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PITTSBURGH: WOMEN UNDER OCCUPATION: FROM PALESTINE TO IRAQ vincent / blast furnace radio 2004-03-01 1:36 AM
thanx to O.P.T.I.C.S and the gang for bringing kate to town Bay Area activist Kate Raphael will speak on February 23 about her work in Palestine, and the recent women's delegation to Iraq. (audio/mpeg)

Pittsburghers, PLEASE consider a few deadly serious questions. a concerned citizen in Pittsburgh 2004-02-29 11:46 PM
The red pill is difficult to swallow, and harder to digest. (text/plain)

Play Hard! PBORDC 2004-02-28 1:14 PM
PBORDC hosts a Play-In & Demonstration to encourage City Council to adopt a pro-civil liberties resolution. (text/html)

Police discrimination in Wilkinsburg K. R. Williams 2004-02-26 7:48 AM
A local youth moving into a new neighborhood discovers that the real discrimination comes from the people meant to stop it, and not the residents. (text/plain)

violence vs. non-violence Gumby 2004-02-25 6:28 PM
the endless violence vs. non-violence debate continues to be detrimental to pittsburghs movement. (text/plain + 14 comments)

March 20 Pittsburgh Call for a Youth Bloc! Ian 2004-02-25 3:25 PM
information on a youth bloc for the March 20th mass march and rally, part of pittsburgh regional convergence against war and occupation. (text/plain + 2 comments)

Defend Your Right to Protest! tmc 2004-02-25 1:22 PM
Pittsburgh City Council to hold public hearing on a proposed ordinance to require a "cost recovery fee" for all protests and parades. (text/plain + 1 comment)

ways to help make M20 a success looking forward to m20 2004-02-24 1:59 PM
some suggestions on how to help make sure M20 is effective and a question (text/plain + 4 comments)

Police Raid Street Medic House From a Medic 2004-02-24 1:18 PM
First-hand account of a police raid on the home of Pittsburgh street medics - more details forthcoming. (text/plain + 8 comments)

Oversight Board to Rule Pittsburgh stephen donahue 2004-02-23 2:05 PM
So says State Representative Joseph Preston. (text/plain + 2 comments)

Pgh Mobilizes for M20 - Gladiator Puppet POGer 2004-02-23 11:06 AM

Construction has begun on Pittsburgh's own Gladiator of Resistance. (image/jpeg + 8 comments)

Talib Kweli: Question's and Reflections(Part 2) Mark Bradleo Yokim 2004-02-23 9:53 AM
Here is a second section of his questions. I may put up more, but it takes a damn long time to type all of this. Eventually I would like to have the audio available, enjoy what I got down. (text/plain)

March 20th call for a Radical Queer/Pink Bloc at anti-war event in Pittsburgh RESYST 2004-02-21 4:39 PM
Resyst is sending this call out to all radical queers and queer sympathizers to join us in Pittsburgh for regional M20 events. (text/plain + 2 comments)

Allegheny County & Pittsburgh R Field 2004-02-21 12:27 PM
Dan Onorato and Tom Murphy talk on consolidation plans; plans leave most of the county out of the discussion; future of Allegheny County is more of the same (text/plain + 3 comments)

March 20th Anarchist call to action onward 2004-02-18 7:42 PM
March 20th Anarchist call for action in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (text/plain + 1 comment)

The Tasers are coming! The Tasers are coming! stephen donahue 2004-02-18 1:08 PM
Just in time for Spring some of our city's finest will be armed with the life saving weapon. (text/plain + 13 comments)

Flyer for Melissa Hart Protest WPA-SOAW 2004-02-17 2:29 PM
PDF FLYER FOR 19 FEB PROTEST (application/pdf)

Stop US Terrorism WPA SOAW 2004-02-17 2:25 PM
Protest Melissa Hart's World Affairs Council speech on Latin America and trade agreements! (text/plain + 2 comments)

Pittsburgh's clear blue sky got cloudy after 3 o'clock this afternoon. Wake up! 2004-02-17 1:31 AM

Pittsburghers enjoyed a rare sunny, blue-sky winter day today, until 3 o'clock, when the clouds rolled in. (image/jpeg + 15 comments)

