Betsey Piette

Global supply chain crisis: Capitalism, militarism and infrastructure

Multiple issues confront the U.S. capitalist economy during the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. Of major impact is the global supply chain…

December 3, 2021

What’s in your water?

What’s in your water? Can you trust that paper wrapped around your take-out sandwich — or the plastic clamshell —…

November 26, 2021

COP26: Youth demand change, politicians protect fossil fuel industry

Two weeks of high-profile negotiations, against a background of climate catastrophes, ended Nov. 13 with little to show for the…

November 17, 2021

Amazon union organizing – a crowd favorite at ‘Peoplehood

Philadelphia Nov. 6 – More than 200 community activists marched through West Philadelphia today in the 21st “Peoplehood” event organized…

November 12, 2021

Supply chain crisis: Driven by deregulation

Corporate media and the Biden administration have focused on major West Coast ports, specifically Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif.,…

November 4, 2021

Justice again denied for Mumia Abu-Jamal

Philadelphia, PA The Pennsylvania Superior Court on Oct. 26 denied Pennsylvania political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal’s appeals, filed in 2019 following…

November 1, 2021

La lucha de clases mundial impulsa el bloqueo de la cadena de suministro

Por Betsey Piette El atasco mundial de la cadena de suministro sigue recibiendo la atención de los medios de comunicación…

October 28, 2021

Global class struggle drives supply chain logjam

The global supply logjam continues to receive attention from the corporate media, the most influential CEOs and politicians. They claim…

October 26, 2021

Medical release for Maroon

Oct. 25 — Pennsylvania political prisoner Russell Maroon Shoatz’s petition for medical release was finally granted by Philadelphia County Court…

October 25, 2021

Protests demand Luma out!

Philadelphia Activists protesting the privatization of Puerto Rico’s electric utility company and the devastating power outages affecting the island’s most…

October 20, 2021