The ongoing Democratic Party convention should be seen in two related contexts: One is the threat of a fascist-connected ethno-nationalist returning to power, this time far better prepared than he was in […]
DNC update: What lies in the background
World War or World Revolution?
Introduction by Oaklandsocialist: Just a week ago, we published a pamphlet on the nature of this period. We somewhat tentatively concluded that, after alternating waves of revolutionary and counter-revolutionary periods, it seems […]
Elections 2024 and white supremacy in the United States
Introduction from Oaklandsocialist: A debate is under way within the left about whether or not to vote for the Democrats. Some on the left oppose voting for the Democrats’ and use the […]
Video: Part 4, why Marxism opposes individual terrorism
Here is the concluding part of my series on why Marxism opposes individual terrorism. In this part, we talk about the dead end of alternative to individual terrorism. That alternative is international, […]
Video: Why Marxism opposes individual terrorism, Part 3
Third part in a 4 part series on why Marxism opposes individual terrorism. In this part we discuss how and why that strategy came to dominate in Palestine, how the PLO and […]
Video of the UC Santa Barbara encampment
Here is a short video of my time visiting the Palestine encampment at UC Santa Barbara
Does Netanyahu actually believe what he’s saying?
“The truth is that in the area of our homeland… now lives a large population of Palestinians. We do not want to rule over them. We do not want to run their […]
Even if it avoids civil war, Israel’s final crisis looks cataclysmic!
by Yorgos Mitralias In July 2021, commenting on Albert Einstein’s prophetic warnings of Israel’s disastrous future as early as 1948, we concluded our text with the following observation and, at the same […]
Sign on to Ukraine Socialist Solidarity Campaign appeal: “Unite the struggles!”
The Ukraine Socialist Solidarity Campaign has taken an important initiative in launching an appeal to unite the various world liberation struggles. Oaklandsocialist has signed on to it and urges others to do […]
Video: Why Marxism opposes individual terrorism, Part 2
In part 2 of this slideshow series on the strategy of individual terrorism, we look at the results of that strategy in Chile (1973), Iran (1979) and South Africa (1980s). Learn from […]