Oaklandsocialist notes: The author of this article is a young-ish working class guy who lives in a mainly white working class neighborhood in Philadelphia. I went to a shuffleboard event here in […]
Report from Philadelphia
Don’t support Jill Stein! a reply to Howie Hawkins
While any serious person is horrified at the prospect of a Trump/Vance presidency, some on the left are actually arguing that it won’t make that much of a difference. One would think […]
Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party
It’s now official: Joe Biden is bowing out of the presidential race. It’s also all but official: Kamala Harris will be his replacement. This is extremely good news. Now there is a […]
Republican convention: Teamster “reform” leader channels Gregor Strasser and betrays the working class
Gregor Strasser returned to life at the Republican Convention yesterday. He returned in the body of Teamsters president and “reform” union leader Sean O’Brien. Strasser, let us remember, was the German Nazi […]
From attempted assassination of Trump to assassination of legal repercussions for Trump: The media shifts its focus
It is amazing how quickly the media focus shifts. Just a few hours ago it was all Trump assassination attempt all the time. Now it’s “all Trump classified documents case thrown out […]
The 2024 Election: The UK shifts to the left while the socialist left needs reorganisation and reinvention
by Richard Finnegan in London A lively debate has begun over the interpretation of the election with the centre right Labour Party claiming a landslide win and a mandate to do whatever […]
Team Biden apparently weathers the storm… for now
Who knows? Maybe Team Biden can actually pull it off. After all, Trump is really a very vulnerable candidate. But the developing conflict between the mainstream media and the Democrats is significant. […]
Biden establishes residence in new state – the State of Denial
Joe Biden established his residence in the 51st state of the country in his ABC interview on Thursday night. That was the State of Denial. He once again had trouble putting sentences […]
Never vote for any Democrat? Here’s what one Marxist has to say
Introduction: Oaklandsocialist is on an email list of supposed Marxists. Recently, there was another of the interminable debates about whether or not to vote for a Democrat to keep Trump out. Some […]
MAGA Supreme Court drops the pretense
Supreme Court Chief (in)Justice John Roberts has dropped the pretense. Until now, he tried to maintain a degree of credibility that the Supreme Court was apolitical and non-partisan, that its decisions were […]