Joseph Piette

Murders of protesters in Oaxaca condemned

In response to the police killing of eight activists and injuries to more than 100 others at a teachers’ protest…

June 24, 2016

Major Tillery case appealed

The family and other supporters of Major Tillery, who has been in Pennsylvania prisons unjustly for over 30 years, gathered…

June 21, 2016

Fort Dix 5 – Islamophobia crushes justice

Camden, N.J. - Brothers Eljvir, Dritan and Shain Duka were convicted eight years ago of participating in a plot they…

June 8, 2016

Thousands march on McDonald’s for $15/hr and a union

Despite heavy rains and winds, fast food workers and their supporters converged May 25 on McDonald’s corporate headquarters in Oak…

June 1, 2016

Protest calls for ending ‘death by incarceration’

A rally on May 6 called on Pennsylvania to end the legal sentence “juvenile life without parole” (JLWOP), also known…

May 12, 2016

Philadelphia high school walkout demands necessities

High school students left their classrooms and marched from the Philadelphia School District offices to City Hall in a “Philly…

April 12, 2016

Overflow crowd attends Duka appeal hearings

Camden, N.J. -- The courtroom was packed. Despite 20 degree Fahrenheit weather, a rally outside the courthouse before the hearing started…

January 14, 2016

Philadelphia taxi drivers demand a living

Hundreds of Philadelphia taxi and limousine drivers blocked traffic around City Hall and snarled Center City traffic for an hour…

December 27, 2015

Meeting builds support for Ft. Dix 5 appeal

Standing up to an unrelenting wave of fear and hatred in the media targeting anyone of the Islamic faith, political…

December 21, 2015

Don’t let Paris be a pretext!

Philadelphians from the Black Lives Matter, anti-war, Palestinian and other people’s movements joined a “Don’t Let Paris Attacks Be Pretext…

November 25, 2015