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Rustbelt Radio for September 18, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-09-18 10:24 PM
On this week's show... * A local woman is violently threatened by police * Updates on the political situation in Bolivia * Rustbelt Radio talks with Kathy Hall Martinez the co-executive director of Stop Prisoner Rape about the issue of sexual assault in U.S. prisons * we'll hear the founders of a new recycled-oil biodiesel manufacturing facility in New York discuss biodiesel's potential as a clean energy source * and more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

Intelligence Experts Scott Ritter and Ray McGovern are coming to Pittsburgh for Iraq Forum Kevin Caridad 2006-09-18 8:55 AM

Scott Ritter was the the Chief United Nations Weapons Inspector in Iraq from 1991 to 1998. Ray McGover is a former CIA analyst who has accused the Bush administration of manipulating intelligence in its rush to invade Iraq. (image/jpeg)

The Best of Rustbelt Radio for Summer 2006 (September 4, 2006) IMC Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-09-04 10:13 PM
This week we will be presenting highlights of Rustbelt Radio stories from the last few months, including: * janitors spin the Wheel of Misfortune at the SouthSide Works * in Homewood and Garfield, the Pittsburgh police are criticized for car chases that result in multiple deaths and injuries * a local nonprofit sends help to the Caribbean * as the national spotlight was on Pittsburgh for this year's All Star Game, locals put the spotlight on the city's treatment of homeless, as well as the sweatshop conditions in factories making Pirates' apparel * several local organizations react to Israeli attacks as the war escalates with Lebanon * plus more on elections and repression in Mexico, the Mon-Fayette expressway, the South Central Farm in Los Angeles, and Immigration in the US (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt TV for Summer 2006 Rustbelt TV, Pittsburgh IMC video collective 2006-08-27 8:38 PM
Pittsburgh Indymedia presents a new edition of Rustbelt TV - news from the grassroots - featuring these stories and more: * Anti Sweatshop activists hold a carnival for workers rights during the All Star Game * Cyclists celebrate as they ride in Critical Mass, a monthly bike ride * Surviving in an Asian Megacity- a video about life in Jakarta * Prometheus Radio holds a station barnraising in Tennessee * Evo Morales is elected as the first Indigenous president in Latin America (video/x-ogg + 1 comment)

Army turns violent in West Bank Andalusia 2006-08-22 3:36 PM
An interview with Jonas Moffat about an action against the Apartheid Wall in West Bank in which the Israeli Army fired rubber bullets at close range at protestors (audio/x-ogg)

Rustbelt Radio for August 21, 2006 Rustbelt Radio Collective 2006-08-22 2:07 AM
On this week's show... * People in Pittsburgh and across the US are organizing to fight Walmart * we have a preview of Spike Lee's new documentary on New Orleans titled "When the Levees Broke" * NSA's wiretapping program is declared illegal by a federal judge * Protests, violence, and repression continue in Mexico and Palestine * and also our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for August 14, 2006 Rustbelt Radio 2006-08-15 12:24 PM
On this week's show... * Rustbelt Radio talks to local non-profit Global Links about shipping medical supplies from Pittsburgh to needy hospitals in other parts of the world. * Global Justice activist and author Vandana Shiva speaks about Creativity, Compassion, and Social Change * two stories from Philadelphia: an annual punk festival is shut down by police, and unions take on the telecom giant Verizon * a small town in Pennsylvania is imposing extreme new laws against immigrants * and more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

