Betsey Piette

Stop police harassment of Ferguson protest organizers

Philadelphia — As protests continue to spread across the U.S. and around the world in response to police brutality and…

December 11, 2014

Town hall meeting builds resistance

Philadelphia -- “What the next steps in building resistance to police brutality will be” was the topic of a historic…

December 11, 2014

Indict the whole rotten system

No one was really surprised that Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch failed to get a St. Louis County grand jury to…

December 3, 2014

Racism and the underfunding of Philadelphia schools

Betsey Piette, of the Philadelphia branch of Workers World Party, gave this talk at the WWP national conference, held on…

November 24, 2014

Suit challenges law muzzling Mumia

Attorneys representing political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal filed a lawsuit in federal court in Harrisburg, Pa., on Nov. 10 seeking to…

November 20, 2014

Lawsuit challenges Mumia-muzzling act

Attorneys representing political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal filed a lawsuit in federal court in Harrisburg, Pa., on Nov. 10 seeking to…

November 15, 2014

Pennsylvania charged with ‘apartheid’ in higher education

A coalition of Cheyney University supporters filed a major federal civil rights lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the…

November 4, 2014

Orden de mordaza contra Mumia Abu-Jamal silencia todos los prisioneros

Filadelfia —Ahora cuando más y más condenas están siendo revocadas  y las/os prisioneros puestos en libertad debido a las acciones…

October 28, 2014

Demonstrators drown out Pa. Gov. Corbett who signed ‘Silence Mumia Law’

Philadelphia, Oct. 21 — Lots of media were on hand today in Philadelphia to record the moment when Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett put…

October 22, 2014

State’s gag order vs Mumia Abu-Jamal silences all prisoners

Philadelphia -- At a time when more and more convictions are being reversed and prisoners released because of improper, racist…

October 21, 2014