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Rustbelt Radio for April 23, 2007 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-04-24 12:51 AM
On this week's show... * 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 (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for April 16, 2007 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-04-17 2:08 AM
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 (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for April 9, 2007 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-04-10 12:45 AM
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 (audio/mpeg)

Price of Fire Rustbelt Radio 2007-04-09 6:50 AM
New social movements have emerged in Bolivia over the "price of fire"—access to basic elements of survival like water, gas, land, coca, employment, and other resources. In this interview Ben Dangl author of the book "The Price of Fire" out on AK Press recounts passioinate tales of people's resistance to corporate empire and globalization. For more info go to boliviabook.com (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for April 2, 2007 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-04-03 2:32 AM
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 (audio/mpeg)

James Boyle keynote at You're Not the Boss of Me Donald Deeley 2007-04-01 1:57 AM
James Boyle's keynote address at the You're Not the Boss of Me copyright festival at CMU from March 30, 2007. Speech is licenses under a Creative Commons-attribution-3.0 license. Boyle-1: Introduction by Christopher Sperandio. 13:53 96kbps mp3 Boyle-2: Keynote address by James Boyle. min. 96kbps mp3 Boyle-3: Post-speech Q&A. min. 96kbps mp3 (audio/mpeg + 1 comment)

(mp3) save our transit all night vigil vincent / blast furnace radio 2007-03-30 5:31 AM
audio from kick off of all night vigil to confront the port authority boards upcoming vote on a 15% transit service cut. 17.30 minutes 64kbs (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for March 26, 2007 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-03-27 1:24 AM
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 (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for March 19, 2007 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-03-20 1:20 AM
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 (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for March 12, 2007 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-03-13 2:08 AM
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 (audio/mpeg)

Bolivian Anarchism & Cocaler@s Andalusia 2007-03-06 10:59 PM
A full 35 minute interview with Subaltern theorist, Aymara sociologist and Historian Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui about Bolivian Anarchism, Cocaler@s fight for sovereignty, Indigenous resistance to colonialism and imperialism in Bolivia and the relationship between grassroots organizing and the government of Evo Morales. (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for March 5, 2007 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-03-06 2:44 AM
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 (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for February 26, 2007 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-02-26 9:26 PM
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 (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for February 19, 2007 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-02-19 9:43 PM
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 (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for February 12, 2007 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-02-12 9:39 PM
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 (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for February 5, 2007 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-02-05 10:44 PM
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 (audio/mpeg)

Mumia Abu-Jamal's Speech to Anti-War Demo & more Mumia Abu-Jamal 2007-01-30 2:51 AM
While Mumia Abu-Jamal’s court case heats up (oral arguments expected this winter: http://www.indymedia.org/en/2006/12/876386.shtml ) he continues to report on world-events from his death-row cell. Beginning with the audio from Mumia’s recent speech to this weekend’s massive anti-war demonstrations in San Francisco and Washington DC ( http://www.prisonradio.org/audio/mumia/2007MAJ/jan07/1-23-07WarSpeech.mp3 ), Mumia has also recently written essays about President Bush’s “new strategy” for Iraq, US corporate profits in Iraq, global warming, Martin Luther King Day, and the death of Gerald Ford. (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for January 29, 2007 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-01-29 9:35 PM
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 (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for January 22, 2007 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-01-23 12:20 AM
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 (audio/mpeg)

Interview with Robin Alexander (UE) on Human Rights Abuse in Oaxaca, Mexico Fightin' Lefty Review 2007-01-19 8:40 PM
Robin Alexander, Director of International Labor Affairs at the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, Speaks About Recent Human Rights Abuse in Oaxaca, Mexico. (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for January 15, 2007 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-01-15 10:30 PM
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 (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for January 8, 2007 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-01-08 10:22 PM
On this week's show... * People are calling for the closing on Guantanamo Bay on the detention center’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 (audio/mpeg)

The Best of Rustbelt Radio for Fall 2006! Pittsburgh Indymedia 2006-12-18 10:01 PM
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. (audio/mpeg)

Anti-Casino Rally on the Hill BagLady 2006-12-17 11:07 PM
This is Part One of a Rally held at Freedom Corner on December 16th against the proposed Isle of Capri casino in the hill. (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for December 11, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-12-11 10:21 PM
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 (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for December 4, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-12-05 12:01 AM
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 (audio/mpeg)

RADIO INTERVIEW: Is Honoring Mumia Abu-Jamal A Crime? Hans Bennett 2006-11-29 8:50 PM
Telephone interviews with Peter J. Wirs (Chairman of Philadelphia's 59th Republican Ward Executive Committee) and Robert R. Bryan, (Attorney for Mumia Abu-Jamal) about the new criminal charges filed against two French cities supporting journalist and death-row prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for November 27, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-11-27 9:55 PM
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. (audio/mpeg)

No Casino on the Hill Update BagLady 2006-11-22 2:31 AM
Hill district residents and activists are convinced that they can stop a casino from being constructed in their neighborhood. They have been "raising their hands" and letting Isle of Capri know they are not welcome. (audio/mpeg)

No Casino on the Hill BagLady 2006-11-22 12:17 AM

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