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Pittburgh: Blast Furnace Radio returns to the internet vincent / blast furnace radio 2009-06-23 1:01 PM
tune in! http://www.usanrk.com:8000/blast.m3u (audio/x-mpegurl)

Rustbelt Radio for June 15, 2009 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2009-06-15 11:37 PM
On today's show... * We explore the roots of the global food crisis * The Officer who killed Oscar Grant will stand trial for murder * A campaign for Israel divestment is launched in Pittsburgh * Domestic Workers United march in New York for a bill of rights * The Pittsburgh City Council votes to arm police with assault rifles * And more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

THE TYPEWRITERGIRLS POETRY CABARET BRINGS RHYME AND REASON TO THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE EMPLOYE Crystal J. Hoffman 2009-06-04 4:58 PM
THE TYPEWRITERGIRLS POETRY CABARET BRINGS RHYME AND REASON TO THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE EMPLOYEE FREE CHOICE ACT Arts Community Joins Small Business Effort in Fight for Labor Law Reform (text/plain + 4 comments)

Pittsburgh Visionary Arts Festival Alberto J. Almarza 2009-06-03 11:28 PM

This is an event I want to promote. I honor your vision and audience, so I thought this would be a good place for this. It's the Pittsburgh Visionary Arts Festival, a unique event to counterpart and expand the limited existing art scene by providing an alternative which is not craft, product or profit based. In the VAF's definition of "visionary" special attention is given to political, environmental and social activism and art. (image/jpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for June 01, 2009 Pittsburgh Indymedia: Rustbelt Radio Collecti 2009-06-02 2:15 PM
On today's show... *Bolivian Anarcha-Feminist Julieta Paredes of Mujeres Creando * Pennsylvania enters the national marriage equality debate * Pittsburghers rally for single payer healthcare * Ireland's Shell to Sea campaign fights against a natural gas pipeline * And more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

Meeting to Form Anti-Authoritarian Working Group to Organize Resistance to the G20 in PGH Some PGH Anarchists 2009-06-01 2:35 AM
Pittsburgh anarchists and antiauthoritarians are invited to participate in a planning meeting to form an anti-authoritarian working group to resist the G20 in September. The working group will take responsibility for --Providing a mobilization infrastructure on the ground in Pittsburgh --Circulating information and propaganda building hype for the protests --Reaching out to activists across the country that are interested in resisting the G20 --Creating a space for the formation of an action framework (text/plain + 3 comments)

G20 Meeting in Pittsburg Spetember 24th Junkie 2009-05-28 8:11 PM
According to CNN the next G20 economic meeting will be in Pittsburg in September. (text/plain)

Pittsburgh to host G20 gwen 2009-05-28 7:55 PM
Pittsburgh is to host G20 on September 24 and 25 Downtown at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. (text/plain + 5 comments)

Toast Restaurant Commits to Stop Selling Foie Gras Voices for Animals of Western PA 2009-05-24 9:05 PM

Voices For Animals' Foie Gras-Free Pittsburgh campaign gains another victory as Baum Blvd. restaurant Toast! Kitchen & Wine Bar gives a signed commitment to no longer sell foie gras. (image/jpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for May 18, 2009 Pittsburgh Indymedia: Rustbelt Radio Collecti 2009-05-19 12:12 AM
On today's show: Feminist spoken word artist Alix Olson performs in Pittsburgh, locals organize a fund raiser to support Eight activists organizing protests against last year's Republican convention who are facing serious criminal charges, Ireland's Shell to Sea activists halt further production of dangerous gas pipeline, Obama clears the way for more mountaintop removal mining, And more in our local and global headlines. (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for May 4, 2009 Pittsburgh Indymedia: Rustbelt Radio Collecti 2009-05-04 11:59 PM
On today's show: We interview the 1st Palestinian hip hop group- DAM, We take an in-depth look at the current situation in Pakistan, A "Checkpoint Demonstration" brings a hard taste of Palestinian life to Pittsburgh, and An update on last July's deadly assault on immigrant Luis Ramirez, plus more in our local and global headlines. (audio/mpeg)

George W Bush to speak in Erie, Pa June 17 dailykos.com 2009-05-01 4:11 AM
The Manufacturer & Business Association’s 104th Annual Event 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Bayfront Convention Center Erie, Pennsylvania Keynote Speaker: George W. Bush 43rd President of the United State (text/plain)

George W Bush to speak in Erie, Pa June 17 dailykos.com 2009-04-30 10:02 PM

The Manufacturer & Business Association’s 104th Annual Event 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Bayfront Convention Center Erie, Pennsylvania Keynote Speaker: George W. Bush 43rd President of the United State (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

