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“Born to Rebel: my 80 years as a revolutionary working class socialist” – a preview of my memoirs
Preview of soon-to-be-published memoirs of “Oaklandsocialist”, John Reimann. These memoirs recount my experiences, thoughts and activities from the 1950s to the present. Scroll down to bottom to see full table of contents. […]
Dictator Trump vs. Finance Capital
When Mr. Finance Capital himself (AKA Robert Rubin) and the Committee to Defend Finance Capital (AKA the Wall St. Journal editorial board) attack Trump on two different but equally important grounds, do […]
Palestine support: For a revolutionary working class socialist approach
The absence of the working class as an independent force on the world stage is adding to the confusion of the left, socialist and otherwise. And by accepting this situation and basing […]
How 9-11 changed everything – but it’s not what you might think
On the morning of 09/11/2001 I got up and drive to work across the San Francisco Bay Bridge, just as I had been doing every weekday morning for months. I was working […]
“Progressives” argue for Zionism. Do socialists know how to respond?
In the past, the way was opened for far right domestic policies by starting with the intellectual arguments for them. Now, Israel supporters are concerned about the collapsing support for Israel and […]
Interview with Anand Gopal, author of “Days of Love and Rage”
Oaklandsocialist interviewed Anand Gopal, who is the author of “Days of Love and Rage”, which is about the Syrian revolution in one relatively small town – Manbij. I’ve probably read 5oo-750 books […]
Kurdistan and world revolution, Part 3: Iran
“There is something more dangerous to Netanyahu and his entire war machine than all missiles and drones that are now hitting Israel: the political consciousness of the Iranian people.” Siyâvash Shahabi, Firenexttime.net […]
Kurdistan and World Revolution part 2: Syria
“The sins of the fathers shall be visited upon the sons”, or in modern language the crimes of imperialism shall not be washed away by history… as long as capitalism and imperialism […]
The Kurdish struggle and world revolution, Part 1: Turkey
Introduction A historic task has been placed in the hands of the people of Kurdistan. They may not have asked for it, but that doesn’t matter. It is here, imposed by the […]