Betsey Piette

Pennsylvania legislature tries to stop Mumia Abu-Jamal from speaking

  More often than not college commencement speakers are corporate CEOs, bankers or politicians — the people who will exercise…

October 11, 2014

Peoples Climate March protesters say: ‘We know who is responsible’

Activists in over 2,808 cities in 166 countries participated on Sept. 21 in the first international Peoples Climate March. The events took…

September 23, 2014

Planet’s warming caused by capitalism

Over the last few years numerous scientific studies have reported that the pace of global climate change is accelerating and,…

September 20, 2014

Fast food workers doing ‘Whatever it takes’ to win

Thousands of fast food workers fighting for a $15 hourly wage and union protection walked off their jobs on Sept.…

September 8, 2014

Palestinian youth speak in Philadelphia

Three young Palestinian activists — Majd Ahmad, Omar Abuasi and Rajai Dias — addressed a Philadelphia meeting on Aug. 12…

August 16, 2014

Millions globally protest Israel’s war on Gaza

During the week of July 21-27, millions of people turned out in protests around the world to demand that Israel…

July 29, 2014

Oil trains seen as ‘mile-long bombs’

A runaway train carrying Bakken formation crude oil derailed last year on July 6. The resulting explosion killed 47 people…

July 13, 2014

For-profit tech corporations gain from Common Core testing

In 2002, President George W. Bush ushered in the No Child Left Behind Act that introduced standardized testing throughout elementary…

June 17, 2014

Philadelphia protests denounce cutbacks in public education

Twice in one week, protests against severe underfunding of public schools took to the streets of Center City, Philadelphia.  On…

June 13, 2014

Walmart workers strike in 20 cities

In response to company harassment and attempts to silence workers who had protested and walked off their jobs over intolerable…

June 13, 2014