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Debate 'Watching Party,' Beaver County-Style
S27 8:30PM | [4 comments]

Rustbelt Radio for September 22, 2008
S22 7:31PM | [2 comments]

Isabel MacDonald from FAIR at Torture Conference
S21 10:22AM | [0 comments]

(mp3) Blast Furnace Radio Show from New Orleans
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(video) Water Action at CMU's Dod outlet / SEI
S17 4:54PM | [0 comments]

Bob Barr on Pennsylvania Presidential Ballot
S16 8:16AM | [0 comments]

Rustbelt Radio for September 8, 2008
S08 8:01PM | [0 comments]

pittsburgh: more on Nagasaki day at CMU's Software Engineering Institute
A18 8:54PM | [0 comments]

Remembering Nagasaki
A12 11:14AM | [22 comments]

Remembering Hiroshima
A11 7:18PM | [6 comments]

People Protest Police Violence
A07 12:02PM | [2 comments]

Rustbelt Radio for August 4, 2008
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Rustbelt Radio for July 28, 2008
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Rustbelt Radio for July 21, 2008
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Rustbelt Radio for July 14, 2008
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Rustbelt Radio for July 7, 2008
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Direct Action for Direct Democracy: Shut Down the Republication National Convention
J04 1:32PM | [4 comments]

Battleground Report: Aliquippa Fired Up for Obama
J03 11:46PM | [2 comments]

Rustbelt Radio for June 30, 2008
J30 11:01PM | [0 comments]

Pittsburgh Says No to Torture
J27 4:14PM | [0 comments]

Battleground Report: Tractors, Tilt-a-Whirls and Obama
J26 10:09PM | [0 comments]

Government Revoked Muslim Nuclear Physicist's Security Clearance To Retaliate For Criticis
J26 1:44PM | [0 comments]

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BTL:Taxpayers Reject Blank Check for Wall Street Bailout
S25 12:49PM | [0 comments]

PHILIPPINES: Suspend US Military Deployments to Mindanao
S16 9:35AM | [0 comments]

Time Ecology - Four Gifts from the Work Less Party
S15 6:25PM | [0 comments]

The Ground Noise and the Static: A Chronicle of the Battle of Saint Paul (Illustrated)
S15 5:50PM | [0 comments]

60th founding anniversary of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
S15 8:59AM | [0 comments]

PRESS-RELEASE. The artist will be paint his picture with blood
S14 8:47AM | [0 comments]

Doing Business in the Arabian Gulf
S13 10:11PM | [0 comments]

Pmas. La farsa de la CIA al descubierto
S13 6:11PM | [0 comments]

Periodismo cooptado por la CIA
S13 7:47AM | [0 comments]

After DNC/RNC, fight ICE and support immigrant rights struggle: a call to action
S13 2:14AM | [0 comments]

Thank Nicky Exarchou if America is Stupider than You!
S11 4:08PM | [10 comments]

INTERVIEW: New British Film About Mumia Abu-Jamal Showing in NYC
S10 8:24PM | [0 comments]

Stop the USA Killing and Torturing Machine
S10 4:51PM | [1 comments]

Corrupción en el círculo intimo del Obispo
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11 Links on the Impaling Palin
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CODDLING OF PALIN IS FALSE FEMINISM, DISGUISED SEXISM, AND RIGHT-WING ANTI-WORKING-WOMEN
S10 12:48AM | [0 comments]

Pit Bulls and Lipstick
S09 11:11PM | [0 comments]

Irish Republican Seeks Normalized Status.
S08 11:44AM | [0 comments]

Chevron, BP push Sarah Palin as Condoleezza Rice's successor
S08 9:49AM | [0 comments]

Update: The Criminal Corruption and Animal Cruelty of Gov. Sarah Palin
S04 6:44PM | [14 comments]

Denver Diaries - Report on Iraq Vets and Rage Against the Machine Concert and March
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McCain picks prowar, prodrilling huntress as running mate.
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The Banana Incident
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Frank Moore qualifies for write-in votes in 25 states, including Pennsylvania
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Separate Church and State in Israel or Expect More Radical Zionism in the U.S.
O05 6:27PM | [0 comments]

