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 […]
Britain: Brexit Debate
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 […]
Podcast: antifa, the Democrats, the union leadership and the socialists
Here is a podcast of oaklandsocialist on WRFU discussing these issues.
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 […]
Racists cancel in San Francisco. Was union opposition the cause?
The organizer of the “Patriot Prayer” racist and neo-fascist event in San Francisco, planned for tomorrow – Saturday, Aug. 26 – has cancelled his event. He cites concern over safety. But then […]
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 […]
What’s Up With North Korea?
Many people in the US, when they think of North Korea’s Kim jong-Un, they think of some crazed, irrational national leader. All we have to do is look at the White House […]
A Nightmare
I had the worst nightmare I’ve ever had in my life last night: I dreamt I was walking down the street and the sidewalk was absolutely littered with dog poop. It was […]
A “People’s” Party or a Working Class Party?
Seattle city council member Kshama Sawant, left academic Dr. Cornel West and Nick Brana, founder of “Draft Bernie” will be hosting a “town hall” meeting in Washington DC on Sept. 9 to […]