Rustbelt Radio for April 20, 2009 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2009-04-21 12:41 AM
On today's show... * Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish Speaks in Pittsburgh of Peace in the Gaza Strip * The Anti-discrimination HB300 Bill Moves to Pass This Year * An Inside Look and History of Somali Pirates * United Workers march for Economic Human Rights in Baltimore's Inner Harbor * And more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

Specter Staff Threatens to Trash Letters in Support of Employee Free Choice Pennsylvania Worker News 2009-04-20 8:30 PM
Hello? These are Pennsylvania residents whom the senator represents. This is the way you treat your constituents? (text/html)

Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish - Life between Gaza and Israel: From Tragedy to Reconciliation kharun 2009-04-20 6:58 PM
On April 13th, Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, a Palestinian gynecologist from the Jabalya refugee camp in Gaza, spoke to an audience at the Pittsburgh Jewish Community Center advocating peace and coexistence. ( Clip 1: Lecture - 45 mins ) ( Clip 2: Q&A Session - 37 mins ) (audio/mpeg)

PAAV World Week for Animals in Labs Protest PittAAV.com 2009-04-17 3:33 AM
Please join Pittsburgh Association for the Abolition of Vivisection (PAAV) in recognizing World Week for Animals in Laboratories by protesting one of the largest animal research sites within the city of Pittsburgh. Visit the WWAIL website at wwail.org for more information on this event. (text/plain)

Ali Abunimah Lecture - Palestine/Israel and the end of the two-state solution Khalid Harun 2009-04-15 6:01 AM
Audio recordings of a lecture on 3/17/2009 by Ali Abunimah, the co-founder and executive director of The Electronic Intifada. He shares his views on the conflict in the Middle East and about the possibility of a One State Solution. ( Clip 1: Lecture - 1 hour 10 mins ) ( Clip 2: Q&A Session - 1 hour 20 mins ) (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for April 6, 2009 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2009-04-06 11:21 PM
On today's show... * Highlights from Penn Future's conference on global warming * A historic power shift in El Salvador's recent election * Pam Africa, of Philadelphia's MOVE organization speaks in Pittsburgh * Fed-Up brings us a report from inside the Prison Industrial Complex * and more in our local and global headlines. (audio/mpeg)

Shrine Circus & Giant Eagle: Consistent Partners in Animal Cruelty Voices for Animals of Western PA 2009-04-02 5:27 AM

Every year Giant Eagle partners with the Shrine Circus through their Giant Eagle Family Fun Pack, and in so doing promotes the animal abuse and exploitation associated with the Shrine Circus and all animal circuses. Please contact Giant Eagle and let them know you want their partnership with Shrine Circus to end! (image/jpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for March 23, 2009 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2009-03-23 11:22 PM
On today's show... * The US war in Iraq reaches the 6 year mark * The Great Lakes Urban Exchange talks about the future of local transportation * A CMU art student hopes to better deal with Pittsburgh's sewage waste * Fed-Up brings us a report from inside the Prison Industrial Complex * Plus more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

Racist Abuse of PA Prisoners: "The Other Inauguration Celebration" Mumia Abu-Jamal 2009-03-16 11:15 PM
For millions of people, both in America and abroad, the inauguration of a Black person as President of the United States was a moment of transcendent history, one of meaning and significance that suggests real change in a nation that has long labored under its racist history....But for half a dozen men in Pennsylvania's Camp Hill prison, in its SMU (Special Management Unit), the day will be remembered quite differently. (audio/mpeg)

Financial Fools Day--Pittsburgh Solidarity with Resistance to G20 Summit Pittsburgh Organizing Group 2009-03-15 9:13 PM

Rally and March in solidarity with resistance to G20 Summit Wednesday, April 1 4:00 pm, Pittsburgh’s Market Square (image/jpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for March 09, 2009 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2009-03-09 11:13 PM
On today's show: Job training goes green in Braddock, Radio Rootz brings us another Radical Day in History, Israeli Professor David Wesley Speaks in Pittsburgh, A look inside Pittsburgh's first annual Sunstar women in music festival And more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

FREE the MOVE 9, Join FaceBook Cause, Contact the Parole Board THIS MONTH! (March) BE47 2009-03-03 5:58 AM

The innocent "MOVE 9" are up for parole after 30 years! Letters and calls are needed to the Pennsylvania Parole Board. Hearing begin in April. Mumia Abu Jamal was reporting on their case when he was framed for murder himself, and all but silenced. (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