SENATOR OBAMA, ANOTHER poorer black american NEEDS YOUR VOICE OF JUSTICE ??
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Ten reasons not to bail out Wall Street
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Escuadrones de la muerte del Obispo
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W PA Obama 'Labor Walks' -Defeating McCain is Just 'Step One'
O04 9:47PM | [0 comments]

SERPENT-spawned Economic Crisis
O04 12:06PM | [2 comments]

Forgiving: Quotes on Letting Go
O03 11:31AM | [2 comments]

Money Karma Comes Home to Roost
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El Imperio y la conspiración contra Bolivia en Paraguay
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Urgent Action Alert! Prisoners Under Attack in Camp Hill's SMU
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We have the bailout money but we're spending it on war
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Dollar is over, says Carlos Lessa
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‘Am I my brother’s keeper?’ No he’s not. Sen. Obama’s brother, George, faces cho
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Update and Letter from Eric McDavid
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Industriales de la miseria, los nuevos dueños del Paraguay
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SURELY US SUPREME COURT KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STATE MURDER & EXECUTION IN GEORGIA ?
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Review: "FARE STRIKE! San Francisco 2005: First-Hand Accounts"
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The methane time bomb
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A film about a succesful non-violent struggle in India
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great to hear Nader supporting his fellow third party candidates
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Rustbelt Radio, every week from Pittsburgh Indymedia
September 22, 2008

On today's show...

  • An Anti-Islamic DVD is being distributed in Pittsburgh and across the US
  • Electronic Voting Machines in Allegheny County
  • A look at the case of Eric McDavid, an activist who was recently sentenced to 20 years in prison, based on questionable FBI evidence
  • A discussion of human rights with William F. Schulz, former executive director of Amnesty International
  • plus more in our local and global headline
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Tune in every week, Monday at 6pm or Tuesday at 9am on WRCT 88.3FM, Wednesday at 10am on WPTS 92.1FM, or listen online at radio.indypgh.org.
Pittsburgh Food Not Bombs under attack!
06/07/2008
Rich White folks represented by the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership (PDP) are trying to remove FNB from Market Square, where the group has served vegitarian food to hungry people for 15 years. 

This past Sunday FNB got kicked out of Market Square by the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership (PDP), who called in police.  Food Not Bombs is requesting community support on Sunday the 8th at 2pm.

[ Read more ]



City of Pittsburgh vs. Lamar Advertising
04/12/2008
Five Pittsburgh City Council members are taking on the outdoor advertising giant Lamar Advertising Company. Lamar wants to build a giant 1,200 square foot electronic billboard on the new Grant Street Transportation Centre.  Steve Donahue explains how Lamar CEO Kevin Reilly Jr. has a history of using strong-arm tactics to get his way.

[ Read more ]


Updates on Mumia Abu-Jamal's case
04/12/2008
On April 12, Mumia Abu-Jamal's lawyer Robert Bryan provided an update on behalf of his client, who is on death row at SCI-Greene in Waynesburg, 60 miles from Pittsburgh.  This comes after the U.S. Court of Appeals issued a long-awaited decision on his case on March 27, 2008.

[ More on Mumia's case from Philly IMC ]

Also, Hans Bennett has an interview with author J. Patrick O'Connor on his book titled The Framing of Mumia Abu-Jamal.

[ Read more ]


Carlow University to close preschool in favor of dorm rooms
04/08/2008
Carlow University gave parents eight weeks notice that their Early Learning Preschool will be closed as of May 3rd.  Marianne Bryan says that parents are devastated by this news and are seeking help from the community to put pressure on Carlow University president Dr. Hines and board members to reverse this short-sighted decision.

[ Read more ]


Antiracists respond to "Wetback Wednesdays"
04/06/2008
Antiracists have responded to the Garage Door Saloon's recent advertisements for "Wetback Wednesdays."

