A huge brouhaha is being made over the courageous stance of 49’er quarter back Colin Kaepernick’s refusal to stand for the US National Anthem. Maybe those making this fuss should consider the […]
Green Party Meeting
I went to a Green Party meeting in Oakland, CA last night. My main reason was to see if a layer of radicalized Sanders supporters were getting involved in the Greens. One meeting […]
Oaklandsocialist on the radio
I was asked to be on WEFT’s “World Labor Hour” last Saturday morning to talk about what I saw in Philadelphia at the DNC and about the Sanders campaign. In part the […]
Notice something about Trump?
Have you ever noticed how Trump repeats himself? “I like Paul, but these are horrible times for our country. We need very strong leadership. We need very, very strong leadership. And I’m […]
Democratic Party Convention: “Giving them their space riiiiiight now”
Ferment and turmoil is rocking both the parties of big business in the United States. First we had the Republican Party convention, with the mainstay of the religious right wing – Ted […]
Bernie Sanders Lowers the Curtain
Bernie Sanders has lowered the curtain on the last act of the Bernie Sanders Show. He has done what was clearly in the works for weeks – issued a formal endorsement of Hillary Clinton. […]
A Sorry State of Affairs
I was at my local supermarket just now. I got in line with a checker I know – a middle age black woman – and when she got to me we greeted […]
Police Rampage: A Suggestion For the Movement
Oaklandsocialist has a suggestion for a step in stopping the police rampage of murder, brutality, rape and destruction: That the movement to oppose it organize and go directly to the union membership […]
Video of protest in Oakland against Police rampage
This is a video of last night’s protest in Oakland against the police rampage.
Clinton’s E-mails: The Real Issue
So James Comey, the head of the FBI, is recommending no indictment against Hillary Clinton for her having used her private e mail server for government business. Both he and the entire […]