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Steelers Fans Against the War - brief video clip Pgh Imc Video Collective 2005-01-16 11:12 PM
brief clip from the exciting anti-war protest at the steelers' playoff game in heinz field. etta gives the game plan for war on iraq. (video/quicktime)

Steelers Fans Against the War Quinten 2005-01-15 9:20 PM

Steelers: 16-1. Weapons of mass destruction found: 0. (image/jpeg + 3 comments)

racist proff at cmu? vincent / blast furnace radio 2005-01-13 4:47 PM
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Pittsburgh and Other Sponsors of Warjock Radio Pittsburgh Media Watch 2005-01-13 11:30 AM
Michael Eisner and Shamrock Holding Co. of Israel illegally control Disney ABC. Federal law requires American ownership of American airwaves. Rupert Murdoch controls Fox. Sumner Redstone controls Viacom, CBS etc. (text/plain + 2 comments)

1/17 monday MLK / CMU BBT gathering for peace and concert vincent / blast furnace radio 2005-01-12 10:11 PM
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Sunday: Pgh IMC Video Screenings pgh imc 2005-01-12 2:13 PM
Join us for an afternoon of independent video featuring the DNC2RNC march, the Jan 2003 Pittsburgh Anti-War Convergence, the March 20 mobilization on first anniversary of the war on Iraq, as well as Save Our Transit, People Against Police Violence and other local activism. (text/plain)

Appalachia Apocalypse: The human face of Mountain Justice Summer Bo 2005-01-11 3:16 PM

There is a not only a dreadful ecological toll to Mountain Range Removal--but it has a human face as well. This is a call to action. The picture is of Jeremy Davidson, 3, was killed when a boulder was dislodged by a bulldozer and came crashing through his bedroom from a Mountain Top Removal site. He was crushed in his sleep. The picture was taken by Michael Williamson. (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

Steelers Fans Against the War Etta Cetera 2005-01-10 1:10 PM
For Immediate Release (please spread far and wide) (text/plain + 8 comments)

SOT Harrisburg Trip Photos david 2005-01-06 5:07 PM

A few photos from the January 4, 2005 Save Our Transit Trip to Harrisburg. [video to follow] (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

Public transit riders pester legislative party goers. stephen donahue 2005-01-06 3:28 PM
How gauche! How inappropriate! (text/plain)

A Model for Pittsburgh Transit Resistance? Daniil Kharms 2005-01-05 5:13 PM
This is the latest report on how Chicagoans are dealing with transit difficulties. (text/plain + 8 comments)

Le Pommier Is Naughty to Animals Voices for Animals 2005-01-05 2:24 PM

Local animals rights group, Voices for Animals, protests Le Pommier with a Christmas twist in their ongoing campaign to remove foie gras from all menus in Pittsburgh. (image/jpeg)

(audio) save our transit crashes the party in harrisburgh vincent / blast furnace radio 2005-01-04 11:54 PM
"SAVE OUT TRANSIT" GOES TO HARRISBURGH TO PLEAD FOR AN END TO THE IMPENDING TRANSPOTATION DISASTER IN PITTSBURGHG AND PENNA. (text/plain)

McCarthyism in Morgantown Daniil Kharms 2005-01-03 6:47 PM
An Iranian couple is fired from NIOSH as the PATRIOT act hits Morgantown. (text/plain)

Small band of public transit riders to picket stephen donahue 2005-01-03 1:52 PM
Fight for funding to continue dispite the corporate media attacks on Port Authority workers' wages and benefits (text/plain)

PITTSBURGH-AREA CO. AT CENTER OF GEORGE BUSH "BULGE" CONTROVERSY C L Hallmark 2004-12-27 6:47 PM

George W. Bush apparently is wearing a medical device for "persons at risk of cardiac arrest." It is a LifeVest wearable defibrillator, made by the LifeCor Co., 12 mi. NE of Pittsburgh, in the Ride Industrial Park off Route 28 in Blawnox. He started using it sometime after his January 2002 fainting spell, which was attributed to choking. Based on photos showing him wearing the device, one can conclude the fainting was due to atrial fibrillation (AF), which his father also had. (image/jpeg)

The Recovery of Memory C. 2004-12-22 10:40 PM

RENDELL TOSSES PUBLIC TRANSIT SOME CRUMBS stephen donahue 2004-12-21 1:55 PM
Port Authority to get a $4.7 million band aid (text/plain)

Seeing Blue: A Police-Centered Explanation of Protest Policing radio collective 2004-12-18 6:43 PM
On December 7th, The Pittsburgh Social Movements Forum presented Contention and Repression: An Activist-Academic Dialoge at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Jennifer Earl of the Sociology Dept. at the University of California, Santa Barbara: Seeing Blue: A Police-Centered Explanation of Protest Policing (audio/mpeg)

Public Transit Fare Hikes, Service Cuts and Lay-Offs to start on February 1st david 2004-12-16 5:24 PM

Today, December 16th, the Port Authority Board of Directors settled on a proposal that will raise fares and cut service. It goes into affect on February 1st. (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

(audio) pittsburgh: port authority confronted / rally vincent /blast furnace radio 2004-12-16 5:20 PM
mp3 can be found at: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=10643 (text/plain)

U.S. Attorney Drops Ellerbe's Civil Rights Case david meieran 2004-12-15 8:56 PM

On December 13, the US Attorney's office announced that it has dropped the civil rights case concerning Michael Ellerbe, a 12-year old boy who was shot in the back and killed by Pennsylvania State Police in Uniontown on Dec 24, 2002. (image/jpeg)

Indymedia Rustbelt Radio show for Tuesday, December 14, 2004 Pittsburgh IMC Radio Collective 2004-12-15 4:08 AM
A special extended version of Rustbelt Radio: the Pittsburgh Independent Media Center's bi-weekly review of the news from the grassroots that the corporate media overlook. On today's show... * Contention and Repression: An Activist-Academic Dialogue at the University of Pittsburgh; and * The Mon-Fayette Expressway, recently given final approval, faces criticism from local residents * and an Interview with Susie Bono, an Activist from San Diego who spent the last few months on the Thai-Burma border. (length 76:54) (audio/mpeg)

Environmentalists Expose "Victoria's Dirty Secret" Michael Croland 2004-12-12 6:47 PM

Victoria's secret mails out 395 million catalogs each year from virgin fiber paper with little or no recycled content (image/jpeg + 6 comments)

(Corrected) Recovery of Memory C 2004-12-11 4:02 PM
Hey, nobody's perfect. (text/plain)

Don't trust anyone over 30 Chris Holm 2004-12-06 7:02 PM
Troubles with 30 year old WYEP and the exortion, payola indie-promotion dilemma. (text/plain + 9 comments)

report on Dec 3rd Sky Bank protest dfgdfg 2004-12-06 2:30 PM
Activists Protest Sky Bank for the 3rd time in as many weeks. Dispute over Janitors firing draws support. (text/plain)

CodePink Buy Nothing Day action cpfp 2004-12-04 1:23 PM

On November 26, twenty people gathered outside Kaufmann's department store Downtown to say "no to consumer spending and to the war." (image/jpeg)

Students for Justice in Palestine to Hold Vigil for Children on December 10 Michael Butler 2004-12-03 11:18 AM
A student group at the University of Pittsburgh is holding a vigil for children who have died in the Israel-Palestine conflict. This is the press release. (text/plain)

County Council Shouting Match over Transit Danny P 2004-12-02 8:15 PM

At the Budget and Finance committee meeting of county council on December 2nd, 2004, the committee decided against having money for Port Authority in the budget they were recommending to the County Council. (image/jpeg + 4 comments)

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