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.
Trump: Fortunes and misfortunes of a pyromaniac peacemaker! by Yorgos Mitralias The Trump-Mamdani meeting at the White House was not only “strange” and “surprising” given everything that had preceded it. Above all, […]
There are three parties involved in the “peace” negotiations currently underway in Geneva: The first is Donald Trump. Due to financial and political connections and also through his Eurasianist world view (For […]
Did the Trump Mamdani press conference “make love- not war” as Politico described it , or was it two opponents feeling each other out, seeking an opening or advantage while trying not […]
Trump/Project 2025 may be a lot weaker than we think. The capitalist base upon which it relies is weakening. This weakening base is happening in: The federal judiciary The federal law-enforcement agencies, […]
Because we do not forget and because we do not want to forget, we are republishing this text, first written and published in 1998 in “Epohi,” with the introduction that accompanied it […]
Oaklandsocialist interviewed democratic socialist Vermont State Senator Tanya Vyhovsky, who toured Ukraine last summer. Here in this video, she talks about her knowledge of and experiences in Ukraine and why socialists must […]
It wasn’t just those 8 Democratic senators who caved in; this was set up from the very top – from Chuck Schumer. It reminds me of this con game they ran […]
Zohran Mamdani has helped set off a revolt among New York City’s youth and even beyond. Now, a layer of the Democratic Party leadership and their talking heads want to “support” him […]
DSA organized an election watch party in Oakland last night. There were something between 100 to 200 people there. I attended and interviewed several people. While not a full sample, I still […]
Jon Stewart (“The Daily Show) interviews Zohran Mamdani. His victory seems almost certain. The top capitalists are throwing millions at Cuomo in a desperate attempt to stop Mamdani, but at a certain […]
