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    <description>The Pittsburgh Independent Media Center's weekly review of news from the grassroots, news overlooked by the corporate media.  Airs weekly on WRCT Pittsburgh 88.3FM, WVJW Benwood 94.1FM, WNJR Washington 91.7FM, WPTS Pittsburgh 92.1FM, WKCO Gambier 91.9FM.  Online at http://radio.indypgh.org</description>
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    <title>Rustbelt radio for May 5, 2008</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * An exploration of the roots of Labor Struggles and May Day in the US
    * Dahr Jamail on Iraq
    * Cheers and Jeers from Women's E-news
    * and the Radical Day in History]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 21:36:02 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for April 28, 2008</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * Thousands protest around the world in response to Mumia Abu Jamal's denial of a new trial
    * The One Hill Coalition reaches a tentative Community Benefits Agreement with the City, the County, and the Penguins hockey team
    * The City of New York withdraws its plans to build a new $375 million jail in the Bronx
    * Grassroots organizations work to bring clean water to Iraq
    * Plus we bring you the weekly radio spin and the radical day in history]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:05:25 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for April 21, 2008</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * Family Members accuse Pennsylvania Prisons of abusing inmates
    * A look at tax fairness and wealth in American families
    * Uprising Radio examines the World Bank's perpetuation of Global Warming
    * and Burger King allegedly spies on members of the Student Farmworker Alliance]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:28:59 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for April 14, 2008</title>
    <description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:44:04 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for April 7, 2008</title>
    <description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:50:27 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for March 31, 2008</title>
    <description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:34:20 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for March 24, 2008</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * a special one hour look at race and city planning in Pittsburgh's Hill District]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:58:22 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for March 17, 2008</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * we have a special Rustbelt Radio program: as the 5th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq nears, we'll hear from US Military veterans testifying at the recent Winter Soldier hearings]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:59:02 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for March 10, 2008</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On today's show...

    * A University of Pittsburgh study looks at Recidivism and Rehabilitation for former inmates of Allegheny County Jail
    * High school students in NYC examines Security in schools and the balance between freedom and safety
    * LGBT teens speak about PERSAD and peer counseling
    * Local activists work to restore affordable birth control for college students
    * and more in our local and global headlines...]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:19:05 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for March 3, 2008</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * Indigenous Communities sue the department of Homeland Security over the construction of the US Mexico Border Wall
    * Revolutionary ideologies of the Zapatistas are inspiring musical stylings here in the U.S.
    * Cheers and Jeers on the news affecting women across the globe
    * the radical Day in History and more....]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:15:37 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for February 25, 2008</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show... 

   * We interview Pitt Professor and Lawyer Jules Lobel about his new book "Less Safe, Less Free: Why America is losing the war on Terror"
   * International Photo-Journalist Chris Hondros speaks about his work in the war-torn countries of the world
   * news and analysis from the Mexico Solidarity Network
   * a look at the recent crimes and sentences of various Pennsylvanian government officials
   * plus Word on the Street, the History of Black Filmmaking, and more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:24:25 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for February 18, 2008</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * the documentary Gone Tomorrow looks at "The Hidden Life of Garbage"
    * Pacifica's Sprouts presents: Doing It Yourself Democracy
    * plus the weekly radio spin, and this week's day in radical history

Rustbelt Radio is now broadcasting bi-weekly episodes which are exclusively comprised of content from other independent media sources. We are making this change temporarily because our current all-volunteer staff cannot sustain the huge demands that come from producing a one hour original show every week.

If you would like Rustbelt Radio to continue producing original shows which feature local content each week, please consider getting involved. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact us by emailing radio@indypgh.org or by calling 412-923-3000.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:44:25 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for February 11, 2008</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * In honor of Black History Month, we bring you voices and songs from black freedom fighters
    * Community leaders gather together at the Black and White reunion
    * Word on the Street on the new drink tax in Allegheny County
    * City Council in Berkeley, California condemns the local U.S. Marines Recruiting Center and
    * The Department of Labor announces intent to strip worker protections from its H two A guest worker program
    * and more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:56:07 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for February 4, 2008</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On today's show...

    * Paul Wright discusses his new book "Prison Profiteers - Who Makes Money From Mass Incarceration"
    * This Week in Palestine, from the International Middle East Media Center
    * And excerpts from "World VS. Bank" a film by Friends of the Earth International

We need your help!

Starting this week, Rustbelt Radio will begin broadcasting bi-weekly episodes which are exclusively comprised of content from other independent media sources.  We are making this change temporarily because our current all-volunteer staff cannot sustain the huge demands that come from producing a one hour original show every week.

If you would like Rustbelt Radio to continue producing original shows which feature local content each week, please consider getting involved.  If you are interested in volunteering, please contact us by emailing radio@indypgh.org or by calling 412-923-3000.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:07:59 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for January 28, 2008</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * The Citizens Police Review Board hearing on a Pittsburgh Police Officer's violent disruption of a critical mass bike ride
    * Updates on the crisis unfolding in occupied Palestine
    * Residents of Lomas del Poleo fight against displacement as a result of development on the US-Mexico border
    * our first in a series of reports from those inside Pennsylvania's prison system
    * and more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:28:21 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for January 21, 2008</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On today's holiday special...

