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SCI Camp Hill Update—Call for Action, Increased Monitoring, Constant Vigilance HRC - FedUp! Chapter, Pittsburgh 2008-12-03 9:59 AM
Prisoners in the Camp Hill Special Management Unit report that the retaliation against them has escalated again. The timing of the reports indicate that the last action alert stayed the hands of the guards for a while, but once the calls died down, the threats, deprivations of food, fabricated misconducts, and other forms of harassment and torture have escalated again. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Militarism and Materialism Mena 2008-12-02 8:31 PM

On Black Friday members of Code-Pink for Peace gathered outside Macy's Department store in downtown Pittsburgh. They continue to affirm their commitment to a sustainable Peace with their annual sidewalk signage, singing, and information sharing. Black Friday, the largest shopping day of the year, is chosen to indicate the connection between militarism and materialism. For many resources the USA is the world’s largest consumer in absolute terms. For a list of 20 major traded commodities, it takes the greatest share of 11 of them: corn, coffee, copper, lead, zinc, tin, aluminum, rubber, oil seeds, oil and natural gas. Black Friday is chosen to indicate the connection between militarism and materialism. For many resources the USA is the world’s largest consumer in absolute terms. For a list of 20 major traded commodities, it takes the greatest share of 11 of them: corn, coffee, copper, lead, zinc, tin, aluminum, rubber, oil seeds, oil and natural gas. (image/jpeg)

Philippines: An urgent call to the NDF and the GRP regarding the recent killings of farmer Collective 2008-12-02 1:56 AM
An urgent call to the National Democratic Front (NDF) and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) regarding the recent killings of farmers! (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio for December 1, 2008 Pittsburgh Indymedia: Rustbelt Radio Collecti 2008-12-01 11:53 PM
On today's show... * Rustbelt Radio brings you an accurate depiction of the story behind Thanksgiving * We examine the true cost of production and consumption through the short documentary "The Story of Stuff" * plus a new segment of 2.3 Million and Rising and the Radical Day in History (audio/mpeg)

Continuing, Unrelenting Terrorism and Mumbai Gary Sudborough 2008-12-01 1:38 AM
There are various types of terrorism. There is periodic terrorism by poor, technologically deficient people against targets of the rich like fancy hotels and restaurants and there is an unrelenting, everyday terrorism, mainly from the sky, on poor innocent people because they happen to live above an oil-rich or strategically important area for western capitalists. This everyday terrorism from aircraft, mainly from the United States and Britain, kills and maims many more people than do the periodic attacks on symbols of the rich and powerful, but oh, which gets the media attention? Does one see Iraqi, Afghani or Pakistani children maimed and blown to pieces like one sees the victims of the Mumbai terrorism? The media don't even cover it and it is not called terrorism, but war. One million Iraqis have been killed, but it receives almost no coverage when compared to the few hundred killed in Mumbai. Little Iraqi children suffer from horrible birth defects due to depleted uranium, but again just try to get some media coverage of these terrible events. In fact, the tons of depleted uranium dropped in Iraq, Afghanistan and Yugoslavia are a threat to the genetic heritage of the whole world, since the atmosphere is global and the wind can carry radioactive particles anywhere around the planet. This is terrorism on a colossal scale. Wedding ceremonies, funeral processions and tribal gatherings are continually bombed in Afghanistan and the United States will always claim it is an accident. I have been following these events for years and these "accidents" occur every year. When something occurs time after time over a long period, it is likely not an accident. If a child of yours was killed or maimed by a bomb from a foreign power, would that not engender a desire for revenge. Terrorism breeds terrorism. Another seldom remembered event was the so-called convoy of death in Afghanistan in the early months of the US occupation of that country. Hundreds of Taliban were crowded into a trailer truck like cattle and then were attempted to be moved from the north of the country to a prison near Herat. Not only was there no space to move, there were no air holes so people could breathe. When it became obvious they were smothering to death, an order was given to open fire and blow air holes in the trailer. This caused even more deaths. Finally, the survivors were herded into the desert, machine gunned and given a mass burial. A documentary was made of this event, but as usual the mass media didn't want the American people to see it. There is another kind of terrorism practiced by the United States called torture. Terrorism is violence intended to intimidate, and torture fits this definition perfectly. The CIA tortures at Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib and various rendition centers around the world. Hooding people is a very insidious form of torture because deprivation of light can cause major depression in the brain and this is horribly painful. This is terrorism and it didn't start as Jane Mayer implies in her new book The Dark Side when George W. Bush came to power and America was virtuous until that time. The CIA has been torturing for years, particularly in Latin America. Dan Mitrione of the US Office of Public Safety taught the Uruguayan police how to torture the Tupamayo guerrillas by kidnapping homeless people off the streets and torturing them to death. Noam Chomsky in his book Turning the Tide gives the example of how the elite commandos in El Salvador, trained by the United States, killed a whole family suspected of sympathizing with the guerrillas, decapitated them and placed the heads around the dinner table just in front of the torsos. This is the epitome of intimidation and terrorism done on behalf of the United States. Michael Parenti also discusses the various forms of torture used by the CIA and their lackeys in Latin America including electric shock to the genitals and even tying one man's penis so he couldn't urinate, ruining his kidneys. Sister Diana Ortiz suffered horribly in Guatemala at the hands of the Guatemalan police and CIA. She was lowered into a pit of dead and dying human beings covered with rats and forced to stab a dying person with a machete. United States government terrorism has been going on for a very long time. When asked why priests and nuns were targeted, the Guatemalan special forces spokesman simply stated that it was because they were for the poor people and therefore, communists. A man who survived the Mumbai disaster said it was pure evil. He was right. However, the greatest pure evil comes from the ruling class of the United States and the violence they can propagate through their agencies like the Pentagon and CIA. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (text/plain)

