Stephen Millies – Page 31 – Struggle

“Billionaire landlords have to go!”

August 23, 2020 Stephen Millies

Aug. 20 ― Over five hundred people came to New York City’s public research library on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue this afternoon. They were determined to stop the wave of evictions that is coming. New York […]

Wrecking the post office and the election

August 20, 2020 Stephen Millies

From Harlem to Seattle, mail boxes are being removed by orders of Trump’s handpicked postmaster general, Louis DeJoy. Trump is sabotaging the post office in an attempt to steal the 2020 presidential election. The mail […]

Never forget Delbert Africa, soldier for the people

August 14, 2020 Stephen Millies

Two hundred people marched in Philadelphia on Aug. 8 to protest police terror and honor the memory of Delbert Africa. It was the 42nd anniversary of the police assault on the MOVE house in the […]

A. Philip Randolph wanted a $16.88 minimum wage

August 14, 2020 Stephen Millies

The anniversary of the Aug. 28, 1963, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom is approaching. The historic event is best remembered for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. What the […]

Palestinian Day of Resistance in Brooklyn

August 11, 2020 Stephen Millies

Aug. 7 — Hundreds of people marched through the streets of the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn tonight demanding freedom for Palestine. People came from their homes along the route to show support in this […]

Brooklyn says STOP evictions!

August 8, 2020 Stephen Millies

Aug. 4 — The threat of heavy rain on account of tropical storm Isaias didn’t stop over a hundred people from rallying in front of Brooklyn’s civil court this morning at 141 Livingston Street. People […]

Millions face eviction or foreclosure. The people can stop it!

July 29, 2020 Stephen Millies

A wave of evictions and foreclosures is coming that can throw millions of people into the street. The federal ban on kicking people out of their apartments and houses — which only applied to properties […]

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Capitalist heat wave = death. Air conditioning for all!

July 22, 2020 Stephen Millies

As COVID-19 continues to kill hundreds of people every day in the United States, a summer heat wave will also be a big killer. Twenty-five years ago, at least 739 people died in Chicago during […]

Millions face eviction while banks grab billions

July 16, 2020 Stephen Millies

Alvin Kinnard was jailed for nearly 36 years in Alabama for allegedly stealing $50.75 from a bakery. His real crime was being Black and poor. Kinnard was 22 years old when he was sentenced to […]

Haiti and Bastille Day

July 14, 2020 Stephen Millies

July 14 is Bastille Day. On that date in 1789 tens of thousands of poor people in Paris attacked a hated prison called the Bastille and began the French Revolution. The continual intervention of poor […]