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.
By Yorgos Mitralias The methodical extermination of the Palestinian people, which the Israeli army has been successfully carrying out for the past four months, does not fall from the sky, and would not […]
CNN interviewed some nice, middle class, white Republican ladies in S. Carolina. But what do they really represent?
As the QAnon Republicans refuse to allow aid to Ukraine, billions of dollars of assets of Russian and Ukrainian oligarchs can and should be seized for that aid.
I had a text message exchange with a member of East Bay DSA who had contacted me to try to get me to campaign for Jovanka Beckles, yet another liberal Democrat they […]
On Saturday, Feb. 3, the administrators of a Marxist email list called “Marxmail” put on a forum called “the new US labor movement”. Speakers were Bill Fletcher jr., former official of […]
It is increasingly looking like the next presidential election will be a repeat of the 2020 matchup of Biden vs. Trump. A serious argument can be made that Biden’s support for Israel’s […]
The instructive cases of Germany and Switzerland When the West nails the Israeli coffin of the Palestinian people! by Yorgos Mitralias First the facts: UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the […]
Growing opposition within Democratic Party & in State Department to Biden’s support for Israel. Changes in Israel since Biden met Golda Meir in 1973. Biden living in the past regarding both Israel […]
By Yorgos Mitralias Those who still have doubts about the existence of “similarities” between the wars waged by Mr Putin and Mr Netanyahu against Ukraine and the Palestinians, respectively, can now be […]
Where will they wander? by Anonymous Where will these Zionists wander next, with their bombast of Biblical entitlements, their A-bombs and Uzis in hand, to conquer homelands where others reside? Whose ancient […]
