Betsey Piette

Delegation from Philadelphia makes #Big Push for Puerto Rico

A delegation from Philadelphia that included members of the International Action Center, Philadelphia REAL Justice and Workers World Party traveled…

December 24, 2017

Mumia Abu-Jamal events raise question: ‘Have Black lives ever mattered?’

Philadelphia – “Have Black Lives Ever Mattered,” the title of Mumia Abu-Jamal’s latest book, was also the focus of Dec.…

December 13, 2017

Philly elects progressive DA

By a 3-to-1 margin, Larry Krasner, one of Philadelphia’s most progressive defense attorneys, was elected district attorney on Nov. 7.…

November 15, 2017

‘Stop criminalization of dissent!’

Nearly 100 people, complete with a giant Trump puppet, marched and rallied outside the Philadelphia Art Museum on Nov. 11…

November 15, 2017

Protest denounces U.S. for Puerto Rico crisis

More than 100 people gathered for a late afternoon, rush-hour rally outside Philadelphia City Hall on Sept. 29 to demand…

October 4, 2017

Breakthrough in Mumia’s fight for justice

DA ordered to release entire case file In the latest development in a months-long judicial tug-of-war between attorneys for political…

September 20, 2017

More Labor Day 2017: When we fight, we win!

On Labor Day 2017, along with traditional union parades, workers in U.S. cities from coast to coast held direct actions…

September 14, 2017

On heels of DA scandal: Free Mumia Abu-Jamal!

Scores of demonstrators brought afternoon rush-hour traffic in Philadelphia’s Center City to a halt on July 7 as they took…

July 12, 2017

Stop DA office coverup, free Mumia now!

For the second time, Common Pleas Court Judge Leon Tucker ordered the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on June 22 to release…

July 5, 2017

Historic marker acknowledges 1985 bombing of MOVE members

Philadelphia — Due to the hard work and dedication of middle school students from the Jubilee School here, there is…

June 27, 2017