Introduction: On July 10, the Ukraine Socialist Solidarity Campaign hosted a meeting at which Simon Pirani spoke on the issue of the situation in Donbass and Crimea and Russia’s intervention there in […]
Cyclone Idai, Refugees, and Border Walls
It was disaster everywhere as thousands of people streamed along the road out of Beira, Mozambique. They were trying to escape the floodwaters of Cyclone Idai. An elderly woman carrying her husband […]
Video: Protest at Richmond Detention Center against arrest of immigrant children
Is a new movement welling up from below? Yesterday’s nation-wide day of protest against Trump’s anti-refugee policies seems to say “yes”, but what direction will that movement take? The fact that the […]
Immigration turmoil equals crisis of capitalism
“A nation WITHOUTH BORDERS is not a nation at all.” So tweeted Donald Trump, and it’s one of the few things he’s said that’s actually true. The question is what is to […]
Report from Germany
K. Reimann reports from Dresden in eastern Germany: As we know, yesterday was Election Day in Germany. I knew exactly that, despite my efforts, the AfD was going to win and that […]
Oaklandsocialist debates Brexit
On Aug. 6, the Peace and Freedom Party held a debate about the EU and Brexit. Oaklandsocialist was one of the panelists. A key moment in the debate was in the discussion […]
Malik: Afghanistan Life in Really Bad Situation
Malik is an Afghani refugee in Germany. Recently, he sent a note to Oaklandsocialist describing the situation for Afghanis, both those living in Afghanistan and in Germany. According to the German government, […]