    * Reflections on the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:17:21 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for January 14, 2008</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * Pittsburgh activists gather over the weekend to share organizing skills
    * Violence is brewing in Chiapas's ongoing low-intensity war
    * Dissident Israeli professor Neve Gordon discusses Academic Freedom at American Universities
    * Hundreds of People ride bikes in NYC to honor fallen cyclists and Pedestrians
    * Activists resist a Grand Jury against Puerto Rican Cultural and Social Workers in NYC
    * and more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:15:53 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for January 7, 2008</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * A new report finds that Transgender Women are routinely subject to harassment, abuse and violence in New York State Men's Prisons
    * The death toll on the Arizona-Mexico border in 2007
    * Media Minutes re-caps some of the most important stories for the media justice movement in 2007
    * A Massachusetts woman faces seven years in prison for a self-induced abortion
    * and more, in local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:08:11 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>The Best of Rustbelt Radio, Fall 2007 (December 17, 2007)</title>
    <description><![CDATA[Welcome to this week's edition of Rustbelt Radio, the Pittsburgh Independent Media Center's weekly review of the news from the grassroots, news overlooked by the corporate media. This week, we will be presenting highlights of Rustbelt Radio stories from the Fall of 2007 including...

    * locals take to the street in actions to oppose the war, and in support of the Jena 6
    * the Word on the Street from October 8th - Pittsburghers' thoughts on Columbus Day
    * an update on the Coalition of Immokalee Workers' march on Burger King headquarters in Miami, Florida
    * New Voices Pittsburgh's Reproductive Justice Weekend
    * Community Media advocates Push for Expanded Low Power FM Radio
    * Pennsylvanians push two different LGBT nondiscrimination bills
    * and more highlights from Rustbelt Radio's fall season 

But before we begin, during our best-of show we always remind our listeners that our 3-year-old program is produced entirely by volunteers and we depend upon donations of equipment and funds to continue. If you can support us with recording equipment, computers, or funds for these supplies, please call 412-923-3000, or email us at radio@indypgh.org, or donate on our website, radio.indypgh.org.]]></description>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for December 10, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * Chuck D. speaks on youth empowerment and local history at November's Urban Roots Hip Hop Symposium in East Liberty
    * Activists call for a moratorium on tasers in response to increased cases of police abuse and taser related deaths
    * Pittsburgh residents organize to save Schenley High
    * On the twenty-six year anniversary of the incarceration of Mumia Abu-Jamal, new developments in the case
    * Another noose incident in Pittsburgh, this time at a local high school
    * and more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for December 3, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * In honor of World Aids Day, we bring you a report on the new face of AIDS and the challenges faced by infected individuals
    * Independent Journalist Ben Dangl speaks about the Constituent Assembly and recent clashes in Bolivia
    * An update on the "Middle East Peace Conference" in Annapolis
    * Nurses are striking in West Virginia, plus more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for November 26, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * We bring you a history lesson on the recent North American Thanksgiving holiday, featuring the voices of indigenous people, their thoughts on the recognition of Thanksgiving, and an alternative celebration known as the National Day of Mourning]]></description>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for November 19, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * as a legal challenge strikes down part of Pennsylvania's Hate Crime legislation, tens of thousands march in DC to urge the US Dept. of Justice to defend the civil rights of African-Americans
    * workers in Florida fight for their rights...by taking to the sea
    * National Lawyers Guild President Marjorie Cohn, speaks about Michael Mukasey, the War on Terror, Pakistani President Musharraf and the Impeachment of George Bush.
    * Salvadoran Labor Union Leader Ricardo Calderon speaks about the failures of CAFTA and free trade, political repression of union organizers and resistance to corporate privatization of Salvadoran natural resources
    * and more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    * voices from the No Borders camp on the US-Mexico border
    * Despite opposition, the House of Representatives passes the Peru Free Trade Agreement
    * Veterans for Peace hold a parade in Meadville, Pennsylvania
    * Selma James on sixties activism and the current struggle to free Mumia
    * and more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for November 5, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * Fighting for fair food in Pittsburgh and across the country,an update on the Student Farmworker Alliance KingDOOM days of action against Burger King
    * results from the recent Guatemalan presidential election
    * Media activists, community radio operators and government representatives discuss the benefits of Low Power FM Radio
    * an interview from "Mother Jones: The Most Dangerous Woman in America"
    * and more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:55:44 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for October 29, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    *  As fires sweep across Southern California, undocumented immigrants fear deportation
    * Protesters gather in DC to oppose the World Bank & IMF
    * Dr. Herb Needleman speaks about his research linking lead poisoning and violence
    * Racial threats continue in the city as another noose is found at a workplace in Pittsburgh
    * Desmond Tutu visits Pittsburgh - and SCI Greene
    * and more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:17:34 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for October 22, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * We bring you a special lecture on "Earth Democracy" from author, activist, and environmentalist Vandana Shiva]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:41:30 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for October 15, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * Counter Recruitment strategies from a former soldier and a community activist
    * New Voices Pittsburgh's Reproductive Justice Weekend
    * A Judge's ruling puts a controversial immigration enforcement tactic on hold
    * Multiple incidents of racial intimidation are reported in Pittsburgh
    * and more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:07:01 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for October 8, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * A new bill may protect Pennsylvanians from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and expression
    * Updates on protests and state violence in Burma
    * A history of American diplomacy with Iran
    * Views on this year's Columbus Day, in Pittsburgh and in Denver
    * plus more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:14:10 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for October 1, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * Students take to the street in Pittsburgh for the national walk-out in support of the Jena 6
    * A discussion on the role of Latinos in the new Ken Burns documentary, "The War"
    * Pittsburgh's local Peace & Justice Center faces financial difficulties
    * Costa Ricans get ready for a referendum vote on CAFTA
    * and more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:15:24 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for September 24, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:21:43 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for September 17, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:45:15 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for September 10, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:09:15 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>The Best of Rustbelt Radio for Summer 2007 (Rustbelt Radio for September 3, 2007)</title>
    <description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 20:35:27 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for August 20, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