A contributor gives us a brief explanation on why the "Wetback Wednesdays" at the Garage Door Saloon is a bigger deal than the media is making it out to be.  (The Garage Door Saloon is one of two bars owned by South Side Sin City, Inc. The other is Casey's, on the South Side.)

Then on Wednesday, April 2, antiracists picketed in Oakland outside the bar, saying that the problem is not just with a drink special, but that a white supremacist who owns and operates two bars in Pittsburgh is trying to spread his hateful ideas through his business.






Calgon Carbon locks out union workers on Neville Island
03/21/2008
Pittsburgh-based Calgon Carbon Corp. locked out 63 members of USW Local 5032 who work at the Neville Island facility at midnight, Feb. 29.

Union members set up picket lines at the plant's two entrances while management runs the place without longtime workers. Union pickets are maintaining a vigilant 24-hour watch on the plant, and have been joined by Steelworkers and other local supporters.

Workers at this Calgon facility make products and provide services to remove impurities from water and air, as well as reactivating spent carbon for filtration systems and impregnation carbons for personal respirator and other uses.

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Jury says Michael Ellerbe was shot intentionally by State Troopers
03/11/2008
A federal jury unanimously ruled that two Pennsylvania state police troopers used excessive force and intentionally shot 12-year-old Michael Ellerbe in Uniontown, Pennsylvania in December 2002. On March 11th the jury awarded Ellerbe's family more than $28 million dollars in punitive and compensatory damages.

Over five years ago, 12 year old Michael Ellerbe, an unarmed black boy, was shot in the back by State Troopers Samuel Nassan and Juan Curry as he allegedly ran from a stolen vehicle. While his family and community decried his death as excessive force no serious investigation was launched into Ellerbe's case.

Shortly after his son's death, Michael Hickenbottom,  sued both State Troopers saying that they violated his son's constitutional rights. Over 5 years later, a jury has ruled on this suit and unanimously decided that both Trooper Nassan and Corporal Curry  had intentionally shot Michael Ellerbe.  The verdict refuted trooper Nassan's claim that his gunfire to the 12 year old's back was precipitated by the sound of his partner's gunshot.

While Michael Hickenbottom said he felt somewhat vindicated by the verdict but wonders why a major question has gone unanswered.

"Why did you shoot, I just want to know why did you shoot him in the back," said Hickenbottom at a press conference following the verdict.

According to community activists this historic case shows that those who fight tirelessly against police brutality can win.  "I'm hoping that this will send a clear message to police everywhere, that you can not just kill anyone like this and not be punished," says Celeste Taylor a long time anti-police brutality activist.

Latest coverage: Listen to a radio report from Pittsburgh on the case, featured nationally on Free Speech Radio News.

More on this case will follow!

Previous coverage of Michael Ellerbe's case:

[ Uniontown March Against Police Violence | U.S. Attorney Drops Ellerbe's Civil Rights Case | Downtown Pittsburgh March Against Police Violence ]

US Senate Committee Approves Local Community Radio Act
11/19/2007
LPFM Barnraising Seven years ago, the Federal Communications Commission recognized the need for more diverse programming on the airwaves and allowed for the licensing of new Low Power FM radio stations. This new broadcasting window was immediately closed due to lobbying by powerful commercial radio interests.  Educational institutions, labor unions, churches, towns, and community groups seeking to start Low Power radio stations have faced restrictive license requirements that limit community access to the airwaves.  The Local Community radio act, recently approved by the Senate Commerce committee, should ease these restrictions and allow for hundreds of new non-commercial stations.  In the coming months legislative versions of the Local Community Radio Act will appear before the full Senate and House of Representatives.

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[ Free Speech Radio News story (4:58) ]

[ Rustbelt Radio story (12:42) ]

[ More info on the Prometheus Radio Project website ]

An Open Letter to the Drink Tax "Astroturf"
11/18/2007
From the open newswire: An open letter to the fake grassroots organization, created by lobbyists and PR firms, that is meant to appear local and spontaneous in its opposition to the propsed 10% drink tax.

The letter's author later posted a correction based upon correspondence with local restaraunt owners.

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