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BTL:Increasing Energy Demands and Diminishing Supplies Set Off Intensifying... Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus 2005-05-08 10:29 AM
...International Struggle to Capture Petroleum Resources ~ Excerpt of a speech by Michael Klare, professor of Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire College, produced by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus (text/plain)

BTL:As Senate Fight over Filibuster Looms... Between the Lines' Scott Harris 2005-05-08 10:00 AM
...Extremist Judicial Appointments Hang in the Balance ~ Interview with Wade Henderson, executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris (text/plain)

New South Africa Freedom Day in Pittsburgh matt t, rustbelt radio 2005-05-07 10:34 AM
An interview with Biko Agozino, who came from Philadelphia to attend the celebration of South African freedom day in Pittsburgh. (audio/x-ogg)

How Cults Work: Block Free Speech whilst waving the UN flag PRC 2005-05-07 9:23 AM
Anyone who uses a computer will be painfully familiar with EULAs [End User Licence Agreements]- those nasty non negotiable clauses beloved of Software giants like Microsoft, that we have to accept before installing anything new on our machines. Now EULAs are being used by cults to get people to sign away their rights to free speech. (text/plain + 6 comments)

Trespass Against Us Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman 2005-05-06 5:13 PM

At midnight on December 2, 1984, 27 tons of lethal gases leaked from Union Carbide's pesticide factory in Bhopal, India, immediately killing an estimated 8,000 people and poisoning thousands of others. Today in Bhopal, at least 150,000 people, including children born to parents who survived the disaster, are suffering from exposure-related health effects such as cancer, neurological damage, chaotic menstrual cycles and mental illness. Coinciding with the recent 20th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster, Jack Doyle came out with a new book "Trespass Against Us: Dow Chemical and the Toxic Century" (Common Courage Press, 2004). (image/jpeg)

May Day at PNC Park matt 2005-05-06 11:26 AM

On May 1, the international workers’ holiday of May Day, members of the local group Pittsburgh Anti-Sweatshop Community Alliance, or PASCA, spoke to Pirates fans outside PNC Park about making concienscious sports-fan apparel choices. They distributed a new edition of their anti-sweatshop baseball cards as a part of the campaign to pressure the Pittsburgh Pirates and Major League Baseball to enforce labor standards for their licensed merchandise in the same way that many Universities have done. (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

...(Our) Leaders Planned.....Attacks of 9/11-Dr. Griffin Messenger 2005-05-06 2:06 AM
The truth about 9/11 is slowly making it's way out from the Internet. An extremely brave and intelligent University Professor named Dr. David Ray Griffin has written a book that is full of irrefutable facts about the 9/11 attacks that will stun people who have not been getting their news from non main stream sources. His lecture will re-air on C-span Saturday May 6, at 2:30 PM Eastern. It is extremely well done and extremely important information for all Americans. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Populist #2 Franklin 2005-05-05 11:09 PM
The Necessity of Constitutional Democracy to our Security (text/html)

May 4th 1970 kent state killings remembered / blast furnace radio travels to kent, ohio vincent / blast furnace radio 2005-05-05 12:00 AM
lots of mp3's (text/plain + 1 comment)

If you are going to police us then you got to live with us. stephen donahue 2005-05-04 4:34 PM
Move led by suburban Pittsburgh legislators would forbid residency requirements for police. (text/plain + 1 comment)

39 Demonstrations reported in April D. Burbeck 2005-05-04 2:31 PM
It was a slow month compared to November, March, and a frigid January. (text/plain)

Possibility of Abrupt Climate Change Needs Research and Attention reposted 2005-05-03 6:14 PM
author: The National Academies Global climate, like other complex systems, is subject to abrupt changes if stressed. Global warming could cause such an abrupt shift, which could lead to severe problems for humans and other life. (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio for May 2, 2005 Pittsburgh Indymedia 2005-05-03 3:42 PM
<p> On today's show... <ul> <li> As spring arrives, students across the US are engaging in nonviolent direct action to force change on their campuses. Rustbelt Radio has updates on the sit-ins, protests and more going on this month.</li> <li> We hear from Terry Composte, forest defense activist who won a major court victory in a civil suit concerning police abuse of pepper spray.</li> <li> And we speak to this week's featured grassroots group, Ohio Valley Peace in the Wheeling West Virginia and South Eastern Ohio area.</li> </ul></p> (audio/mpeg)

