Now that Bernie Sanders has officially withdrawn from the race, what lessons will be learned by his tens of thousands of supporters? For many of the 20+ year olds, it’s entirely understandable […]
Sanders withdraws: What next?
oaklandsocialist
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.
“There’s a man goin’ round takin’ names”
by Michael D. Yates I am worried, shocked, sad, angry. At 74 and with a pre-existing condition, Covid-19 certainly could mean death. I am more afraid than I have ever been in […]
Conversations
Introduction I always try to talk with any workers I encounter. That includes those whose job it is to deal with the public (like salespeople) and others, like those who work on […]
Engels on nature and humanity
Coronavirus, a new world historical era and the socialist movement
Two years ago, a scientific paper on bats and wild habitat loss stated that “an ecological threshold has been crossed.” Such a topic might seem pretty esoteric, pretty minor in the bigger […]
Coronavirus and the factory: One worker’s journal
A factory worker in Southern California explains the importance of this section of the working class and then writes a journal of how the Covid-19 crisis is affecting the workers in that […]
Coronavirus & grocery workers: “working in a petri dish”
A grocery worker describes his conditions: Life for grocery workers has dramatically changed during this Covid – 19 Coronavirus out break. Prior to the out break when we as grocery workers showed […]
Coronavirus bailout, inflation and Karl Marx
I’ve been trying to think through the issue of inflation in light of the $2 trillion Coronavirus bailout and its affects on inflation. A large chunk of the bailout will be going […]
Coronavirus and the $2 trillion plus bailout
The $2 trillion bailout bill rushed through congress won’t be the last one. In fact, it wasn’t the first when we take into account the 2008 bailouts. It is different in that […]
Coronavirus and the battle for hearts and minds
A struggle is under way. It is the struggle for the hearts and minds of the US working class. Actually, that struggle has been here all along, but the Covid-19 crisis is […]