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.
ICE’s Murder of Renee Good and its non-fatal shooting of another protester did not quell the movement. Just the opposite. As ICE saturated the air with tear gas in at least […]
Since we published our article on the Iran revolution, there have been some new developments: CNN reports that “thousands” have been murdered by the regime and 18,000 have been imprisoned. The […]
Below is an assessment of who is likely to replace the Iranian theocratic regime if it falls. It is by Iranian refugee Siyâvash Shahabi, who also produces the excellent blog site The Fire […]
Fascist Stephen Miller rants on about “We’re a superpower”. He means abroad and at home. Here’s the result and how the labor movement can stop him & his ilk:
“You don’t get our oil. Says fucking who? We will come in and we will…. We will kill all of you. Our military will come in and wipe out your regime and […]
On Dec. 23 three of the six person Trump majority on the US Supreme Court (John Roberts, Amy Coney Barrett and Matt Kavanaugh), declined to give Trump an early Christmas present. They […]
Trump and his Brown International: Following in the footsteps of Hitler and Nazism! by Yorgos Mitralias The “National Security Strategy” published by the White House in early December is a very important […]
In two weeks, Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as mayor of New York. What are the perspectives for his administration? To answer that, in part we must understand the political […]
When a certain left participates in the far right’s campaign against Mamdani By Yorgos Mitralias Where to begin and where to end? In our countries, many people on the left seem to […]
Introduction: Oaklandsocialist presents the first in a two part series on what’s happening in Britain. In this interview, Scottish worker Sean Cudden discusses: The British Labour Party Reform UK Party and Nigel […]
