Betsey Piette

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

Global South rejects U.S./NATO aggression

As the U.S. and NATO work to advance their war against Russia now breaking out in Ukraine, many countries who…

March 8, 2022

Global supply chain: Rail industry prioritizes profits over safety

The global supply chain crisis, fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, has laid bare systemic problems within global capitalism — when…

March 3, 2022

Flu Klux Klan ‘truckers’ invade Canada

Since early February, corporate media has extensively covered the controversial, right-wing “Freedom Convoy” of so-called “truckers” protesting vaccine mandates in…

February 25, 2022

What $203 billion can buy  

Oh, the trials and tribulations of centibillionaire Jeff Bezos — what to do with $203 billion? Go into space? Done…

February 17, 2022

Safe, affordable housing is a right!

Philadelphia On Jan. 5, 12 people, including nine children in an extended family, died in a row house fire in…

January 17, 2022

40 years unjustly incarcerated/ Mumia petitions for new trial

Attorneys for imprisoned journalist and veteran Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal filed a petition Jan. 4 for a Post-Conviction Relief Appeal…

January 11, 2022

Airline CEOs dictate COVID-19 policy

On Dec. 27, the United States reported a record-breaking number of new COVID-19 cases, with 441,278 infections. On the same…

January 4, 2022

COVID-19 death of student propels teachers’ walkout

Philadelphia The Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down a school mask mandate imposed by the Commonwealth at the beginning of the…

December 21, 2021