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Bitterness, Hope and Obama in Western PA Carl Davidson 2008-04-16 12:48 AM

[Commentary on the Phoney Anti-Elitism Campaign Against the Least Elitist of the Three Main Candidates, by Carl Davidson, Beaver County resident, Solidarity Economy Organizer, and Antiwar Activist.] Photo: Obama at October 2002 Antiwar Rally . (image/jpeg)

Open Letter to Fighters for Mumia’s Freedom Partisan Defense Committee 2008-04-15 11:42 PM
Open Letter to Fighters for Mumia’s Freedom: For Mass Labor Mobilizations to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal! For United-Front Action! (text/plain)

United-Front Protests Demand Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Immediate Freedom Kevin Gilroy, Partisan Defense Committee 2008-04-15 8:49 PM
All out for united-front mobilizations called by the Partisan Defense Committee under the slogans: “Mumia Abu-Jamal Is Innocent! Free Mumia Now! Abolish the Racist Death Penalty!” Oakland, Toronto and London on April 19; Sydney on April 23; Mexico City on April 24; Chicago and Los Angeles on April 26. For more information: www.partisandefense.org (text/plain)

Texas County Democratic Convention Ten Times the Usual Size KKoskipaa 2008-04-15 2:28 PM

This is a documentary of a Senate District Democratic Convention in Houston, Texas on March 29, 2008. The Senate District comprises half of Harris County. (image/jpeg)

Payday loan joints form USA are rushing to Canada stephen donahue 2008-04-15 2:17 PM
Canadian provinces are setting fee caps that are weaker than those in many US states. (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio for April 14, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-04-15 9:44 AM
On this week's show... * Updates on the Court of Appeals Ruling for Mumia Abu-Jamal * Radio reporters assassinated in Oaxaca, Mexico * a report on the Longest Walk Two, a five month journey to raise awareness of Native American and environmental issues * National Labor Committee director Charlie Kernaghan speaks at Carlow University about sweatshop labor and workers' rights * and more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

The Framing of Mumia Abu-Jamal: an interview with author J. Patrick O’Connor Hans Bennett 2008-04-13 6:07 AM

In his new book, O’Connor argues that Abu-Jamal was clearly framed by police, and that the actual shooter was a man named Kenneth Freeman. O’Connor criticizes the local media, who, he says “bought into the prosecution’s story line early on and has never been able to see this case for what it is: a framing of an innocent and peace loving man.” (image/jpeg + 3 comments)

City of Pittsburgh has one hell of an opponent in Lamar Advertising Stephen Donahue 2008-04-12 7:28 PM
Five Pittsburgh City Council members are taking on the outdoor advertising giant Lamar Advertising Company. Lamar wants to build a giant 1,200 square foot electronic billboard on the new Grant Street Transportation Centre. Lamar CEO has a history of using strong arm tactics to get his way. (text/plain + 4 comments)

Barack Obama Does Nothing While African American Apartments Crumble, Decay and Fail Pat Saunders 2008-04-10 9:03 PM
I wonder when the news media well report on Barack Obama's Rezko Scandal. (text/plain + 1 comment)

RNC Delegate Hotels Announced RNC Welcoming Committee 2008-04-08 4:19 AM
Hey Pennsylvania, Thought you'd like to know, your state's delegate bloc at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul/Minneapolis, Minnesota, will be staying at Marriott-Minneapolis Southwest5801 Opus Pkwy Minnetonka, MN 55343 (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio for April 7, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-04-07 11:50 PM
On this week's show... * Election Unspun looks at Democratic Presidential Candidates' Stance on the Prison Industrial Complex * Van Jones speaks about Martin Luther King Jr's Legacy as it relates to Environmental Justice * Canadian Parliament member Libby Davies speaks about continuing opposition to the Iraq war * And a look at the psychology behind addictions (audio/mpeg)

National Petition to End Sweatshops and Slavery in the Fields mega 2008-04-07 9:25 PM
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) - an organization of low-wage workers based in Immokalee, Florida - has launched a national petition campaign to demand that Burger King and other food industry leaders work with the CIW to improve the wages & working conditions of the workers who pick their tomatoes, and join with the CIW in an industry-wide effort to eliminate modern-day slavery & human rights abuses from Florida's fields. (text/plain)

