Author: Stephen Millies

East palestine town hall
In the U.S.

The East Palestine, Ohio, burn pit: How many cancers will train wreck cause?

March 2, 2023 Stephen Millies
The profits-first safety-last Norfolk Southern railway has turned East Palestine, Ohio, into a burn pit. Like the dumps operated by the U.S. military in formerly occupied Afghanistan and still occupied Iraq, the Feb. 3 train […]
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Fight racism

Hey Joe Rogan, who built the White House? How Black workers made the United States rich

March 1, 2023 Stephen Millies
One of the biggest lies of capitalist propaganda is that Black people “live off” white workers. This racist falsehood has been used for decades to justify cutbacks that hurt all poor and working people. It […]
MalcolmXSpeaksinHarlem
In the U.S.

Who killed Malcolm X and why?

February 21, 2023 Stephen Millies
“And we will know him then for what he was and is―a  prince―our own Black shining prince!―who didn’t hesitate to die, because he loved us so.” That was how the legendary actor Ossie Davis ended […]
Mushroomcloud
In the U.S.

Train wrecks, earthquakes and profits

February 16, 2023 Stephen Millies
[su_row][su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=”] [/su_column][su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=”] [/su_column][/su_row] What’s the connection between the earthquake in Syria and Turkey with the train wreck in East Palestine, Ohio? More than 41,000 people, including thousands of children, […]
Timessqphilippines
Around the world

U.S. troops out of the Philippines!

February 13, 2023 Stephen Millies
Filipinos and their supporters protested the Pentagon’s war buildup in the Philippines on Feb. 11 in New York City. People rallied at the Times Square military recruiting station on a busy Saturday night in the […]
Battleofstalingrad
Around the world

Ninety years since Hitler took power

February 11, 2023 Stephen Millies
German working class supported socialism. How did the Nazis crush them? Ninety years ago, on Jan. 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany. A dozen years of hell followed, with tens of millions […]
BrooklynFoodBank
In the U.S.

The ‘debt ceiling’ and our struggle to live: No limit to capitalist crimes & cutbacks

January 28, 2023 Stephen Millies
Jan. 19 was the date that the United States government was supposed to go bankrupt. Or at least had to start shuffling around bills to be paid, according to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. What’s called […]
Gasstove
In the U.S.

Taking ‘gaslighting’ to a new level: Gas stoves as a political diversion

January 21, 2023 Stephen Millies
News flash from the 1880s: Tom Edison wants to steal your gas and kerosene lamps.  The government is trying to force you to buy Edison’s new-fangled electric light bulbs. Nothing like that happened 140 years […]
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Labor and strikes

Capitalism’s war on railroad workers continues under president whose support for unions rings hollow

January 7, 2023 Stephen Millies
The U.S. Congress imposed a labor agreement on 115,000 railroad workers on December 1, disregarding the vote from four unions to reject it. That is how little real democracy there is in the United States. […]
DragStoryHour1
In the U.S.

Proud Boys get out of Jackson Heights! Defend Drag Story Hours!

December 31, 2022 Stephen Millies
Dec. 29 ― At least 400 people turned out this afternoon in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens, New York, to say no to transphobia and all forms of bigotry.  They were guarding the Drag […]