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Rally to Save the Courts Jessica McPherson 2005-05-02 2:25 AM

Over a hundred people gathered at the Federal Building in downtown Pittsburgh last Monday afternoon for a rally protesting the Republican plan to change the rules for the confirmation of judicial appointees by congress. (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: Pittsburgh Sustainable Design & Green Energy Expo Geoffslagheap 2005-04-30 8:40 PM
Canaries in the Coalfields, a project of the Thomas Merton Center, is looking for participants for a Green Energy and Sustainable Design Expo on June 6th in downtown Pittsburgh. (text/plain)

May 4 March & SpeakOut Against War - Kent OH sue jeffers 2005-04-28 5:44 PM
On May 4, 2005 the Portage Community Peace Coalition and the Kent State Anti-War Committee will sponsor a march and rally against the ongoing war and related US human rights violations. The march will begin at approximately 3:30pm, ½ hour after the annual May 4 Task Force Commemoration for the students killed and wounded by National Guard forces in 1970. (text/plain)

My Brilliant Career at ACORN Philip Shropshire 2005-04-28 9:43 AM
If you're thinking about working for ACORN, don't. Try other public interest groups like the Clean Water Action Project or even Direct Advantage Marketing before working for ACORN. (text/plain + 34 comments)

Mayoral candidates debate Citizen's Police Review Board rustbelt radio 2005-04-27 6:05 PM
At an April 21st forum, candidates discussed police accountability in Pittsburgh while Bob O'Connor refused to budge on the issue. (text/plain)

Pittsburgh Civic Design Coalition Mayoral Candidates Forum Jessica McPherson 2005-04-27 9:45 AM
Candidates for the upcoming Pittsburgh mayoral election discussed issues related to design & quality of life in Pittsburgh at a recent forum hosted by the Pittsburgh Civic Design Coalition. (text/plain)

BioDemocracy Update # 1 from Philadelphia PhillyRAGE (ResistanceAgainstGeneticEngineeri 2005-04-26 6:01 PM

From June 19 to 22, 2005, the Earth’s largest consortium of biotechnology corporations -- the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) -- is holding its annual international convention in downtown Philadelphia. Join us to say NO to their agenda of genetically engineered (GE) agriculture, medicine for profit and bioweapons proliferation! (image/jpeg)

POG Shuts Down Army Recruiters at CMU Lizzie Swank 2005-04-26 4:45 PM

On Tuesday, April 26, thirteen members of Pittsburgh Organizing Group (from CMU and elsewhere) confronted recruiters for the U.S. Army Reserves who were tabling at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) today effectively shutting down recruitment for 45 minutes. (image/jpeg + 38 comments)

POG counter-recruitment action at CMU david 2005-04-26 4:31 PM

A dozen activists disrupt military recruitment at Carnegie Mellon University. (image/jpeg + 102 comments)

Rustbelt Radio for April 25, 2005 Pittsburgh IMC Radio Collective 2005-04-26 12:50 AM
On today's show... This week's local grassroots organization, the Fight for Lifers, will speak about their efforts to advocate for prisoners serving life sentences. We will hear from last Monday's Pittsburgh Public School Board meeting, as concerned parents spoke out about military recruiting at schools, unhealthy school meals and other issues impacting students. And Sunday was the 90th anniversary of the start of the genocide of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman empire. We'll hear from a survivor. (audio/mpeg)

Wal-Mart Threatens CMU Student over Parody Website using DMCA Daniel Papasian 2005-04-25 2:49 PM
Lawyers representing Wal-Mart Stores Inc. have used a cease and desist order to force a website ran by a Carnegie Mellon University student offline. The website, created by junior Political Science major Daniel Papasian, parodied The Wal-Mart Foundation, a subsidiary of Wal-Mart that promotes community development. (text/html + 4 comments)

(mp3) iraq presentation and concert by the weedhawks vincent / blast furnace radio 2005-04-24 10:10 AM
intro to a multi-media presentation of peace and concert by a fave band from morgantown mp3>>> http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=12111 (text/plain)

Healthcare Conference Mon Valley Unemployed Committee 2005-04-20 3:30 PM
As part of the national "Cover the Uninsured Week", the Mon Valley Unemployed Committee will be holding an "Access to Healthcare" Conference. The event will take place on Friday, May 6 from 8:00 AM-2:00 PM at the United Steelworkers International headquarters in Downtown Pittsburgh. (application/pdf)

Rustbelt Radio for April 18, 2005 Pittsburgh IMC Radio Collective 2005-04-18 7:59 PM
# Tax Day was last week. Members of the war tax resisters group tell us why they didn't pay # We talk to voices for animals of western pennsylvania # and activists staged an all-day picket at the Sky Bank headquarters in Downtown Pittsburgh, stepping up their campaign against what they're calling a union-busting company. But first, these local and global headlines. (audio/mpeg)

