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HAPPILY EVER AFTER…KIDS AND VOLUNTEERS READING TOGETHER Tina Scully 2005-12-12 4:09 PM
Beginning with Books provides storybooks and volunteer readers; educates parents, daycare providers, pre-school/Kindergarten and elementary teachers about developing early literacy in children of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s low-income families. (text/plain)

Calling out Police Brutality Results in More Police Brutality Electric Pig 2005-12-09 4:19 PM
This past weekend marked yet another outrageous display of police brutality for the city of Pittsburgh. (text/plain + 10 comments)

Rustbelt Radio for December 5, 2005 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio Collective 2005-12-06 2:03 AM
On this week's show... * We discuss the 1000th execution carried out in the United States this past week * We review issues facing the Pittsburgh Public Schools and the Superintendent's proposed right-sizing plan * we learn about the current scandal in the Allegheny County Sheriff's Office * and our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

#2 from pittsburgh to new orleans vincent / blast furnace radio 2005-12-01 12:53 AM
reflection of my latest trip to the new orleans region (text/plain)

a protest story tim grier 2005-11-29 7:10 PM
This is my version of the day's events, along with a little tidbit about the guy who is trying to hold me accountable for my actions. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Rustbelt Radio for November 28, 2005 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2005-11-28 11:52 PM
On this week's show... * We speak to an organizer with the South Central Los Angeles Farmers who are fighting the destruction of their urban farm * We hear from Johanna Fernandez's lecture about the Young Lords Party and Late Sixties Radicalism * and Code Pink protests the war outside Kaufmann's on the day after Thanksgiving * and workers at Starbucks are struggling against the company to unionize with the IWW * plus our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

Pink Friday !!!!!!! 2005-11-25 7:15 PM

On Friday afternoon, several members of Code Pink distributed pink price tags and Bush Buck$ detailing the human and financial costs of war to Pittsburgh consumers. (image/jpeg + 183 comments)

PA House Education Committee investigates "liberal bias" and votes to keep schoo Hal Smith 2005-11-24 5:52 AM

Rustbelt Radio for November 21, 2005 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio 2005-11-22 11:33 AM
On this week's show... William Andersen will tell us how the City of Pittsburgh demolished his home; We'll take a look at Rafah Crossing Point, the heavily militarized checkpoint that since 1980 has been the only way for people in Gaza to travel internationally, as Israel plans to hand over control to the Palestinian Authority and European Union (audio/mpeg)

Latest Mainstream Media to Expose 9/11 WTC Demolition Theory repost 2005-11-21 1:45 PM
No matter how obvious, simple or logical it sounds, you should never completely believe the official version. And given our federal government's sorry track record on truth-telling, that's the only rational thing a good citizen should do. (text/plain + 1 comment)

December 1 New Deadline for Transit Art Submissions! Jennifer Gibson 2005-11-18 6:40 PM
Your artwork can make a difference in supporting local transit. Read on. (text/plain)

POG returns to Oakland Recruiting Station sarge 2005-11-18 4:48 PM

On Friday, November 18th, Pittsburgh Organizing Group (POG) held a noisy but non-violent protest outside a military recruiting station in Oakland. (image/jpeg + 7 comments)

Save Our Transit Rally marie 2005-11-16 1:47 PM

On November 16, 40 bus and trolley riders from southwest Pennsylvania gathered for a lunchtime “Public Transportation Appreciation Rally” at the Pennsylvania State Office Building downtown. Public transit riders expressed their appreciation for the system that they rely on, and how it affects their everyday lives, sending the message to Harrisburg that public transportation is a necessity, not an option, for thousands of people everyday. Speakers at the rally also called for just wages and health care benefits for every public transit worker in Pennsylvania. (image/jpeg)

Counter-Recruitment Protest this Friday pog 2005-11-15 11:25 AM
Stand Up to Military Recruitment on "National Stand Down Day" (text/html)

Rustbelt Radio for November 14, 2005 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2005-11-15 10:57 AM
On today's show... * We have an interview With Helem GLBT Center in Beirut, Lebanon * Updates on the Paris Riots * Spoken word by Alixa and Naima * an update on police harassment of Common Ground Relief volunteers in New Orleans * our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

Hurricane Katrina: Outraged and Enraged Mimi Yahn 2005-11-14 8:32 PM
Article that appeared in the October 2005 issue of New People. First of series by former resident of the New Orleans area. (text/plain)