Rustbelt Radio for February 23, 2009 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2009-02-24 12:19 AM
On today's show: Iraqi political analyst Raeed Jarrar speaks on the current state of the war, Gateway High School retracts a ban on Kaffiyehs, A report on the public meeting regarding changes to Sex Ed in Pittsburgh Schools, Fed-up brings us a report from inside the Prison Industrial Complex, Plus more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

FREE MUMIA! Supreme Court May Give Him New Trial BE47 2009-02-11 11:09 AM

This Black History Month, the Supreme Court may decide to review Mumia Abu Jamal's capital case. And they may grant him a new, fair trial. (image/gif + 5 comments)

Rustbelt Radio for February 09, 2009 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2009-02-10 12:14 AM
On today's show: A report from the 11th Annual Black and White Reunion, Progressive groups weigh in on the proposed changes to the Pittsburgh Public Schools' Sex-Ed curriculum, Protests at a local performance of Israel's Batsheva Dance company, Cindy Milstein talks on Anarchism and its Aspirations, Plus more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for January 26, 2009 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2009-01-27 6:24 AM
On today's show: Pittsburghers act in response to the Israeli invasion of Gaza, We explore a controversy surrounding a small group of Guantanamo detainees, Fed-up brings us a report from inside the Prison Industrial Complex,and Immigrants rights advocates and the homeless speak out at the presidential inauguration </li> <li> Plus more in our local and global headlines </li> (audio/mpeg)

(podcast) #1-5 pittsburgh town talk radio show vincent / kevin blast furnace radio 2009-01-15 8:58 PM
podcast location for pitts town talk radio show podcast of pittsburgh town talk radio show #1 http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=30711&version_id=35411&version=1 #2 http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=30828&version_id=35537&version=1 #3 http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=30954&version_id=35688&version=1 #4 http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=30954&version_id=35688&version=1 #5 http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=31120&version_id=35873&version=1 (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio for January 12, 2009 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2009-01-13 1:19 AM
On today's show... </p><p> </p><ul> <li> A 40 year retrospective of political artwork comes to CMU </li> <li> Pittsburgh responds to Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip </li> <li> The Islamic Center of Pittsburgh mosque is Vandalized </li> <li> Fed Up gives us a report on the abuses occurring inside Pennsylvania prisons </li> <li> A massive toxic sludge spill in Tennessee threatens the water and safety of local residents </li> <li> plus more in our local and global headlines </li> (audio/mpeg)

Oscar Grant's murder: No isolated incident! Remember Jonny Gammage! PhotoJourney of Pain! T. Love 2009-01-12 7:49 PM

Oscar Grant's murder: This is not an isolated incident! Remember Jonny Gammage! Hammick in 2002, Kendra James in 2003, James Perez, James Philip Chasse, Jr. all unarmed and killed by Police. Diallo, Sean Bell, Ousmane Zongo, Patrick Moses Dorismond, Alexandros Grigoropoulos and Now Oscar Grant, all unarmed and killed by Police. Abner Louima was also handcuffed and tortured! And Within hours of Oscar Grant's shooting, Robbie Tolan, another unarmed man, was also shot by Police. Let the world know about! We will not allow a police state! (image/jpeg)

No Shame: Aliquippa Hospital Workers Robbed in Court Carl Davidson 2009-01-12 3:06 PM

Aliquippa workers rally to fight for their pay, planning further actions at Pittsburgh bankruptcy court (image/jpeg)

(audio) Pittsburgh: "town talk radio" #1-4 vincent / kevin bblast furnace radio 2009-01-07 6:04 AM
mp3 location of towntalk radio show #1 http://radio4all.net/index.php/program/30711 #2 http://radio4all.net/index.php/program/30828 #3 http://radio4all.net/index.php/program/30897 #4 http://radio4all.net/index.php/program/30954http://radio4all.net/index.p hp/program/30954 (text/plain)

mp3 / THE WORLD PREMIRE OF PITTSBURGH'S TOWN TALK RADIO SHOW vincent / blast furnace radio and tv 2008-12-22 6:28 PM
town talk radio show (text/plain)

Mumia Abu-Jamal faces US Supreme Court, as supporters mobilize globally Hans Bennett 2008-12-21 1:37 AM

On Friday, Dec. 19, 2008, death-row journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal filed his appeal to the US Supreme Court, asking it to consider his case for a new guilt-phase trial. One month before, the Philadelphia DA filed its separate appeal to the court asking to have Abu-Jamal executed without a new sentencing-phase trial. Both are appealing the <a href="http://abu-jamal-news.com/article?name=tct">March 27, 2008 rulings by the US Third Circuit Court</a>. <p> At this critical stage in Abu-Jamal’s case, supporters organized a <a href="http://freemumia.com/international.html">week of global solidarity actions</a> that began on December 6, the day of the main protest in Philadelphia. (image/jpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for December 15, 2008 Pittsburgh Indymedia: Rustbelt Radio Collecti 2008-12-16 12:43 AM
On today's show:Antonia Juhasz speaks on the power of the oil industry, Pittsburgh hosts its first African-American led green festival, Local activists organize in solidarity with massive protests in Greece, and The mayor announces plans to convene a Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Trangender task force (audio/mpeg)