Cien días de incoherencias, inoperancia y corrupción Luis Agüero Wagner 2008-11-30 12:47 PM
Como cien días de incoherencias, inoperancia y corrupción podrían calificarse a los primeros tres meses de gobierno del obispo Fernando Lugo. (text/plain)

Hope Under Siege Palestine Photo Exhibit Jonas Moffat 2008-11-30 4:23 AM

Hope Under Siege A Palestine Photo Exhibit Kimbo Art Gallery @ University of Pittsburgh William Pitt Union Jan 9-19, 2009 Amazing opening reception with live music, poetry, food, and so much more! (image/png + 1 comment)

ARE THEY KINGS OF SLAVES OR THE US CONGRESS ?? DOUGLAS FIELD 2008-11-29 10:13 PM
PRESIDENT OBAMA NEEDS TO TELL THE LEADERS OF THE FREE WORLD US DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS ~ LET MY PEOPLE GO ! (text/plain)

Capitalism in Crisis Gary Sudborough 2008-11-28 10:52 PM
Some thoughts on the current economic crisis and capitalism (text/plain + 1 comment)

China's lessons of globalization, borderless financial cisis, entrepreneurship, politics globalization, finance, politics forum 2008-11-26 6:09 AM
is global financial cisis changing global politics and business map? Is Chinese century arriving sooner? What is really behind all the changes inside Chinese and Indian politics, business, finance and society? Get most provocative lessons and knowledge from a timely book. (text/plain)

On forming a squatter camp Resolved White 2008-11-25 3:48 PM

It's easy and cheap (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

WILL THE ROYAL FAMILY NOW HELP PRESIDENT OBAMA ~ FREE THEM ? DOUGLAS FIELD 2008-11-22 1:53 AM

The global crisis is a crisis of capitalism Workers' Party - Philippines 2008-11-22 1:17 AM

It is time for the workers and the poor in the Philippines to prepare for the worse the moment its government keeps on repeating the mantra that the economic fundamentals remain good and thus there is little to worry about effects of the global recessionary trend. The world found itself in the present mess precisely because of such blind faith in neoliberal fundamentalism. (image/jpeg)

Barack Obama's Africa Policy Implications Peter O. Otika 2008-11-20 6:22 PM
An insightful look at how the appointment of Sen. Hillary Clinton as US Secretary and Barack Obama's appointment of former President Bill Clinton's insiders will negatively affect US-Africa policy. (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio for November 17, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-11-18 12:34 AM
On today's show... * The Yes Men speak on their latest prank * Malik Rahim of Common Ground in New Orleans comes to Pittsburgh * A look inside the Prison Industrial Complex * Pittsburghers protest California's gay marriage ban * plus more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

Philippine social movements storm US Embassy Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) 2008-11-17 1:28 PM

Philippine social movements hit G-20 summit’s exclusivity, call for a new and democratic world order (image/jpeg)

