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Pittsburgh Indymedia's weekly radio program featuring news from the grassroots, news overlooked by the corporate media.

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Rustbelt Radio is supported in part by a Sprout Fund seed award.  The Sprout Fund is nonprofit organization supporting innovative ideasand grassroots community projects that are catalyzing change in Pittsburgh.

Each of The Sprout Fund's programs, Seed Award and Public Art, is designed to advance a community initiative from idea through dialogue to implementation, creating a critical mass of activity for positive regional change.  Sprout believes a vital component to building healthy and vibrant communities is civic engagement; serving those who demonstrate the drive and the capacity to think creatively about their communities.

With ongoing local support and continued appreciation by the communities it serves, The Sprout Fund will continue to provide an entry point for Pittsburghers to become involved and active in their communities and support projects that have the collective power to shape a new culture and vision for the region.


We also rely on listener support.  We appreciate equipment donations and funds - thanks to all of our supporters for supporting us this year!  100% of donations go towards production expenses and equipment for our volunteers.  You can donate instantly online at the paypal link below.

Rustbelt Radio for May 12, 2008
05/12/2008
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
  • And 2.3 million and rising- a weekly report on the prison industrial complex
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Rustbelt radio for May 5, 2008
05/05/2008
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
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Rustbelt Radio for April 28, 2008
04/28/2008
On this week's show...
  • The One Hill Coalition reaches a tentative Community Benefits Agreement with the City, the County, and the Penguins hockey team
  • Thousands protest around the world in response to Mumia Abu Jamal's denial of a new trial
  • The City of New York withdraws its plans to build a new $375 million jail in the Bronx
  • Grassroots organizations work to bring clean water to Iraq
  • Plus we bring you the weekly radio spin, the radical day in history, and more
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Rustbelt Radio for April 21, 2008
04/21/2008
On this week's show...
  • Family members accuse Pennsylvania Prisons of abusing inmates
  • A look at tax fairness and wealth in American families
  • Uprising Radio examines the World Bank's perpetuation of Global Warming
  • and Burger King allegedly spies on members of the Student Farmworker Alliance
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Rustbelt Radio for April 14, 2008
04/14/2008
On this week's show...
  • Updates on the Court of Appeals Ruling for Mumia Abu-Jamal
  • Radio reporters assassinated in Oaxaca, Mexico
  • a report on the Longest Walk Two, a five month journey to raise awareness of Native American and environmental issues
  • National Labor Committee director Charlie Kernaghan speaks at Carlow University about sweatshop labor and workers' rights
  • and more in our local and global headlines
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Rustbelt Radio for April 7, 2008
04/07/2008
On this week's show...
  • Election Unspun looks at Democratic Presidential Candidates' Stance on the Prison Industrial Complex
  • Van Jones speaks about Martin Luther King Jr's Legacy as it relates to Environmental Justice
  • Canadian Parliament member Libby Davies speaks about continuing opposition to the Iraq war
  • And a look at the psychology behind addictions
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Rustbelt Radio for March 31, 2008
03/31/2008
On this week's show...
  • The Family of 12-year-old Michael Ellerbe who was killed by Pennsylvania State Troopers is Awarded $28 Million
  • Longtime activists speak on funding grassroots movements without Foundation support
  • Word on the Street from the recent Anti-War march
  • and more...
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Rustbelt Radio for March 24, 2008
03/24/2008
On this week's show...
  • a special one hour look at race and city planning in Pittsburgh's Hill District
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Rustbelt Radio for March 17, 2008
03/17/2008
On this week's show...
  • we have a special Rustbelt Radio program: as the 5th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq nears, we'll hear from US Military veterans testifying at the recent Winter Soldier hearings
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Rustbelt Radio for March 10, 2008
03/10/2008
On this week's show...
  • A University of Pittsburgh study looks at Recidivism and Rehabilitation for former inmates of Allegheny County Jail
  • High school students in NYC examines Security in schools and the balance between freedom and safety
  • LGBT teens speak about PERSAD and peer counseling
  • Local activists work to restore affordable birth control for college students
  • and more in our local and global headlines...
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Rustbelt Radio for March 3, 2008
03/03/2008
On this week's show...
  • Indigenous Communities sue the department of Homeland Security over the construction of the US Mexico Border Wall
  • Revolutionary ideologies of the Zapatistas are inspiring musical stylings here in the U.S.
  • Cheers and Jeers on the news affecting women across the globe
  • the radical Day in History and more....
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Rustbelt Radio for February 25, 2008
02/25/2008
On this week's show...
  • We interview Pitt Professor and Lawyer Jules Lobel about his new book "Less Safe, Less Free: Why America is losing the war on Terror"
  • International Photo-Journalist Chris Hondros speaks about his work in the war-torn countries of the world
  • news and analysis from the Mexico Solidarity Network
  • a look at the recent crimes and sentences of various Pennsylvanian government officials
  • plus Word on the Street, the History of Black Filmmaking, and more in our local and global headlines
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Rustbelt Radio for February 18, 2008
02/18/2008
On this week's show...
  • the documentary Gone Tomorrow looks at "The Hidden Life of Garbage"
  • Pacifica's Sprouts presents: Doing It Yourself Democracy
  • plus the weekly radio spin, and this week's day in radical history
Rustbelt Radio is now broadcasting bi-weekly episodes which are exclusively comprised of content from other independent media sources. We are making this change temporarily because our current all-volunteer staff cannot sustain the huge demands that come from producing a one hour original show every week.