Greek Solidarity banner drop on Liberty Ave. sideboob 2008-12-16 12:37 AM

A banner in solidarity with greek anarchists and in memory of 15 year old alexandros grigoropoulos, who was recently killed by police in athens, greece, was spotted hanging from a building on liberty ave. in the bloomfield neighborhood of pittsburgh. the banner hung this morning for approximately 4 hours from the roof which is located between ella and taylor sts. (image/jpeg)

I Live and Die On Principles Andre Jacobs 2008-12-12 7:30 PM
The following article was written by Andre Jacobs, a state prisoner recently awarded $185,000 by a jury in a federal lawsuit after they found 3 current and former employees of the PA Department of Corrections guilty of conspiring to deny him access to the courts by seizing and destroying his legal property. (text/plain + 2 comments)

Protest to Express Solidarity with Greek Uprising Anarchists in Pittsburgh 2008-12-11 3:58 AM
This Saturday, December 13 11:30am In front of the Pittsburgh Police Zone 2 Headquarters: Because the role of the police as agents of state control and repression is universal, and our resistance must be just as global. Bring: Signs, banners, flags, noisemakers, and other symbols and expressions of resistance and support for our Greek comrades. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Announcing the Pittsburgh Organizing Group's Tactical Training Initiative Pittsburgh Organizing Group 2008-12-06 7:43 PM
POG, a Pittsburgh based anarchist group announces workshops available to activist groups locally and around the country. (text/html)

SCI Camp Hill Update—Call for Action, Increased Monitoring, Constant Vigilance HRC - FedUp! Chapter, Pittsburgh 2008-12-03 9:59 AM
Prisoners in the Camp Hill Special Management Unit report that the retaliation against them has escalated again. The timing of the reports indicate that the last action alert stayed the hands of the guards for a while, but once the calls died down, the threats, deprivations of food, fabricated misconducts, and other forms of harassment and torture have escalated again. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Militarism and Materialism Mena 2008-12-02 8:31 PM

On Black Friday members of Code-Pink for Peace gathered outside Macy's Department store in downtown Pittsburgh. They continue to affirm their commitment to a sustainable Peace with their annual sidewalk signage, singing, and information sharing. Black Friday, the largest shopping day of the year, is chosen to indicate the connection between militarism and materialism. For many resources the USA is the world’s largest consumer in absolute terms. For a list of 20 major traded commodities, it takes the greatest share of 11 of them: corn, coffee, copper, lead, zinc, tin, aluminum, rubber, oil seeds, oil and natural gas. Black Friday is chosen to indicate the connection between militarism and materialism. For many resources the USA is the world’s largest consumer in absolute terms. For a list of 20 major traded commodities, it takes the greatest share of 11 of them: corn, coffee, copper, lead, zinc, tin, aluminum, rubber, oil seeds, oil and natural gas. (image/jpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for December 1, 2008 Pittsburgh Indymedia: Rustbelt Radio Collecti 2008-12-01 11:53 PM
On today's show... * Rustbelt Radio brings you an accurate depiction of the story behind Thanksgiving * We examine the true cost of production and consumption through the short documentary "The Story of Stuff" * plus a new segment of 2.3 Million and Rising and the Radical Day in History (audio/mpeg)

Hope Under Siege Palestine Photo Exhibit Jonas Moffat 2008-11-30 4:23 AM

Hope Under Siege A Palestine Photo Exhibit Kimbo Art Gallery @ University of Pittsburgh William Pitt Union Jan 9-19, 2009 Amazing opening reception with live music, poetry, food, and so much more! (image/png + 1 comment)

Rustbelt Radio for November 17, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-11-18 12:34 AM
On today's show... * The Yes Men speak on their latest prank * Malik Rahim of Common Ground in New Orleans comes to Pittsburgh * A look inside the Prison Industrial Complex * Pittsburghers protest California's gay marriage ban * plus more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

AUDIO / pittsburgh: malik rahim speaks to the greens vincent / blast furnace radio 2008-11-12 6:00 AM
MP3 LOCATION http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/30144 speaking gig in pittsburgh malik rahim speaks to the greens at the shadow lounge (text/plain)