PARAGUAY. Dictadura mediática, encuestas dibujadas Luis Agüero Wagner 2008-04-07 8:44 AM
Un notorio avasallamiento de las mayorías a través del control de la mente pública, ejercida por intermedio de la prensa que responde a los grupos dominantes, es lo que puede advertirse en la actual campaña presidencial de Paraguay. (text/plain)

March 29 photos - pdf sandy 2008-04-06 3:03 PM
PDF containing photos from March 29th antiwar rally (application/pdf)

Food Not Bombs National Gathering reportback Kilroy 2008-04-05 11:44 PM
By nearly all accounts the Food Not Bombs National Gathering at the end of March was a smashing success: Activists of all types and ages from FNB chapters all over the country were brought together in Nashville, TN for a Critical Mass bike ride, no-pants dance party, a day of workshops, a group meeting, scavenger hunt, huge food sharing downtown and a march through the streets. (text/plain)

5 Days Left to Stop the Bombs! peacehq 2008-04-05 8:31 PM
We are here to tell the DOE and the federal government that we don't want to spend more money on new nuclear weapons or the current popular term WMD or weapons of mass destruction. (text/plain)

Four Activists Shut Down Bank of America for Fossil Fools Day Action Jeff Reinhardt 2008-04-04 5:30 PM
[See other Fossil Fools Day actions nation-wide at US Indymedia: indymedia.us/en/2008/04/30851.shtml] On Tuesday April 1, at about 8:40am, four activists took direct action against the Bank of America in Copley Square, Boston, by locking themselves to the front door to protest the banks funding of coal power in the US. The action was done with support from Rising Tide North America, the Rainforest Action Network, and the Energy Action Coalition. (text/plain)

Comunistas protegidos por George W. Bush Luis Agüero Wagner 2008-04-03 2:08 PM
La historia del Partido comunista paraguayo es una crónica de hechos heroicos, luchas inclaudicables y lealtad a una causa que raya en lo demencial. Fundado en 1928 al influjo de las revoluciones que sacudían al orbe como cataclismos que daban nueva forma al mundo, sufrió la tenaz persecución de los gobiernos liberales que entonces asolaban al Paraguay. (text/plain)

Anti-Racist Wednesday alice 2008-04-03 4:38 AM

About 50 anti-racist protesters demonstrated outside the Garage Door Saloon in Oakland on Wednesday, April 2 from 9-11pm to bring further attention to the presence of a racist bar in Pittsburgh. (image/jpeg + 4 comments)

Anti-Authoritarian People of Color at Bash Back! Convergence anonymous 2008-04-02 8:09 PM
Calling All Anti-Authoritarian / Anarchist People of Color (APOC) to caucus, network and organize at the Bash Back! Convergence. On, Saturday, April 5th at the Bash Back! Convergence in Chicago, IL there will be a People of Color caucus. The proposed starting time for the caucus is at 11:00AM (during lunch). (text/plain)

TODAY: Internet Forum by Cuban Students about the Cuban Five posted by F Espinoza 2008-04-02 12:15 PM

The main purpose of the forum will be to discuss what Cuban university students and those in the rest of the world could do to help the release of the Five Cuban men, who were arrested for having infiltrated Miami- based anti-Cuba groups and trying to prevent criminal actions against the island. (image/jpeg)

The Story of the Holy Name 6: Fracturing the Peace to End the War Jeff Leys, VCNV 2008-04-02 5:36 AM
Don't fracture the peace. (text/plain)

