Joseph Piette

Global actions call for Mumia’s freedom

A call for freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal and all political prisoners is picking up steam, with solidarity actions planned for…

March 18, 2018

Philly workers fight bigotry at nonprofit agency

The Black and Brown Workers Cooperative organized a press conference outside the office of Philadelphia FIGHT on March 1 to…

March 10, 2018

Solidarity with Muslims in Philadelphia

A social justice-focused synagogue named Kol Tzedek — a Voice for Justice — and the West Philly Coalition Against Islamophobia…

February 18, 2018

Puerto Rican evacuees face homelessness in Philadelphia

Over 1,500 evacuees from Hurricane Maria that devastated Puerto Rico last September, most of them housed by relatives in the…

February 15, 2018

Action needed! Pennsylvania DOC prison system threatens to ban Workers World newspaper for reporting on Florida prison strike

The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections is threatening to censor Workers World newspaper from being read by over 300 prisoners in…

February 7, 2018

A visit with Mumia Abu-Jamal

Prisoner ailing but still fighting Mahanoy SCI, Pa. — Philadelphia political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal looks older than he should at…

January 9, 2018

Serious questions after notorious Philly DA appointed

Longtime Philadelphia civil rights attorney and newly elected District Attorney Larry Krasner has appointed former DA and retired State Supreme…

December 7, 2017

Eyewitness Puerto Rico: Lacking electricity, people support each other

Nov. 12 — Access to electricity has been fundamental to modern life since the beginning of the 20th century, yet…

November 15, 2017

Workers World challenge overturns Pennsylvania prison ban

The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections sent a letter to Workers World Publishers on Oct. 13, informing us that the denial…

October 28, 2017

Labor unions rally for justice for Puerto Rico

Labor rallied for Puerto Rico in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 18, demanding Congress provide much-needed post-hurricane relief as well as…

October 25, 2017