Landslide Community Farm Farmhouse Evicted--Take Action! Landslide Community Farm 2008-11-07 5:43 PM

Farmhouse of local community farm illegally evicted this morning. Take Action! (image/jpeg + 3 comments)

Rustbelt Radio for November 3, 2008 Pittsburgh Indymedia: Rustbelt Radio Collecti 2008-11-04 12:33 AM
On today's show: A special "Word on the Street" about the election, Non-english speaking parents fight for translators in Philadelphia public schools, An investigation into the preparedness of polling places across America, Excerpts from a local forum on anti-muslim discrimination, with focus on the recently distributed "Obsession" DVD, and - a fond farewell to a beloved oral historian, Studs Terkel. (audio/mpeg)

Dec. 6 Intl. Day of Action for Mumia Abu-Jamal (includes new flyer) Intl Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia 2008-11-02 6:58 PM
International Day of Action, Dec.6, in Philadelphia and more. See flyer below. (application/pdf)

Steelworkers' Analysis of Financial Buyout--Goldman Sachs Gets $5 Billion Gift ----- 2008-11-01 12:49 AM

Below is an analysis that the Steelworkers union put together on Paulson’s investment in Goldman Sachs. The union compares the deal that Warren Buffett, a private investor billionaire, got with the deal the Treasury Department got on its investment in GS. (image/jpeg)

SteelBlitz: AFL-CIO and Steelers Going All Out for Obama in Western PA Carl Davidson 2008-10-27 4:50 AM

Firsthand report on blue-collar labor and its allies carrying out electoral work their way. (image/jpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for October 20, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-10-21 12:09 AM
On today's show: Andrea Smith speaks at the Critical Resistance Prison Abolition Conference, United Steel Workers take on Equitable Gas over proposed rate increases, A youth report from the Philadelphia Student Union on the recent incident at Sayre High School, Fed-Up takes us inside the Prison Industrial Complex, plus more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg + 1 comment)

Mumia legal update: The Philly DA still wants to execute him! Lead attorney Robert R. Bryan 2008-10-20 6:40 AM
Below is the new legal update from Mumia Abu-Jamal’s lead attorney Robert R. Bryan, concerning Mumia’s appeal to the US Supreme Court. He is appealing the US Third Circuit Court decision denying a new guilt-phase trial or a preliminary hearing that could have led to a new guilt phase trial. The Supreme Court granted Bryan’s request for a 60-day extension, so he will have to submit his petition by Dec. 19, 2008. Significantly, Bryan announces that the Philadelphia DA is appealing the Third Circuit Court’s affirmation of US District Court Judge William Yohn’s 2001 decision, which ‘overturned’ the death penalty and stated that if the DA wants to re-impose the death sentence, they must hold a new penalty-phase jury trial where new evidence of Mumia’s innocence can be presented, BUT, the jury can only decide between a sentence of life without chance of parole or execution. Therefore, if the US Supreme Court rules for the DA and overturns this ruling, Mumia can then be executed without having a new penalty-phase jury trial. The DA will submit their petition by Nov. 19, 2008. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Racism Dies Hard in Johnstown, PA Michael Yates 2008-10-19 7:55 AM
I just watched on YouTube a video clip taken outside a rally for Sara Palin in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a town where I worked for thirty-two years. The crowd was raucous and racist, blithely spitting out vile remarks. Congressman John Murtha later told a Pittsburgh newspaper that 'There’s no question western Pennsylvania is a racist area. ...' Murtha was roundly chastised for his comments, mainly by Republicans, which had to mark a new height in irony. Murtha, sad to say, was right on the mark. Racism was endemic when I lived in Johnstown, and it appears little has changed. (text/plain + 2 comments)

Artist Explores Our Ability to Be Self-Destructive, Remorse at the PCA gallery Eric Sloss 2008-10-15 8:03 PM

Palin versus PIttsburgh mena 2008-10-13 9:35 PM

People of Pittsburgh came together to let Governor Palin know that she does not have the qualifications to govern, and furthermore her policies against wildlife are abhorrent. (image/jpeg)

Beaver County Battleground: 'Time to Give the Black Guy a Chance' Carl Davidson 2008-10-13 4:55 PM

First hand account of union workers going door-to-door for Obama around stopping war, green jobs and health care (image/jpeg)

Protest Sarah Palin in Pittsburgh, all out on Friday, October 10th! elbow 2008-10-08 12:23 PM
Friday, October 10th - Protest the Bush/McCain/Palin plan for America - call for Drums and good, strong energy! (text/plain + 7 comments)

