“I recently had the opportunity to meet with Secretary Clinton and discuss some of the very important issues facing our country and the Democratic Party. It is no secret that Secretary Clinton […]
Hillary Clinton: An Already Wounded Duck President
If she gets elected, Hillary Clinton will be a wounded duck president from day one. Wait. Scratch that. It will be from even before she takes office. Already she’s unpopular, and just […]
Vote Fraud in California
“What matters isn’t who votes; what matters is who counts the votes.” So spoke Joseph Stalin, and what was true in his bureaucratic dictatorship is apparently also true in capitalist America. In […]
Oakland Voters Speak
If you want to know what people are thinking, you have to ask them. With that in mind, Oaklandsocialist did its own mini “exit poll” outside a polling place during yesterday’s California […]
Bernie Sanders in Oakland: What Wasn’t Said
Bernie Sanders spoke to some 30,000 people in Oakland, CA, on Memorial Day. Just a few days before he spoke, the noted journalist John Pilger wrote about the failure of all the […]
Interviews and video at Sanders Rally in Vallejo
Here are two videos of interviews with people who came to the Sanders rally in Vallejo on May 18, plus some footage of the event itself. In the first video, we interviewed […]
5,000 at Sanders Rally in Vallejo, CA
A reported 5,000 came out to Vallejo, CA, to hear Bernie Sanders yesterday (Wednesday, 5/18). I was there too. Who Was There There were a lot of interesting things about the event, […]
When Hillary Clinton Came to Oakland
Hillary Clinton made a campaign stop in Oakland on May 6 and a crowd of hundreds came out to see her. Oaklandsocialist went to talk with those who came out there. Clinton’s […]
A Patriotic International Workers Day
May Day – International Workers Day – last year saw a march from the Port of Oakland through the (still) predominantly black and working class West Oakland to downtown Oakland. Although […]
“Every day” Corruption is not Corruption
In 2011, the CEO of Star Scientific, Jonnie Williams Jr., bought W. Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell a $6,000 Rolex watch, took McDonnell’s wife on a $20,000 shopping spree, and paid $15,000 to cater […]