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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)

Union Scabbing This Sunday Mark Belko (re-post) 2006-07-22 2:34 PM
Witness continued union scabbing in Pittsburgh. IATSE members to handbill on 7/23 (Sunday), but plan on not being disruptive. Construction Trades unions to cross the line? (text/plain + 1 comment)

East End Runaround - Co-op workers fear their union effort will be consulted to death Worker Freedom 2006-07-21 11:01 AM

By Melissa Meinzer - Pittsburgh City Paper, July 20, 2006 (image/jpeg)

All Star Game Anti-Sweatshop March and Carnival (avi) Rob Cullen 2006-07-19 12:35 PM
Edited video of an anti-sweatshop rally and protest at the All Star Game on July 11 at PNC Park. Video is in two different formats and run time is 3:39. (video/x-msvideo + 2 comments)

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)

Pittsburgh Critical Mass Video June 2006 (avi) Rob Cullen 2006-07-15 9:44 PM
Edited 8:13 video of June 2006's Critical Mass ride that was part of Pittsburgh Bikefest. With interviews, music, and a ton of bikes. (video/x-msvideo + 1 comment)

Anti-sweatshop All-star at PNC Park matt toups 2006-07-13 6:54 PM

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)

East End Food Co-op Workers Choose Union Representation EEFC Workers Committee 2006-07-10 12:12 AM
The Thomas Merton Center performs independent authorization card count, showing union has clear majority support, while East End Food Co-op management continues to work with Braun Consulting Group (text/plain + 3 comments)

Pennsylvania to increase minimum wage statewide Rustbelt Radio 2006-07-09 1:05 PM
Recently passed state legislation will raise the minimum wage in Pennsylvania by $2 over the next year. Governor Rendell has pledged to sign the bill into law. (text/plain + 11 comments)

Co-op or Co-optation?The IWW drive at East End Worker Freedom 2006-07-07 7:48 AM

By Charlie Deitch - Pittsburgh City Paper, July 6, 2006 (image/jpeg + 7 comments)

Rustbelt Radio for July 3, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-07-03 10:33 PM
This week we have a special bike theme show for Bike Fest, including stories... * about the Major Taylor Cycling Club and the Underground Railroad Cycling Route * Testimonies from cyclists injured in accidents, * An update from Bike Pittsburgh about Cycling Improvements in Pittsburgh * Paul Simpson speaking about bicycles as they relate to social equality * plus local and global headlines (audio/mpeg + 1 comment)

The Bicycle: Vehicle to social equality and health abie&jessica for Dr. Paul Simpson, M.D. 2006-06-29 10:38 PM
Dr. Paul Simpson, M.D., spoke at Bike Fest about the negative effects of hierarchical society on physical health, and also how the humble bicycle can help fight this. (audio/mpeg + 1 comment)

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)

POG Pickets Market Square Recruiting Station in Solidarity with Lt. Watada david 2006-06-27 5:01 PM

POG solidarity picket on June 27th "National Day of Action to Stand Up with Lt. Ehren Watada" (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

Pittsburgh Grocery Workers Go IWW Worker Freedom 2006-06-22 5:53 PM

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Rustbelt Radio for June 19, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-06-20 1:21 AM
On today's show... * an interview with author David Carter on the beginning of the gay rights movement at the Stonewall Inn in New York, * single payer healthcare advocates describe proposals for universal health care at the state and national levels, * plus, an anti-war bike tour rolls through Pittsburgh, courts rule on police searches in the US and Germany, criticism of the Guantanamo Bay prison, and news from the eviction of the South Central Farm in LA. (audio/mpeg)

Activists protest foie gras David McWade 2006-06-19 5:05 PM
Activists from Voices for Animals protest in front of Casbah restaurant for selling foie gras. The protest took place during Big Burrito's Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture dinner. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Universal Health Care rally Jessica McPherson, for Rustbelt Radio 2006-06-18 10:03 AM
Supporters of universal health care held a rally in downtown Pittsburgh on Wednesday, June 7, in front of the headquarters of insurance giant Highmark. (text/plain)

No Pride in War - picketing the military recruitment station monica 2006-06-17 8:52 PM

On June 17, as Pittsburgh's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) communities gathered downtown to celebrate the anniversary of the Stonewall riots against heterosexist police, POG returned to the Oakland recruiting station to mark the occasion by confronting another homophobic institution – the United States military – with the theme, “No Pride in War.” Queer members (and allies) of POG felt it was also important to call into question the mainstream gay rights movement's narrow, single-issue approach to challenging the military's discriminatory employment policy. Audre Lorde said, "Your silence will not protect you," and so about 20 people gathered outside the station to say, “Ban the Military! Not Lesbians and Gays!” During the event, a banner was dropped from the roof of a building facing the windows of the recruiting station. (image/jpeg)

Dyke March Pittsburgh! marie 2006-06-17 4:23 PM

About 100 people marched through Oakland on Friday, June 16 in Pittsburgh's first Dyke March ever. (image/jpeg)

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)

Protesting Haditha Massacre and Other Atrocities Nina van Zandt 2006-06-08 3:55 PM

Pittsburgh anti-war protesters express anger over Haditha and ongoing atrocities. In response to the recent news of atrocities in Iraq 60 people gathered in Shadyside for a short rally and march. Participants called for an end to the Iraq war and expressed revulsion at news of recent atrocities. The march stopped traffic and took over Walnut Street in Shadyside. Protesters moved street signs and a dumpster into the road, smashed at least one window, and threw rocks at corporate stores. Ten police cars, an animal control van, and two unmarked cars showed up and forced the march onto the sidewalk. The march proceeded for another hour through Shadyside and Bloomfield. (image/jpeg + 30 comments)

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)

Legislature debates mercury standards Rustbelt Radio / Jessica 2006-06-05 9:27 PM
The Republican-led Pennsylvania General Assembly is set to consider legislation that would prohibit the state Department of Environmental Protection from adopting regulations to limit mercury pollution. (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio memorial day 2006 special Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-06-01 5:53 PM
This week on Rustbelt Radio, a special Memorial Day program in recognition of innocent people who have been imprisoned or executed. We will hear an in depth report on wrongful incarceration including interviews with: * Bill Moushey of the Innnocence Institute of Pittsburgh * Tommy Doswell, of Homewood, who was wrongfully incarcerated for 19 years before being cleared by DNA evidence * Duane Kirk, who was wrongfully incarcerated for 15 months * and members of the Black Politicial Empowment Project who are working towards legislation for compensation and services for the wrongfully incarcerated. Also, Blackbox Radio interviews the The Icarus Project, a radical mental health organization. Program note: this show was orginally scheduled for May 29, 2006, but was postponed until May 31 due to unforeseen technical problems at WRCT studios. (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)

Regis Possino, Peoples Building in Pittsburgh Dr. Alexander von Paleske 2006-05-21 4:38 AM
Peoples Building in Pittsburgh, Geneva Equities and the more than cpolourful past of Regis Possino (text/plain + 3 comments)

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