Betsey Piette

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker came out strongly in support of billionaire developers on Sept. 18 when she announced that she will present a legislative package to the City Council for approval of a controversial plan by the 76ers basketball team to build an arena in Center City. The pre-recorded announcement, released to select media in a closed-door session, was strongly denounced by protesters with the Save Chinatown Coalition who were gathered outside City Hall.

October 1, 2024, marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, when Mao Zedong declared that “the Chinese people have stood up.” The Friends of Socialist China organized events in London on Sept. 28 – and, along with Workers World Party, in New York City, on Sept. 29, to celebrate the enormous role China plays in the world today and its contributions to the global struggle.

On May 10, Secretary of State Antony Blinken addressed Congress and lied. He said: “We do not currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or otherwise restricting the transport or delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance.”

Seemingly out of the blue, fracking has become a hot button issue in the 2024 presidential election. At the Democratic National Convention in August, Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, presidential and vice presidential candidates, even downplayed the danger of global warming. Despite appearing to oppose fracking when she ran for president in 2020, Harris is now embracing it.

The potential power of a united Global South was on full display at the United Nations in March 2022. Representatives of many countries that

Protesters at the COP29 call for an energy embargo on “Israel,” demanding the cessation of fossil fuel exports that fuel its ongoing aggression against the Gaza Strip. Baku, Azerbaijan, November 2024.

December 9 will mark the 43rd year of unjust incarceration for U.S. political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. Demonstrations, teach-ins and other events will be held in several U.S. cities and in Mexico City, Berlin and Paris.

Philadelphia, PA – December 9 will mark the 43rd year of unjust incarceration for U.S. political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. Demonstrations, teach-ins and other events will be held in several U.S. cities and in Mexico City, Berlin and Paris.

Protesters demand freedom for Mumia, Philadelphia, Dec. 9, 2024. WW Photo: Joe Piette

Within hours of Donald Trump’s electoral victory on Nov. 5, private prison stocks began to soar in anticipation of Trump’s plan to carry out mass deportations of undocumented immigrants. By Nov. 18, stock values for GEO Group and Core Civic – private prison industry leaders – had more than doubled in the month since mid-October in anticipation that Trump’s aggressive deportation plan would increase detention center demand.