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Two Arrested at Bush Protest
Quinten
2005-03-13 11:13 PM
Two Pittsburgh residents were arrested last Monday during a protest against a visit by President George W. Bush. The president visited a local family support center and spoke briefly at the Community College of Allegheny County's North Side branch. He was in town in part to present an award for volunteerism to Jennie Roth, a junior at La Roche college. (text/plain + 7 comments)
Arctic and Midwest climate change
Pat Neuman
2005-03-12 12:23 PM![]()
Figures and graphs showing climate change in Pittsburgh and elsewhere in the Midwest and Great Lakes States are in my article titled: "Arctic and Midwest climate change" ... link below. (image/gif + 34 comments)
Forum on the Draft, Conscientious Objection and Stop Loss
david
2005-03-08 10:57 PM
Pittsburgh Forum and Speakout on the Draft, Conscientious Objection, and Stop Loss. Organized by CONSCIENCE (A Pittsburgh-area group for conscientious objectors and supporters). (audio/x-wav + 1 comment)
Rustbelt Radio for March 7, 2005
Pittsburgh IMC Radio Collective
2005-03-08 8:56 PM
This week's show falls during WRCT's random schedule, as the radio station takes a spring break holiday. We're using this opportunity to present our listeners with some highlights from the last year's season of Rustbelt Radio that you may have missed.
These segments span our shows from July to November, 2004. (audio/mpeg)
Bushes to visit North Side Monday
parrot
2005-03-04 9:53 AM
President and Daugther will visit The Providence Family Support Center on the North Side on Monday, March 7. (text/plain + 4 comments)
(mp3) speech by Sister Dianna Ortiz, torture victim
vincent / blast furnace radio
2005-03-03 11:55 PM
audio location
http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=11477 (text/plain)
bum kicked out of st. paul's cathedral
vincent / blast furnace radio
2005-03-03 8:16 PM
bum kicked out of st. paul's cathedral (text/plain)
POG Call for "Resistance is Fertile" Contigent at M19
POG
2005-03-03 11:59 AM
POG is calling for a contingent in the Anti-War Committees march and rally on March 19 that will have a critique of the systemic problems of which war is a mere symptom. Come join us to be beautiful and get rowdy and show that resistance is indeed fertile. (text/plain + 2 comments)
PUBLIC TRANSIT NIGHTMARE NOT OVER YET!
stephen donahue
2005-03-03 11:16 AM
Public transit riders feel like a leaves being tossed about by contrary winds (text/plain + 1 comment)
THE REAL FACE OF THE US OCCUPATION: FILMS AGAINST THE WAR
Deep Dish TV
2005-03-03 11:02 AM![]()
There will be a special screening of The Real Face of Occupation followed by a screening of Mandate (a film about the 2005 presidential inauguration) on Thursday, March 17th,
PH-100, Porter Hall, Carnegie Mellon University. The screening will be followed by a discussion led by Deep Dish producer and filmmaker Brandon Jourdan. (image/jpeg)
Riot-Folk! looking for Show March 8th!
Riot-Folk! Records Collective
2005-03-01 4:41 PM
Hey Y'all, some rioters and folksingers from the Riot-Folk! Records Collective are going to be touring from NYC to Bloomington in March and our gig in Pittsburg fell through! We are hard-hitting radical folk musicians who have performed with the likes of Pete Seeger, Anti-Flag, Against Me!, Billy Bragg and Pat Humphries. We'll play anywhere, a living room, event, basement, bookstore, etc. If anyone can help us out, please let us know! E-mail info@riotfolk.org (text/plain + 1 comment)
Rustbelt Radio for February 28, 2005
IMC Pittsburgh Radio Collective
2005-03-01 3:03 PM
55 Minutes
* a report on tasers and activists' efforts to ban their use by police departments
* an interview with one of the Greenpeace Smokestack Six, recently relased from jail for scaling a smokestack at a power plant in Greene County, Pennsylvania last summer.
* we hear former black panther Ashanti Alston, author of the publication Anarchist Panther, from his talk last week in Pittsburgh
* and United for Peace and Justice, a national anti-war network, held its national assembly in St. Louis a week ago, and Rustbelt Radio has a report (audio/mpeg)
Interview with John Waterrburg of the Hatsfield Six
Quinten / Rustbelt Radio
2005-02-26 6:02 PM
Interview with John Watterburg, one of six Greenpeace protestors arrested and jailed for scaling the 700 foot smokestack at Hatsfield Ferry in Greene County. (audio/x-ogg)
Fourth World War showing in Morgantown
daniil Kharms
2005-02-26 12:09 PM![]()
Big Noise Films Fourth World War to Screen in Morgantown (image/jpeg + 2 comments)
audio / part2 iraqi elections
vincent / blast furnace radio
2005-02-25 5:13 PM
proff. abbas ali from IUP talks abiut the eection results in iraq (text/plain)
Q&A with Ashanti Alston
matt t, rustbelt radio
2005-02-25 12:33 PM
questions and answers with ashanti alston (audio/x-ogg)
ashanti alston, All Power Through The People, pittsburgh
matt t, rustbelt radio
2005-02-24 11:52 PM
On Thursday February 24 2005, Ashanti Alston spoke at CMU. (audio/x-ogg + 4 comments)
Pitt Against War
matt
2005-02-23 2:45 PM![]()
Pitt Against War (PAW), a new antiwar network on the University of Pittsburgh campus, sponsored an anti-war speakout at noon on Wednesday, February 23rd.
