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PITTSBURGH IWW TO HOLD FIRST UNION SOLIDARITY NIGHT AT PNC PARK Union Observer 2007-01-25 4:41 PM

Sweatshop abuses in factories sewing Pirates apparel in Bangladesh include forced overtime, numerous women's rights violations, firings and physical violence against workers for cooperating with investigations and organizing labor unions. (image/jpeg)

WANTED! Pennsylvania cyber-governess/governor Matthew Edwards 2007-01-23 12:14 PM
The Million Campaign Homepage Foundation is looking for a cyber-governess/governor to orchestrate a not-for-profit Pennsylvania cybermosaic. (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio for January 22, 2007 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-01-23 12:20 AM
On this week's show... * Organizers and members of SEIU Local 3 describe the role they played in the recent Houston SEIU victory. * Local artists dialogue with community members on racism, history, memory, and social justice. * Reports by human rights groups detail the trafficking of Asian workers by US contractors in Iraq. * Word on the Street: mass transit cuts * and more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

Wheels of Justice Tour Rob Cullen 2007-01-20 3:15 PM
Video of the Wheels of Justice Tour's stop at Carnegie Mellon. Twyla Miller spoke about her experiences in Palestine and Jou Mueller talked about his trip to Iraq in 2005. (video/quicktime)

March against Bechtel/interview with Antonia Juhasz Ron Douglas 2007-01-20 2:54 PM
Video of August 6 protest against Bechtel Corporation, with an interview with author Antonio Juhasz, author of The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time. (video/quicktime)

Interview with Robin Alexander (UE) on Human Rights Abuse in Oaxaca, Mexico Fightin' Lefty Review 2007-01-19 8:40 PM
Robin Alexander, Director of International Labor Affairs at the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, Speaks About Recent Human Rights Abuse in Oaxaca, Mexico. (audio/mpeg)

Barricade the War Machine in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Organizing Group 2007-01-18 5:44 PM
Friday, March 2, will be a day of civil disobedience and direct action against the war machine in Pittsburgh. The main action will be an attempt to barricade the National Robotics Engineering Center, a branch of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) that develops robotic vehicles and weapons delivery systems for the U.S. Army and Marines. (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio for January 15, 2007 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-01-15 10:30 PM
On this week's show... * an interview with two independent journalists who documented the 34 day war in Lebanon last summer and its aftermath. * thousands take to the street in a march against violence in New Orleans * Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks on collective struggle, the war in Vietnam, revolutionary movements around the world, and more. * 2 local groups claim victory in their campaigns (audio/mpeg)

leaflet habded out at cmu for mlk day vincent / blast furnace radio 2007-01-15 7:47 PM
leaflet handed out at cmu for mlk day (text/plain + 2 comments)

Pittsburgh Organizing Group Shuts Down Recruitment Center Pittsburgh Organizing Group 2007-01-15 2:20 AM

Pittsburgh Organizing Group successfully disrupted the military recruitment machine in Pittsburgh yet again. The recruitment center shut down for the entire day. Shortly before 11am, having already accomplished their major goal, 40 protesters gathered outside for a two hour picket designed to keep anti-war resistance front and center in the public eye. Signs such as, “There’s Dead, and Then There’s ARMY DEAD,” “Honk for Peace,” “Recruiters Are Child Predators,” “Those Who Call the Shots Aren’t Among the Shot,” “Let the Rich Fight Their Own Wars,” and “Resist, Don’t Enlist” resulted in a plethora of horn honks and supportive gestures from passing drivers. (image/jpeg + 18 comments)

Monday Noon / CMU protest on MLK's birthday vincent / blast furnace radio 2007-01-09 1:28 PM
on monday january 15th at noon at warner hall at the corner of forbes and moorewood (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio for January 8, 2007 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-01-08 10:22 PM
On this week's show... * People are calling for the closing on Guantanamo Bay on the detention center’s five year anniversary. * Polar Bears are drawing attention to the global warming crisis * Paul Simpson describes the bicycle's potential as a vehicle for social equality * a wave of violence has broken out in New Orleans, claiming many lives including those of local activists, artists, and musicians * The Zapatistas mark the 13th anniversary of their uprising with an international gathering in Chiapas, Mexico * plus more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

IRAQ VET VIDEO: pittsburgh interview, part 2 lenny and vincent / blast furnace video journ 2007-01-07 4:17 PM
video location http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JbPvMaLR-M (text/plain)

Public Transit is going to hell stephen donahue 2007-01-05 5:24 PM
Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato is mandating massive service cuts and fare hikes. Right wing state legislators say that this is only the beginning. (text/plain)

Pittsburgh Protests Deatj pf 3,000th Soldier in Iraq An attendee 2007-01-02 3:08 AM
Note: this is only a report from an attendee at the events and is not an official or consensed to statement from POG. (text/html)

VIDEO pittsburgh: iraq vets speak out / part 2 lenny & vincent / blast furnace radio 2007-01-01 10:40 PM
video location http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JbPvMaL another blast furnace video journal (text/plain)

