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.
Why was Tulsi Gabbard at the DOJ raid on the Fulton County election board? How is her presence connected to Trump’s plans to steal the upcoming elections? What is the alternative to […]
Attention, union members and union supporters: History has placed a tremendous task on your shoulders. You did not ask for it. That does not matter because here it is. It may seem […]
The turning point Minneapolis rises up, Trump falters! by Yorgos Mitralias As the tragic and shocking events in Minneapolis mean that the crisis in the United States under Trump now seems to […]
Powerful interview by Terrell Jermaine Starr with Nigerian journalist, Philip Obaji. Russians are killing Africans in Africa and no one is talking about it.
Within 24 hours of the January 23 mass protest against ICE in Minneapolis, the Miller/Vance/Trump presidency had its response: They executed another protester, this time ICU nurse Alex Pretti. As we go […]
Update, update, update: Since the publication of this article, ICE has murdered another protester. Watch video here. That is the answer of the Trump/Miller/Vance administration to yesterday’s mass protest. The response should […]
Iranian refugee Siyaves Azeri gives the following report. It is important not only because it gives an update, but also because it gives a glimpse of what the monarchist supporters of Pahlevi […]
We reprint here this article by Joseph Grosso, from his substack Left Critique of the Left. This particular post can be found here. Campism Against Freedom From Iran to Ukraine by Joseph […]
Trump in Greenland: old-fashioned colonialism and acceleration of the climate catastrophe! By Yorgos Mitralias Almost everyone is currently talking, and rightly so, about Trump’s clearly stated intention to occupy and annex Greenland […]
Oaklandsocialist Note: This interview was conducted in the latter part of December, 2025. It explores further developments since the interview we did with Sean Cudden. Because of intervening events, we have been […]