On the corner of Forbes and Bigelow, students and others with planned and unplanned statements addressed a small crowd. (image/jpeg + 1 comment)
Malik Zulu Shabazz Visits CMU
Quinten / Rustbelt Radio
2005-02-23 2:23 PM
Excerpt from the radio story about the Malik Zulu Shabazz lecture at CMU. Includes interviews and minimal narration. ~ 18 minutes. (audio/x-ogg + 2 comments)
Urban Cycling Committe Meets
Andalusia/Rustbelt Radio
2005-02-22 3:30 PM
The Urban Cycling Committee of Sustainable Pittsburgh and the bicycling advocacy organization Bike Pittsburgh met to discuss transportation infrastructure in the city last Thursday. They covered issues of bike lanes and the new Rack & Roll program, expansion of which will likely be delayed by the recent Port Authority cuts. (text/plain + 2 comments)
Indymedia Rustbelt Radio for February 21, 2005
IMC Rustbelt Radio
2005-02-22 12:00 AM
Controversial black militant and separatist Malik Zulu Shabazz came to Carnegie Mellon University last Thursday. We recorded his lecture and the reactions of students and other community members.
# And Saint Lawrence University in Upstate New York is trying to censor an online student publication that is critical of the university. We speak with two of the students who are involved in the publication about the lawsuit that the University is trying to bring against them.
In central Brasil, 12,000 homeless squatters were attacked last week by state police. Two people died and hundreds were arrested, including one reporter for NYC Indymedia. We will here more from a member of Indymedia Brasil. (audio/mpeg)
Malik Zulu Shabazz Lecture
Quinten
2005-02-18 12:08 PM
Lecture: 1 hr 40 minutes, Q+A is 1 hr 20 minutes.
From the leader of the New Black Panther Party, speaking at Carnegie Mellon on Thursday, 17 February 2005. (audio/x-ogg + 68 comments)
Japanese sword and karate demo at the Northland Public Library
Katerina Pavelle
2005-02-17 7:48 PM
The Shorin Karate Dojo will perform a japanese sword and Shoha Shorin Ryu Karate demonstration at the Northland Public Library on Monday, February 28, 2005, at 7pm. (text/plain)
Activists Sentenced to Prison for Bannerhang on PA Smokestack
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2005-02-17 12:07 AM![]()
Six activists were sentenced to prison yesterday for their bannerhang action on a smokestack in southwestern PA. (image/jpeg + 8 comments)
Code Pink for Peace
mena
2005-02-16 2:43 PM![]()
Code Pink for Peace celebrated celebrated Valentine's Day making the connection between real Love and real Peace. Crafts and clothes made by Code Pink decorated the window of "Divas" on Carson Street. The celebration was playful, passionate by sensational peacemakers of all ages. (image/jpeg + 43 comments)
CMU building armored robot for U.S. Marines
vincent / blast furnace radio
2005-02-16 2:43 AM
CMU robots, where higher education gets down to the business of killing (text/plain)
Valentines Date Against Foie Gras
Michael Croland
2005-02-14 11:56 PM![]()
Voices for Animals couples dated against foie gras this Valentine's Day outside Isabela on Grandview in Mt. Washington. The event marked the one-year anniversary of the group's Foie Gras-Free Pittsburgh campaign, which has gotten nearly a dozen local restaurants to stop selling foie gras. (image/jpeg)
Harrisburgh Save Our Transit Pictures
gwen
2005-02-14 11:52 PM![]()
Thousands gathered in the rain in Harrisburgh on February 14th, 2005 in order to plea for dedicated funding to Public Transportation. (image/jpeg)
Indymedia Rustbelt Radio for February 14, 2005
Pittsburgh IMC Radio Collective
2005-02-14 9:51 PM
55 minutes: On today's show... activists announce Mountain Justice Summer to fight mountain range removal across Appalachia, a report from Philadelphia at a rally in support of death row prisonor Mumia Abu-Jamal, and sounds from the National Conference on Organized Resistance in DC last weekend. (audio/mpeg)
mp3 pittsburgher's join thousand in harrisburgh for valentines day to save penna. transit
vincent blast furnace radio
2005-02-14 9:41 PM
Summary: email Save Our Transit at zeidersamanda@gmail.com
*Join transit riders from across the state in what may be the last chance to save YOUR transit system before Port Authority
implements PERMANENT fare hikes and service cuts!! (text/plain + 1 comment)