I think that electrons are attractee/repulsed by an electric field is because
they have a charge. Similarly, when they see a B (magnetic) field moving
relative to them, then they experience a force because the B field looks like
an eleactric field.

Photons are not charged and do not respond to E or B fields.

The situation with spins is that electrons have spin 1/2 and photons have
spin 0 (I think).

David