“I think nationally, people should take heart in the fact that Alabama and the South at large isn’t as backwards as it’s always seemed to be. Yes, racism, bigotry, sexism – all […]
Alabama: “We are seeing a chipping away at the image”
Privatization scheme killed; shows power of working class
On Tuesday, Dec. 5, the Board of Trustees of the Peralta Community College District voted to kill the proposal to build a stadium for the Oakland A’s baseball team on Peralta […]
One mass shooting every 24.7 days: Why?
The liberals and the conservatives have their stock “solutions”. For the liberals, stopping terrorist random shootings is a matter of more gun control, especially of assault weapons. These same liberals, however, can […]
2017 Election Results
The DSA leadership is exuberant about the results of the November, 2017 elections, as is the Democratic Party in general. DSA is boasting about the successful election campaigns of fifteen DSA members. These […]
Trump, Manafort, the Russian influence and the REAL fake news
So, the ever-greasy Paul Manafort and his water carrier, Rick Gates, have been indicted on charges of money laundering, tax evasion and failure to register as an agent of a foreign government. […]
The Russian Revolution turns 100!
by Roger Silverman in London November 7th, 2017 marks the centenary of an event whose impact still today reverberates throughout the world. The Russian revolution remains a constant spectre at the feast […]
Oakland A’s stadium proposal: Save Laney College; stop gentrification
A specter is stalking America’s urban working class. It is the specter of gentrification. Urban workers, mainly people of color, are victimized in good times and bad. When times are bad, many […]
OCAW’s Tony Mazzocchi and his campaign for a Labor Party in 1989: Some lessons for today
Here are segments of a video of an important union meeting that was held in 1989. In that year, AFSCME Local 444 in Oakland, CA, sponsored a meeting for Tony Mazzocchi, national […]
Sanders single payer bill: “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice…”
Counterpunch has an article about Bernie Sanders new single payer bill. They claim that the reasons that many Democrats are signing on to it is due to pressure from the people plus […]
“Trump-Proof the Bay Area”: A Meeting in Oakland, CA
On Sept. 16, socialist Seattle city council member Kshama Sawant, Richmond Progressive Alliance (RPA) member and candidate for California Lt. Governor Gayle McLaughlin, and East Bay DSA member Jeremy Gong spoke at […]