Some comrades in East Bay DSA (EBDSA) have formed the Eugene Debs Caucus. What is happening in EBDSA can best be understood by understanding the strategy of the Democratic Party. That strategy […]
DSA: Eugene Debs Caucus formed
Britain: Brexit Debate
Finbar Geaney, long time socialist in Ireland, writes on the ongoing debate in Britain over how to exit the European Union. Some on the socialist left both in Britain and in the […]
Harvey, Irma, Jose: Who’s Next?
Reports are “flooding” in of bumper-to-bumper traffic of people trying to flee Hurricane Irma. But, as the Wall St. Journal reports, “Briana Beaty of North Palm Beach won’t have to contend with […]
Labor Day 2017: “Change it must so change it will.”
A ferment is bubbling up in US society. It is a ferment partly born of the crisis of the US capitalist class, who has largely lost control over its presidency; a ferment […]
“Antifa”, the working class movement and the far right
Podcast of oaklandsocialist discussing this and related issues. The role of antifa at the anti-fascist/anti-Trump supporters demonstration in Berkeley on August 27 is getting wide attention. But that role can only be […]
Trump, the Military and the Role of the Working Class
He couldn’t have put it better: “The goal of the state department is… building bridges…” So spoke Dan Kammen in explaining why he resigned from his role as the US State Department special […]
Make anti-fascism and anti-racism international!
To those who will be protesting the fascists and similar types in San Francisco and Berkeley next week: Will you also be opposing those among us who oppose the racists and fascists […]
Crisis in Venezuela
by Sean Gee and John Reimann We have to be clear from the start about the leading rightwing opposition force the MUD (Democratic Unity Roundtable) – a cabal headed by Venezuela’s old […]
Podcast of Some Thoughts on World Perspectives
This is a podcast of our article “Some Thoughts on World Perspectives”
Some Thoughts on World Perspectives
A starting point for socialists is to understand the psychology – the consciousness and the mood – of the working class and to understand the forces at work that shape that psychology. How […]