Oaklandsocialist has received the following letter from a grocery clerk in far Northern California. We reprint it here along with a message from Oaklandsocialist. I distributed it in my local Lucky’s. Workers […]
Coronavirus: A grocery worker speaks
Will the dollar collapse?
I’ve been saying that inflation was coming here for many years. That was because the dollar supply (M1 or M2) had vastly increased vs. the US GDP – in other words, more […]
Coronavirus, capitalism and the forces of nature
The Covid-19 pandemic which is wreaking such havoc is first and foremost an environmental disease. Or, more exactly, it is caused by how our society – capitalist society – interacts with the […]
Sanders-Biden Debate: First and Last?
Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden debated each other one-on-one for the first, and possibly last, time last night. Despite the claims of the Sanders campaign, Biden more or less came out on […]
A socialist building manager talks
A fascinating – and hopeful – report from a friend in East Germany: Dear readers, As a left-winger you have probably already thought about what you would do differently if you could […]
Statement of Alliance of Middle Eastern and North African Socialists on Coronavirus
Coronavirus Pandemic Exposes Inhumanity of Capitalism. What Can Socialists Do? Statement by Alliance of MENA Socialists Mar 14, 2020 We need to change the dominant discourse from one focused on fear of […]
Coronavirus, “M4A” and socialized medicine
I remember back in the 1980s sometime when a campaign for health care reform was first getting underway. At that time, the slogan was for “socialized medicine”. I remember we were meeting […]
The real threat of”Coronavirus”, world hunger and world politics
Note: This post seriously underestimated the threat of coronavirus. It was influenced by the warnings in the past about Swine Flu, Aviary Flu, and others – none of which really became […]
leaflet: What next for Sanders campaign?
I handed out this leaflet at the East Bay DSA meeting. There was some interest.
What next after “Super Tuesday”?
Bernie Sanders strategy has been based on an appeal to younger voters and the belief that he could get increased turnout of that age group. While there has been some reason all […]