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Mass Civil Nonviolent Resistance
Don Muller
2006-09-06 7:39 PM![]()
Invitation to join nonviolent direct actions with NCNR on Tuesday, September 26th, or Declaration of Peace on Wednesday, September 27. (image/jpeg)
Pittsburgh Web Series Kicks Off Season 4
Erik Schark
2006-09-06 12:24 PM
Pittsburgh-based web series "Something To Be Desired" Season 4 Promo, 2:45 (video/quicktime)
A speech given in Montreal by Jacqueline House, a representative of Six Nations.
Ytzhak
2006-09-06 9:51 AM
This is a speech given by Jacqueline House, a representative of Six Nations, at an event in Montreal. The event was called "Six Nations: Land Repossession and Resistance", and was held on August 31, 2006, at the Native Friendship Center of Montreal. It was organized by the Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement (IPSM). (audio/mpeg)
london bomb sensation (hoffman sub dub samo samo)
Ytzhak
2006-09-06 9:47 AM
"Sabotage," which up to that time had been applied unconsciously and
instinctively by the workers, with the popular name which has remained
attached to it begins in 1895 to receive its baptism, its theoretical
consecration and to take its place amongst the other means of social
warfare, recognised, approved, advocated and practiced by the labour
unions. -- e. pouget -- "Sabotage" (audio/mpeg)
Aspartame Awareness Weekend
Dr. Betty Martini, D.Hum
2006-09-05 1:49 AM
Aspartame Awareness Weekend is Sept 8th through 10th and I'll be lecturing in Butler County this month on the issue. Aspartame Ddisease is now a global plague and we ask everyone to help to send the Report to Schools to all scho0ls and Board of Educations in your area. (text/plain)
The Best of Rustbelt Radio for Summer 2006 (September 4, 2006)
IMC Rustbelt Radio collective
2006-09-04 10:13 PM
This week we will be presenting highlights of Rustbelt Radio stories from the last few months, including:
* janitors spin the Wheel of Misfortune at the SouthSide Works
* in Homewood and Garfield, the Pittsburgh police are criticized for car chases that result in multiple deaths and injuries
* a local nonprofit sends help to the Caribbean
* as the national spotlight was on Pittsburgh for this year's All Star Game, locals put the spotlight on the city's treatment of homeless, as well as the sweatshop conditions in factories making Pirates' apparel
* several local organizations react to Israeli attacks as the war escalates with Lebanon
* plus more on elections and repression in Mexico, the Mon-Fayette expressway, the South Central Farm in Los Angeles, and Immigration in the US (audio/mpeg)
US education fails again...
tj
2006-09-02 11:31 PM![]()
students are severely uneducated when it comes to matters of draft and counter recruitment related issues. (image/png)
Israel: Beyond Good and Evil?
Justin Raimondo
2006-09-02 2:38 PM
Ehud Olmert's Nietzschean foreign policy (text/plain + 112 comments)
Egyptian Weekly on Hizbullah's Armed Children's Militias
over 2,000 served
2006-09-02 1:20 PM
More violations of the Geneva Convention in the Israeli- Lebanese War (text/plain)
Kick the Klan and NSM out of Gettysburg!
Anti-Racist Action
2006-09-01 4:52 PM
All Out Against the Klan (text/plain + 9 comments)
Aporta centro científico a estudio de biodiversidad cubana
Julio Cesar
2006-09-01 11:01 AM
Un amplio quehacer científico para profundizar en el conocimiento y conservación de la naturaleza en Cuba desarrolla el Centro Oriental de Ecosistemas y Biodiversidad (BIOECO), en esta ciudad. (text/plain)
Oaxaca City SlideShow: Un Pueblo Unido Avanza Sin Partidos
~Bradley
2006-08-31 11:57 PM
SlideShow of photos taken in Oaxaca City during the last week of August 2006 with compiled audio from the 2006 “El Enemigo Común” tour. (9:34 minutes / 15 MB) (text/plain)
Concert to Raise Funds for New Orleans Free Health Clinic at the Rex
Mike Stout
2006-08-31 2:06 PM
Incite! is a group of women in New Orleans who are launching a free Health Clinic for the uninsured. The Raging Grannies, Autumn Ayers, Gab Bonesso, and Mike Stout are holding at concert to raise funds for the free clinic on Sept 9, at the Rex Theater in Pittsburgh. Tickets are $10. Come out for a worthy cause an great night of entertainment. (text/plain)
Vote Peace lawn signs now available!
VotersForPeace.us
2006-08-30 1:11 PM![]()
Tell your neighbors and the politicans about the growing voting block for peace, and against wars of aggression. (image/jpeg)
Rev. Yearwood endorses Voters Pledge For Peace
posted by David Havelka
2006-08-30 12:57 AM
Rev. Yearwoods' message: It is time for decent folks who care about the people of the Gulf Coast to come together and become Voters for Peace. Tell the politicans to bring the troops and resources home to the Gulf Coast where they are desperately needed. (text/html)
Filipinas in Lebanon treated like ’modern-day slaves’
Internat'l Civil Society Mission to Lebanon
2006-08-29 10:11 PM
FINDINGS OF INTERNATIONAL MISSION TO LEBANON:
Filipina overseas workers in Lebanon are being treated like “modern-day slaves,” this was the main finding of Filipinos who had just arrived from Lebanon as part of an international civil society and parliamentary delegation.
