Joseph Piette

Nurses strike multibillion hedge fund, defend patient care

Upper Darby, Pa. - A couple hundred community, political and labor activists rallied and marched on March 5 in support…

March 9, 2017

Philadelphia gathering confronts health and water crisis

A People’s Assembly to “Confront Toxic Water & Hep C Crisis Threatening Lives of Mumia Abu-Jamal, other Prisoners and our…

February 23, 2017

Philadelphia activists: ‘Divest from Standing Rock!’

Protesters ­picketed on Feb. 3 at Philadelphia’s main office of Wells Fargo Bank, which has over $400 million invested in…

February 9, 2017

A peoples’ victory: Court rules to give Mumia Abu-Jamal hep C cure

Federal District Court Judge Robert Mariani has ordered the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) to treat political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal…

January 6, 2017

Rally in Pennsylvania on International Day for Migrants

December 18 is recognized by the United Nations as International Migrants Day to spotlight the need for safe, orderly and…

December 31, 2016

‘For Peltier and Standing Rock!’

Led by a colorful banner demanding freedom for imprisoned Native leader Leonard Peltier, over 500 #NoDAPL activists and Indigenous warriors…

December 18, 2016

Bank pipeline to DAPL blocked

Over 200 people joined a rally and march in Philadelphia on Dec. 1 in solidarity with water protectors and Indigenous…

December 8, 2016

Pennsylvanians resist anti-immigrant attacks

A march Nov. 21 on the Philadelphia office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement demanded a halt to deportation proceedings for…

December 2, 2016

Oaxaca teachers speak in Philly on Indigenous struggle, labor

The struggle for the right of Indigenous peoples and their teachers to an educational system free from corporate control was…

November 22, 2016

Transit workers win in Philadelphia strike

“Tentative agreement reached. We are off strike.” With that Nov. 7 message, the Transportation Workers Union Local 234 blogged the…

November 7, 2016