Mike Benedict for Erie PA City Council snowshoefilms 2005-05-03 2:03 PM
Mike Benedict for Erie City Council "Healthcare bills are the leading cause of bankruptcy in this country.. the wealthiest country in the world where we pay more for healthcare than any country.. the reason we pay so much is because of greed, and because of profits. You have patients and you have doctors and in between those you have literally thousands of insurance companies all trying to get a piece of the pie" Running for City Council Mike is standing up to Healthcare insurance companies for the people. April 2005 13min (video/x-ms-wmv + 1 comment)

Row Office Reform? donahue 2005-05-03 12:28 PM
This ain’t as boring as it sounds; well it is but give me a break. (text/plain + 1 comment)

International Campaign "fire bulls" without cruelty Helena Escoda 2005-05-03 7:11 AM
About a cruel Spanish traditions to bulls. Would you like to help Spanish bulls? (text/plain)

My Reply to WYEP's Mike Sauter Chris Holm 2005-05-03 12:36 AM
Sorry, been negotiating my expatriatism, Missed this entirely. It wasn't my intention to ignore Mike Sauter. I simply didn't even know it was posted. (text/plain + 3 comments)

No Nazis In Boston - May 8 Northeast Antifascist 2005-05-02 2:44 PM

Nazis Fuck Off - May 8th (image/jpeg)

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)

BTL:Auto Industry Resists Fuel Efficiency Standards Making U.S. Increasingly... Between the Lines' Scott Harris 2005-05-01 10:33 AM
...Dependent on Foreign Oil~ Jim Motavalli, editor of E: The Environmental Magazine, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus (text/plain)

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 Day: Made in the USA People's Weekly World 2005-04-30 1:59 PM
“Eight hours for work, eight hours for rest and eight hours for what we will!” was the slogan of the 340,000 workers who marched in cities across the U.S. on May 1, 1886, calling for the eight-hour day. (text/plain)

‘No nukes, no war!’ Dan Margolis/People's Weekly World 2005-04-30 1:56 PM
NEW YORK — The worldwide movement to end nuclear weapons, energized and united with the antiwar movement, is converging here for a month of actions. Kicking it off is a May 1 mass “No Nukes! No Wars!” march. On May 2, the United Nations opens a review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which aims to curb and eventually eliminate these weapons of mass destruction. (text/plain)

Flight 93 - Flight 93 = Y tuckett 2005-04-30 2:14 AM
Wheh y = revolt (text/plain)

Neo-con's Definition of Freedom D. Burbeck 2005-04-30 2:05 AM
It is imperative that the American people understand what this word means to the neo-cons. (text/plain)

BTL:Auto Industry Resists Fuel Efficiency Standards Making U.S. Increasingly... Between the Lines' Scott Harris 2005-04-29 9:46 AM
...Dependent on Foreign Oil~ Jim Motavalli, editor of E: The Environmental Magazine, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus (text/plain)

Exploring the “chasm”: A libertarian reply to Celia Hart Movimiento Libertario Cubano 2005-04-28 7:41 PM
* Responding to the invitation extended a few days ago from Havana by Celia Hart Santamaria – member of the Cuban Communist Party and daughter of prominent figures of the regime – calling for discussions on leftist alternatives for Cuba’s future, and where she explicitly asks for an anarchist opinion, the Cuban Libertarian Movement makes public its proposals for the debate. (text/plain)

MAY 3: Vigils Called in Honor of Marla Ruzicka, Faiz Ali Salim & Victims of War April Pedersen 2005-04-28 6:32 PM
The Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict (CIVIC), the organization founded by Marla Ruzicka, the 28-year-old aid worker who was killed in a suicide bombing in Iraq last week, is calling on people throughout the United States to honor and promote Marla and Faiz's work by commemorating their life work and taking action on behalf of civilian casualties of war. (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)

Host a WMD House Party! Agata at WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception 2005-04-28 5:42 PM
Invite friends and neighbors for a viewing of “WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception”. This award-winning documentary takes a critical look at the war in Iraq that the mainstream media didn’t want you to see – the PR war to sway the hearts and minds of the American people. (text/plain)

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