(text/plain)
An independent gothic Childrens book and Halloween Party
Christa Driscoll
2006-08-29 6:25 PM
A promotional Halloween party for an independently published gothic children's book collaborated on by local artists. October 28th @ the Union Project 1pm BYOB. (text/plain)
Swissvale and Edgewood Youth Stand Up Police Harassment
Morgan
2006-08-29 1:50 AM![]()
On Saturday around 50 people protested Swissvale and Edgewood Police treatment of people of color and youth. (image/jpeg + 8 comments)
Rustbelt TV for Summer 2006
Rustbelt TV, Pittsburgh IMC video collective
2006-08-27 8:38 PM
Pittsburgh Indymedia presents a new edition of Rustbelt TV - news from the grassroots - featuring these stories and more:
* Anti Sweatshop activists hold a carnival for workers rights during the All Star Game
* Cyclists celebrate as they ride in Critical Mass, a monthly bike ride
* Surviving in an Asian Megacity- a video about life in Jakarta
* Prometheus Radio holds a station barnraising in Tennessee
* Evo Morales is elected as the first Indigenous president in Latin America (video/x-ogg + 1 comment)
Caught On Tape, The Fix Is In
Lynn Landes
2006-08-23 2:23 PM
This film warns viewers that election officials and voting machine companies can easily manipulate votes and not get caught. They accomplish this through the use of the secret ballot, voting machines, and absentee or early voting. (text/plain)
The Hidden Draft in Our Schools
Captain Eric H. May
2006-08-22 8:41 PM
With a vast majority of the US public disapproving of the quicksand war in Iraq, how can American educators continue to allow unchecked and unscrupulous recruiting in our high schools? A former Army officer takes a look at the problem of gutless school leaders who let their students be turned into Bush League cannon fodder -- then offers some suggestions on how to change things. (text/plain)
Think Outside the Bomb - NYC Conference
Andrew
2006-08-22 7:00 PM![]()
From November 4-5, young people from throughout the northeast will converge at PACE University to organize for a nuclear-free world. The conference is being sponsored by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, with support from Educators for Social Responsibility (ESR) Metropolitan Area and People's Action for Clean Energy (PACE). The conference will focus on nuclear disarmament, nuclear energy, and the hazards of the nuclear fuel cycle — as well as the connections between these issues. (image/jpeg)
Army turns violent in West Bank
Andalusia
2006-08-22 3:36 PM
An interview with Jonas Moffat about an action against the Apartheid Wall in West Bank in which the Israeli Army fired rubber bullets at close range at protestors (audio/x-ogg)
Rustbelt Radio for August 21, 2006
Rustbelt Radio Collective
2006-08-22 2:07 AM
On this week's show...
* People in Pittsburgh and across the US are organizing to fight Walmart
* we have a preview of Spike Lee's new documentary on New Orleans titled "When the Levees Broke"
* NSA's wiretapping program is declared illegal by a federal judge
* Protests, violence, and repression continue in Mexico and Palestine
* and also our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)
DR. LEO CASINO
DR. LEO CASINO
2006-08-21 9:55 AM![]()
THE STORY OF A PITTSBURGHER WHO RETURNS AND FINDS THE CITY IS A PLACE HE NO LONGER KNOWS. (image/jpeg)
Little Birds: A Devastating Window on the War
Gregory Elich
2006-08-17 7:44 PM
Powerful documentary on Iraq war from the perspective of Iraqi citizens (text/plain)
Call of Support for March Against Police Brutality and Racism
Pittsburgh Organizing Group (POG)
2006-08-16 4:42 PM
POG calls on the greater Pittsburgh community to support youth organizers fighting police racism and brutality. (text/plain + 19 comments)
9/11 Worldwide Concert Event Expresses the Vision of Radical Unity through Music
Ben Dameean
2006-08-16 12:24 PM
The Wake-Up-America, Wake-Up-World, Radical Unity Tour featuring a free streaming worldwide live webcast on globalchangetelevision.org from Future Studios Performance Venue in Sedona, Arizona at 7 P.M. Pacific / 10 P.M. Eastern time.
Included is a 60 second video clip. (video/quicktime)
Interview with Christina Valente
David Grace
2006-08-15 1:07 PM
Green Party Candidate for Lt. Governor of Pennsylvania (audio/mpeg)
Rustbelt Radio for August 14, 2006
Rustbelt Radio
2006-08-15 12:24 PM
On this week's show...
* Rustbelt Radio talks to local non-profit Global Links about shipping medical supplies from Pittsburgh to needy hospitals in other parts of the world.
* Global Justice activist and author Vandana Shiva speaks about Creativity, Compassion, and Social Change
* two stories from Philadelphia: an annual punk festival is shut down by police, and unions take on the telecom giant Verizon
* a small town in Pennsylvania is imposing extreme new laws against immigrants
* and more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)