3,000 Too Many Protest pog 2006-12-27 6:16 PM
WHAT: Emergency Anti-War Protest/Counter-Recruitment Picket and March WHEN: 6:00pm on the day AFTER icasualties.org reports the 3,000th U.S. death in Iraq. We will announce it on our website www.organizepittsburgh.org or check http://icasualties.org/oif/ WHERE: The Military Recruiting station in Oakland. (text/html + 11 comments)

part 2 (video) pittsburgh: iraq vets speak out lenny & vincent / blast furnace radio 2006-12-26 11:12 PM
part 2 iraq vets speak in pittsburgh (text/plain + 1 comment)

Pittsburgh Starbucks Union Challenges Corporate Anti Free Speech Zone Union Observer 2006-12-26 3:36 PM

Union Holds Fourth Local Protest. (image/jpeg + 4 comments)

USW, Goodyear Reach Tentative Agreement United Steelworkers 2006-12-23 12:58 PM
(Pittsburgh, PA) -- The United Steelworkers (USW) and the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company today reached tentative agreement on a new three year contract that the union said “secures retiree health care benefits and dramatically increases Goodyear’s investments in union facilities.” (text/plain)

Casino Rally Pictures Andalusia 2006-12-21 2:12 AM

Photos of the Raise Yr Hand! No Casino on the Hill Rally (image/jpeg)

The Best of Rustbelt Radio for Fall 2006! Pittsburgh Indymedia 2006-12-18 10:01 PM
This week, we will be presenting highlights of Rustbelt Radio stories from the Fall of 2006 including... * A Proposed Casino for the Hill District faces opposition * the legal struggle over Hazleton, Pennsylvania's trendsetting anti-immigrant legislation * Veterans of the war in Iraq visit Pittsburgh on the Uprise Counter Recruitment Tour * Anti-affirmative action backlash and voter fraud shape Michigan's election results * and more headlines from recent shows But before we begin, during our best-of show we always remind our listeners that our program is produced entirely by volunteers and we depend upon donations of equipment and funds to continue. If you can support us with recording equipment, computers, or funds for these supplies, please call 412-923-3000, or email us at radio@indypgh.org, or donate on our website, radio.indypgh.org. You can also help with Rustbelt Radio and other independent media projects by getting involved with the Independent Media Center! We are organizing a workspace for media making at our office on Penn Avenue, where we'll be leading workshops for volunteers to learn how to make radio, TV, and online news! Also, we will be offering internships with Rustbelt Radio starting in January of 2007. If you enjoy listening to the show and would like to learn more about what happens behind the scenes, check out www.idealist.org for our internship listings. (audio/mpeg)

Pittsburgh IWW Strikes again at Starbucks’ Anti-Union Practices Union Observer 2006-12-18 4:48 PM

We workers can continue to grovel for these low-wage jobs, or we can just wring our hands in despair, or we can stand up and demand better treatment from these moneymaking corporations. We all know what Starbucks wants its so-called “partners” to do. It’s no mystery why Starbucks is firing workers for organizing, trying to get them to think that a union is unnecessary, and keeping a close eye on those of us who want an independent voice at work.” -- IWW Starbucks Union member (image/jpeg + 4 comments)

Anti-Casino Rally on the Hill BagLady 2006-12-17 11:07 PM
This is Part One of a Rally held at Freedom Corner on December 16th against the proposed Isle of Capri casino in the hill. (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for December 11, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-12-11 10:21 PM
On this week's show... * we'll hear from Mumia Abu-Jamal, who marked his 25th year of imprisonment in Pennsylvania over the weekend * a new film on Cuba's public health system premiered at the University of Pittsburgh, and we spoke to its producer, as well as other members of the panel discussion that followed * the New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has refused the right of transgender people to designate their own genders on birth certificates. * local updates on the Hill District casino proposal, the Mon-Fayette expressway, and the protest at Colin Powell's recent speech * and also, an update from Palestine (audio/mpeg)

Victory!!! Victoria's Secret Adopts New Environmental Paper Standards! Voices for Animals of Western Pennsylvania 2006-12-11 8:55 PM
Voices for Animals Announces Landmark Victory: Victoria's Secret Is Adopting More Sustainable Paper Standards for Catalogs! (text/plain)

(video) pittsburgh: iraq vets speak out / part 1 vincent / blast furnace radio 2006-12-08 2:38 PM
video by lenny for blast furnace radio powered by 4th river media location of video 6.30 minutes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc3H6QZU6Sg (text/plain)

Pittsburgh Workers Escalate Protest Against Starbucks’ Union-Busting Pittsburgh IWW 2006-12-06 4:34 PM

The IWW proclaims that an injury to one is an injury to all! Union members use solidarity to build the Starbucks Union on the streets of Pittsburgh. Starbucks workers have a right to form a union to increase their wages and improve their working conditions. (image/jpeg + 10 comments)

Women Don't Buy The War Francine Porter 2006-12-05 12:08 AM

Rustbelt Radio for December 4, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-12-05 12:01 AM
On today's show... * Radical magazine Clamor calls it quits in the face of financial difficulties * The annual demonstration at the School of the Americas draws over 20,000 supporters * An interview with a Guyasuta fellow about how to improve transportation in our region * plus more stories on casinos, Oaxaca, and Cameroon in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

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