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2 months ago | 
workers.org | Betsey Piette
Entering his second term, President Donald Trump ripped the curtain off the myth of U.S. democracy being “of, by and for the people.” So far, at least 14 billionaires, including Trump, and several multimillionaires now have key roles in his cabal, making Trump’s second administration the richest in U.S. history. Trump chose billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent as treasury secretary and Linda McMahon, another billionaire, as education secretary.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
iacenter.org | Betsey Piette
By Betsey Piette January 16, 2025Why does multibillionaire Elon Musk, one of the richest individuals in the world, need to throw his weight and financial support behind right-wing neofascists and want-to-be dictators such as Donald Trump in the U.S. and others around the world? Musk is not simply one of the world’s richest people.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
workers.org | Betsey Piette
Why does multibillionaire Elon Musk, one of the richest individuals in the world, need to throw his weight and financial support behind right-wing neofascists and want-to-be dictators such as Donald Trump in the U.S. and others around the world? Musk is not simply one of the world’s richest people. He is the monopoly owner of the electric car company Tesla, space launch technology and the social media platform X and as such is a major influence over the global political discourse.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
workers.org | Betsey Piette
PhiladelphiaAfter an over two-year struggle to stop construction of a basketball arena that threatened the destruction of Philadelphia’s historic Chinatown and a contentious 12-to-5 City Council vote approving the plan on Dec. 19, just a few weeks later on Jan.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
workers.org | Betsey Piette
PhiladelphiaThe Save Chinatown Coalition, representing over 245 organizations, and the overwhelming 70% of Philadelphians polled in 2024 who opposed plans by the 76ers basketball team to build an arena in Center City, has cause to celebrate. The Philadelphia Inquirer leaked the news Jan. 12 that an agreement was reached for the team to remain in the stadium district in South Philadelphia.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
iacenter.org | Betsey Piette
By Betsey PietteJanuary 10, 2025Where there is the potential for profit, even the most ardent climate change deniers will seize the opportunity to take advantage of the damage caused by the climate catastrophe. Such is the case with President-elect Donald Trump and his gang of corporate supporters. In late December, Trump announced his plans for the U.S. to take back control of the Panama Canal and to buy the island nation of Greenland, insisting both were critical to U.S. security.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
workers.org | Betsey Piette
Where there is the potential for profit, even the most ardent climate change denierswill seize the opportunity to take advantage of the damage caused by the climate catastrophe. Such is the case with President-elect Donald Trump and his gang of corporate supporters. In late December, Trump announced his plans for the U.S. to take back control of the Panama Canal and to buy the island nation of Greenland, insisting both were critical to U.S. security.
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Dec 13, 2024 | 
workers.org | Betsey Piette
PhiladelphiaDemonstrators in countries around the world this week marked the 43rd anniversary of the unjust and illegal imprisonment of Pennsylvania political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal, who was arrested and brutalized by Philadelphia police on Dec. 9, 1981. At the time, Mumia was falsely accused of the murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner and found guilty in a trial that was widely seen as racist and manipulated.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
workers.org | Betsey Piette
PhiladelphiaDespite bitter cold and windy conditions that made lighting candles impossible, Philadelphia activists held a vigil on Dec. 4 against Dow Chemical, the current owner of the “Killer Carbide Factory.” Protesters demanded that Dow, which purchased Union Carbide in 2001, own up to its responsibilities for the deaths of over 30,000 people in Bhopal, India, in a toxic chemical gas leak on Dec 3, 1984.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
iacenter.org | Betsey Piette |Mumia Abu-Jamal
By Betsey Piette December 6, 2024PhiladelphiaDecember 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. In Philadelphia, a teach-in on political prisoners and dismantling the prison industrial complex will take place on Dec.