WOMEN UNDER OCCUPATION: FROM PALESTINE TO IRAQ JONAS 2004-02-16 7:03 PM

Women Under Occupation: From Iraq to Palestine Feb 23, 2004 at 7pm University of Pittsburgh- Cathedral of Learning Room 3240 With the March 20th convergence approaching, check out this very informative connection of these dual Occupations (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

M20 call for an action bloc fwd 2004-02-15 3:52 PM
call for an action bloc in the da contingent on M20. (text/plain + 3 comments)

pittsburgh: ANTI-WAR SPEAKOUT / remebering Ameriyah shelter in Iraq vincent / blast furnace radio 2004-02-14 11:57 PM
anti-war speakout (audio/mpeg + 1 comment)

Voices for Animal Liberation protest Foie Gras at Baum Vivant Danny P 2004-02-14 7:45 PM

Voices for Animal Liberation activists spend part of their Valentine's Day protesting the treatment of animals in the production of Foie Gras at Baum Vivant. (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

pittsburgh: audio of bobby seal's talk vincent / blast furnace radio 2004-02-14 10:57 AM
on a cold winter day bobby seal speaks in p-burgh (text/plain)

Talib Kweli: Question's and Reflections(Part 1) Mark Bradleo Yokim 2004-02-12 1:09 PM
With so much happening in the world, artists inspire us to stay postive. For those who couldn't be there on Feb 9th, at the University of Pittsburgh, here is a summary. (text/plain)

City Mechanics to be Privatized stephen donahue 2004-02-12 1:07 PM
Plans by Pittsburgh City Council to outsource city fleet maintenance will get a public hearing. (text/plain)

March 20th Peace Picnic in the Park peace picnic! 2004-02-11 12:01 PM
call for a peace picnic on March 20th. (text/plain + 4 comments)

AwakePittsburghers, we need to congregate. We outnumber the criminals running our country. bright-eyed and bushy-tailed 2004-02-08 9:11 PM
Is anyone in Pittsburgh interested in meeting to discuss the many hard-to-explain events of September Eleven and the monstrous implications thereof? (text/plain)

This is what Grass roots Democracy looks like part 2 FluxRostrum 2004-02-07 9:38 AM
participation required (text/html)

CMU GOES TO WAR (PDF) vincent / blast furnace radio 2004-02-06 7:27 PM
PDF of compiled articles, that go into great detail about cmu and its various involvements with modern day weapons of war. downloadable or an easy read online. (application/pdf)

pog March 20 anti-war call to action pog 2004-02-04 3:55 PM
Info on Regional Pittsburgh convergence against the war. March 20th Direct action occupation against the occupation(: (text/plain + 7 comments)

Pgh prepares for March 20th Day of Action against war hjdfdg 2004-02-03 12:44 PM
Thousands to march and rally against the occupation- Direct action to target the war machine. (text/plain)

CMU and military contracting vincent 2004-01-31 10:50 PM
documentation of CMU's pursuit of military monies (text/plain + 5 comments)

M20- Flyers-info for anti-war convergence yinz best be on the street M20 2004-01-29 2:14 PM
Various flyers- known info for the M20 anti-war convergence (text/plain)

Cyclist Killed by SUV in Hazelwood david 2004-01-28 6:54 PM
Hazelwood bike rider hit by car, dies (text/plain + 19 comments)

PITTSBURGH, WAKE UP! JONAS 2004-01-27 12:01 AM

Pittsburgh. Wake up. Join fellow Pittsburghers in educating this city about the plight of the Palestinians under brutal Israeli Occupation-- join us in Pittsburgh's March 20 "STOP WAR AND OCCUPATION" convergence (image/gif + 5 comments)

SEIU Handout at Centre City Tower Danny P 2004-01-24 6:13 PM
This text is taken directly from the literature that was handed out at Friday's protest. (text/plain)

SEIU Downtown Picket/Rally Friday Danny P 2004-01-23 11:30 PM

Union members and supporters picket and rally downtown on Friday, January 23rd, to show support for union workers who were terminated unfairly. (image/jpeg)

janitors fired, pittsburgh unions take to the streets vincent / blast furnace radio 2004-01-23 11:44 AM
audio fo janitors for justice raklly (audio/mpeg)

audio from witnessing palestine vincent / blast furnace radio 2004-01-23 12:56 AM
audio of the witnessing palestine presentation (audio/mpeg)

