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 […]
Author: Stephen Millies
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 […]
Fight racism
Black workers matter
For over 50 years, the wealthy and powerful have tried to claw back what was won by the Black liberation movement in the 1960s. Richard Nixon and the presidents that followed dramatically escalated the war […]
Labor and strikes
The Senate says no to $15
The United States Senate voted unanimously against raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 per hour. Not a single senator yelled “nay” in a Feb. 4 voice vote that prohibited the pay increase. […]
Amazon
Rosa Parks vs. Amazon
The labor of Amazon workers during the COVID-19 disaster has been absolutely essential. At least 20,000 of them have caught the coronavirus while working through the pandemic. Without any labor of his own, Amazon boss […]
Labor and strikes
Bronx produce workers fight for justice
Bulletin: Because of the courage of the striking workers, and the support given to them by the community, a tentative agreement was reached Jan. 22. The 8.6 million people living in the Big Apple eat […]
Fight racism
Disbar Rudy Giuliani – Reinstate Alton Maddox!
Rudy Giuliani may finally be kicked out of the courts. He’s been busy there trying to get Black votes thrown out in cities like Detroit and Philadelphia. The New York State Bar Association is considering […]
Fight racism
Harlem remembers Dr. King the fighter
A hundred people braved cold winds to honor the fightback legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Harlem on Jan. 18. People gathered at the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building plaza. A […]
Elections
Before the attack on the U.S. Capitol: Trump’s Wisconsin coup attempt
After a fascist mob was allowed to take over the U.S. Capitol, Trump’s attempts to overturn the election can’t be dismissed as a clown show. It should have been obvious weeks before. Wisconsin showed how […]
La Lucha por el Socialismo
¡Alto a la guerra contra los vendedores ambulantes!
Los hombres desempleados vendieron manzanas durante la Gran Depresión. Noventa años después, muchas aceras de la ciudad están llenas de comerciantes informales que intentan vender comida, ropa y equipo de protección personal. ¿Por qué estos […]