Libero Della Piana

Libero Della Piana, the Senior Strategist at Just Strategy, has thirty years of experience as a writer and organizer for social movement organizations. His writing has been featured in such publications as The Forge, Colorlines, Black Commentator, and People's World. Libero was born and grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, and lives in East Harlem, N.Y.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Libero Della Piana

U.S.

How to watch Al Jazeera in the US
February 4, 2011 By Libero Della Piana
People all over the world have had their eyes on Egypt the past ten days because of the dramatic events unfolding there. Al Jazeera, the Doha, Qatar-based satellite news network has been a key way for...
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U.S.

Steelworkers president talks up green jobs
October 7, 2010 By Libero Della Piana
"The same people who say you can't have good wages and good pensions say you can't have good jobs and a clean environment," Steelworkers leader Leo Gerard said.
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U.S.

Big Coal: damaging communities from Appalachia to Colombia
June 24, 2010 By Libero Della Piana
Kentuckians for the Commonwealth presented "The Struggle for Justice in the Coalfields of Central Appalachia and Colombia" at the U.S. Social Forum.
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Peace

Ban Ki-moon urges anti-nuke activists to “Keep it up”
May 10, 2010 By Libero Della Piana
NEW YORK - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged participants in the International Conference for a Nuclear-Free Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World to keep up their work.
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Peace

Thousands march to UN for nuclear disarmament
May 4, 2010 By Libero Della Piana
On Sunday 15,000 protestors marched from Times Square to the United Nations calling for the abolition of all nuclear weapons.
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U.S.

Struggle requires long view, Jesse Jackson tells left gathering
March 24, 2010 By Libero Della Piana
A conversation with the Rev. Jesse Jackson before an overflow crowd opened this year's Left Forum conference at Pace University in lower Manhattan this weekend.
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Labor

New York May Day reborn
March 22, 2010 By Libero Della Piana
This year, New York's historic May Day celebrations will be reborn with a mass march and rally organized by the labor and immigrant rights movements.
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Peace

And for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize… the Internet?
March 2, 2010 By Libero Della Piana
Yes, that inanimate global network of computers that brought you stupid pet trick videos, time-wasting video games and spam e-mail has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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