Author: Stephen Millies

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Fight racism

Racism + COVID = death

February 11, 2022 Stephen Millies
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. declared that “of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.”  The COVID-19 pandemic is more proof Dr. King was right. Death rates […]
Dontcomeinmonday
Labor and strikes

Railroad workers under attack

February 10, 2022 Stephen Millies
A common sign in sweatshops back in 1900 was “If you don’t come on Sunday, don’t come on Monday.” At the Sparrows Point steel mill outside Baltimore, employees worked 84 hours a week. Their only […]
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Fight racism

Murder and voting rights

January 29, 2022 Stephen Millies
The Moore home after the bomb explosion Photo: Moore Cultural ComplexHarriette Moore and Harry T. Moore died for the right to vote. The Ku Klux Klan bombed their Mims, Florida, home on Christmas Day in […]
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In the U.S.

Blaming the victims: The Bronx fire tragedy wasn’t an accident

January 14, 2022 Stephen Millies
Seventeen people died in the Jan. 9 apartment building fire that broke out in the Bronx, New York. Eight of those killed were children. Ousmane Konteh was just 2 years old when he perished. Haouwa […]
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In the U.S.

Stop winter evictions!

January 10, 2022 Stephen Millies
  Jan. 8 – A hundred people marched today in New York City in sub-freezing temperatures to stop evictions. Landlords across New York State want to kick 250,000 families out of their homes. People gathered […]
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In the U.S.

Indict Amazon for murder!

December 18, 2021 Stephen Millies
The death of six workers at an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, during a Dec. 10 tornado didn’t have to happen. Workers died because Jeff Bezos is too cheap to build safe buildings.  The Amazon […]
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Labor and strikes

Stop Kellogg’s strikebreaking!

December 14, 2021 Stephen Millies
The 1,400 workers on strike against Kellogg’s since Oct. 5 are fighting for all workers. Members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) are battling the company’s two-tier system of […]
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In the U.S.

Who gets to claim self-defense?

December 6, 2021 Stephen Millies
How did Kyle Rittenhouse justify killing anti-racist activists Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum, as well as wounding Gaige Grosskreutz in Kenosha, Wisconsin? This white racist vigilante who worships Trump and the police claims that he […]
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Labor and strikes

Killing workers, jacking-up prices: Dead animal capitalists sacrificed meat and poultry workers

December 3, 2021 Stephen Millies
Fifty-nine thousand workers at the five biggest U.S. meatpacking companies fell ill from COVID-19. That’s three times higher than previous estimates, according to the House of Representatives Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis. At least 269 […]
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In the U.S.

Who killed Malcolm X and why?

November 27, 2021 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 […]