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Bush Announces Amtrak Cuts IMC Pittsburgh Radio Collective 2005-02-13 1:59 PM
Bush proposes to eliminate Amtrak's federal subsidy. (text/plain)

ACORN protests Liberty Tax Abie 2005-02-13 1:55 PM
Acorn protests Liberty Tax for draining money from low-income communities. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Greenpeace protestors will be in court on Tuesday Quinten 2005-02-13 1:03 PM
Six Greenpeace protestors, arrested for scaling smokestack in Greene County last June, will be in court this Tuesday. (adds details, background) (text/plain + 2 comments)

Coroner Cyril Wecht Investigated for Improper Payments Quinten 2005-02-13 12:49 PM
Allegheny County DA Zappala is pursuing a criminal investigation against County Coroner Cyril Wecht. (text/plain)

SmokeStack 6 Go to Court Tuesday p 2005-02-13 9:06 AM
The six folks who scaled the smokestack at the Hatsfield Ferry Power Plant in Greene County will be in court Tuesday afternoon for sentencing. (text/plain)

Speakers Needed Jeremy Baker 2005-02-08 6:13 PM
A call for speakers on April 10 (text/plain + 1 comment)

ALTERNATIVE HOUSING? geoff slagheap 2005-02-08 2:55 PM
I'm looking for info on alternative housing in and around Pittsburgh - i.e. co-ops, collectives, intentional communities, etc. for a zine on the subject. (text/plain + 5 comments)

Zinn documentary engelr 2005-02-08 10:31 AM
Feb 18, 19, 20 only. Harris Theater downtown. "Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train". (text/plain)

Spangewest Spangewest 2005-02-08 12:54 AM

The Shetch factory celebreates a full year of occupation as an adverse possesion, and an experiment in alternative liveing. Rain water collection and solar power are key ingredients in this action...Squatt the earth... (image/jpeg)

Indymedia Rustbelt Radio for February 7, 2005 IMC Pittsburgh Radio Collective 2005-02-07 8:21 PM
55 minutes: Native American radical Ward Churchill is under attack. We listen to an excerpt of a speech he gave in 2002. Ali Abunimah, co-founder of the The Electronic Intifada an independent publication committed to comprehensive public education on the the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, was in town. Rustbelt Radio spoke with him last week after his lecture. (audio/mpeg + 1 comment)

ali abunimah interview baglady 2005-02-07 5:40 PM
25 minute interview with writer and media analyst Ali Abunimah (audio/mpeg + 2 comments)

Mideast commentator brings protest at CMU Sam 2005-02-04 9:23 AM
Ali Abunimah, a writer and commentator on the Middle East and Arab-American affairs and co-founder of the Web site "Electronic Intifada," laid out his opposition to a two-state solution to the Mideast peace process yesterday. (text/plain + 5 comments)

(audio) pittsburgh: electronicintifada / Ali Abunimah, co-founder speaks vincent / blast furnace radio 2005-02-04 4:51 AM
An articulate and much-sought public speaker with a comprehensive view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Abunimah regularly appears in national and international broadcast and print media. (text/plain)

Feb. 10 Take Action Against Mountain Top Removal bo webb 2005-02-03 6:29 PM
A call to action to save the land and the people of Appalachia (text/plain)

Five men in suits piss on PA Sunshine Act stephen donahue 2005-02-02 2:17 PM
The ICA is like a "good ol boy" network on steroids. Five unelected men, secret meetings the whole nine yards! Forget about democracy, whats that? (text/plain + 1 comment)

February 10th day of action against mountain top removal Roadkill Unites Us 2005-02-02 11:42 AM

This is a day of coordinated action against mountain top removal and the institutions which make it possible! There are a number of ways anyone can take action, no matter where they are. Please help! (image/jpeg)

Political Art at Allegheny College, Meadville PA Bill Cravis 2005-02-01 12:02 PM

"plenty scarce" is an art installation mourning the fact communication lines, between the united states and much of the rest of the world, have been severed in the past four years. exhibition dates: January 25 - March 2, 2005. Artist: Bill Cravis, Carnegie Mellon MFA program. (image/jpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for January 31st, 2005 IMC Pittsburgh Radio Collective 2005-01-31 8:15 PM
(Audio, 55 Minutes) On today's show... <p /> <ul> <li> We speak with Adam Eidinger, one of 7 plaintiffs who have just won a $425,000 settlement from the District of Columbia for DC's illegal detainment of more than 600 protestors at an IMF and World Bank protest in 2002. </li> <li> The advocacy group Downhill Battle encourages consumers to share music freely, calling the current copyright system archaic and urging parents to let their children use filesharing applications rather than buy them music as gifts. We speak with the codirector of Downhill Battle about filesharing, copyright, and why you can no longer see the civil rights Documentary Eyes on the Prize. </li> <li> Pennsylvania's death penalty law is called into question. We speak with the editor of the Pittsburgh City Paper about why Pennsylvania's juror instructions unfairly bias them to choose the death penalty. </li> <li> We interview local Pittsburghers about their reactions to the Iraqi Elections this past Sunday.</li></ul> (audio/mpeg + 1 comment)