nagasaki day wed. noon / going to cmu's robotics institute in lawrenceville vincent / blast furnace radio 2006-08-08 11:47 PM
peace picket tomorow Picket at CMU's National Robotics Engineering Center > >> Wednesday, August 9th, 12 noon > >> National Robotics Engineering Center >> 43rd St. & Willow (main gate), Lawrenceville >> Organized by Duncan Porter House of Hospitality > >> CMU's National Robotics Engineering Center develops tactical robotic >> vehicles for the U.S. Army and Marines. unmanned robotic combat truck unveiled at CMU Carnegie Mellon's new Crusher next generation could find its own way Saturday, April 29, 2006 By Joe Fahy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Carnegie Mellon University rolled out its latest unmanned combat prototype vehicle yesterday in a display of speed and mobility that would make a monster truck show look tame. Darrell Sapp, Post-Gazette The newly unveiled autonomous robotic vehicle "Crusher" shows how it can take on difficult terrain, at the National Robotics Engineering Center in Lawrenceville. It weights 6.5 tons. NREC is part of the Robotics Institute in Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science. The work is funded by the U.S. Army and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The National Robotics Engineering Center, part of the CMU Robotics Institute, unveiled Crusher, a six-wheeled vehicle billed as leaner and more agile than its predecessor, Spinner, but also more durable and able to handle a heavier payload. Two Crusher vehicles paraded slowly before an audience at the center's headquarters in Lawrenceville before one of them headed outside to clamber nimbly over logs and other obstacles, a quality that earned it its name. A video presentation showed the vehicle speeding through rough terrain. The center is the prime contractor for Crusher, a project funded by the Army and the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, known as DARPA. Since 2001, DARPA has awarded the center more than $35 million for the development of Crusher, its predecessors and autonomous navigation technology, which allows the vehicles to drive by themselves without human supervision. Eventually, the military hopes to use large unmanned vehicles for reconnaissance, re-supply of troops or other needs -- the "dull, dirty and dangerous tasks that can be better accomplished by machines," said Steve Welby, director of DARPA's tactical technology office. Unlike Spinner, Crusher is not designed to keep operating if it flips over. The Crusher design team concluded that abandoning the capacity for inverted operation, while maintaining some of Spinner's other design characteristics, would offer dramatic reductions in weight, complexity and cost. At 6.5 tons, Crusher is nearly one-third lighter than its predecessor, but can comfortably handle a four-ton payload. Features include a light, strong frame made of aluminum and titanium and a suspension system that allows the vehicle to either rest on its belly or have 30 inches of ground clearance, allowing for greater ease in clearing obstacles. Electric motors in each of the wheels allow them to run at different speeds. Still, "you hit things you don't expect," said John Bares, the center's director. So Crusher is equipped with an energy-absorbing nose and a protective plate beneath the vehicle, with blocks of rubber around the chassis to absorb shock. To provide maximum power with minimum weight, Crusher has a turbo-diesel engine that recharges the vehicle's batteries. With the engine turned off, Crusher can operate quietly for two miles or more on battery power alone. At yesterday's demonstration, operators directed both Crusher vehicles using remote controls. But plans calls for outfitting Crusher later this year with autonomous navigation that will allow the vehicle to find its own way to a specified location, adjusting for obstacles it may encounter. Testing will be done in Colorado later this summer. (application/pdf)

Rustbelt Radio for August 7, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-08-08 10:28 AM
On this week's show... * Members of Prometheus Radio Project speak about community media in Pennsylvania * People across the US and in Pittsburgh commemorate the 61st anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki * An independent journalist is jailed in San Francisco * Coca-Cola and Pepsi soft drinks are banned in parts of India * and more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

Emergency Protest Against Israeli Terror pictures rachel 2006-08-01 8:44 PM

pictures (image/jpeg + 5 comments)

Rustbelt Radio for July 31, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-08-01 11:42 AM
On this week's show... * We learn about the practices of Bechtel corporation, a war profiteer with a local operation here in Pittsburgh * The first officer to refuse deployment to Iraq speaks out * SouthSide Works janitors are demanding better working conditions * A University Radio Station in Oaxaca, Mexico is under attack * and also our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for July 24, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-07-24 8:37 PM
On this week's show * Ali Abunimah and Dahr Jamail comment on the Israeli bombardment of Lebanon * A Peace Vigil for Palestine and Lebanon takes place in Pittsburgh * We speak to Earth First activists who targeted a coal plant in Virginia * Fred Hampton Jr. is arrested in Chicago * plus our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

Senator Rick Santorum: Poster Boy for Obnoxious and Desperate Conservatism Walter C. Uhler 2006-07-24 5:53 PM
If Pennsylvanians are lucky, after November's elections the Keystone State will be rid of its junior U.S. Senator, Rick Santorum. It will not be a moment too soon. Such a blessing would radiate across the United States and, thus, the world. (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio for July 17, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-07-17 8:45 PM
On this week's show: We hear Deepa Fernandes of WBAI in New York, speak about reporting on immigration and border security issues; The Pittsburgh Anti-Sweatshop Community Alliance says " No sweatshops bucco!" during the 2006 All Star game; Environmental Activists are arrested in Canada; The Mexican presidential election turmoil continues; plus local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for July 10, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-07-10 11:00 PM
On this week's show... * We speak with Rana el-Hendi, about the current situation in the Gaza Strip * Frida Berrigan speaks about Witness Against Torture’s journey to Guantanamo Bay last December * LA's South Central Farmers continue the fight against their farm's destruction * this past weekend marked the 20th Anniversary of the Homestead Steel Mill closing * and more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for June 26, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-06-27 8:58 PM
On this week's show... * We bring you voices of the various activists, organizers, and media makers who gathered at the 8th annual Allied Media Conference this past weekend * plus, our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for June 12, 2005 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-06-13 12:16 PM
On this week's show... * We'll hear from Eli Kuti and Khalia Latte, organizers of the Pittsburgh Dyke March, on the mobilization of queer women's community in Pittsburgh and plans for Friday's march. * A look at the conservative movement's recent push for what they call Academic Freedom, * as well as local updates on last week's anti-war protest, a wind power conference held in Pittsburgh, universal health care in Pennsylvania and global news from independent media sources around the world (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for June 5, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-06-06 3:08 AM
On this week's show... * We bring you a report from Mexico City about a recent solidarity march for the political prisoners of Atenco * Homewood Residents talk about a police chase that ends in two deaths * We'll hear from the group Pittsburgh Friends of Immigrants on issues facing immigrants in Pittsburgh and in the nation. * And, local news on aids advocacy and the fight over mercury pollution controls currently raging in the Pennsylvania legislature. (audio/mpeg)

