Author: Stephen Millies

TuckerCarlsonBuffalocartoon
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 […]
Phillymumia1
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
Baltrr1
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 […]
Railroad ILWU
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 […]
ZANU PF congress
Around the world

‘Leaving no one and no place behind’: Zimbabwe is moving ahead

November 19, 2022 Stephen Millies
Sistas’ Place in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, was packed on Nov. 15 as members of the December 12th Movement reported on their trip to Zimbabwe. D12 Chairwoman Viola Plummer, along with Omowale […]
Billionairesbuyingelections
In the U.S.

The best elections money can buy

November 11, 2022 Stephen Millies
Nov. 10 — After the midterm elections, it looks like the Democrats may keep running the U.S. Senate. The Republicans may take over the House of Representatives by a small margin. Meanwhile, Mumia Abu-Jamal and […]
AngolaIndependence
In the U.S.

Why we should commemorate Nov. 11

November 11, 2022 Stephen Millies
Even though Veterans Day is a federal holiday, only 19 percent of workers employed by private business get the day off. Originally called Armistice Day, it marks the end of World War I “at the 11th hour […]
Speakingtotheredarmy
Capitalism and Marxism

Throwing door open for oppressed people: Bolshevik Revolution changed the world forever

November 7, 2022 Stephen Millies
One-hundred-and-five years ago, on Nov. 7, 1917, workers and peasants overthrew the capitalist government in Russia. The world hasn’t been the same since. Two million soldiers in the Russian army had died in World War […]