Joe Piette

Airport workers arrested while demanding affordable health care 

“Get sick, go broke!  Our health care is a joke.” That call-and-response was chanted loudly and clearly on Nov. 26…

December 6, 2019

Hundreds converge to demand end to “Death by Incarceration”

A sentence of life without parole condemns those who receive it to die in prison. Pennsylvania has more than 5,300…

November 2, 2019

SEIU 32BJ members #BuildingJustice

Thousands of Service Employees union (SEIU) 32BJ members held a spirited march and rally through Center City Philadelphia for #BuildingJustice…

September 29, 2019

BlackRock billionaire hit for rainforest destruction

Demonstrators gathered outside the Circa Center in Philadelphia on Sept. 5 where BlackRock, the world's largest investment firm, has a…

September 14, 2019

Protest of India’s rule over Kashmir

Chanting “From Kashmir to Palestine, occupation is a crime,” over 100 people, mostly immigrants from Kashmir, rallied on Sept. 6…

September 14, 2019

Justice demanded for “comfort women”

Three young activists, biking across the U.S. from Los Angeles to New York City, stopped in Philadelphia on Aug. 26 to…

August 29, 2019

Sanctions kill

Over 30 countries are targeted with sanctions by the U.S., including China, Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Russia, Sudan, Syria,…

August 4, 2019

Prison officials turn away thousands of petitions for Mumia

Dozens of community activists traveled hundreds of miles from four states to Mechanicsburg, Penn., on July 24 to deliver petitions…

July 30, 2019

‘Stop police terror, from Philly to Philippines’

Dozens of people braved 99˚ weather to rally in front of Philadelphia's City Hall on July 21. They gathered to…

July 27, 2019

Puerto Rican community rallies in Philadelphia

Despite temperatures in the high 90s, the Puerto Rican community from across Philadelphia converged at Ninth Street and Hunting Park…

July 25, 2019