Anti-war documentary screening Saturday IMC Video Colllective 2004-01-23 12:26 AM
The Pittsburgh Independent Media Center announces a preview screening of "The People, United: A Pittsburgh Anti War Retrospective," a documentary about the anti-war convergence that brought 5,000 people to Pittsburgh to protest the impending Iraq War in January of 2003. (text/plain)

Cleveland Street Medic Training Cleveland Radical Action Medics Collective 2004-01-22 12:58 AM
Information about street medic and affinity group medic training in cleveland (text/plain)

PAPV photos from Jan 19, 2004 gwen 2004-01-19 8:46 PM

Photos from the MLK march for PAPV. (image/jpeg)

PAPV Calls on D.A. Zapalla to Act Quinten 2004-01-19 4:40 PM

About 85 rallied in 18 degree weather in the Hill District and Downtown today, calling on District Attorney Zappala to prosecute zealously several cases of police murders of African Americans in the Pittsburgh area in the last few years. (image/jpeg)

Emergency's 2004 US talks @ Pittsburgh Jan 21st, 2004 - GSPH - 6:00 PM, NY, Chicago, LA Massimo Bigliardo 2004-01-19 11:58 AM
Medical support of civilian war victims is an important issue, but, sadly, it often forgotten or "avoided" by the media. The humanitarian group Emergency has been at the forefront of supporting victims of war casulties since 1995. Emergency's founder, Dr. Gino Strada, will be visiting a few US cities and give invited talks about his organization's activities in war-ridden countries. (application/pdf + 1 comment)

Miami Police and POG david 2004-01-19 1:58 AM
snippet from an early November meeting with Miami Community Relations Board (video/quicktime + 1 comment)

Reason to be on Pittsburgh's streets - March 20 PJD 2004-01-17 6:29 PM
Please download and watch the attachment. (video/mpeg + 10 comments)

Planning Meeting for March 20th regional action TMC 2004-01-16 3:21 PM
Open invitation for involvement in planning and development meeting for March 20th day of events (text/plain)

"the moment" a cultural rebellion vincent / blast furnace radio 2004-01-16 11:43 AM
1/14/04 concert by "the moment" (audio/mpeg)

KucinichWatch Primary Function Road Show part 2 FluxRostrum 2004-01-14 5:56 PM
Part 2 features interviews from St. Pete's FL, Morgantown WV & Pittsburgh, PA. (video/x-pn-realvideo + 1 comment)

The Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King: and the struggle against apartheid JONAS 2004-01-14 8:41 AM

Come hear local Pittsburghers discuss "The Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King: and the struggle against apartheid –from Birmingham to Johannesburg to Jerusalem" (image/gif + 3 comments)

WITNESSING PALESTINE JONAS 2004-01-14 2:25 AM

Come hear local Pittsburghers discuss their experiences in the Occupied Territories of Palestine. (image/gif + 3 comments)

MLK day at CMU vincent 2004-01-13 7:37 AM
mlk day at cmu at warner hall / forbes and morewood 1pm rally for peace (text/plain + 12 comments)

PAPV MLK March and Rally david 2004-01-10 11:32 PM
Call to Action: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day MARCH & RALLY (application/pdf)

Program Specialist Mary Vodde-Hamilton 2004-01-09 2:17 PM
Housing Discrimination based on sexual orientation/gender identity (text/plain)

MAGLEV? Its not just Mass Transit Anymore stephen donahue 2004-01-09 11:03 AM
Forget high speed mass transit for men in suits. The real profits are in war! (text/plain)

Removing Irving's Hood paleface 2004-01-06 5:19 PM
Notorious Holocaust denier and British historian David IRVING is being promoted by the neo-Nazi group, the National Alliance; headquartered in West Virginia. (text/html + 20 comments)

To The Editors of IndyMedia Pittsburgh k 2004-01-06 1:30 AM
Time to shut down the comments section of this site. (text/plain + 44 comments)

Major AFL-CIO Union, SEIU, Has New Local Leadership in the “Cradle of Liberty” Philly Home Team 2004-01-05 10:03 PM
Just in time to ring in the New Year, new local union leadership has been elected in Philadelphia, the “Cradle of Liberty”. On December 13, members of Local 36 of the 1.6 million-member Service Employees International Union (SEIU), one of the largest in the AFL-CIO, elected a new president, secretary-treasurer and 23 Executive Board members. This came in the 18th month of a national SEIU trusteeship over Local 36, which represents over 4,300 janitors, building maintenance workers, technicians and professionals in Philadelphia and its suburbs in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Banner Drop. Radicalize Pittsburgh 2004-01-05 4:53 PM

