Joseph Piette

Postal hunger strike targets Congress

Washington, D.C. — Postal workers carried out a six-day encampment and hunger strike once again in Washington, D.C. This time they…

January 2, 2013

Community protests killer cops

Philadelphia community activists organized by Free the Streets marched on Dec. 7 from 61st and Market streets, near where Derrick…

December 13, 2012

Racist cops protested in Philadelphia

Community members protested outside a Fraternal Order of Police benefit in Philadelphia on Oct. 28.  One sign read, “The FOP…

November 8, 2012

Support for Walmart union organizing in Philadelphia

Close to 50 Food and Commercial Workers union members, Occupy Philly and other labor activists assembled at the front doors…

October 17, 2012

Hundreds join Philly trans march

The second annual Philly Trans March Oct. 6 was dedicated to Kyra (Kruz) Cordova, a 27-year-old Philadelphia transgender woman who…

October 15, 2012

Privatization of postal trucking an attack on all freight workers

The billionaires and their politicians in government want to dismantle the world's largest civilian motor vehicle fleet, which is used…

October 15, 2012

Pa. guv meeting disrupted by protest

Protesters disrupted Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett’s “Town Hall” meeting on Sept. 19. Ten minutes into the event at the Philadelphia…

September 29, 2012

Activists tell Pa. Gov. Corbett: ’Corporate welfare, NO! Human welfare, YES!’

“Gov. [Tom] Corbett, blood is on your hands,” charged Jeffrey Jordan, pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church, on Sept. 13.…

September 22, 2012

Solitary confinement protested in Philadelphia

A Sept. 17 Philadelphia protest to abolish solitary confinement in Pennsylvania drew more than 100 people, who listened to former…

September 20, 2012

Chicago & Philadelphia teachers — same struggle, same fight

The message “Chicago & Philadelphia teachers – same struggle, same fight” was featured on one of the signs being waved…

September 19, 2012