Betsey Piette

Is U.S. dollar hegemony ending?

Is there a global movement underway to ditch dependence on the U.S. dollar? Is the world witnessing the end of…

April 20, 2022

Historic one-day strike at Maximus call centers

Workers at two Maximus federal call centers in the U.S. South held a one-day strike March 23 to demand better…

April 4, 2022

Trans Day of Visibility celebrated

To mark Transgender Day of Visibility — celebrated internationally on March 31 — activists gathered for a small rally outside…

April 4, 2022

Historic victory for U.S. Amazon workers

Amazon Labor Union scored an historic victory April 1, becoming the first union at an Amazon facility in the U.S.…

April 1, 2022

Latest U.S. ‘war for oil’ fuels global warming

Is the U.S./NATO-instigated war with Russia, taking place on the battlefield of Ukraine, yet another “war for oil” — or…

March 30, 2022

Rejecting Israeli occupation
Palestinian American fired by elite school

Athletic trainer Natalie Abulhawa, a Palestinian-American Muslim, held a March 16 press conference in Philadelphia to announce the filing of…

March 24, 2022

U.S. wars, sanctions, economic austerity fuel global refugee crises

The outpouring of sympathy for refugees fleeing the current war in Ukraine is nonstop. Continuous news feeds show pictures of…

March 23, 2022

Lockheed and Raytheon – today’s ‘Masters of War’

“Come, you masters of war; You that build the big guns; You that build the death planes; You that build…

March 18, 2022

U.S. racist hypocrisy on refugee crisis

The disparate and often racist treatment of refugees of war is starkly apparent as the crisis unfolds in Ukraine. With…

March 16, 2022

El Sur Global rechaza la agresión de EE. UU. y la OTAN

Mientras EE. UU. y la OTAN trabajan para avanzar en su guerra contra Rusia que ahora estalla en Ucrania, muchos…

March 14, 2022