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.
Poland has moved to center stage in European news, both for its political developments inside the country and because of Russian aggression against Poland. Here, we talk with long time Polish socialist […]
No illusions: neither Zionism nor its state can be reformed! By Yorgos Mitralias Although it may seem inappropriate to talk about a few Israeli hostages held by Hamas at a time when […]
Note: this is the second part of a two part series on the murder of Charlie Kirk and the fallout of that event. The first part, which, among other things explained the […]
As opposed to the Democratic Party leadership, and even as opposed to the soft left like Jacobin Magazine, congresswoman Jasmine Crockett doesn’t pull any punches regarding the murder of Charlie Kirk and […]
In this article How liberals and the soft left covered up for Charlie Kirk Who Kirk really was. The right wing background on his accused assassin Threats against “the left” Concluding thoughts […]
The walls are closing in on Trump, and his reaction is to become increasingly repressive and violent. Is the Mamdani Movement and the resistance in general prepared for it? Consider what is […]
Listen to and learn from the survivors of the Epstein/Maxwell child sex trafficking ring!
First Los Angeles. Then Washington DC. Next up Chicago. These are the first targets for Trump sending troops out into the streets. Trump’s first term To understand what this is really all […]
Come November 5 the Mamdani Movement will most likely be facing the following situation: Mamdani will have been overwhelmingly elected mayor of New York, possibly with an outright majority of votes; and […]
Introduction by Oaklandsocialist The most dangerous time for any repressive regime is when it tries to reform itself. Then splits develop in the regime, opening the way for a movement from below. […]
