Note: The document below was written and produced by the Workers International Network in 2009. It tries to lay out the main processes in the world. Much has changed since then, of […]
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.
Unbalanced Trump a crisis for US capitalism
Like a spoiled six-year old having a temper tantrum, Trump is flailing about and out of control. How can they keep any semblance of stability, how maintain respect by foreign forces as […]
PG&E electricity shutdown in California
Oh, the horror of it! The absolute scandal unfolding as over 100,000 Californians are having to go without electricity for several days. Restaurants are having to close and some school children […]
Erdogan, the Kurds and Trump’s real “betrayal”
The invasion of NE Syria by Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is now under way. This is an invasion that is planned to be ten miles into that part of Syria. It […]
A dream or reality?
Last night, I dreamed I was in a plane that had flown into a box canyon. I looked out the window on my side and saw the rocky canyon walls slowly passing […]
Trump responds to impeachment: “The best defense is a good offense”
You didn’t have to be Machiavelli or Karl Marx to know that Trump would defend himself by going on the offense. The key to understanding his offensive lies in the speech he […]
Oakland A’s and the state of the class struggle in Oakland
Last year, Oaklandsocialist reported on the A’s previous attempt to take over Laney Community College by building a stadium on their property a year ago. Defeated there, they went to Plan B, […]
NGO’s, Katrina and New Orleans
Introduction: As global climate change bites deeper and deeper, we are seeing ever more climate disasters. Among other things, these disasters will be met with reliance on NGO’s like the Red Cross […]
Trump impeachment: What lies behind it and what lies ahead
Ronald Reagan was called the teflon president because his embarrassing miscues and falsehoods seemed to roll off him like burned food does off of teflon. Trump makes Reagan a piker […]
Report on British Labour Party Conference
By Roger Silverman, delegate It shouldn’t surprise many of us to learn that the recent Labour Party conference was nothing remotely like the press and media reports. For them, it was a […]