Here is a video/slideshow presentation I made on how large layers of the left have allowed themselves to be drawn into Putin’s far right web. Some have allowed themselves to enter this […]
Video: Putin draws the left into far right web
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.
Iran retaliates: is all-out Iran-Israel war coming?
Tehran has retaliated with a barrage of rockets and drones for Israel’s terrorist bombing of the Iranian consulate in Syria. This barrage is still going on while I am writing. However, some […]
Gaza, Ukraine and the shaky ethics of the international left
Gaza and Ukraine exacerbate the ethical problem of an already shaky international left! By Yorgos Mitralias The revelation of the enormous ethical problem caused to the international left by the Russian war in Ukraine and the Israeli […]
Upcoming forum: Putin draws the left into the far right
Online forum: Putin draws the left into the far right Presented by the Ukraine Socialist Solidarity Campaign International working class solidarity is the heart and soul of socialism, yet major sectors of […]
Background to assassination of World Central Kitchen workers
“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 […]
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 […]