PGHIMC - Pittsburgh Independent Media Center

Approximately 250 protestors rallied outside a $2,000 / plate fundraising dinner for George Bush at the Westin Convention Center Downtown this afternoon. One protestor was arrested.

Protestors included members of the Steel Workers Union, anti-war activists, and environmentalists upset at Bush's anti-environment record. Inside, campaign contributors took advantage of the recent campaign finance reform law to donate $2,000 apiece to Bush's campaign. Prior to the law's passage, the limit was $1,000, still far out of the range of most working class Americans.

About 10 pro-Bush protestors heckled the main protest, shouting profanities at the crowd, but were drowned out by the much-larger anti-Bush contingent.

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Resident leaders led a rally to call for full funding for Section 8 and Public Housing in the Department of Housing and Urban Development on October 9 in Pittsburgh. The rally, at the Federal Building downtown, was organized by the Housing Alliance of PA and the Southwestern PA Alliance of HUD Tenants. Over 50 citizens took part.

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Hundreds of Pennsylvanians rallied in Harrisburg on Saturday 11 October, calling for an end to executions in the state. The rally, part of Amnesty International's global day against the death penalty, was co-sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union, A United Method Witness in Pennsylvania, the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Council of Churches, the Civil Rights Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association, and R.E.M.

Since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1972, six people in Pennsylvania alone have later been found to be innocent due to incontrovertible evidence. In the entire country: 109.

"It's no longer a question of whether you are for the death penalty or against it," said former Attorney General Ernie Preate. "It's whether you are for or against justice, for or against fairness."

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Commemorating the second anniversary of the bombing of Afghanistan and the beginning of the so-called "War on Terror," more than 50 protestors marched by rush-hour traffic at the University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning on Tuesday, October 7th.

Since the beginning of the "War on Terror," independent estimates based on news reports suggest that it has been responsible for the deaths of at least 4,000 civillians in Afghanistan and more than 7,300 in Iraq. An additional 300 British and American troops have been killed in Iraq with the death toll mounting daily.

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The union representing the faculty of the State System of Higher Education may strike if labor negotiations with the system break down further. The faculty members, who have been working without a contract since the end of June, are organized into the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties. Western Pennsylvania schools that would be affected include California University of Pennsylvania, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Slippery Rock and Clarion.

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