Paro portuario en la Costa Oeste contra la guerra el 1° de mayo Grupo Internacionalista 2008-04-02 3:49 AM
En lo que representa un paso de gran importancia para el movimiento obrero norteamericano, el International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU – sindicato internacional de estibadores y almacenistas) ha anunciado que paralizará los puertos de la Costa Oeste de Estados Unidos el 1° de mayo para exigir el cese inmediato de la guerra y la ocupación en Irak y Afganistán, así como el retiro de las tropas norteamericanas de Medio Oriente. Ésta es la primera vez en décadas que un sindicato en Estados Unidos ha decidido emprender una acción industrial en contra de una guerra de EE.UU. La acción anunciada por el poderoso sindicato de trabajadores portuarios de la Costa Oeste, un paro de labores para parar la guerra, debe ser retomada por sindicatos y organizaciones de trabajadores de todo Estados Unidos y a escala internacional. El propósito de semejantes acciones no debe ser suplicar a los políticos burgueses –cuyas manos están llenas de sangre, por haber aprobado a lo largo de los últimos seis años y medio todo presupuesto de guerra– sino dar una muestra de la fuerza de los trabajadores, que hacen funcionar este país, ¡y que pueden también pararlo! (text/html)

Fighting to End Child Labor & Sweatshops in the Global Economy Charlie Kernaghan 2008-04-01 2:31 PM
Charlie Kernaghan, known for exposing, in 1996, Wal-Mart and Kathy Lee Gifford's eploitation of child laborers in Hondouras. Learn what you can do to stand in solidarity with the workers, mainly women and children, who are exploited daily and must deal with horrendous conditions. (application/pdf)

Rustbelt Radio for March 31, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-04-01 5:34 AM
On this week's show... * The Family of 12-year-old Michael Ellerbe who was Murdered by Pennsylvania State Troopers is Awarded $28 Million * Longtime activists speak on funding grassroots movements *without* Foundation support * Word on the Street from the recent Anti-War march * and more... (audio/mpeg + 1 comment)

EEUU, James Cason y USAID: Titiriteros en Paraguay Luis Agüero Wagner 2008-03-31 8:58 PM
El gobierno paraguayo denunció este viernes 28 de marzo que Estados Unidos busca presionarlo a través de las donaciones de USAID para que permita manejar desde Washington la identificación de los ciudadanos paraguayos, consintiendo la adjudicación de una licitación para la confección de documentos de identidad a una empresa norteamericana (text/plain)

Announcing the pReNC 5.3 RNC Welcoming Committee 2008-03-31 5:35 AM
The pReNC 5.3 is the second national gathering for planning radical resistance to the 2008 Republican National Convention. It will take place on May 3rd in the Twin Cities. (text/plain)

Ruling Against Mumia Shows: No Justice in the Capitalist Courts Internationalist Group 2008-03-31 2:38 AM
On March 27, the U.S. appeals court in Philadelphia reaffirmed the frame-up conviction of Mumia Abu-Jamal, the former Black Panther Party spokesman and world-renowned radical journalist who has been locked up on Pennsylvania’s death row for more than a quarter century. After previously rejecting Mumia’s request to present evidence of his innocence, as well as a host of issues showing that he was railroaded by a racist court, the Court turned down Mumia’s request for a new trial. It upheld the 2001 ruling by a federal district judge that ordered a new hearing on the sentence, but limited the “choice” to the living hell of life imprisonment without parole ... or execution. Mumia is innocent. He was declared guilty and sentenced to die because of his revolutionary politics and because for years he had been a thorn in the side of the racist rulers of the misnamed “city of brotherly love.” Around the world, millions have come out in defense of Jamal. This latest ruling, like all those that preceded it, shows that the exploited and oppressed must have no faith in the racist injustice system. We call on the workers movement to mobilize its power to free Mumia now! (text/html)

La Izquierda financiada por George W. Bush Luis Agüero Wagner 2008-03-30 4:55 PM
Advertía Jorge Luis Borges en “El jardín de los senderos que se bifurcan” que la mejor manera de no perderse en un laberinto es tomar siempre hacia la izquierda, consejo que no debemos subestimar si queremos comprender el romance entre la prensa adicta al imperio y un supuesto teólogo de la liberación tercermundista. (text/plain)

Frailty of Ballistics Evidence in Mumia's Case Lori Allen 2008-03-28 9:17 PM
The following report questions the accuracy of physical and ballistics evidence used by the prosecution in their claim of Mumia's guilt, and provides additional conflicting evidence that Mumia could not possibly have interacted with Philadelphia Police Officer Faulkner in the manner described by prosecution. (text/plain)

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