Rustbelt Radio holiday special

Intro

Welcome to this week's edition of Rustbelt Radio, the Pittsburgh Independent Media Center's weekly review of the news from the grassroots, news overlooked by the corporate media.

Today we present a special Memorial Day program in recognition of innocent people who have been imprisoned or executed, and also those who have been unjustly victimized and incarcerated by the criminal justice system.

Coming up later in the show, we will hear an in depth report on wrongful incarceration including interviews with:

• Bill Moushey of the Innnocence Institute of Pittsburgh
• Tommy Doswell, of Homewood, who was wrongfully incarcerated for 19 years before being cleared by DNA evidence
• Duane Kirk, who was wrongfully incarcerated for 15 months
• and members of the Black Politicial Empowment Project who are working towards legislation for compensation and services for the wrongfully incarcerated.

Also on today's Rustbelt Radio, an interview with the The Icarus Project, a radical mental health organization.

Rustbelt Radio airs live every Monday from 6-7pm on WRCT 88.3FM in Pittsburgh, PA, every Thursday from 11am to noon on WARC-Meadville from the campus of Allegheny College, and every Saturday from 5-6pm on WVJW Benwood, 94.1 FM in the Wheeling, West Virginia area. And we're now on WPTS 92.1FM from the campus of the University of Pittsburgh, also Saturdays at 5pm.

We're also available on the internet, both on WRCT's live webstream at W-R-C-T dot ORG and for download, stream or podcast at radio dot I-N-D-Y-P-G-H dot org.

Waste coal

On our May 22 and May 15 shows, Rustbelt Radio explored the issues surrounding a proposal to build a waste-coal fired power plant in Robinson Township, Washington county, including comments given by those for and against the plant at a series of public meetings held by the Robinson Township planning commision. Today we'll hear one more story from the latest public meeting.

• wastecoal2-2-novo.ogg [3:15]

That was Mary Larcenese, speaking at a public meeting concerning the proposed Robinson Township waste coal power plant. In June, the planning commission will hold one more public meeting, and the township supervisors will begin another series of public meetings. They must decide whether to approve land use permits for the project.

Wrapup

For more on local news, you can visit pittsburgh dot I-N-D-Y-M-E-D-I-A dot org.

Bad Cop No Donut

This week on Bad Cop No Donut we hear about a York, Pennsylvania police officer who used a taser on a stabbing victim.

• bcnd052506.flac: Bad Cop No Donut for 5/25/06 (:44)

Features

Intro

Welcome back to Rust Belt Radio, the Pittsburgh Independent Media Center's weekly review of news from the grassroots.

[8:00] blackbox radio icarus project interview

Next, Megan Williamson of Michigan Indymedia's Black Box Radio takes us inside the Icarus Project, a New York City-based radical mental health organization.

• icarus interview (7:50) [op. ivy at beginning and end] (http://lucy.indypgh.org/~toups/rustbelt/2006-05-29/icarus_interview.flac)

Black Box Radio is Michigan Indymedia's radio program and can be heard weekly on WCBN-FM Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan.

You're listening to Rust Belt Radio.

[40:30]Wrongful Incarceration

We will now air a segment about wrongful incarceration that originally aired October 3rd 2005. We will hear both from people who have been wrongfully incarcerated and people who are fighting on behalf of the innocent.

That was just a Rustbelt Radio special on Wrongful Incarceration.

Ending

Calendar of events

And now we present the Indymedia calendar of events:

• On the 25th anniversary of the first diagnosed case of AIDS, the time for Pittsburgh to mobilize to defeat this disease is now. Please join the Partnership for Minority HIV/AIDS Prevention and the Southwestern Pennsylvania AIDS Planning Coalition for The Future is Now, a community forum featuring renowned AIDS activist Phill Wilson, Tuesday, May 30th, 5:30 P.M., East Liberty Presbyterian Church, The Cathedral of Hope. For more information call: 412.441.0259.

• Join Steel Queer N'At for a night of queer cabaret performance this Friday, June 2nd, at the Pittsburgh Eagle on 1740 Eckert Street. Steel Queer N'At is a collective of queer creators, eclectic artists, and performers in the city of Pittsburgh. Tickets can be purchased at the Big Idea bookstore in Bloomfield at Liberty and Millvale or at the Pleasant Present at 2301 Murray Avenue in Squirrel Hill.

• Join Pittsburgh Friends of Immigrants at the Pittsburgh Cultural Minglefest and Regional Conference for Immigrants’ Rights on June 3 from noon to 4 PM at the 1st Lutheran Church, 615 Grant Street, downtown Pittsburgh. The free event features speakers from Families for Freedom and Friendship House / Golden Venture Foundation, along with workshops, information on services for immigrants, refugees, and asylees, multicultural tablings, entertainment, and refreshments. For more information contact Pittsburgh Friends of Immigrants at 412-488-9713 or 412-824-5946 or issuesfirst@gmail.com

• In the early 70s, activist Angela Davis was sought by the FBI... Come learn about her work for justice and celebrate the anniversary of her acquittal in June 1972 with a screening of a documentary about African-American women activists, "A Place of Rage", and Coco Fusco's "a/k/a Mrs. George Gilbert". The event will be held at the Thomas Merton Center on June 4 from 4 pm to 6 pm. Please see www.dancedancerevolutionary.org or call 412.983.8758 for more information.

Outro

Thanks for tuning in to Rust Belt Radio here on WRCT Pittsburgh, WARC Meadville, WVJW Benwood and WPTS Pittsburgh.

This show included reports from Andalusia Knoll, Megan Williamson and Jessica McPherson. This week's show was produced by Brandon Kuzcenski and Donald Deeley. Special thanks to all of our hosts, producers, and contributors.

You can get involved with Rustbelt Radio! To contact us, or to send us your comments, email RADIO at I-N-D-Y-P-G-H dot ORG. All of our shows are available for download or podcast on our website at RADIO dot INDY-P-G-H dot ORG and this show can be heard again Tuesday morning on WRCT at 9 AM after Democracy Now!

Tune in next week at this time for another edition of Rustbelt Radio, the Pittsburgh Independent Media Center's weekly review of news from the grassroots.