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Rustbelt Radio for September 24, 2007 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-09-25 2:21 AM
On today's show... * The Coalition Against Violence presents their strategies to bring Peace to Pittsburgh * Anthropologist David Harvey discusses the Geographies of Globalization * Thousands rally in Jena Lousiana * The Slow Food movement makes its way to Pittsburgh * and more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

Mercenaries without borders Karel Vereycken 2007-09-24 6:38 PM
Private armies are a real poison. Read here why. (text/plain)

Venezuela today: complexities and outright lies Rafael Uzcategui 2007-09-22 8:41 PM
* A member of the editorial collective of El Libertario (www.nodo50.org/ellibertario; in Spanish & English) prepared this article for the 6th edition of the Costa Rican (A) journal La Libertad [September 2007; http://revistalalibertad.blogspot.com] in response to an inconsistent effort to establish impossible affinities between Chavism and Anarchism. (text/plain)

Whatever Happened to Palestine? Kathleen Christison 2007-09-22 5:00 PM
This is a peace movement but apparently not a justice movement. (text/html + 6 comments)

II Muestra de Documentales Independientes y Videoactivismo, Caracas 1/2008 Colectivo Editor de El Libertario, Venezuela 2007-09-22 4:20 PM
* Desde Venezuela, el Colectivo Editor de El Libertario y la Organización Nelson Garrido están convocando a los cineastas y videoactivistas del mundo entero a presentar sus realizaciones recientes hechas autónomamente desde y para los movimientos sociales en lucha. La cita es en Caracas del 21 al 28 de enero de 2008. (text/plain)

August Critical Mass Alicia B 2007-09-22 6:19 AM

The month's last Friday, August 31 at the Carnegie dino, I met up with the city's bumpin' C Mass around Oakland. (image/jpeg)

Free speach under attack: Craig Murray's web site has been shut down Censored 2007-09-21 10:12 PM
Craig Murray, the outspoken former British Ambassador in Uzbekistan has had his web site, http://www.craigmurray.co.uk/ taken down by it's UK host, Fasthosts, http://www.fasthosts.co.uk/ (text/plain)

Dehumanizing the Palestinians Ali Abunimah 2007-09-21 5:33 PM

The Electronic Intifada, Sep 21, 2007 (image/jpeg + 8 comments)

Please join Pope John Paul II (deceased) Tony Blair, and Susan Sarandon: Ask mercy for Ken Ken Richey Support Coalition 2007-09-20 6:13 PM
Governor Strickland is a former pastor. Please remind him that Jesus (John 8:7) stopped an execution in progress. Ask him to release Ken Richey and to end state murder in Ohio/ (text/plain)

Naomi Klein's "Shock Doctrine" and the policy of Disaster Capitalism redpill8 2007-09-18 11:28 PM

"Shock and Awe" is what the media and pentagon called the bombardment of Baghdad by U.S. forces at the start of the 2003 Persian Gulf War. We remember the horrible visuals well, just as we remember, in graphic detail, our own shock and awe event on September 11, 2001, when we were treated to the first in a series of psychological trauma for the new the "War on Terror" PR campaign. All of these horrible events were designed to turn us, and Iraqis, into pliable infants, willing to let our government do whatever they want in order to "protect us." (image/jpeg)

Oct. 19-21 IMF/WB actions update #2 October Coalition 2007-09-18 2:16 AM
This update provides a quick glimpse into how the organizing for the October 19-21 mobilization against the IMF/World Bank annual meetings is going. Read it to find out about action plans, new endorsers of the mobilization, how to plug in, and more. (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio for September 17, 2007 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-09-18 12:45 AM
On this week's show... * "The Revolution Will Not Be Funded"-- an in depth interview with social justice activists about organizing work in non-profits * updates on the political climates in Guatemala and Haiti * Pittsburghers march against war this past weekend * plus more in our local and global headlines. (audio/mpeg)

Brazil: 185º anniversary of the independence. September the 7th, 1822. Emilio de Lima 2007-09-12 6:04 PM
The place was chosen to receive resources from the PAG because it is an area of water sources and of ambient protection. Through Guarituba flow Piraquara and Iraí rivers. They are responsible for 60% of the water that supplies Curitiba and metropolitan region . (text/plain)

Magic Bus Trips at Indiana U. Chrissie 2007-09-11 10:31 PM
We want all local organizers to come help us engage students in discussions at Indiana University! (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio for September 10, 2007 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-09-11 12:09 AM
On this week's show... * Two stories of victory - locally, prisoners boycott poisonous food. And in national news, Baltimore stadium cleaners will receive a living wage. * Pro-democracy protests continue in Burma, as monks hold authorities hostage following police and paramilitary brutality * Professor Norman Finkelstein speaks about the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History and Academic Freedom * Pittsburgh shows support for the Jena Six * and more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