Rustbelt Radio for October 6, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-10-06 11:36 PM
On today's show: Financial experts including Naomi Klein speak on the current economic crisis, We explore the roots of Freedom Corner located in the Hill District, Fed-Up takes us inside the Prison Industrial Complex, Green Party VP Candidate Rosa Clemente, plus more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

W PA Obama 'Labor Walks' -Defeating McCain is Just 'Step One' Repost by CarlD 2008-10-05 1:47 AM

A report from the 4th CD Progressive Democrats of America on the local working class and the election. (image/jpeg)

Urgent Action Alert! Prisoners Under Attack in Camp Hill's SMU Human Rights Coalition 2008-10-02 6:56 PM
In the last four months over a dozen prisoners confined in the Special Management Unit (SMU) at State Correctional Institution (SCI) Camp Hill have written HRC/Fed Up! about conditions of severe brutality, white supremacy, and the systematic sabotage at all inmate efforts to file grievances and/or obtain legal assistance. See the attached 14-page document culled from prisoner reports detailing a violent program of dehumanization. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Debate 'Watching Party,' Beaver County-Style Carl Davidson 2008-09-28 12:30 AM

A Report on the Obama Campaign, workers and youth in Western PA (image/jpeg + 8 comments)

Rustbelt Radio for September 22, 2008 Pittsburgh Indymedia: Rustbelt Radio Collecti 2008-09-22 11:31 PM
On today's show: An Anti-Islamic DVD is being distributed in Pittsburgh and across the US, Electronic Voting Machines in Allegheny County, A look at the case of Eric McDavid, an activist who was recently sentenced to 20 years in prison, based on questionable FBI evidence, A discussion of human rights with William F. Schulz, former executive director of Amnesty International, plus more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg + 2 comments)

Telling the story of Pittsburgh from the Worker's Viewpoint. Paul Carosi 2008-09-22 5:14 AM
In celebration of Pittsburgh's 250th anniversary the Point of Pittsburgh Blog is featuring the stories of working class heroes who made important contributions to Pittsburgh's and our country's history. They are celebrated in song, video, and stories. (text/html)

Isabel MacDonald from FAIR at Torture Conference David 2008-09-21 2:22 PM
Audio recording of Isabel MacDonald, communications director from Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), who discusses the corporate media's inaccuracy and bias when reporting on torture by the U.S. (audio/mpeg)

(mp3) Blast Furnace Radio Show from New Orleans vincent / Blast Furnace Radio & TV 2008-09-17 9:05 PM
phone interview from new orlean's "common ground relef: http://www.commongroundrelief.org/ (text/plain)

(video) Water Action at CMU's Dod outlet / SEI vincent & lenny / Blast Furnace Radio & TV 2008-09-17 8:54 PM
video Aug. 9th, Nagasaki Day at CMU's military contract building http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY9I6JSxDHo (text/plain)

Bob Barr on Pennsylvania Presidential Ballot Peace Voter 2008-09-16 12:16 PM
A Harrisburg judge, Johnny Butler, has ruled that Bob Barr will be on the Pennsylvania presidential ballot. McCain Palin operatives are trying to stop Barr's ballot inclusion. (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio for September 8, 2008 Pittsburgh Indymedia: Rustbelt Radio Collecti 2008-09-09 12:01 AM
On today's show An investigation of Taser use by Police in Allegheny County, The America's Army video game recruits children while generating profits for private software companies, A special segment of 2.3 Million and Rising, A local activist describes the police repression faced by protesters at the Republican National Convention, A flotilla of kayaks challenge the world's largest pipeline laying ship off the west coast of Ireland, and more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

pittsburgh: more on Nagasaki day at CMU's Software Engineering Institute blast furnace radio / vincent scotti eirene 2008-08-19 12:54 AM
reflection and symbolic action on Nagasaki day at CMU's SEI photo from pittsburgh imc (application/pdf)

Remembering Nagasaki Remembering Nagasaki 2008-08-12 3:14 PM

A small but vital group of Pittsburghers hold a vigil to remember the victims of the nuclear holocaust conducted by the United States government on the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki sixty three years ago. (image/jpeg + 22 comments)

Remembering Hiroshima mena 2008-08-11 11:18 PM

"Remembering Hiroshima-Imaging Peace" is a city wide remembrance of the human shadows burnt into the sidewalks of Hiroshima on August 6th 1945. Pittsburghers gathered at the Federal Building, walked through downtown and across the bridge to perform drop down shadow markings on the bank of the river. (image/jpeg + 6 comments)

People Protest Police Violence marie 2008-08-07 4:02 PM

On Wednesday, August 6, individuals concerned about police violence gathered on Braddock Avenue near the parkway, in front of Edgewood Town Center to protest against the Swissvale police's taser-killing of Andre D. Thomas. (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