* We examine the battle against gentrification in three different US cities
* The Pittsburgh School board may be close to passing a resolution on military recruitment in schools
* Mayview State Hospital Mental Institution is closing 
* and more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:02:38 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for August 13, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * Let's Talk About Sex-- interviews and highlights from the 10th annual Sistersong conference
    * we take a look at the new documentary Good Copy Bad Copy, which examines copyright and culture, featuring Pittsburgh-based mashup artist Girl Talk
    * An update on the Local Community Radio Act from Media Minutes
    * We examine why attacks against the homeless are on the rise
    * plus more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:27:09 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for August 6, 2007</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:05:41 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for July 30, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * locals celebrate the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act
    * The US Farm Bill is set to be renewed for the 1st time in 5 years and could have dire consequences for farmers across the globe
    * Condom commercials are banned in Pittsburgh
    * Voices and music from the benefit show "How to Free a Political Prisoner" held in Pittsburgh this past week
    * plus more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:48:16 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for July 23, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * Is Pittsburgh really America's most livable city? Community groups, organizations and individuals gathered to discuss disparities in the Allegheny County region
    * from Ireland, an update on arrests in the Shell to Sea campaign
    * The Newark Rebellion - forty years later, denouncing police violence and commemorating people's resistance
    * Race, Class, Food and You - a lecture by Breeze Harper
    * and more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:21:32 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for July 16, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * local groups Just Health Care and the Western Pennsylvania Coalition for Single-Payer Health Care organize around the film SiCKO
    * Anti-nuclear activist Corbin Harney passes away
    * A rare 1968 interview between author Julius Lester and poet and activist June Jordan
    * plus more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:08:17 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for July 9, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * The Pittsburgh Police Department and Mayor Ravenstahl face public outcry after controversial police promotions
    * Vandana Shiva talks about the consequences of the Green Revolution in India, and what is in store for Africa
    * Activists speak out at the People's Assembly at the US Social Forum
    * "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" - an 1852 speech by abolitionist Frederick Douglass
    * and more in our local and global headlines.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 23:44:29 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for June 25, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * From the Allied Media Conference in Detroit, Aishah Shahidah Simmons, speaks about her experience making No!, a documentary about Black women and rape.
    * SEIU protests on behalf of local janitors
    * Bicyclists, along with Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and local cyling advocacy organization Bike-Pittsburgh celebrate Pittsburgh's second-ever bike lane
    * and an update on the cases of the 8 former Black Panther Party members on trial in San Francisco for the 1971 murder of a police officer
    * and more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 21:12:25 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for June 18, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    *  Domestic workers in New York and California speak out about the challenges found in their line of employment and the organizing efforts to better their situations
    * The struggle against the new casino continues... This time on the Northside
    * Updates on the South Central Farm in Los Angeles and the Shell to Sea Campaign in Ireland
    * A new group in Pittsburgh is organizing to fight racism and recognize white privilege
    * and more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:50:04 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for June 11, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * The Pittsburgh Pride Theater Festival kicks off this week
    * the Pittsburgh Middle East Peace forum marks the forty year anniversary since the beginning of Israel's occupation of Gaza and the West Bank
    * Both Coca-Cola and Boeing are coming under fire from community groups for their business practices
    * and more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:47:14 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for June 4, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * resistance to the upcoming G-8 summit in Germany
    * we'll hear about Fossil Free Fuels, and how they are improving the city's air quality one car at a time.
    * at a Town Hall meeting, Pittsburgh speaks up about the impact of the Iraq war here at home, and elected officals listen
    * Stop the Bus cuts keeps attention up and the pressure on as Port Authority cuts draw near
    * and more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:38:12 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>The Best of Rustbelt Radio for Spring 2007 (May 28, 2007)</title>
    <description><![CDATA[This week, we will be presenting highlights of Rustbelt Radio stories from the Winter and Spring of 2007 including...

