Author: Stephen Millies

Fight racism

Fred Hampton remembered in New York

December 29, 2019 Stephen Millies
People came to The People’s Forum in Midtown Manhattan on Dec. 20 to honor the memory of Fred Hampton on the 50th anniversary of his assassination. The chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party was […]
Labor and strikes

‘Cancel Spectrum’s franchise!’

December 28, 2019 Stephen Millies
New York, Dec. 23 — Striking Spectrum cable workers and their supporters gathered on the steps of City Hall today to demand the New York City Council kick the union-busting outfit out of town. The […]
Cuba

New York City remembers Fidel

November 27, 2019 Stephen Millies
Nov. 25 ― On the third anniversary of Fidel Castro’s passing, people came to the Cuban mission to the United Nations to celebrate his life. The historical leader of the Cuban revolution, who was loved […]
Cuba

The world says No! to the U.S. blockade of Cuba

November 11, 2019 Stephen Millies
Nov. 7 — For the 28th year in a row, an almost unanimous United Nations General Assembly demanded an end to the United States economic blockade of Cuba. Over 7 billion people live in the […]
In the U.S.

Keep public housing public!

November 11, 2019 Stephen Millies
New York, Nov. 6 — Housing activists gathered on the steps of City Hall today and said no to the privatization of the largest public housing system in the U.S. Developers want to kick out […]
Chicago 1919

The people put Harold Washington in City Hall

November 9, 2019 Stephen Millies
The long shadow of the Chicago race riot, Part 7 By 1970, people of color were already close to half of Chicago’s population. The Daley machine — which still had white ward bosses on the […]
Capitalism and Marxism

The Russian Revolution changed the world forever

November 7, 2019 Stephen Millies
One-hundred-and-two years ago on Nov. 7, 1917, workers and peasants overthrew the capitalist government in Russia. Two million soldiers in the Russian army had died in World War I. Russia was ruled by the cruel […]
Around the world

Stop state fascism in the Philippines!

November 6, 2019 Stephen Millies
New York, Nov. 4 — A picket line outside the Philippines Consulate tonight on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue protested police raids carried out in metropolitan Manila and Negros Island. They chanted, “Activism is not a crime!” […]
Chicago 1919

Chicago Mayor Daley’s racist machine

November 3, 2019 Stephen Millies
Mayor Richard Daley stands at the microphone during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The long shadow of the Chicago race riot, Part 5 In the spring of 1937 the Congress of Industrial Organizations—the […]
Cuba

Speaking out for Cuba

November 3, 2019 Stephen Millies
Cities across the United States are demanding the U.S. government stop its cruel blockade of Cuba. Activists came to the New York City council on Halloween to do the same. The NYC Council Committee on […]