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Rustbelt Radio for February 6, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio Collective 2006-02-07 2:43 PM
On this week's show... * Rustbelt Radio's own Andalusia Knoll brings us a report from Bolivia on the political situation there * We'll hear about the riots across Pittsburgh that ensued after the Steelers' Superbowl victory * Activists continue speaking out against Bush on the night of his State of the Union address * Citizens address the Pittsburgh City Council on the city's anti-sweatshop ordinance * and the cost of the war in Iraq is growing by the billions, according to a new report * our regular update on police brutality and misconduct in the region * more headlines from independent media centers around the world (audio/mpeg)

January 2006 Critical Mass Abie 2006-02-06 10:48 PM

Here are some pics I snapped at the Critical Mass bicycle ride. Black and gold outfits were all the rage. (image/jpeg + 10 comments)

Steelers Victory Party helmet head 2006-02-06 4:36 PM
What if? (text/plain + 8 comments)

Borderless Puzzle Superbowl Victory Party Tuesday at Club Cafe Bryan Meyer 2006-02-06 1:01 AM

Pittsburgh, PA -- February 5, 2006 -- Local band Borderless Puzzle celebrates The Steeler's victory in Superbowl XL with a special Tuesday night show at one of Southside's veteran venues, The Club Cafe, on Feburay 7th at 9:30. (image/jpeg)

Voices For Animals visits animal abusers on Superbowl Sunday Voices For Animals of Western Pennsylania 2006-02-05 4:09 PM

Protestors bring plea for compassion to Laforet owner’s home (image/jpeg + 21 comments)

Why Did Pennsylvania Murder The Most Bears? ARC 2006-02-04 1:18 PM
a 'prolife' senator courts hunters as he votes money for babybombing... (text/plain + 3 comments)

Rustbelt Radio for January 30, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-01-30 9:45 PM
On this week's show... * We'll speak to two activists who are fighting CAFTA, the Central American Free Trade Agreement, which is being pushed by the Bush administration * We'll hear how privatization, globalization, and the "networking" of security agencies are complicating the fight against secrecy * Bob O'Connor describes his plans to be like former New York City mayor Rudy Guiliani * and the EU passes a resolution against homophobia * a police brutality update * and our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

Friends of Sabeel Conference Kate 2006-01-24 7:51 PM

Towards a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel: A Regional Friends of Sabeel Conference @ First Methodist Church, Center Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA. (image/jpeg + 29 comments)

MAYDAY PLANNING GROUP! lucy parsons 2006-01-24 1:08 PM
big may day bash planning in the works! (text/plain + 3 comments)

The Vagina Monologues Campus Women's Organization 2006-01-24 12:13 PM
The Vagina Monologues February 9, 10,11 8:30pm University of Pittsburgh, David Lawrence Hall Auditorium $10 admission/ $5 with student ID Benefits the Women's Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh (application/pdf + 2 comments)

Rustbelt Radio for January 23, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio 2006-01-23 8:57 PM
On this week's show... * a report from the Black and White Reunion's tenth annual Summit Against Racism, held in East Liberty this past weekend * We continue our discussion about Venezuela with Katrina Kozarek from the Calle y Media Video Collective * We'll hear from an activist in Africa, who is organizing to abolish 3rd world debt * and a court has ruled in favor of locked-out steelworkers in Ohio * plus Rustbelt Radio's Indymedia headlines (audio/mpeg)

(audio) MLK concert at the BBT vincent / blast furnace radio 2006-01-23 6:59 PM
great martin luther king day concert for peace at the bloomfield bridge tavern (text/plain + 1 comment)

SEIU protests Squirrel Hill Nursing Home david 2006-01-20 12:01 AM

SEIU demonstrates against Charles Morris Nursing Center Management on Monday, January 16. (image/jpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for January 16, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio Collective 2006-01-17 12:28 AM
On today's show, local lawyer Dan Kovalik speaks about US military aid to Colombia and human rights violations against trade unionists, we'll hear from Pennsylvania state representatives about the impacts of the Iraq war on two districts in Pittsburgh, local news reports on treatment of the city's homeless, students' voting rights, and nurses' organizing for affordable health care, and global news reports on critical mass, journalists' rights, pirate and low power radio, GE crops, and the struggle for justice in post-genocide Rwanda. (audio/mpeg)

Pittsburgh Man in War on Terror in Afghanistan Caleb "Shooter" Schaber 2006-01-15 5:22 AM

Spc. Eric Abes is a US Army soldier fighting the war on terror in Kandahar, Afghanistan. (image/jpeg + 61 comments)