    * Community activists speak out against violence
    * The movement for immigrants' rights
    * Wolves come off the endangered species list
    * Pittsburghers rally for action on climate change
    * A public hearing with the FCC and the fight against corporate media consolidation
    * and more highlights from the past few months of Rustbelt Radio]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2007 21:09:02 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for May 21, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    *  locals react to the Federal Appeals Court hearing in Philadelphia for Mumia Abu-Jamal
    * Earth First activists in Southern Indiana challenge the new NAFTA Superhighway in their region
    * Author and ecologist Sandra Steingraber speaks about the connections between environmental and human health
    * the Coalition of Immokalee Workers wins another battle for farmworkers
    * and more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 23:20:08 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for May 14, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * Rustbelt Radio explores the issue of immigration reform, with the help of three respected immigration lawyers.
    * Mumia Abu-Jamal is scheduled for a hearing that could grant him a new trial
    * Community Activists develop Anti-Violence initiatives addressing recent shootings in Pittsburgh
    * Students and teachers at St. Vincent College protest George Bush's commencement speech
    * and more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    * Thousands march nationwide on May Day for immigrant rights and an end to raids and deportations
    * Environmental justice organizers kick off Biojustice 2007 in Boston
    * Media Minutes gives this week's report on the intersection of media and democracy
    * an interview with Staughton Lynd on Ohio's Supermax prison in Youngstown and the history of the Lucasville uprising
    * and more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * The significance of May Day, and plans for celebrating the International Day of Workers' Struggle here in Pittsburgh
    * The Struggle for New Orleans: Lessons from Women Organizers on the Front Lines
    * Enthusiastic voices from a rally downtown held by The Campaign to Stop the Bus Cuts
    * A controversial new law in Mexico City ends a complete ban on abortions
    * and more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    * Independent media activists and organizers from Chiapas and Oaxaca Mexico speak about the benefits and challenges of indigenous media-making in southern Mexico.
    * Concerned Parents, University Researchers and Community Activists challenge abstinence only education in Pittsburgh Public Schools
    * Falun Gong practitioners and Human Rights advocates speak out in Pittsburgh about persecution and organ harvesting by the Chinese Government
    * plus commentary from Mumia Abu-Jamal, and more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * The Coalition of Immokalee Workers declares victory against McDonald's in their fight for dignity and fair wages
    * Environmental action against deforestation of the Rospuda Valley in Poland
    * Rustbelt Radio visits the Steel Mills to Windmills rally on the National Day of Climate Action
    * and more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * Author Ben Dangl examines the Price of Fire, resource wars and social movements in Bolivia
    * St. Vincent College students protest their school's decision to let George Bush speak at graduation
    * The Pittsburgh Organizing Group is confronted by police harassment once again
    * An excerpt from the documentary Watts Riots 1965: The Fire This Time
    * plus we'll have Word on the Street, and more, in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for April 2, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * US Airways pilots picket at Pittsburgh International Airport
    * Eric Keroack resigns as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Population Affairs
    * A Pittsburgh conference looks at global warming and ways to resist it
    * Founding board member of Creative Commons James Boyle speaks on copyright at CMU 
    * and more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for March 26, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * Over 1000 people march in Pittsburgh to demand "Education not Occupation, Healthcare not Warfare, Buses not Bombs," and "Bring the Troops Home Now."
    * Steelworkers Lawyer Dan Kovalik speaks about the connections between the Chiquita Fruit Company, Drummond Mining, Paramilitaries and Human Rights Abuses in Colombia
    * New anti-immigration legislation is introduced into the Pennsylvania house
    * And, a court decision in Arizona sets a precedent for Native americans' rights to protect sacred sites.
    * and more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for March 19, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * immigrant workers on the gulf coast are speaking up about slavery-like working conditions
    * a sit-in by residents upset about a coal silo in their town occupied the office of the governor of West Virginia
    * and we'll be marking the 4th anniversary of the war in Iraq, with reports from protests in Washington DC and from the National Conference on Organized Resistance]]></description>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for March 12, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * Plans for the City of Pittsburgh to divest from Sudan
    * Interviews from Copenhagen, Denmark, where an autonomous social center was raided and demolished.
    * An interview with Faith Pennick, the director of the film "Silent Choices," on Black Women and Reproductive Justice
    * More local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for March 5, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...
    *  Sylvia Rivera Cusicanqui, discusses Anarchism in Bolivia, medicinal benefits of Coca and present day social justice struggles.
    * Gitanjali Gutierrez, lead counsel representing Guantanamo detainees, speaks on torture, legal activism, and the movement to shut down Guantanamo Bay prison.
    * 14 people are arrested in a large civil disobedience action against the war machine in Pittsburgh
    * plus more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2007 21:44:27 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for February 26, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * Word on the Street visits the Northside, to hear opinons on the sale of the Garden theater
    * An interview with Gerardo Reyes Chavez, of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers
    * An interview with Jonas Moffat, co-founder of the Tel Rumeida Circus
    * Part Two of the James Yee lecture on Guantanamo
    * and more from our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:26:30 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for February 19, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * Former US Military Chaplain James Yee speaks about the abuses he witnessed while on duty in Guantanamo Bay
    * Mumia Abu Jamal's lawyer explains the current status of his case in Federal Appeals Court
    * The FCC is set to gather in Pennsylvania to review media ownership policies
    * A Canadian farmer takes on Monsanto
    * plus more in our global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:43:36 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for February 12, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * Leaders of the black community respond to a new report showing Pennsylvania has the highest rate of black homicide victims in the nation
    * We take a look at the case of Native American political prisoner Leonard Peltier on the 31st anniversary of his arrest
    * A New York City council member discusses racial profiling
    * The Coalition of Immokalee workers speak on the connections between Fast Food Corporations and Farmworkers wages]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:39:39 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for February 5, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * We explore Fair Trade goods and their implications for farmers in developing countries
    * We examine a new government proposal to remove the grey wolf from the endangered species list.
    * A state of emergency is declared in Somalia following the US-backed Ethiopian invasion last month.
    * local activists submit a request to re-open the cases of Jerry Jackson and Charles Dixon.
    * the word on the street about police violence in Pittsburgh
    * and more local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 17:44:24 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for January 29, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * Lawyers and Black Panthers discuss the recent arrests of former Black Panthers in a thirty-six year-old murder case
    * from the World Social Forum, a Kenyan grassroots activist describes the connection between the HIV/Aids Pandemic and gender inequality
    * in global news, an Armenian journalist and activist was murdered in Turkey, and federal agents began a new wave of raids against immigrants last week
    * the word on the street about President Bush's State of the Union Address
    * and more local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for January 22, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * Organizers and members of SEIU Local 3 describe the role they played in the recent Houston SEIU victory.
    * Local artists dialogue with community members on racism, history, memory, and social justice.
    * Reports by human rights groups detail the trafficking of Asian workers by US contractors in Iraq.
    * Word on the Street: mass transit cuts
    * and more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 19:20:20 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for January 15, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * an interview with two independent journalists who documented the 34 day war in Lebanon last summer and its aftermath.
    * thousands take to the street in a march against violence in New Orleans
    * Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks on collective struggle, the war in Vietnam, revolutionary movements around the world, and more.
    * 2 local groups claim victory in their campaigns]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 17:30:36 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for January 8, 2007</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * People are calling for the closing on Guantanamo Bay on the detention centerâ&#x20ac;s five year anniversary.
    * Polar Bears are drawing attention to the global warming crisis
    * Paul Simpson describes the bicycle's potential as a vehicle for social equality
    * a wave of violence has broken out in New Orleans, claiming many lives including those of local activists, artists, and musicians
    * The Zapatistas mark the 13th anniversary of their uprising with an international gathering in Chiapas, Mexico
    * plus more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2007 17:22:22 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>The Best of Rustbelt Radio for Fall 2006!</title>
    <description><![CDATA[This week, we will be presenting highlights of Rustbelt Radio stories from the Fall of 2006 including...

