Author: Stephen Millies

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In the U.S.

Trump attacks ‘horrible’ Milwaukee

June 24, 2024 Stephen Millies
How deliberate deindustrialization made U.S. cities poor  It shouldn’t surprise anybody that Donald Trump called Milwaukee “horrible.” He hates cities with large Black and Latinx communities. Trump described the Black-majority city of Baltimore — […]
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Around the world

Never forget the U.S.-NATO bombing of China’s embassy!

May 7, 2024 Stephen Millies
May 7, 2024, marks the 25th anniversary of NATO’s bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade. This article was originally published in 2019, when Venezuela’s embassy in Washington, D.C., was being defended against Donald Trump’s […]
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History

UAW workers at Daimler Truck win big wage gains: Organize the South!

May 1, 2024 Stephen Millies
Blinking at the last minute on April 26, Daimler Truck agreed to union demands for big pay raises. The 7,300 United Auto Workers members won an immediate 10% wage increase. Pay will go up by […]
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Fight racism

Hundreds march in Philadelphia to free Mumia Abu-Jamal

April 27, 2024 Stephen Millies
Hundreds of people marched through the streets of Philadelphia on April 24 to demand freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal. That day the world-renowned political prisoner turned 70 years old.  Mumia Abu-Jamal has spent over 42 years […]
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History

Never forget the Ludlow, Colorado, and Veracruz, Mexico, massacres

April 19, 2024 Stephen Millies
Over 20 people were killed by the Colorado National Guard in Ludlow on April 20, 1914, during a coal miners’ strike. Eleven of those murdered were children. They choked to death when the tent above […]
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Around the world

Why can’t everyone have Princess Kate’s medical care?

March 28, 2024 Stephen Millies
 News that the Princess of Wales is battling cancer has swamped the corporate media both in Britain and the United States. People are sympathetic to Catherine Middleton, a mother of three young children, as […]
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Palestine

Vietnam won, so will Palestine

March 9, 2024 Stephen Millies
 The solidarity movement with Palestine has swept the world. So did the struggle against the Vietnam War two generations ago. Close to 80% of Gaza City has been destroyed by U.S.-made and U.S.-paid-for bombs […]
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U.S. / NATO war

Aleksei Navalny’s death and the war drive against Russia

February 24, 2024 Stephen Millies
 Why has the big business media given so much coverage to the death of Aleksei Navalny? The New York Times ran at least 56 articles about the Russian political figure since he died in […]
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Palestine

The links between East Palestine, Ohio, and Gaza, Palestine

February 23, 2024 Stephen Millies
President Biden showed up in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 16 — a year after the Feb. 3, 2023, train wreck that poisoned the village. “You’ve been through hell,” Biden told the residents. What about […]
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Palestine

Under attack for solidarity with Palestine, NYC students are fighting back

February 11, 2024 Stephen Millies
 A thousand people came to New York City’s Washington Square Park in Lower Manhattan on Feb. 8 to show their solidarity with Palestine. “All Students and Youth for Gaza” was the rally’s call. Many […]