Fight racism
Murder and voting rights
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 […]
Author: Stephen Millies
In the U.S.
Blaming the victims: The Bronx fire tragedy wasn’t an accident
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 […]
In the U.S.
Stop winter evictions!
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 […]
In the U.S.
Indict Amazon for murder!
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 […]
Labor and strikes
Stop Kellogg’s strikebreaking!
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 […]
In the U.S.
Who gets to claim self-defense?
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 […]
Labor and strikes
Killing workers, jacking-up prices: Dead animal capitalists sacrificed meat and poultry workers
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 […]
In the U.S.
Who killed Malcolm X and why?
“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 […]
Covid-19
People before patents: Moderna’s “Grand Theft Vaccine”
The World Health Organization estimates that 5.1 million people have died of the coronavirus. The Economist magazine claims that the real number of deaths may be three times as many. Meanwhile Pfizer expects to rake […]
History
Why we should commemorate Nov. 11
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 […]