    * A Proposed Casino for the Hill District faces opposition
    * the legal struggle over Hazleton, Pennsylvania's trendsetting anti-immigrant legislation
    * Veterans of the war in Iraq visit Pittsburgh on the Uprise Counter Recruitment Tour
    * Anti-affirmative action backlash and voter fraud shape Michigan's election results
    * and more headlines from recent shows 

But before we begin, during our best-of show we always remind our listeners that our program is produced entirely by volunteers and we depend upon donations of equipment and funds to continue. If you can support us with recording equipment, computers, or funds for these supplies, please call 412-923-3000, or email us at radio@indypgh.org, or donate on our website, radio.indypgh.org.

You can also help with Rustbelt Radio and other independent media projects by getting involved with the Independent Media Center! We are organizing a workspace for media making at our office on Penn Avenue, where we'll be leading workshops for volunteers to learn how to make radio, TV, and online news! Also, we will be offering internships with Rustbelt Radio starting in January of 2007. If you enjoy listening to the show and would like to learn more about what happens behind the scenes, check out www.idealist.org for our internship listings.]]></description>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for December 11, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * we'll hear from Mumia Abu-Jamal, who marked his 25th year of imprisonment in Pennsylvania over the weekend
    * a new film on Cuba's public health system premiered at the University of Pittsburgh, and we spoke to its producer, as well as other members of the panel discussion that followed
    * the New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has refused the right of transgender people to designate their own genders on birth certificates.
    * local updates on the Hill District casino proposal, the Mon-Fayette expressway, and the protest at Colin Powell's recent speech
    * and also, an update from Palestine]]></description>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for December 4, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On today's show...

    * Radical magazine Clamor calls it quits in the face of financial difficulties
    * The annual demonstration at the School of the Americas draws over 20,000 supporters
    * An interview with a Guyasuta fellow about how to improve transportation in our region
    * plus more stories on casinos, Oaxaca, and Cameroon in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for November 27, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * We take a special look at the holiday celebrated this past week in the U.S., Thanksgiving. Rustbelt Radio will bring you stories from Alcatraz Island and Southern California where the histories and struggles of indigenous people are often hidden from the public eye.]]></description>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for November 20, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * Putting down the guns and picking up the gloves, Wilkinsburg Youth become boxers
    * Activists conduct a sweep against racist flyers in South Oakland
    * Organizers in the struggle to save affirmative action discuss Michigan's recent election results, voter fraud, and Ward Connerly.
    * UCLA students protest taser abuse on campus
    * and more local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for November 13, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * Angela Davis speaks at the Thomas Merton Center Award Dinner
    * A discussion about the fight for universal health coverage
    * A Chicago man sets himself on fire in protest of the war in Iraq
    * A video posted on You Tube prompts an FBI investigation into the conduct of the Los Angeles Police
    * plus more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for November 6, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * Hill District Residents continue to mobilize against a casino in their neighborhood
    * Taking back the land: homeless Miami residents build a shantytown
    * We'll hear voices from the International Day of Action Against Climate Change and key predictions on climate from new scientific studies.
    * Persecution of gays in Iraq has led to several murders
    * updates on the situation in Oaxaca and more local and global news]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2006 18:22:12 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for October 30, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * in Oaxaca, Mexico, police and paramilitaries responded to the months-long popular uprising with armed attacks, killing several people including an indymedia videogrpaher and a local newspaper photographer
    * Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai speaks at the University of Pittsburgh
    * locals with the Student Farmworker Alliance hold a demonstration at the McDonalds in Oakland
    * and more global news from Uruguay, Portugal, Ecuador, and more]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:06:51 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for October 23, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * We take a look at the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party
    * We hear how the new Right to Know law in India is empowering people to challenge corruption
    * Stories about the gaming task force in Pittsburgh and news from Palestine
    * and more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2006 19:48:58 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for October 16, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * the Uprise Counter Recruitment Tour makes a stop in Pittsburgh
    * Amy Goodman speaks in Pittsburgh on her Breaking the Sound Barrier tour
    * three weeks after Pamela Lawton and her 7 year old daughter were stopped and threatened with guns by Pittsburgh police officers, now she's being charged with disorderly conduct
    * and more on Chiapas, the student-farmworker alliance, freedom of information, and civil disobedience by deaf students, in our global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2006 18:34:43 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for October 9, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...
* We learn about the growing movement of resistance to Columbus Day 
* We'll hear from Wheels of Justice Tour speakers in Pittsburgh
* We'll hear eyewitness accounts of Jeb Bush being chased through the streets of downtown Pittsburgh by Steelworkers and anti-war picketers
* We'll hear excerpts from a community meeting to discuss the redevelopment of the Nabisco factory corridor in East Liberty.  
* And, the civil rights documentary Eyes on the Prize is back on the air, having battled through years of copyright law restrictions]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2006 16:17:53 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for October 2, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * We'll find out about a new report on harassment and bullying by the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network and advice from local activists on starting gay-straight alliances and creating safer spaces for LGBTQ teens.
    * Straight from the Picket we'll hear from Irish Residents who are fighting a Shell pipeline in their community
    * New Jersey residents petition against felon disenfranchisement
    * A new town in Pennsylvania has adopted a racist, anti-immigrant ordinance
    * and more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 18:31:41 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for September 25, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * We'll hear people's outrage as they testify at a local Citizens' Police Review Board meeting
    * We speak with the Bit and Brace Project about their upcoming performance on gentrification
    * Subcommandante Marcos speaks about the future of the Other Campaign
    * A report on how the FCC suppressed the release of documents revealing the dangers of media consolidation
    * Argentinians react to the sentencing of a police officer from the 1970's dictatorship
    * and more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:55:57 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for September 18, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * A local woman is violently threatened by police
    * Updates on the political situation in Bolivia
    * Rustbelt Radio talks with Kathy Hall Martinez the co-executive director of Stop Prisoner Rape about the issue of sexual assault in U.S. prisons
    * we'll hear the founders of a new recycled-oil biodiesel manufacturing facility in New York discuss biodiesel's potential as a clean energy source
    * and more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:24:34 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for September 11, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...
     * we have an in-depth report on developers' plans to build a casino in the Hill District, and reactions from residents
     * we'll hear from locals who recently marched for immigrant's rights, and youth who organized a march against police brutality in Edgewood and Swissvale
     * independent journalist Josh Wolf is released from prison, after refusing to hand over video tapes to a Federal Grand Jury
     * a follow-up report on the execution of prison activist Hassan Shakur
     * plus more in our local and global news stories]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 19:20:52 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>The Best of Rustbelt Radio for Summer 2006 (September 4, 2006)</title>
    <description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2006 18:13:29 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for August 21, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2006 22:07:38 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for August 14, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2006 08:24:00 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for August 7, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * Members of Prometheus Radio Project speak about community media in Pennsylvania
    * People across the US and in Pittsburgh commemorate the 61st anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
    * An independent journalist is jailed in San Francisco
    * Coca-Cola and Pepsi soft drinks are banned in parts of India
    * and more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2006 06:28:42 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for July 31, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * We learn about the practices of Bechtel corporation, a war profiteer with a local operation here in Pittsburgh
    * The first officer to refuse deployment to Iraq speaks out
    * SouthSide Works janitors are demanding better working conditions
    * A University Radio Station in Oaxaca, Mexico is under attack
    * and also our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2006 07:42:49 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for July 24, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show

