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.
Pennsylvania held its primary elections on April 23. Here is a report of what one voter in Philadelphia observed: Out of curiosity, I decided to observe a polling station in Philadelphia during […]
This article discusses: Why the confusion on the issue of individual terrorism is disastrous for socialism. The fundamental difference between individual terrorism and a genuine armed struggle. The classic Marxist position on […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