If you would like Rustbelt Radio to continue producing original shows which feature local stories each week, please consider getting involved. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact us by emailing radio@indypgh.org or by calling 412-923-3000.

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Rustbelt Radio for February 11, 2008
02/11/2008
On this week's show...
  • In honor of Black History Month, we bring you voices and songs from black freedom fighters
  • Community leaders gather together at the annual Black and White reunion
  • Word on the Street on the new drink tax in Allegheny County
  • City Council in Berkeley, California condemns the local U.S. Marines Recruiting Center and
  • The Department of Labor announces intent to strip worker protections from its H two A guest worker program
  • and more in our local and global headlines
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Rustbelt Radio for February 4, 2008
02/04/2008
On this week's show...
  • Paul Wright discusses his new book "Prison Profiteers - Who Makes Money From Mass Incarceration"
  • This Week in Palestine, from the International Middle East Media Center
  • And excerpts from "World VS. Bank" a film by Friends of the Earth International
We need your help! Starting this week, Rustbelt Radio will begin broadcasting bi-weekly episodes which are exclusively comprised of content from other independent media sources. We are making this change temporarily because our current all-volunteer staff cannot sustain the huge demands that come from producing a one hour original show every week.

If you would like Rustbelt Radio to continue producing original, local shows each week, please consider getting involved. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact us by emailing radio@indypgh.org or by calling 412-923-3000.

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Rustbelt Radio for January 28, 2008
01/28/2008
On this week's show...
  • The Citizens Police Review Board hearing on a Pittsburgh Police Officer's violent disruption of a critical mass bike ride
  • Updates on the crisis unfolding in occupied Palestine
  • Residents of Lomas del Poleo fight against displacement as a result of development on the US-Mexico border
  • our first in a series of reports from those inside Pennsylvania's prison system
  • and more in our local and global headlines
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Rustbelt Radio for January 21, 2008
01/21/2008
On today's holiday special...
  • Reflections on the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Rustbelt Radio for January 14, 2008
01/14/2008
On this week's show...
  • Pittsburgh activists gather over the weekend to share organizing skills
  • Violence is brewing in Chiapas's ongoing low-intensity war
  • Dissident Israeli professor Neve Gordon discusses Academic Freedom at American Universities
  • Hundreds of People ride bikes in NYC to honor fallen cyclists and Pedestrians
  • Activists resist a Grand Jury against Puerto Rican Cultural and Social Workers in NYC
  • and more in our local and global headlines
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Rustbelt Radio for January 7, 2008
01/07/2008
On this week's show...
  • A new report finds that Transgender Women are routinely subject to harassment, abuse and violence in New York State Men's Prisons
  • The death toll on the Arizona-Mexico border in 2007
  • Media Minutes re-caps some of the most important stories for the media justice movement in 2007
  • A Massachusetts woman faces seven years in prison for a self-induced abortion
  • and more, in local and global headlines
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The Best of Rustbelt Radio, Fall 2007 (December 17, 2007)
12/18/2007
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 Fall of 2007 including...
  • locals take to the street in actions to oppose the war, and in support of the Jena 6
  • the Word on the Street from October 8th - Pittsburghers' thoughts on Columbus Day
  • an update on the Coalition of Immokalee Workers' march on Burger King headquarters in Miami, Florida
  • New Voices Pittsburgh's Reproductive Justice Weekend
  • Community Media advocates Push for Expanded Low Power FM Radio
  • Pennsylvanians push two different LGBT nondiscrimination bills
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