“A friend of mine called me yesterday. “John, what the fuck is going on?!!” he demanded.
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“A friend of mine called me yesterday. “John, what the fuck is going on?!!” he demanded.
Events here in MAGA land hold lessons for workers of all lands (including Ukraine and Syria). As I write this, the news here in the United States is still filled with discussions […]
This is getting ugly quickly. Trump wasted no time proving that he can learn from experience, and what he’s learned is not to rely on the traditional old-line conservatives. At the celebratory […]
I went to the pre-inauguration protest against Trump in San Francisco. I had a few interesting conversations, especially on what has happened with the unions and how the union leadership is falling […]
A signal on how far Trump will be willing to go as far as unleashing actual fascists on US society will be whether he pardons Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the Oath […]
Last night I had a dream. In it I saw a NY Times headline, “President Trump releases Stewart Rhodes.”1 In that state between consciousness and sleep, my semi-conscious imagination took the dream […]
Introduction: “Frank” is a well-paid white worker and a socialist who lives in a largely white neighborhood in a major East Coast city. In his life, he gets around and talks with […]
In all of history, it’s been the youth who sparked off a wider working class movement. Time for that to happen in the U.S. again.
The Republicans’ recent budget fiasco, plus one or two other developments, including developments on the labor front, reveal a lot about fissures and conflicts that already exist within the Trump camp and […]
Introduction by Oaklandsocialist: This article by Yorgos Mitralias was written before the inspiring overthrow of the Assad regime in Syria. Assad himself, and his mentor Putin, form an important link in the […]