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Introduction: The Ukraine Socialist Solidarity Campaign recently held a debate on whether socialists should support voting for Democrats in 2024, or ever. Lifelong socialist, former president of AFSCME Local 444 and […]
“How often in the world do you wake up knowing that a black woman kicked that bastard’s ass and sent him on the road?” Tim Walz, presumptive Democratic nominee for Vice President. […]
Yesterday I signed up for and attended an online meeting of the Kamala Harris for president campaign. I did so for a couple of interrelated reasons: I think it’s extremely important to […]
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 […]
Introduction from Oaklandsocialist: Here, Clay Claiborn comments on our previous article “Don’t support Jill Stein! A reply to Howie Hawkins”. Readers may also be interested in Clay’s 2020 article “Why Joe Biden […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Two key political events will happen today. First will be a meeting with Democratic senators and Biden staffers. Second will be Biden’s press conference. Let’s consider where things seem to stand as […]