(audio) interview with local proff. from iraq about iraqi election vincent / blast furnace radio 2005-01-31 12:27 AM
IRAQI PROFF. ABBAS ALI FROM IUP TRAVELED to md. to vote in the election (text/plain)

FBI Visits TMC Intern and Staff tmc 2005-01-27 5:22 PM
Yesterday [Wednesday, January 26] Bill Parks, an agent with the Pittsburgh Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) visited the home of an intern and a staff member of the Thomas Merton Center. (text/plain + 16 comments)

Take Action! Order your Chastity Belt From the Pennsylvania State Legislature! Debra Rosen 2005-01-25 12:32 PM
NARAL Pro-Choice America has launched www.GiveUsRealchoices.org in response to the Pennsylvania State Legislature's inability to pass effective reproductive health legislation in spite of the consistent reauthorization of "Chastity Awareness Week." Visit www.GiveUsRealChoices.org and request a chasisty belt from your your State Legislator today! (text/plain)

Indymedia Rustbelt Radio show for Monday, January 24, 2005 Pittsburgh IMC Radio Collective 2005-01-25 1:16 AM
Rustbelt Radio for the week of January 24, 2005: the Pittsburgh Independent Media Center's weekly review of the news from the grassroots that the corporate media overlook. This first show of our season marks our first as a weekly show. We also are happy to announce that we are expanding to the Wheeling, West Virginia area via WVJW Benwood where we'll be broadcast every Saturday at 5pm. On today's show: we speak to Pittsburgh residents as they convert a diesel-powered vehicle to run on vegetable oil, news from the second inauguration of George W. Bush, and coverage of the Martin Luther King, Jr holiday in Pittsburgh. (audio/mpeg)

Steelers Fans Against the Patriot Act..and the War ! This Sunday Etta Cetera 2005-01-20 1:46 AM
For Immediate Release STEELERS FANS AGAINST THE WAR THE SEQUEL JANUARY 23TH SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THE PATRIOTS AND THE PATRIOT ACT (text/plain + 4 comments)

PAPV Jan 17, 2005 Audio gwen 2005-01-19 10:57 PM
The audio of People Against Police Violence's MLK, Jr event with Doer not Dreamer Awards. (audio/mpeg)

(audio) pittsburgh: MLK anti-war speak out at carnegie mellon university vincent / blast furnace radio 2005-01-19 10:39 PM
protesting military contracting at CMU more info >>> http://notowar.com/articles/index.html (text/plain)

(audio) PITTSBURGH: MLK CONCERT FOR PEACE / 1-3 ANOTHER BLAST FURNACE RADIO SHOW! vincent / blast furnace radio 2005-01-19 8:47 PM
music by: space junk, phat mandee, chris serra and friends, local honey and BOBBY PORTER (text/plain)

Inauguration Security here in Pittsburgh Danny P 2005-01-19 5:11 PM
Security around the inauguration of George Bush reached all the way to Pittsburgh, where bus riders ended up having to submit to a search of their possessions. (text/html + 8 comments)

Photos from J15 Black Voices for Peace Anti-War Rally marie 2005-01-18 11:23 AM

Saturday, January 15, 2005, Black Voices for Peace (BVFP), an African American anti-war organization, and Black Radical Congress (BRC), a progressive Black activist organization held a special anti-war protest to expose the negative effects of the War against Iraq on the African American community. The protest, which commemorated Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., featured a range of speakers including local African American leaders and members of the Pittsburgh peace community. The protest took place on the corner of Highland and Penn Avenues in East Liberty from 1:00p.m. to 2:00 p.m. (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

PAPV Jan 17, 2005 Pictures gwen 2005-01-18 12:26 AM

People Against Police Violence held an awards ceremony on Martin Luther King, Jr's birthday. (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

Exploring Black History Asale 2005-01-17 11:09 AM

This event will explore the history of members of the Afrikan diaspora dating back to ancient Egypt. There will be an answer and question session at the end of the lecture. It will be an exciting and informative event, with the support of exhibits. There will also be educational books, films and audio available for sale. (image/jpeg)

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