MayDay 2005 Bloomfield Anarchists 2005-04-14 11:37 AM
Celebrate the Anarchist history of May Day and the 8 hour day fight. Remember Lucy and Albert and August and all the rest. If we understand where we have been we can understand where we are going! (text/plain + 8 comments)

Rustbelt Radio for April 11, 2005 Pittsburgh IMC Radio Collective 2005-04-11 7:50 PM
55 Minutes in Ogg and MP3 formats, and webcast at http://www.wrct.org (higher quality archive at audioport.org) * a report from Charleston's West Virginia Capitol building where Mountain Justice activists from around Appalachia gathered for the Mountain Justice Summer Kickoff event. * An interview with a Nepali man about the recent coup in his country. * And our weekly interview with a local grassroots organization, the Pittsburgh Transportation Equity Project. (audio/mpeg)

Health & the Environment Conference 2005 Jessica McPherson 2005-04-11 4:56 PM
This past weekend the Collaborative on Health and the Environment in Pennsylvania hosted a conference on environmental health that brought together medical researchers, health advocates, and environmentalists to take stock of current science, share information and consider strategies to redress the serious environmental health problems of today’s times. (text/plain)

Remembering Haymarket: May Day 2005 Bloomfield Free State Anarchists 2005-04-11 10:48 AM
Bring your sympathy, passion, and open minds. Come and remember how sacrifice of the Haymarket anarchists lives on in our resistance. (text/plain)

may4th / four dead in ohio vincent / blast furnace radio 2005-04-11 1:15 AM
may 4, 2005 (text/plain + 15 comments)

Why Mountain Justice Summer? John conner 2005-04-08 12:44 PM

Mountain Justice Summer is a call to action and a request for help from the people of the Appalachia mountains for help in saving our mountains, streams, and forest from greedy coal companies. But why are we asking for help? Frankly it's because we are losing. More than 1,000 miles of stream have been buried and destroyed and countless mountains and ridge tops have been blown up–gone for all eternity. Additionally, under the Bush administration laws have been altered to encourage and accelerate the destruction. The price of coal has doubled, and the destruction of our watersheds is accelerating and spreading out like cancer — not slowing down. Our state and federal agencies charged with protecting our environment are dealing out permits to these coal companies like crack dealers on the street corner — the coal is the crack — and the coal companies the addicts that will kill, destroy entire mountain ranges and bury streams in order to get their black fix. (image/jpeg)

Thomas Merton Center New Person Awards! Thomas Merton Center 2005-04-06 11:39 AM
This years TMC New Person Awards on May 7th will honor Labor and Community Solidarity activists. It will be a great night and a chance to show your support for Pittsburgh's own dynamic local center for resistance. Viva TMC! (text/plain + 3 comments)

Progressive Conference Directions Jeremy Baker 2005-04-05 7:58 PM
Directions to the Westminster College Green Party's Second Annual Progressive Conference (text/plain)

"Bring the war home" (???) Juan Zuluaga 2005-04-05 4:08 PM
What does the POG mean by having a sign that says "Bring the war home? " (text/plain + 2 comments)

Darfur Emergency Protest in Squirrel Hill Rustbelt Radio Collective 2005-04-05 3:26 PM
Pittsburghers marched in Squirrel Hill on Sunday, April 3rd to bring attention to the on-going crisis in Western Sudan. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Five finger your groceries? stephen donahue 2005-04-05 2:26 PM
It’s either that or pay 5 cents on each dollar of groceries you buy. (text/plain + 30 comments)

Rustbelt Radio for April 4, 2005 Pittsburgh IMC Radio Working Group 2005-04-04 8:26 PM
On today's show... We speak with the birth circle, a community group that works with child bearing families We will hear about the life of young men in a palestinian refugee camp (audio/mpeg)

(audio) river valley school benefit concert vincent / blast furnace radio 2005-04-04 2:20 AM
poetry, blues and banjo mania mp3's of concert for river valley (text/plain)

Deserving of a Serious Look, Chuck Pennacchio Michael Tedesco 2005-04-03 1:23 PM
This article discusses the Senatorial candidacy of Progressive Democrat Chuck Pennacchio. (text/html + 1 comment)

Workers Memorial DAy Donna P. Spadaro MD 2005-04-03 1:06 PM
Workers Memorial Day Observation, April 28, 2005 Noon Market Square (text/plain)

Students in Solidarity Dance to Oppose Sweatshops gwen 2005-04-01 1:56 PM

The University of Pittsburgh is a member of the "Fair Labor Association" (FLA), but this is not good enough say the members of Pitt's Students in Solidarity. The university should be a part of the Workers Rights Consortium (WRC), an organization that checks the companies for staying within the labor laws of their country. (image/jpeg)

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