Rustbelt Radio for August 4, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-08-05 1:38 AM
On this week's show... * We bring you a special retrospective program, as Rustbelt Radio co-founders and today's co-hosts Andalusia Knoll and Matt Toups look back at four years and almost 200 episodes of the show. They're both moving on and this will be their last show with us! (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for July 28, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-07-29 2:50 PM
On today's show... * A Mexican immigrant is beaten to death in Pennsylvania * Leading environmental activists speak out on climate change and its effect on the world's water supply * Mumia Abu Jamal is denied a new trial * and Northsiders rally for a Community Benefits Agreement (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for July 21, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-07-22 6:08 PM
On this week's show... * a special report with excerpts from the FCC public hearing on the future of the internet, held on July 21st in Pittsburgh (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for July 14, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-07-15 1:11 AM
On today's show... * Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate Rosa Clemente speaks about Hip Hop organizing, the limits of a two party system and critical issues facing the United States Populace * Pennsylvania becomes the first state to join the SweatFree Consortium * Pittsburgh Against Torture's silent procession * and a feature-length 2.3 Million and Rising on abuse logs and maximum security prisons and more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for July 7, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-07-08 12:19 AM
On this week's show... * Raj Patel, former world bank employee, speaks on the hidden battle for the global food supply * We'll hear about the internet for all initiative from Media Minutes * and The International Middle East Media Center on current events in Palestine (audio/mpeg)

Direct Action for Direct Democracy: Shut Down the Republication National Convention Pittsburgh Organizing Group 2008-07-04 5:32 PM
POG adopts Sector 1 and will blockade 7th and Wall Streets (text/html + 4 comments)

Battleground Report: Aliquippa Fired Up for Obama Carl Davidson 2008-07-04 3:46 AM

[Carl Davidson is webmaster for 'Progressives for Obama' at http://progressivesforobama.blogspot.com , and also helps with the new local 4th CD Progressive Democrats of America blog, http://beavercountyblue.org. ] (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

Rustbelt Radio for June 30, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-07-01 3:01 AM
On this week's show... * Voices from the 2008 Allied Media Conference * Pittsburgh city government plans to install a surveillance camera network * Former Political Prisoner Lorenzo Komboa Ervin speaks about the movement to end Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons * A local study cites lower salary expectations for women * and the latest in the series "Radio for People: The Next Wave of Community Radio" (audio/mpeg)

Pittsburgh Says No to Torture Mena 2008-06-27 8:14 PM

Pittsburgh joins the rest of the world in an International Day of protest against torture. (image/jpeg)

Battleground Report: Tractors, Tilt-a-Whirls and Obama Carl Davidson 2008-06-27 2:09 AM

[The 4th CD Progressive Democrats of America, mostly workers from steel and related industries, are strong on Single Payer health care and opposing the war,and were Kucinich champions, until he dropped out. Now Obama is seen as their 'best option' in November.] (image/jpeg)

Government Revoked Muslim Nuclear Physicist's Security Clearance To Retaliate For Criticis ACLU of Pennsylvania 2008-06-26 5:44 PM
ACLU of PA is suing the government after it revoked the security clearance of a Muslim nuclear physicist who has been an outspoken critic of US policy. Contrary to its own policy, the government is refusing to allow the scientist to contest the revocation, citing "national security." (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio for June 23, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-06-24 2:17 AM
On this week's show... * Making Contact explores repression of the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York * Election Unspun covers the candidates' views on Iran and same sex marriage * Highlights from the 100th episode of the Food Politics Radio show 'Deconstructing Dinner' * and a look at the security situation in Iraq (audio/mpeg)

Healthcare-Profiteering_Rally mena 2008-06-23 11:20 PM

HealthCare professionals & concerned citizens rallied together outside the offices of the BlueCross/BlueShield corporation. Proponents of Universal Health Care & Single Payer Plans addressed the public with facts & figures of this endeavor, the urgent need for reform, & the feasibility of achieving it. Patient advocates, including nurses & physicians, spoke out against the abuses of the the Health Insurance Industry at the expense of quality care for patients. Thanks to all these courageous & compassionate people. (image/jpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for June 16, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-06-17 1:29 PM
On this week's show... * A look at the grassroots biofuel movement in Pittsburgh * A strip mine proposal for South Park is declared dead * More realty controversy on the North Shore * Juveniles are facing life without parole in Pennsylvania prisons * and Mumia Abu-Jamal speaks out on Barack Obama (audio/mpeg)

