I’m guessing I was like millions of others and didn’t get past the part of the Democrats’ debate where they debated health care. Round and round they went. Back and forth. Should […]
Third Democratic Party debate
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.
Trump’s unbalanced and erratic foreign policy and the firing of John Bolton
Question: What do you get when you combine infantile, narcissistic ego mania with an unbalanced and erratic foreign policy? Answer: The firing of John Bolton. Trump fired his third National Security Advisor, […]
Democrats’ leading candidates: What really matters
So, I watched bits and snatches of the climate discussion that CNN presented. First my impressions and then some unasked questions: Beto O’Rourke: If he doesn’t get elected president, he has a […]
Brexit: A sinister version of Alice in Wonderland
by Roger Silverman in London Curiouser and curiouser, as Alice might have said. Britain staggers towards its third general election in four years, under an unelected Prime Minister who has won not […]
Assembly Bill 5 and capitalist propaganda
I subscribe to the SF Chronicle. When it comes, first I read the comics and “Dear Abby.” Then I turn to the news. Sometimes I learn something new. Sometimes I relearn something […]
Labor Day 2019 in Oakland CA vs. 21st century capitalist realities
On the day that labor holds its traditional marches, rallies and picnics, the name and a little background of the latest mass shooter was revealed. This was the shooter in Odessa Texas, […]
Interview with Simon Rodriguez in Venezuela
Brexit and the degeneration of British Capitalism
In this interview, Roger Silverman discusses the Brexit crisis in Britain. He explains: the long, steady decline in British capitalism the decline in the simple competence of recent prime ministers as a […]
Union rank and file can stop climate disaster
Sisters and brothers: Anybody who looks around is extremely concerned about the looming climate disaster and the fires in the Amazon. Home to 2/3 of our planet’s species, the Amazon is also […]
Book Review: “Why did chavismo fail?”
What in the world is happening in Venezuela? Is it exhibit #1 of the failure of socialism, as Trump would have people believe? Is it a case of a proud people standing […]