Elections
Stop stealing Black votes!
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 […]
Author: Stephen Millies
History
Long live the Paris Commune!
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 […]
Covid-19
‘Free the vaccine’ protest hits Pfizer profiteering
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 […]
Political Prisoners
Philadelphia: Free Mumia! Free them all!
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 […]
Elections
Only the people can find the truth
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 […]
Covid-19
It’s not your fault
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 […]
Amazon
From Alabama to Harlem ― Union rights are human rights!
Winter rain didn’t stop people from coming out on Feb. 28 in Harlem to show their support for the Amazon workers in Bessemer, Ala. More than a hundred people demonstrated in front of the Amazon-owned […]
Labor and strikes
How a Black elevator operator helped forge the SEIU
One of the largest unions in the United States is the Service Employees International Union. Two million essential workers belong to it. Hospital workers belonging to 1199SEIU are on the front lines of the coronavirus […]
Amazon
Brooklyn supports Amazon workers
“Amazon workers, we stand with you! Unions are a human right!” Those were two of the slogans shouted on Linden Boulevard in the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn on Feb. 20. Close to a […]
In the U.S.
Texas tragedy wasn’t inevitable: Take over the utilities!
Feb. 20 — Millions of people in Texas are living in misery after a winter storm hit the state. For days they have been without heat, light and water. The loss of electricity caused food […]