Stephen Millies – Page 16 – Struggle

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 […]

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 […]

‘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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Elections: The empire strikes back

November 5, 2022 Stephen Millies

Whatever happens in the midterm elections, a mudslide of racist and bigoted filth is pouring down from the heights of capitalist society. Teaching Black history is under attack by labeling it Critical Race Theory. Using […]

A Nobel Prize in foreclosures

October 20, 2022 Stephen Millies

Over eight million families had their dwellings foreclosed by U.S. financial institutions from 2006 to 2016. That means at least 30 million people were kicked out of their homes by the banksters. Millions more were […]

No U.S. intervention in Haiti!

October 20, 2022 Stephen Millies

More than a hundred people marched through the heart of Brooklyn, New York’s Haitian community, on Oct. 17 to protest plans to invade Haiti. Onlookers in cars honked their horns and raised fists in support. […]

China’s 73 years of moving forward

October 1, 2022 Stephen Millies

When the People’s Republic of China was born on Oct. 1, 1949, the country was devastated by years of war. At least 20 million Chinese people were killed. Starvation stalked the land. The Chinese Revolution […]