Ontario's proposed nuclear waste dump threatens Pennsylvania Great Lakes United Nuclear-Free/Green Energy 2008-06-13 3:20 AM
Since the proposed nuclear waste dump is only 50 miles from Michigan across Lake Huron, leakage of radioactivity from the dump could directly affect tens of millions of residents in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York, and contaminate the drinking water in Port Huron, Sarnia, Detroit, Windsor, Toledo, Cleveland, Erie, Buffalo, Toronto ... (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio for June 9, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-06-10 2:21 AM
On today's show... * Creative acts of opposition to surveillance cameras * The Longest Walk Two harassed by police in Columbus, Ohio * Media Minutes and The Weekly Radio Spin * plus the Radical Day in History (audio/mpeg)

Pittsburgh Food Not Bombs under attack! Food Not Bombs 2008-06-07 6:18 PM

Rich White folks represented by the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership (PDP) are trying to remove FNB from Market Square, where the group has served food to hungry people for 15 years. (image/png + 31 comments)

Free with 84 Lumber Wood Products: Controversy From Chile Tim Kingston 2008-06-05 12:26 AM
JUNE 5 Concert. One of Pittsburgh’s best known corporate citizens, 84 Lumber Company, is entangled in a furor over plans to dam two spectacular rivers in Patagonia. Satirical country singer Dana Lyons will bring the international campaign to stop the dams to 84 Lumber’s hometown with a concert at the Unitarian Universalist Church of the North Hills in Pittsburgh. (text/plain)

The Best of Rustbelt Radio for Winter and Spring 2008 (June 2, 2008) Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-06-03 6:22 PM
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. This week, we will be presenting highlights of Rustbelt Radio stories from the Winter and Spring of 2008 including... * Word on the Street segments on teens & sex and anti-war protestors * Police Officers are found guilty in the Michael Ellerbee civil trial * Community Residents Defeat a Proposed Jail in the South Bronx * Affordable birth control for college students is under attack * Burger King spies on Student/Farmworker Alliance * The Revolution will Not Be funded- critiques of the non-profit model * and more highlights from the past season (audio/mpeg)

Muslim Nuclear Physicist Loses Job, Denied Due Process Haroon Al-Qahtani 2008-06-01 8:00 PM
Dr. Moniem El-Ganayni, a nuclear physicist and Muslim prison chaplain, has lost his battle with the Department of Energy to get back his security clearance and his job at the Bettis Laboratory in Pittsburgh. He never even got a chance to tell his side of the story. The reason: unspecified grounds of national security. (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio for May 19, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-05-20 3:14 AM
On this week's show... * Radio Free Palestine-- stories to commemorate 60 years of Palestinian Resistance to Israeli Occupation (audio/mpeg)

Hope Under Siege: Pittsburghers in Palestine, A Photo Show Jonas Moffat 2008-05-20 2:37 AM

Hope Under Siege: Pittsburghers in Palestine, a Photo Exhibit June 19 at the Shadow Lounge, 6-9PM Please join the Pittsburgh Palestine Solidarity Committee as they reveal their photographs from Occupied Palestine. Hear eyewitness accounts from Palestinians and Pittsburghers who have seen and experienced life under the gun. View the scenes of hope and the images of despair. Share the truth with the world about 60 years of dispossession and a hope that refuses to perish. (image/jpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for May 12, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-05-13 2:01 AM
On this week's show... * An exploration into the roots of the global food crisis * Word on the Street asks local teens how they can reduce violence in Pittsburgh * News and analysis from the Mexico Solidarity Network * A radical history lesson for May 13th * And 2.3 million and rising- a weekly report on the prison industrial complex (audio/mpeg)

may 4th kent state killings remembered vincent / blast furnace radio 2008-05-07 3:22 AM
ron kovic answers questions after the showing of "born on the four of july" (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt radio for May 5, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-05-06 1:36 AM
On this week's show... * An exploration of the roots of Labor Struggles and May Day in the US * Dahr Jamail on Iraq * Cheers and Jeers from Women's E-news * and the Radical Day in History (audio/mpeg)

Locked out Steelworkers Rally, Confront Management Robert Rossi-Independent Labor Correspondent 2008-05-01 10:43 PM

On Wednesday, May 1 members of United Steelworkers Local 5032 and their supporters rallied outside Calgon Carbon’s (NYSE: CCC) annual shareholder’s meeting. Union members have been locked out of their jobs at the company’s Neville Island facility for just over two months. The company is demanded that union workers submit to massive cuts in healthcare and pensions before returning to work; locked out union members have stated that they are committed to winning a fair contract that preserves their pensions and keeps healthcare affordable. (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

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