“It’s like a bucket with a three inch hole that the water’s flowing out through, and we’re pouring water in through a one inch hole.” That’s how a Carpenter Union “organizer” described […]
Trump’s Latest Bombing Attack: Statement of Alliance of Syrian and Iranian Socialists
Here is a commentary from the Alliance of Syrian and Iranian Socialists regarding Trump’s latest bombing of Syria. We specifically say his “latest bombing” because this is far from the first. It’s […]
Alliance of Syrian and Iranian Socialists Statement of Purpose
Oaklandsocialist reproduces here the statement of purpose of the Alliance of Iranian and Syrian Socialists. We don’t know much about this alliance, but we think this statement offers a valuable contribution to […]
Trump’s Latest Attack: An Answer to Glenn Greenwald
Glenn Greenwald, the influential “left” journalist at “The Intercept” has written a confused and in some ways dishonest article on Trump’s latest attack on Syria. Of course, Greenwald is right to denounce […]
Mobster-in-Chief Donald Trump: Life imitates art.
If life imitates art, then the behind-the-scenes Trump story is torn from the pages of a John Le Carre novel. For those who don’t know his books, they are political and social […]
World War or World Socialist Revolution?
The world situation is much worse than the liberals and some socialists think. We saw this through a recent meeting of the socialist “Peace and Freedom Party” featuring a speaker who is […]
Moctezuma and the Crisis of Aztec Society
“History is the most dangerous of subjects.” So said Malcolm X, and a history class I’m taking at Laney College shows why. Called “world history” and taught by Dr. Susan Kahn, it […]
Update: Trump and Russia
This is a real crisis both for the US capitalist class and for Trump. Every night CNN has over an hour raking Trump over the coals over this “Russia” issue. Much of […]
Who is the Syria Solidarity Movement?
“The Only position that PFP (Peace and Freedom Party) has Re Syria is that we oppose any and all US/ Nato Intervention….” So wrote a prominent member of the Peace and Freedom […]
Gorsuch and Acosta: Representing the Financial, Environmental and Sexual Predators
You would have to be a capitalist or Rip Van Winkle to expect anything positive to come from Trump’s appointments, but that’s not the point. Looking at his two latest to be […]