China
Never forget the U.S. bombing of China’s embassy!
Twenty years ago — on the night of May 7-8, 1999 — the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, was deliberately bombed by the U.S. Air Force. This war crime was […]
Author: Stephen Millies
Capitalist crisis
It’s still ‘last hired, first fired.’ The truth about the jobless rate
Trump supporters and the capitalist media are celebrating April’s employment report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. They claim this is the best jobs picture since 1969. What’s the real story? The drop in the […]
Political Prisoners
Community, activists demand ‘Free Mumia!’
Two hundred people took to the streets of Philadelphia’s Germantown neighborhood on April 27 to demand freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal and all political prisoners. Every year, supporters march to honor his birthday on April 24. […]
Venezuela
‘We will never surrender’ – Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza speaks
New York — More than 100 people filled The People’s Forum in midtown Manhattan on April 25 to hear the truth about Venezuela. The main speaker was Venezuela’s foreign minister, Jorge Alberto Arreaza Montserrat, who […]
In the U.S.
Hundreds march in Harlem against high rents and evictions
Hundreds of people marched down Harlem’s Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. on April 11 in a Moral March for Housing. They shouted, “Housing is a Right! Fight! Fight! Fight!” and “Get up! Get down! There’s […]
Imperialism and global politics
Protests demand justice for farmers killed by police death squads in the Philippines
A protest outside the Philippine Consulate on New York City’s Fifth Avenue on April 10 demanded justice for 14 farmers killed on March 30. The massacre by the Philippine National Police was in Negros Oriental […]
Conference
Defending socialist achievements in Asia
Talk given by Stephen Millies at the “Unity for Socialism and Revolution” conference in Los Angeles on March 16. Seventy years ago — on Oct. 1, 1949 — Mao Zedong declared “China has stood up!” […]
In the U.S.
Stop taxing the poor!
New York — “Only the little people pay taxes,” bragged the late hotel boss Leona Helmsley. Capitalist politicians always prove her right. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio […]
Palestine
New York protest says: Long live Gaza!
Over 300 people rallied in New York City’s Times Square on March 29 to support the Palestinian people of Gaza. The demonstration marked the first anniversary of the weekly marches there demanding Palestinians’ right to […]
Books
The long shadow of the 1919 Chicago race riot
The Struggle – La Lucha Series by Stephen Millies The following articles are included: • Bombings greet the Great Migration • What did the unions do? • Communists fight racism and evictions • Chicago Mayor […]