Pennsylvania religious leader returns from Iran after meeting with Iranian Vice President Michael Jones 2006-05-24 5:25 PM
Dave Robinson, director of the Pennsylvania-based Pax Christi USA, was part of a religious delegation that sought to start peaceful dialogue between the Iran and U.S. - two countries whose governments haven’t officially spoken in more than 25 years (text/html)

Rustbelt Radio for May 22, 2005 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-05-22 10:50 PM
On this week's show... * We'll hear more on a proposal to build a new waste-coal fired power plant in Robinson Township, Washington County * In Dublin, Ireland, a group of 41 Afghanis occupied St. Patricks Cathedral seeking asylum * local news on a funding crisis for needle exchange, solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons, and single payer health care reform * and global news on an anti-Halliburton protest in Oklahoma, the Sri Lankan civil war, and more (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for May 15, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-05-16 12:04 AM
On this week's show... * We investigate the issues surrounding a new waste coal power plant proposed for Robinson Township, Washington county. * we'll hear about the importance of lower power FM radio and the fight for community media, from a recent discussion held in Pittsburgh with Hannah Sassaman of the Prometheus Radio Project * we have the return of our segment which spotlights a local grassroots group, The Light at the End of the Fort Pitt Tunnel. This week we'll hear about Run-Baby-Run. It's a crash-course to turn ordinary folks into electable politicians. * and two doctors from Kenya talk about providing post-abortion care to women in Kenya, and women's access to reproductive health care (audio/mpeg)

POG members claim victory in August 20th court proceedings pogger 2006-05-12 11:30 AM

The generosity and solidarity that surfaced during this time was overwhelming, and we would like to send out a heartfelt thank you to everyone who took part. (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

Rustbelt Radio for May 8, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-05-09 11:25 AM
On this week's show... * We'll hear excerpts from the May Day speak-out for immigrants rights in Pittsburgh * We'll have a report on police repression and violence in San Salvador Atenco, Mexico * Also, an exhibit of Palestinian Childrens artwork at Brandeis University was taken down by the school - Rustbelt Radio speaks to the Israeli Student who curated the exhibit * plus news on the Robinson Township power plant, the Pittsburgh-born nominee for the job of CIA chief, the anniversary of the Kent State shooting, and more (audio/mpeg)

part 2 / kent state remembered and the current anti-war movement vincent / blast furnace radio 2006-05-04 11:00 PM
great audio clip / 27 minutes 32 seconds (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for May 1, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-05-01 10:39 PM
On this week's show... * We'll hear about the denial of financial aid to students that have drug convictions * a detailed account of the situation in Darfur and the Sudan * a report from today's immigrants rights protests * and also a special May Day feature story. (audio/mpeg)

Tax Day Action in Squirrel Hill david 2006-04-18 12:59 PM

Members of the Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, CodePink and Roots of Promise gathered outside the Squirrel Hill Post Office to demonstrate to tax-payers where their tax-dollars were going. (image/jpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for April 17, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-04-17 10:31 PM
On this week's Rustbelt Radio... * An interview with La'Tasha Mayes, a local reproductive justice activist with the Sistersong Collective * We'll hear about the "Catch an Illegal Immigrant" game hosted by Penn State University's College Republicans * Native Americans say "People not Mascots" in Cleveland * underdog Democrat wins local election * Anti-LGBT legislation in California targets students * Reports from "This week in Palestine" and "Bad Cop, No Donut" * and our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for April 10, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-04-10 9:18 PM
On this week's show, * We have a report from this weekend's Counter-Recruitment Conference * Pennsylvania is considering a bill that would turn nonviolent environmental activists into "eco-terrorists" - we'll talk to the Allegheny Defense Project about it * we'll hear from an activist and anarchist who was recently elected to local office in Lake Worth, Florida * and updates on Critical Mass, immigrant rights protests and alleged spying by AT&T (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for April 3, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-04-04 12:53 AM
On this week's show... * We have an interview with former Black Panther Elaine Brown; * An eyewitness account of the genocide in Darfur; * And local updates on police harrassment of Critical Mass, A FOIA party at the Thomas Merton Center, an agreement between The University of Pittsburgh and SEIU, and the City's plans for a security camera network downtown. (audio/mpeg)

U-lock justice against McDonalds AnarchyFuckYeah 2006-04-01 5:22 PM
Stink Bombs and U-locks now there is an april fools. (text/plain + 1 comment)

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