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.
Esta es una traduccion imperfecta de un mensaje de unos Trabajadores en EEUU al Pueblo Chileno. (El mensaje en ingles abajo.).) Enviamos nuestra solidaridad a toda la clase trabajadora de Chile. Que […]
A few conversations today: The young woman working at the front desk at the hotel where I’m staying: When she showed me out, I commented on the sign on the front door […]
I arrived in Santiago yesterday. The first few people I talked with were not very enthusiastic. One, just a passerby in the street, commented to me about “the fanatics” who are marching. […]
Is Donald Trump an aberration in US history? Is it simply a matter of defeating him with fact, reason and reform (either less reform, as exemplified by Biden, Buttigieg, Harris and others; […]
Interview with Max Blanchet also as a podcast.
Oaklandsocialist interviews Max Blanchet about what is happening in Haiti today, the history of the Duvalier dictatorship and more. This interview also available as a podcast here. Correction: Max wants […]
Olivier Delbeke reports from Fance From November 1st to November 3rd more than 500 Yellow Vests coming from roundabouts from all over France gathered in Montpellier to hold the fourth Assembly of […]
From the Hekmatist Party: Celebrations of a victory On the occasion of the release of Haft Tapeh detainees The continuous protests of the workers of Haft Tapeh, the resistance of detainees […]
Is Donald Trump a “traitor”, an agent of a rival foreign power (Russia)? That is the claim of the former federal prosecutor Kenneth McCallion in his recently published book Treason & Betrayal. […]
We, the undersigned labor and socialist activists, hereby express our support for a genuinely free and independent workers’ movement in Venezuela. We are concerned about the persecution of independent labor activists by […]