Banner Drop this sunday (01/04/04) over the parkway west inbound that read NO WAR IN 2004. (image/jpeg)

Banner drop - NO WAR IN 2004 under the bridge 2004-01-05 8:59 AM
Mad props to whomever dropped the banner ............... (text/plain + 1 comment)

Pittsburgh City Council decides for screwing the poor rather than taxing the rich stephen donahue 2004-01-02 3:32 PM
Poor and low wage Pittsburgh residents to get a good dose of "Tough Love." (text/plain + 5 comments)

pittsburgh: the drums of economic justice vincent / blast furnace radio 2004-01-02 1:34 AM
live recording of the drums of justice at city hall new years eve. (audio/mpeg)

Drumming for economic justice? stephen donahue 2003-12-29 12:24 PM
Call to any interested in drumming, bucket drumming for economic justice on December 31 from 11:45 AM till 12:45 PM (text/plain)

Total Liberation Fest 2004 none 2003-12-23 8:10 PM
come check it out January 10-11 (text/plain + 10 comments)

Ellerbe anniversary to be marked by wreath-laying ceremony dm 2003-12-23 1:36 PM
From People Against Police Violence: Ellerbe anniversary to be marked by wreath-laying ceremony (text/plain)

Pittsburgh Police to Carry stun Guns stephen donahue 2003-12-23 10:46 AM
The City is going Broke but they got money for Stun Guns (text/plain + 13 comments)

Anti-War Rally and March / Anti-Authoritarian feeder march and drum brigade! AA 2003-12-18 5:40 PM
Demonstration in Cleveland Ohio (text/plain + 7 comments)

Oakland's New Starbucks... remember when? bugg 2003-12-16 7:42 PM

Pictures from the property destruction action taken against the new Starbucks at Forbes and Craig in Oakland. (image/jpeg + 81 comments)

Anal Sex Byproduct Named for Senator Santorum uma om 2003-12-11 11:44 PM
Lube-and-fecal matter mix takes name of anti-gay U.S. Senator. (text/plain + 26 comments)

Candles for Cans Food Drive Moira L. Meadows 2003-12-11 8:16 PM

The East End Community Stand for Peace is holding a Food Drive on Saturday, December 13th. The food drive will take place at the corner of Penn and Highland Avenues in East Liberty from Noon until 2:00 PM. (image/jpeg)

Public Transit Riders Go Under the Big Top Fare Box Freddie 2003-12-11 3:46 PM
Report Back on recent trip by Port Authority of Allegheny County riders to the State Capitol (a.k.a. The Big Top cause its a circus in there.) (text/plain)

Privatization of Pittsburgh Emergency Medical Services stephen donahue 2003-12-11 2:54 PM
Mayor Tom Murphy is pushing hard and making deals to dump OUR public EMS! (text/plain)

TOTAL LIBERATION FEST 04' ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA AZN INVAZN 2003-12-11 1:32 PM
Check out Total Liberation Fest 04' in Erie, Pennsylvania January 10th and 11th, 2004 Romona Africa! (text/plain + 13 comments)

Residents Show Tremendous Support For Civil Liberties pooja 2003-12-11 12:19 PM
For Pittsburgh Indymedia (text/plain + 26 comments)

EXPLAINING THE OCCUPATION TO THE OCCUPIER JONAS 2003-12-11 2:09 AM
For Pittsburgh Indymedia: Its hard sometimes for a Pittsburher to speak out against Israel's brutality because of so much Zionism here in the 'Burgh: "Baby Killers! You condone suicide bombings!" But I dont. And Amira Hass explains the situation well here. (text/plain + 3 comments)

GOP gerrymandering: ''How unfair is unfair?'' Lara Jakes Jordan 2003-12-10 10:42 PM
Pennsylvania, Texas and Florida are grappling with the fairness of such a congressional gerrymandered system, causing Justice Antonin Scalia. to ask, "How unfair is unfair?" (text/plain + 1 comment)

Day of Action in review gwen 2003-12-10 2:53 PM

In honor of the International Human Rights Day, USWA and SEIU sponsored a Day of Action bus tour of demonstrations for unionized labor in the city. (image/jpeg + 4 comments)

pittsburgh'ers go to harrisburg for transit fundung vincent / blast furnace radio 2003-12-09 12:19 AM
pittsburgher's travel to harrisburgh to save thier city's mass transit (audio/mpeg)