    * Ali Abunimah and Dahr Jamail comment on the Israeli bombardment of Lebanon
    * A Peace Vigil for Palestine and Lebanon takes place in Pittsburgh
    * We speak to Earth First activists who targeted a coal plant in Virginia
    * Fred Hampton Jr. is arrested in Chicago
    * plus our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2006 16:37:37 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for July 17, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show:

We hear Deepa Fernandes of WBAI in New York, speak about reporting on immigration and border security issues;

The Pittsburgh Anti-Sweatshop Community Alliance says " No sweatshops bucco!" during the 2006 All Star game;

Environmental Activists are arrested in Canada;

The Mexican presidential election turmoil continues;

plus local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:45:36 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for July 10, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * We speak with Rana el-Hendi, about the current situation in the Gaza Strip
    * Frida Berrigan speaks about Witness Against Tortureâ&#x20ac;s journey to Guantanamo Bay last December
    * LA's South Central Farmers continue the fight against their farm's destruction
    * this past weekend marked the 20th Anniversary of the Homestead Steel Mill closing
    * and more in our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2006 19:00:52 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for July 3, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[This week we have a special bike theme show for Bike Fest, including stories...

    * about the Major Taylor Cycling Club and the Underground Railroad Cycling Route
    * Testimonies from cyclists injured in accidents,
    * An update from Bike Pittsburgh about Cycling Improvements in Pittsburgh
    * Paul Simpson speaking about bicycles as they relate to social equality
    * plus local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2006 18:33:45 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for June 26, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * We bring you voices of the various activists, organizers, and media makers who gathered at the 8th annual Allied Media Conference this past weekend
    * plus, our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:58:37 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for June 19, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On today's show...

    * an interview with author David Carter on the beginning of the gay rights movement at the Stonewall Inn in New York,
    * single payer healthcare advocates describe proposals for universal health care at the state and national levels,
    * plus, an anti-war bike tour rolls through Pittsburgh, courts rule on police searches in the US and Germany, criticism of the Guantanamo Bay prison, and news from the eviction of the South Central Farm in LA.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 21:21:42 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for June 12, 2005</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * We'll hear from Eli Kuti and Khalia Latte, organizers of the Pittsburgh Dyke March, on the mobilization of queer women's community in Pittsburgh and plans for Friday's march.
    * A look at the conservative movement's recent push for what they call Academic Freedom,
    * as well as local updates on last week's anti-war protest, a wind power conference held in Pittsburgh, universal health care in Pennsylvania and global news from independent media sources around the world]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2006 08:16:47 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for June 5, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * We bring you a report from Mexico City about a recent solidarity march for the political prisoners of Atenco
    * Homewood Residents talk about a police chase that ends in two deaths
    * We'll hear from the group Pittsburgh Friends of Immigrants on issues facing immigrants in Pittsburgh and in the nation.
    * And, local news on aids advocacy and the fight over mercury pollution controls currently raging in the Pennsylvania legislature.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 23:08:19 -0400</pubDate>
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    <link>http://pittsburgh.indymedia.org/news/2006/06/23898.php</link>
    <title>Rustbelt Radio memorial day 2006 special</title>
    <description><![CDATA[This week on Rustbelt Radio, a special Memorial Day program in recognition of innocent people who have been imprisoned or executed.

We will hear an in depth report on wrongful incarceration including interviews with:

    * Bill Moushey of the Innnocence Institute of Pittsburgh
    * Tommy Doswell, of Homewood, who was wrongfully incarcerated for 19 years before being cleared by DNA evidence
    * Duane Kirk, who was wrongfully incarcerated for 15 months
    * and members of the Black Politicial Empowment Project who are working towards legislation for compensation and services for the wrongfully incarcerated.

Also, Blackbox Radio interviews the The Icarus Project, a radical mental health organization.

