Betsey Piette

Racist Rizzo statue taken down

Philadelphia Philadelphia city officials removed the hated Frank Rizzo statue, long the target of demonstrations against police brutality and white…

June 5, 2020

International movement demands: ‘Justice for Major Tillery!

On May 17, word spread via social media that Major Tillery, a political prisoner at Pennsylvania’s State Correctional Institution Chester,…

May 26, 2020

Fossil fuel money funds ‘back to work’ movement

Picture this: Thousands of oil tankers surrounding the globe with nowhere to dock.  The accompanying map shows the position of…

May 26, 2020

On anniversary of historic bombing: MOVE’s message is ‘Free Mumia!’

Philadelphia May 13 was an historic and emotionally charged day as the city of Philadelphia took time to commemorate the…

May 18, 2020

Sanctions = Health terrorism

A timely international webinar, sponsored by SanctionsKill.org on May 9, featured representatives from Cuba, Iran, Nicaragua, Syria and Venezuela, plus…

May 12, 2020

May Day 2020: ‘Capitalism is killing us!’

This year’s celebrations of May 1, International Workers’ Day, in the United States reflected the growing coast-to-coast fightback of workers…

May 5, 2020

Pennies for the workers, billions for the bosses

The distribution of government funds in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has torn away any facade of the U.S. as…

May 4, 2020

Impacto a largo plazo de caída histórica del precio del petróleo

Por primera vez en la historia, el 20 de abril, el precio del petróleo estadounidense cayó a menos $38 por…

April 28, 2020

Longterm impact of historic oil price plunge

For the first time in history, on April 20 the price of U.S. oil fell to minus $38 per barrel.…

April 24, 2020

Mumia Abu-Jamal supporters respond quickly to prison hoax

When a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections spokesperson callously claimed that Mumia Abu-Jamal was being hospitalized with COVID-19 at 5 p.m.…

April 22, 2020