Author: Stephen Millies

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. […]
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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 […]
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In the U.S.

Super bigot Tucker Carlson is our enemy, not an ally

December 28, 2022 Stephen Millies
Tucker Carlson spews hate like a flamethrower on Fox News five nights a week. He told millions of viewers that the Black Lives Matter movement is “poison.” Carlson hates the anti-racist movement that brought 26 […]
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Political Prisoners

Philadelphia: Fight to free Mumia Abu-Jamal continues

December 17, 2022 Stephen Millies
Dec. 16 ― Supporters packed the courtroom at Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Post-Conviction Relief Act hearing today before Common Pleas Court Judge Lucretia Clemons. Outside, more supporters demonstrated in the rain. Mumia Abu-Jamal is a world-renowned political […]
Retiredrailroadworker
Labor and strikes

Retired railroad worker Stephen Millies on Biden & Congress collaborating against railroad workers

December 13, 2022 Stephen Millies
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Labor and strikes

To hell with the railroad barons: The railroads belong to the people!

December 11, 2022 Stephen Millies
Nobody should be surprised by President Joe Biden’s strikebreaking role in imposing a contract on railroad workers. The agreement had already been voted down by workers in several unions. The imposed contract fails to address […]
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Labor and strikes

As railroad workers fight for dignity and sick leave: Stop government strikebreaking!

December 1, 2022 Stephen Millies
Every worker has the right to withhold their labor. Concerted action and collective bargaining by workers are supposed to be protected by law. That hasn’t stopped President Biden from demanding on Nov. 28 that Congress […]
Albany utilities protest
In the U.S.

Crocodile tears for Ukraine as millions of U.S. families suffer utility shutoffs

November 28, 2022 Stephen Millies
“Kyiv Readies for Brutal, Cold, Dark Winter” is a typical headline in the capitalist media these days. The Nov. 21 Associated Press article—reprinted by Voice of America, the official U.S. propaganda outlet—tells of electrical outages […]