Dan Kovalik on US Aid to Colombia and Corporate Malfeasance Donald Deeley 2006-01-14 10:35 PM
Attorney Dan Kovalik speaks about US aid to Colombia, anti-labor actions there and Steelworkers' lawsuits in defense of trade unionists. 1:22:47 (audio/x-ogg)

Rustbelt Radio for January 9, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio Collective 2006-01-10 1:01 AM
On this week's show... * we'll hear about connections between prison abuses at home and abroad * and we'll speak with Katrina Kozarek about the Calle y Media video cooperative in Venezuela * but first, these local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

Pittsburgh Impeachment Petition State Senator Jim Ferlo 2006-01-09 9:30 PM
State Senator Jim Ferlo is asking Pittsburgh residents to sign a petition requesting impeachment proceedings and censure of the President and Vice President. (text/plain)

Penn-Trafford Teachers Strike Update Abie / Rustbelt Radio 2006-01-08 1:21 PM
Teachers in the Penn-Trafford School District have been working without a contract since June, and held a strike last Thanksgiving for 12 days, which ended when the school board agreed to enter face-to-face negotiations last November. Now the negotiations are at an impasse over salary increase. (text/plain + 5 comments)

Rustbelt Radio for January 2, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio Collective 2006-01-03 12:24 AM
On today's show: we will listen to Kate Bornstein as she addressed the audience at the 2005 Steel City Gender Conference, plus some local and global headlines. (audio/mpeg)

Ex-WYEP speaks out Chris Holm 2005-12-21 4:41 PM
Off course, just when you thought it was over... (text/plain + 4 comments)

The best of Rustbelt Radio for Fall 2005! (December 19th, 2005 holiday special) Indymedia Rustbelt Radio Collective 2005-12-20 1:42 AM
This week's show falls during WRCT's random schedule, as the radio station takes a holiday. We're using this opportunity to present our listeners with some highlights from the fall season of Rustbelt Radio that you may have missed. On today's show we will hear ..... * A report on police brutality at the August 20th counter-recruitment protest * Homeless people's reactions to the new panhandling ordinance in Pittsburgh * Updates on the Jerry Jackson case * A report on the Bring them Home Now tour * and more (audio/mpeg)

Drive Out Foie Gras Pittsburgh! Pittsburgh Foie Gras 2005-12-16 7:27 PM

Thanks to the effort of Alex Baldwin and others President Clinton made the White House free of foie gras while he was there. Western Pennsylvania animal rights activists are having victories daily in the campaign. (image/jpeg)

PA to supplement federal home heating assistance stephen donahue 2005-12-16 12:29 PM
House Bill 1539 is corporate welfare that also helps poor folks keep warm. (text/plain)

Hookers, Hoopla, Handshakes and Handouts: Annual 'Pigsylvania Society' Ball Rages On Steve Peacock 2005-12-16 6:12 AM
The annual Pennsylvania Society bash at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City this past weekend was – just it has been for more than a century – the epicenter of organized gluttony and bribery-made-legal for commonwealth lawmakers and industry barons. Pa. Senate President Pro Tempore Robert C. Jubelirer shrugs off such characterizations, and sees the event instead as an opportunity to simply “ let your hair down a bit,” according to a Dec. 11 AP report. However, as a former plainclothes security officer working near the Waldorf, I can say with certainty that streetwalkers and call-girls will have joined at least some of these corporate and bureaucratic bigwigs as they let their hair down. (text/plain)

VA International Human Rights Day Etta Cetera 2005-12-15 4:33 PM
VA International Human Rights day (audio/mpeg)

Pentagon Surveillance comes to Pittsburgh Abie 2005-12-15 1:15 PM

You may have heard about the secret database the Pentagon complied on anti-war and counter-recruiting activites. And guess what? Pittsburgh made the list! (image/jpeg + 10 comments)

PA Birth Control Access at Risk Rep. Dan Frankel (via Ben Turner) 2005-12-14 6:11 PM
Rep. Dan Frankel, D-Pittsburgh, is working to stop a growing trend of pharmacists denying access to emergency contraception and other legal prescription drugs such as birth control. Planned Parenthood did a survey of PA pharmacies that found some surprising results. (text/plain + 1 comment)

40 protest Iraq war in Morgantown, WV Gus 2005-12-13 1:30 AM
40 people at antiwar protest in Morgantown, WV (text/plain + 1 comment)

Rustbelt Radio for December 12, 2005 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2005-12-12 11:25 PM
On this week's show... * we talk with Steve Donahue about recent changes to Pennsylvania utility laws that are leaving consumers in the cold this winter * we'll hear about proposed UPMC parking lots and other development in the uptown neighborhood of Pittsburgh * and we'll talk with As'ad AbuKhalil about the recent developments in Lebanon, * Pittsburgh city council tentaviesly passes restriction for anti-abortion protestors * our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

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