Program note: this show was orginally scheduled for May 29, 2006, but was postponed until May 31 due to unforeseen technical problems at WRCT studios.]]></description>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for May 22, 2005</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * We'll hear more on a proposal to build a new waste-coal fired power plant in Robinson Township, Washington County
    * In Dublin, Ireland, a group of 41 Afghanis occupied St. Patricks Cathedral seeking asylum
    * local news on a funding crisis for needle exchange, solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons, and single payer health care reform
    * and global news on an anti-Halliburton protest in Oklahoma, the Sri Lankan civil war, and more]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2006 18:50:31 -0400</pubDate>
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    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * We investigate the issues surrounding a new waste coal power plant proposed for Robinson Township, Washington county.
    * we'll hear about the importance of lower power FM radio and the fight for community media, from a recent discussion held in Pittsburgh with Hannah Sassaman of the Prometheus Radio Project
    * we have the return of our segment which spotlights a local grassroots group, The Light at the End of the Fort Pitt Tunnel. This week we'll hear about Run-Baby-Run. It's a crash-course to turn ordinary folks into electable politicians.
    * and two doctors from Kenya talk about providing post-abortion care to women in Kenya, and women's access to reproductive health care]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * We'll hear excerpts from the May Day speak-out for immigrants rights in Pittsburgh
    * We'll have a report on police repression and violence in San Salvador Atenco, Mexico
    * Also, an exhibit of Palestinian Childrens artwork at Brandeis University was taken down by the school - Rustbelt Radio speaks to the Israeli Student who curated the exhibit
    * plus news on the Robinson Township power plant, the Pittsburgh-born nominee for the job of CIA chief, the anniversary of the Kent State shooting, and more]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * We'll hear about the denial of financial aid to students that have drug convictions
    * a detailed account of the situation in Darfur and the Sudan
    * a report from today's immigrants rights protests
    * and also a special May Day feature story.]]></description>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for April 24, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * A memorial service for Pittsburgh Revolutionary Sanjulo Ber
    * Cover the Uninsured Week - An interview with the Consumer Health Coalition
    * A Report on Alternative Spring Break trips to Guetamala and New Orleans
    * The "green scare" and government repression of Environmenal Activists
    * The Ohio ACLU is concerned with documents obtained via the Freedom of Information Act on anti-war groups, and more]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 24 Apr 2006 20:35:59 -0400</pubDate>
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    <description><![CDATA[On this week's Rustbelt Radio...

    * An interview with La'Tasha Mayes, a local reproductive justice activist with the Sistersong Collective
    * We'll hear about the "Catch an Illegal Immigrant" game hosted by Penn State University's College Republicans
    * Native Americans say "People not Mascots" in Cleveland
    * underdog Democrat wins local election
    * Anti-LGBT legislation in California targets students
    * Reports from "This week in Palestine" and "Bad Cop, No Donut"
    * and our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for April 10, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show,

     * We have a report from this weekend's Counter-Recruitment Conference
     * Pennsylvania is considering a bill that would turn nonviolent environmental activists into
"eco-terrorists" - we'll talk to the Allegheny Defense Project about it
     * we'll hear from an activist and anarchist who was recently elected to local office in Lake
Worth, Florida
     * and updates on Critical Mass, immigrant rights protests and alleged spying by AT&T]]></description>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for April 3, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...
* We have an interview with former Black Panther Elaine Brown;
* An eyewitness account of the genocide in Darfur;
* And local updates on police harrassment of Critical Mass, A FOIA party at the Thomas Merton Center, an agreement between The University of Pittsburgh and SEIU, and the City's plans for a security camera network downtown.]]></description>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for March 27, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * We will hear exerpts of a Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institue debate about the ethics of accepting military funding.
    * We will hear about the case of Hasan Shakur a death row inmate in Texas
    * and a report from International Women's Day in Mexico.... but first,]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:55:55 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for March 20, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On today's show...

    * we hear about massive student protests in France
    * we hear exceprts from speeches given at this weekend's rally against the war as well as talk to some of the people who marched.
    * we hear from an Iraq veteran who is marching across the Gulf region of the U.S. in protest of Bush policies]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:35:02 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>The Best of Rustbelt Radio, Winter 2006 (March 13, 2006)</title>
    <description><![CDATA[This week's show falls during WRCT's random schedule, so we will be presenting highlights of Rustbelt Radio stories from the last few months, including:

    * a remix of Rustbelt Radio's sound collage from the post-super bowl riots
    * our own Andalusia Knoll reports from South America at the inauguration of the first indigenous president of Bolivia
    * the ACLU has uncovered government spying on local peace groups, we'll hear from their legal director and responses from some of those groups
    * we'll hear from State Representative Jake Wheatley Jr. about how the war is affecting his constituents in the Hill district
    * Coca-Cola is behind human rights violations in Colombia - we'll hear from local lawyer Dan Kovalik of the USWA who is representing workers there
    * plus more on Rick Santorum, the economy, CAFTA, and UPMC's plans for more parking lots 

On our best-of program we always remind our listeners that our program is produced entirely by volunteers and depend on donations of equipment and money to exist. If you can support us with recording equipment, microphones, headphones, or funds for these supplies, please call 412-923-3000, email us at radio@indypgh.org, or donate via paypal on our website, radio.indypgh.org.]]></description>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for March 6, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

