First Night I went to a “watch party” to watch the first round of the Democratic Party debates. It was held at the offices of the Sierra Club in downtown Oakland. I […]
Democratic Party Debates
The Two Faces of India
As the shadow of ruthless authoritarian regimes falls across the world’s continents from Europe to America North and South to Asia, the world’s capitalists have greeted with undisguised jubilation the victory of […]
Escalating Threat of War: Is there a way out?
This is the second of two articles on the developing crisis in the Persian Gulf. In the first article, Oaklandsocialist discussed the internal dynamics within the Trump administration. Here, we republish a […]
US war on Iran coming?
Late Saturday night or early Sunday morning, some sort of bombing attack was carried out on several ships in the Straits of Hormuz, near Iran. Several ships, including the Andrea Victory, were […]
Trump and the reluctance to reckon with something fundamentally new
Socialists, and Marxists in particular, are often slow to fully see it when a sharp turn in the situation develops. Is that what’s happening now? Does Trump’s election represent a wide-scale loss […]
Putin, Trump and Pompeo
On Wednesday, May 1, Trump’s Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, warned that “military action is possible” in Venezuela. “If that’s what’s required, that’s what the United States will do,” he said. He also […]
Alliance of Middle East Socialists’ Call for new socialist-humanist network
The Alliance of Middle East Socialists has issued a call for the formation of a “New Socialist-Humanist Solidarity Network”. Here it is below. We think this is an important call and, in […]
The Mueller Report and Global Climate Disaster
It’s happened again! In October of 2018, after a fraudulent one-week FBI investigation, the US Senate confirmed sexual predator Matt Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court. The Democrats had placed all their […]
Why US imperialism opposes Maduro
Why is US capitalism so opposed to the Maduro regime in Venezuela? They claim it’s because of the repression there, but all one has to do is mention two words – “Saudi […]
Trump Speaks at UN General Assembly
The world’s working class movement, and socialists as part of it, has some lessons to learn from Trump’s UN speech this morning. China: Trump pledged a continued trade war with China. His […]