both conscious and otherwise) are drawing significant numbers of lefts, including […]
Video: The Syrian revolution vs. the Putinized “left”
Here is the second part in my slideshow series on the Putinized left. This short slideshow is on how this “left” came to support a counter revolution in Syria. This same Putinized […]
U.N. report on allegations of rape committed on Oct. 7
Here is an analysis of the UN report on allegations of rape allegations and how some on the left have responded to that report: We all know that the Israeli regime ranks […]