December 10th Day of Action Matt Richards 2003-12-04 3:16 PM

for Pittsburgh Indymedia Workers' Rights are Human Rights! On December 10th, International Human Rights Day, the AFL-CIO, Jobs with Justice and Independent Unions are holding a national day of action on the right to organize and collectively bargain. (image/gif + 2 comments)

Students Fed Up with New Editions Janine Rectenwald 2003-12-03 9:01 PM
New editions of text books are taking a chunk out of students wallets and they don't see any return for their money. The books they buy a few months before are obsolite as soon as new editions are issued! (text/plain + 21 comments)

Dennis Kucinich PGH fundraiser heads up 2003-12-03 3:02 PM
Iron City Brewery - Dec. 12 - 7-9PM, $25 suggested donation (text/plain + 4 comments)

Posts Under My Name Sam 2003-12-03 1:46 AM
Adventures in impersonation. (text/plain)

GWB protest photos, more gwen 2003-12-02 7:05 PM

the photos from the GWB protest (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

bush visits pittsburgh again vincent / blast furnace radio 2003-12-02 6:03 PM
bush vists pittsburgh dec. 2, 2003 (audio/mpeg + 3 comments)

More Photos from Bush Protest Quinten 2003-12-02 5:16 PM

More photos from the protest Tuesday afternoon. (image/jpeg + 5 comments)

One arrest at Bush protest david 2003-12-02 2:43 PM

one arrest at today's Bush protest (image/jpeg + 9 comments)

Anti-Bush protest gwen 2003-12-02 2:40 PM
summary of the protest against GWB (text/plain + 21 comments)

I hate IndyMedia. durutti 2003-12-01 9:40 AM
I'm so sick of IndyMedia anymore. (text/plain + 39 comments)

Right Wingnut Debate Dictionary Sam 2003-11-30 11:46 PM
Courtesy of Atrios... Dedicated to Irving, George K, and 2beers, with love. (text/plain + 91 comments)

Yuppie is as Yuppie does, another WYEP stone untruned Chris Holm 2003-11-28 2:19 PM
Just another case of exploitation, curruption, and extortion, on the shoulders of thousands of poor so a handful can live in luxury. (text/plain + 3 comments)

miami: jail solidarity gathering vincent / blast furnace radio 2003-11-27 3:39 AM
jail solidarity demo (audio/mpeg)

Critical Mass Friday? 2wheels 2003-11-26 3:34 PM
Is there a Critical Mass this Friday? (text/plain + 3 comments)

PROJECT 1877 IS NO MORE !!! N.N.F.F.O.R.O.S. 2003-11-25 6:41 PM
http://www.indypgh.com/calendar/event_display_detail.php?event_id=342 (text/plain + 3 comments)

USWA Calls for Congressional Investigation No more POLICE STATE 2003-11-25 3:15 PM
PITTSBURGH — The United Steelworkers of America (USWA) is calling for a Congressional investigation into "a massive police state," created in part with federal funds, to intimidate union members and others critical of the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) and limit their rights during FTAA meetings in Miami last week. (text/plain)

(repost) pittsburgh'ers rally and march to oppose the ftaa vincent / blast furnace radio 2003-11-24 10:35 PM
mp3 of sounds from the ftaa rally and march, nov. 15th, thru out downtown pittsburgh. (text/plain + 8 comments)

KENSINGTON WELFARE RIGHTS UNION MARCHES ON MIAMI HERALD vincent / blast furnace radio 2003-11-23 7:30 AM
march on miami herald (audio/mpeg)

A question harkening back to when the U.S. death count in Iraq was just 49... iknowyouknowiknowyoutoo 2003-11-22 10:02 PM
for Pittsburgh Indymedia because I'm from Pittsburgh (text/plain + 8 comments)

Pittsburgh FTAA Protest Isaac Ludwig 2003-11-21 7:25 PM

The Westminster College Green Party's pics from the February 15th protest against the FTAA in Pittsburgh (image/jpeg + 3 comments)

sound collage of miami / FTAA uprising vincent / blast furnace radio 2003-11-20 11:07 PM
sound collage of the those opposing FTAA in the streets of miami (audio/mpeg)

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