   * In Feburary, Pennsylvania prisoner-rights activists converged on Harrisburg to protest abusive prison conditions at home
   * Last week the BBC obtained an rare interview with a Guantanamo Bay detainee, and we'll hear about his experience in the Guantanamo Bay prison
   * updates on a general strike in Africa, students against sweatshops in Santa Cruz, and an update on the South Central Farmers in LA
   * and also our local headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2006 17:59:22 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for February 27, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * We speak with Big Idea volunteers about Pittsburgh's radical book store
    * we hear from Chris Carlsson, the co-founder of the critical mass bicycle ride about critical mass, bicycling, and community.
    * local news on Senator Santorum, Upper St. Clair schools, Pennsylvania voting laws
    * and global news on communcations law, the mexico mine disaster, gold mining in chile, and Shell in Nigeria.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:48:30 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for February 20, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * We check in with a Catholic Worker hospitality house in St. Louis
    * We'll hear a report from the Palestine Solidarity Movement Conference held this weekend at Georgetown University
    * As Pittsburgh prepares to receive their first casino, we'll hear about who has and has not profited from Indian casinos across the United States
    * Our regular update on police brutality and misconduct in the region
    * And more headlines from independent media centers around the world]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2006 18:01:33 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for February 13, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show... South America's largest squatted highrise is facing eviction, Voices for Animals must renew efforts to make the Big Burrito Restaurant group foie gras free, We hear from the sister of a prisoner held in Guantanamo Bay, and we talk with local peace and activist organizations about their efforts to find out how much the government has been spying on them.]]></description>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for February 6, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * Rustbelt Radio's own Andalusia Knoll brings us a report from Bolivia on the political situation there
    * We'll hear about the riots across Pittsburgh that ensued after the Steelers' Superbowl victory
    * Activists continue speaking out against Bush on the night of his State of the Union address
   * Citizens address the Pittsburgh City Council on the city's anti-sweatshop ordinance
   * and the cost of the war in Iraq is growing by the billions, according to a new report
   * our regular update on police brutality and misconduct in the region
   * more headlines from independent media centers around the world]]></description>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for January 30, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * We'll speak to two activists who are fighting CAFTA, the Central American Free Trade Agreement, which is being pushed by the Bush administration
    * We'll hear how privatization, globalization, and the "networking" of security agencies are complicating the fight against secrecy
    * Bob O'Connor describes his plans to be like former New York City mayor Rudy Guiliani
    * and the EU passes a resolution against homophobia
    * a police brutality update
    * and our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:45:43 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for January 23, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * a report from the Black and White Reunion's tenth annual Summit Against Racism, held in East Liberty this past weekend
    * We continue our discussion about Venezuela with Katrina Kozarek from the Calle y Media Video Collective
    * We'll hear from an activist in Africa, who is organizing to abolish 3rd world debt
    * and a court has ruled in favor of locked-out steelworkers in Ohio
    * plus Rustbelt Radio's Indymedia headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2006 15:57:14 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for January 16, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On today's show, local lawyer Dan Kovalik speaks about US military aid to Colombia and human rights violations against trade unionists, we'll hear from Pennsylvania state representatives about the impacts of the Iraq war on two districts in Pittsburgh, local news reports on treatment of the city's homeless, students' voting rights, and nurses' organizing for affordable health care, and global news reports on critical mass, journalists' rights, pirate and low power radio, GE crops, and the struggle for justice in post-genocide Rwanda.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2006 19:28:28 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for January 9, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * we'll hear about connections between prison abuses at home and abroad
    * and we'll speak with Katrina Kozarek about the Calle y Media video cooperative in Venezuela
    * but first, these local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2006 20:01:31 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for January 2, 2006</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On today's show: we will listen to Kate Bornstein as she addressed the audience at the 2005 Steel City Gender Conference, plus some local and global headlines.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:24:38 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>The best of Rustbelt Radio for Fall 2005! (December 19th, 2005 holiday special)</title>
    <description><![CDATA[This week's show falls during WRCT's random schedule, as the radio station takes a holiday. We're using this opportunity to present our listeners with some highlights from the fall season of Rustbelt Radio that you may have missed. 

On today's show we will hear .....

    * A report on police brutality at the August 20th counter-recruitment protest
    * Homeless people's reactions to the new panhandling ordinance in Pittsburgh
    * Updates on the Jerry Jackson case
    * A report on the Bring them Home Now tour
    * and more]]></description>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for December 12, 2005</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * we talk with Steve Donahue about recent changes to Pennsylvania utility laws that are leaving consumers in the cold this winter
    * we'll hear about proposed UPMC parking lots and other development in the uptown neighborhood of Pittsburgh
    * and we'll talk with As'ad AbuKhalil about the recent developments in Lebanon,
   * Pittsburgh city council tentaviesly passes restriction for anti-abortion protestors
   * our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 18:25:47 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for December 5, 2005</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

   * We discuss the 1000th execution carried out in the United States this past week
   * We review issues facing the Pittsburgh Public Schools and the Superintendent's proposed right-sizing plan
   * we learn about the current scandal in the Allegheny County Sheriff's Office
   * and our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for November 28, 2005</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * We speak to an organizer with the South Central Los Angeles Farmers who are fighting the destruction of their urban farm
    * We hear from Johanna Fernandez's lecture about the Young Lords Party and Late Sixties Radicalism
    * and Code Pink protests the war outside Kaufmann's on the day after Thanksgiving
    * and workers at Starbucks are struggling against the company to unionize with the IWW
    * plus our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:52:50 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for November 21, 2005</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show... William Andersen will tell us how the City of Pittsburgh demolished his home; We'll take a look at Rafah Crossing Point, the heavily militarized checkpoint that since 1980 has been the only way for people in Gaza to travel internationally, as Israel plans to hand over control to the Palestinian Authority and European Union]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2005 06:33:06 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for November 14, 2005</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On today's show...

    * We have an interview With Helem GLBT Center in Beirut, Lebanon
    * Updates on the Paris Riots
    * Spoken word by Alixa and Naima
    * an update on police harassment of Common Ground Relief volunteers in New Orleans
    * our local and global headlines]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2005 05:57:16 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for November 7, 2005</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * We speak with an employee of the East Liberty Shop-n-save store who alleges religious discrimination
    * We learn about human trafficking in the US and abroad, and what is being done to stop it
    * and we discuss proposed changes to National Forest Service policies with the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy.  

plus, our local and global headlines.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2005 18:21:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <title>Rustbelt Radio for October 31, 2005</title>
    <description><![CDATA[On this week's show...

    * We talk to Sal Wilcox of Education Innovations about urban farms and charter schools
    * We have an update from Mohammad of Beirut Indymedia about the situation in Lebanon and Syria
    * and Pittsburghers react to the