Carnegie Mellon:Lycos used for fraud. Tony Ryals 2005-11-08 1:49 AM
Lycos began as a search engine at Carnegie Mellon and paradoxically its ragingbull.com that provides message boards that censor or delete critics or defrauded investors from posting and allow known penny stock frauds to continue and insiders to the scams to promote known penny stocks frauds is itself like a dark alley of the internet where search engines don't go. (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio for November 7, 2005 Indymeda Radio Collective 2005-11-07 11:21 PM
On this week's show... * We speak with an employee of the East Liberty Shop-n-save store who alleges religious discrimination * We learn about human trafficking in the US and abroad, and what is being done to stop it * and we discuss proposed changes to National Forest Service policies with the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy. plus, our local and global headlines. (audio/mpeg)

Strike Photos Shane Culgan 2005-11-07 6:55 PM

The following photos have been collected by myself and Rossilynne Skena. (image/jpeg)

Local Military Recruitment Data david 2005-11-07 5:34 PM
A snippet of PA and Allegheny County recruitment data from the National Priorities Project database. (text/plain)

PUBLIC TRANSIT STRIKE FOR ALLEGHENY COUNTY? stephen donahue 2005-11-06 6:08 PM
Port Authority of Allegheny County bus/trolley drivers, cleaners, mechanics might strike by Thanksgiving. (text/plain)

PALESTINIAN FILM SHOWING AND APPEARANCE BY PARENTS OF SLAIN PEACE ACTIVIST Students for Justice in Palestine 2005-11-06 2:28 PM
On Friday, December 2, Rachel’s parents, Cindy and Craig Corrie, will be in Pittsburgh to discuss the death of their daughter in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as to present the documentary film Rachel: an American Conscience. (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio for October 31, 2005 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio 2005-10-31 10:43 PM
On this week's show... * We talk to Sal Wilcox of Education Innovations about urban farms and charter schools * We have an update from Mohammad of Beirut Indymedia about the situation in Lebanon and Syria * and Pittsburghers react to the 2000th American soldier death in Iraq, but first, these local headlines. (audio/mpeg)

Indymedia at the Mattress Factory Swap Meet matt 2005-10-30 7:14 PM

on sunday night indymedia volunteers showed off their media work at the mattress factory. (image/jpeg)

Ringling Bros. Protest Wed Voices for Animals 2005-10-30 11:07 AM
Come out and protest Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus this Wednesday! (text/plain)

Strike Photos Shane Culgan 2005-10-28 11:05 PM

These pictures correlate with articles written by Rossilynne Skena, Jenny Paul, and Emily Hoerner. (image/jpeg + 6 comments)

P-T teachers continue strike for better salaries, benefits Emily Hoerner 2005-10-28 4:22 PM
News piece about the teachers of Penn-Trafford School District on strike. (text/plain)

2000 Too Many - Women Marching for Peace marie 2005-10-28 2:01 PM

On Wednesday, October 26, the day after the 2000th U.S. soldier was killed, a candlelit silent vigil and march through Oakland was held by members of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), the Women’s League For Peace and Freedom (WILPF), and Code Pink. Over 100 people gathered at the Friends Meeting House at 5:30. The Raging Grannies sang and Diane Santoriello spoke. She is a Penn Hills resident who’s son, Neil, died while serving in Iraq. The march ended in Oakland at the Dinosaur in front of Carnegie Library. Organizers read the names of the dead in closing. (image/jpeg)

2000 Too Many - POG's Emergency Protest marie 2005-10-28 1:37 PM

Wednesday, October 26 -- Marking a grim milestone in the Iraq war - the 2,000th U.S. fatality - Pittsburgh Organizing Group (POG) held an emergency counter-recruitment rally and march in Oakland. About 130 showed up for the 7pm rally that began with a drum circle. The rally featured speakers from POG, CodePink, Anti-Racist Action, and spoken word artist Jeremy Shenk. After the rally, POG led a raucous march through Oakland past two recruiting stations, periodically blocking traffic at intersections, before finally concluding at Carnegie Military University while chanting, "Military Research Kills, Disarm CMU!". (image/jpeg + 7 comments)

Strike spoils students’ school year Rossilynne Skena 2005-10-28 12:05 PM
Analysis of how Penn-Trafford High School students, especially seniors, are being affected adversely by contract negotiations and strike. (readable version) (text/plain)

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