Stephen Millies – Page 43 – Struggle

Bloodsucking capitalists: a U.S. specialty

December 17, 2018 Stephen Millies

Besides steel, another vital industry for developed societies is machine tools. These include lathes, drill presses, gear cutters and milling machines ― the machines that make or form machine parts. U.S. industry helped pioneer external […]

Spectrum strikers still fighting

December 16, 2018 Stephen Millies

Members of International Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 3 in the New York City area have been on strike against the Spectrum cable monopoly since March 28, 2017. The 1,800 strikers are fighting Charter Communications, which […]

Trump is our enemy ― not China

December 16, 2018 Stephen Millies

The lying bigot in the White House wants us to hate the People’s Republic of China. Trump claims that China is ripping us off. How so? China isn’t the only country that runs a trade […]

Let the people vote on Amazon!

December 8, 2018 Stephen Millies

One hundred thousand schoolchildren in New York City are homeless. Lead paint contaminates thousands of apartments in the city’s housing projects. But both New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York State Gov. […]

What’s the matter with GE?

December 7, 2018 Stephen Millies

General Electric had $122 billion in revenues last year. But in June it was kicked off the Dow Jones Industrial Average. GE’s replacement was Walgreens Boots Alliance. A few decades ago, Walgreens was just a […]

Capitalism and Marxism

It wasn’t mistakes, it’s capitalism

December 7, 2018 Stephen Millies

GE’s mess isn’t really the result of faulty boardroom decisions. Capitalism’s inner workings — whose laws were discovered by Karl Marx — guaranteed it. Why did Jack Welch and his successor Jeffrey Immelt bet the […]