Filipino Workers to heads of G20: Creating a better world order is no more your business Partido ng Manggagawa (Workers Party) 2008-11-16 10:52 AM

Relegating the world’s future to the hands of same leaders who created the current global economic crisis is a recipe to further disaster, according to Partido ng Manggagawa (Workers Party), a militant labor party in the Philippines which joined hundreds of other protesters in a march to the US embassy this morning in time for the G20 Summit in Washington DC. (image/jpeg)

Film from Nahr al-Bared Camp (Lebanon): "Transitions" a-films 2008-11-13 10:08 PM

More than a year after their homes were destroyed during the battle between the Lebanese army and the militant islamist group Fatah al-Islam, the majority of the refugees from Nahr al-Bared in North Lebanon find themselves in a difficult situation... (image/jpeg)

AUDIO / pittsburgh: malik rahim speaks to the greens vincent / blast furnace radio 2008-11-12 6:00 AM
MP3 LOCATION http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/30144 speaking gig in pittsburgh malik rahim speaks to the greens at the shadow lounge (text/plain)

Landslide Community Farm Farmhouse Evicted--Take Action! Landslide Community Farm 2008-11-07 5:43 PM

Farmhouse of local community farm illegally evicted this morning. Take Action! (image/jpeg + 3 comments)

Rustbelt Radio for November 3, 2008 Pittsburgh Indymedia: Rustbelt Radio Collecti 2008-11-04 12:33 AM
On today's show: A special "Word on the Street" about the election, Non-english speaking parents fight for translators in Philadelphia public schools, An investigation into the preparedness of polling places across America, Excerpts from a local forum on anti-muslim discrimination, with focus on the recently distributed "Obsession" DVD, and - a fond farewell to a beloved oral historian, Studs Terkel. (audio/mpeg)

Election Protection hotlines voter schmotor 2008-11-03 11:40 PM
Give these to outraged voters (text/plain)

Defend the RNC8! Drop the Charges!!! MPLS 2008-11-03 2:59 AM
Please show solidarity with those still trapped within the St. Paul courts... Below is a petition to dismiss the charges against the RNC 8. Once it reaches 100,000 signatures it will be sent to the Ramsey County Attorney, Susan Gaertner. (text/plain)

Dec. 6 Intl. Day of Action for Mumia Abu-Jamal (includes new flyer) Intl Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia 2008-11-02 6:58 PM
International Day of Action, Dec.6, in Philadelphia and more. See flyer below. (application/pdf)

How to stop computerized vote stealing Bill Forman 2008-11-02 5:28 PM
The Democrats need to ask the Courts to quarantine all computerized voting machines in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, North Carolina and any other state where Sen. Obama had a lead in the polls before the election but lost the election because the votes may have been flipped for McCain. (text/plain)

Calling all for a Anti-Capitalists bloc November 15th against the World Economic Summit UAsleepercell 2008-11-01 8:38 PM
Calling all for a Anti-Capitalists bloc November 15th against the World Economic Summit. On November 15th the ruling elite of the 20 richest nations will converge in Washington DC for a “World Economic Forum.” The decisions the G20 make ultimately will benefit a small handful of transnational corporations and further the exploitation of all oppressed people. ic Summit (text/html)

Steelworkers' Analysis of Financial Buyout--Goldman Sachs Gets $5 Billion Gift ----- 2008-11-01 12:49 AM

Below is an analysis that the Steelworkers union put together on Paulson’s investment in Goldman Sachs. The union compares the deal that Warren Buffett, a private investor billionaire, got with the deal the Treasury Department got on its investment in GS. (image/jpeg)

The Fraudbuster’s Manual Citizen's Group to Prevent Voting Fraud 2008-10-29 11:36 PM
Manipulation of voting machinery looms large over the upcoming election. A discussion is provided, to be spread freely if you please, so that the eyes of We the People can guard our Liberty from any would-be oppressor. An emergency voting system to be established in case of Fraud is described. (text/plain)

Wobfest Chicago IWW 2008-10-29 6:50 PM
Fellow Workers: the Chicago IWW is hosting the 2008 Midwest Wobfest. (application/pdf)

SteelBlitz: AFL-CIO and Steelers Going All Out for Obama in Western PA Carl Davidson 2008-10-27 4:50 AM

Firsthand report on blue-collar labor and its allies carrying out electoral work their way. (image/jpeg)

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