Author: Stephen Millies

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Covid-19

‘Is COVID-19 as deadly as they say?’ Stupid question. Deadly answer.

April 7, 2021 Stephen Millies
  “Is COVID-19 as Deadly as They Say?” was a headline in the Wall Street Journal on March 25, 2020. One year later, over 2.8 million people around the world have died of the coronavirus. […]
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Fight racism

Manny Mayí, présenté! Murdered 30 years ago by racist mob in NYC

April 7, 2021 Stephen Millies
People gathered outside the office of Queens County District Attorney Melinda Katz on April 2 to demand justice for Manuel Mayí. The 18-year old Dominican man, known as Manny, was murdered 30 years before on […]
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Elections

Axe handles and voting rights

April 2, 2021 Stephen Millies
There’s nothing new about the attack on voting rights in Georgia. In 1868, the racists in the state legislature declared its Black elected members to be ineligible. (“Black Reconstruction in America” by W.E.B. Du Bois.) […]
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Around the world

Haiti demands freedom

April 1, 2021 Stephen Millies
Haitian people and their supporters demonstrated around the world against the U.S.-imposed regime of Jovenel Moïse. Thousands marched in Haiti on March 28 against ex-president Moïse, who is still clinging to power despite his term […]
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Elections

Stop stealing Black votes!

March 30, 2021 Stephen Millies
The whole world can watch Georgia state Rep. Park Cannon being arrested on YouTube. As an elected official, the Black woman was trying to witness Gov. Brian Kemp sign a voter suppression bill on March […]
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History

Long live the Paris Commune!

March 20, 2021 Stephen Millies
One hundred fifty years ago, poor and working people in Paris took power into their own hands. The Paris Commune was born on March 18, 1871. Karl Marx ― the founder of scientific socialism, also […]
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Covid-19

‘Free the vaccine’ protest hits Pfizer profiteering

March 15, 2021 Stephen Millies
More than a hundred people gathered outside Pfizer’s midtown Manhattan headquarters on March 11 to demand the drug company provide its COVID-19 vaccine to poor countries.  Under current schedules, it won’t be until 2024 that […]
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Political Prisoners

Philadelphia: Free Mumia! Free them all!

March 15, 2021 Stephen Millies
Righteously angry people protested outside the office of Philadelphia’s “progressive” District Attorney Larry Krasner on March 12. They demanded the immediate release of world-famous political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal and all other incarcerated fighters for the […]
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Elections

Only the people can find the truth

March 13, 2021 Stephen Millies
The U.S. House of Representatives didn’t bolt its doors on March 4 because of a holiday. It was shut down by threats of a replay of the Jan. 6 fascist assault by Trump supporters. On […]
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Covid-19

It’s not your fault

March 8, 2021 Stephen Millies
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo may be forced to resign. Several women have come forward to say he’s a serial sexual harasser and all around creep. Meanwhile 15,000 people have died of Covid-19 in New […]