Harrisburg activist abused by police Kimberly Wilder 2007-09-09 6:00 PM

Activist Diane White was attending her local block party. A policeman arrived and questioned celebrants, who were behaving peacefully and had a permit for the event. The policeman pulled Diane White to the side, abused her, pepper-sprayed her, and handcuffed her. There is still no police report. Yet, Diane White was charged. Public Meeting on September 11th. (image/jpeg)

BTL: Bush Photo Op in Iraq Precedes Congressional Debate on War Funding Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2007-09-08 8:17 AM
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Summary (text/plain)

audio / mp3 / pittsburgh: 30 day water fast against the war begins vincent / blast furnace radio 2007-09-05 11:44 AM
audio location: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=24550 (text/plain)

End War Fast begins despite fences and short permit matt 2007-09-05 3:34 AM

Pittsburgh Organizing Group began a fast in front of the Oakland Armed Forces Career Center on Forbes Avenue today, despite attempts by the city of Pittsburgh to shorten a permit and enclose the protest in fences. (image/jpeg)

FNB Block Party Pittsburgh Food Not Bombs 2007-09-04 6:38 PM

Report from Monday's block party: Thanks to everyone that attended and helped! (image/jpeg)

Anarchist March on World Bank NEAN 2007-09-04 12:43 PM
Oct. 19-21 in DC: NEAN Call for an Anarchist Contingent at IMF-WB Protests Take the offensive, kick the capitalists out of town (text/plain)

The Best of Rustbelt Radio for Summer 2007 (Rustbelt Radio for September 3, 2007) Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-09-04 12:35 AM
Welcome to the Best of Rustbelt Radio, the Pittsburgh Independent Media Center's weekly review of news from the grassroots; news overlooked by the corporate media. This week, we will be presenting highlights of Rustbelt Radio stories from the Summer of 2007 including... * Pittsburgh's nomination as America's most livable city * Updates on the South Central Los Angeles Farm * A report from the activists and Media Makers at the 9th annual Allied Media Conference * How To Free a Political Prisoner -- a local benefit for Mumia * Let's Talk About Sex-- interviews and highlights from the 10th annual Sistersong conference * and more highlights from the past few months of Rustbelt Radio (audio/mpeg)

Avanza Mediación Chávez en Colombia Prof. Faustino Rodríguez Bauza 2007-09-02 3:55 AM
Avanza mediación del Presidente Chávez en Colombia con su próxima reunión con integrantes de la Dirección de las FARC posiblemente en Caracas, para hablar sobre intercambios de prisioneros del gobierno colombiano y las personas retenidas por las FARC, entre ellas la ex Candidata a Vice Presidente de Colombia, Ingrid Betancourt.- (text/plain)

BTL: As Gonzales Resigns... Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2007-09-01 2:24 PM
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Summary (text/plain)

Governor Otter, Please Bypass Dirk Kempthorne In Replacing Larry Craig Tree Trillions 2007-09-01 12:39 PM

IDAHO AND THE NATION'S FIRES HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY DOI'S 1 PROMOTION OF CATTLE BUFFALO BISON AND SHEEP RANCHES 2 BY THE LUMBER INDUSTRY 3 MINING AND 4 "CONTROLLED" BURNS 5 INCREASED OIL AND GAS DRILLING, A FIRE HAZARD AND EARTH DESTROYER (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

Update #1 for Oct. IMF/WB mobilization October Coalition 2007-08-31 11:36 PM
This update provides a quick glimpse into how the organizing for the October 19-21 mobilization against the IMF/World Bank annual meetings is going. Read it to find out about action plans, who has endorsed the mobilization till date, housing and convergence space, and more. (text/plain)

mp3 / Katrina survivor speakes on hurricanes second anniversary vincent / blast furnace radio 2007-08-31 2:52 AM
great audio interview of a katrina servivor (text/plain)

Vapid Discrimination Against the Mentally Ill by Various Independent Media Centers Skelly Dubhuidhe 2007-08-31 2:27 AM
Is there room for hate on IMC? (text/html + 8 comments)

PHILIPPINES: Widow to testify against CPP founder Joma Sison F Zamora 2007-08-30 3:00 AM

Gloria “Joy” Jopson-Kintanar has blamed Sison for the murder of her husband, Romulo Kintanar, on Jan. 23, 2003. She and another widow, Veronica Tabara, filed complaints against Sison early last year that served as grounds for the arrest of the CPP founder in the Netherlands on Tuesday. (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

Animals Ask You To Vote Against Hillary Clinton ARC 2007-08-29 1:49 PM
Hillary Clinton supports doubling NIH's animal torture funds, has voted to bomb the animals of Iraq and Afghanistan, has received money from her friend Don Tyson, nation's biggest butcher, has been on the board of animal abusing WalMart, has been silent about Mad Cow, Mad Pig, Mad Chicken in the US (text/plain)

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