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Rustbelt Radio for November 20, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-11-20 10:33 PM
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 (audio/mpeg + 1 comment)

Rustbelt Radio for November 13, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-11-14 1:41 AM
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 (audio/mpeg)

The Fight for Universal Health Coverage in America david 2006-11-13 2:04 AM
In a recent talk at the University of Pittsburgh, scholars and health care advocates discussed the fight for universal heath coverage in America. (audio/x-ogg)

Rustbelt Radio for November 6, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-11-06 11:22 PM
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 (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for October 30, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-10-30 10:06 PM
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 (audio/mpeg)

The Headless Horseman Theme for Halloween scott huminski 2006-10-30 1:19 PM
“The Horseman” by Scott X and the Magnetic Mystery Band (audio/mpeg + 1 comment)

Dr. Strada of Emergency Speaking in PGH Morgan 2006-10-29 9:23 PM
Dr. Strada of the humanitarian NGO "Emergency" speaking in Pittsburgh on Thursday, October 26, 2006. (audio/mpeg)

Staughton Lynd & Mumia Abu-Jamal on John Brown's Legacy Jessica McPherson 2006-10-26 11:21 PM
In a recent talk at Carnegie Mellon University, Staughton Lynd, Mumia Abu Jamal, and Johanna Fernandez address the legacy of John Brown and its relevance to the struggle for justice and racial equality today. (audio/mpeg)

Arvind Kejriwal speaks on Right-to-Information laws in India Jessica McPherson 2006-10-26 2:51 AM
Arvind Kejriwal, founder of the public interest group Parivarthan in India, dedicated to improving government accountability and transparency, gave a talk hosted by the Association for Indian Development-Pittsburgh Chapter on how the new national Right-to-Information law enacted last year in India is empowering ordinary people to challenge corruption and hold their government accountable to the public interest. Audio: 42:16 (audio/x-ogg)

Rustbelt Radio for October 23, 2006 IMC Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-10-23 11:48 PM
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 (audio/mpeg)

Amy Goodman recording - 2006 speaking tour at CMU Rustbelt Radio 2006-10-18 11:34 AM
Amy Goodman is host of Democracy Now! and author of Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back. On the afternoon Saturday October 14 2006 she spoke at Carnegie Mellon University's Porter Hall to a crowd packed into seats, aisles and anywhere else they could stand. (audio/mpeg + 1 comment)

Rustbelt Radio for October 16, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-10-16 10:34 PM
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 (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for October 9, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio Collective 2006-10-09 8:17 PM
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 (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for October 2, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-10-02 10:31 PM
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 (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for September 25, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-09-26 4:55 PM
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 (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for September 18, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-09-18 10:24 PM
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 (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for September 11, 2006 IMC Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-09-11 11:20 PM
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 (audio/mpeg)

A speech given in Montreal by Jacqueline House, a representative of Six Nations. Ytzhak 2006-09-06 9:51 AM
This is a speech given by Jacqueline House, a representative of Six Nations, at an event in Montreal. The event was called "Six Nations: Land Repossession and Resistance", and was held on August 31, 2006, at the Native Friendship Center of Montreal. It was organized by the Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement (IPSM). (audio/mpeg)

london bomb sensation (hoffman sub dub samo samo) Ytzhak 2006-09-06 9:47 AM
"Sabotage," which up to that time had been applied unconsciously and instinctively by the workers, with the popular name which has remained attached to it begins in 1895 to receive its baptism, its theoretical consecration and to take its place amongst the other means of social warfare, recognised, approved, advocated and practiced by the labour unions. -- e. pouget -- "Sabotage" (audio/mpeg)

The Best of Rustbelt Radio for Summer 2006 (September 4, 2006) IMC Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-09-04 10:13 PM
This week we will be presenting highlights of Rustbelt Radio stories from the last few months, including: * janitors spin the Wheel of Misfortune at the SouthSide Works * in Homewood and Garfield, the Pittsburgh police are criticized for car chases that result in multiple deaths and injuries * a local nonprofit sends help to the Caribbean * as the national spotlight was on Pittsburgh for this year's All Star Game, locals put the spotlight on the city's treatment of homeless, as well as the sweatshop conditions in factories making Pirates' apparel * several local organizations react to Israeli attacks as the war escalates with Lebanon * plus more on elections and repression in Mexico, the Mon-Fayette expressway, the South Central Farm in Los Angeles, and Immigration in the US (audio/mpeg)

Army turns violent in West Bank Andalusia 2006-08-22 3:36 PM
An interview with Jonas Moffat about an action against the Apartheid Wall in West Bank in which the Israeli Army fired rubber bullets at close range at protestors (audio/x-ogg)

Rustbelt Radio for August 21, 2006 Rustbelt Radio Collective 2006-08-22 2:07 AM
On this week's show... * People in Pittsburgh and across the US are organizing to fight Walmart * we have a preview of Spike Lee's new documentary on New Orleans titled "When the Levees Broke" * NSA's wiretapping program is declared illegal by a federal judge * Protests, violence, and repression continue in Mexico and Palestine * and also our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

Interview with Christina Valente David Grace 2006-08-15 1:07 PM
Green Party Candidate for Lt. Governor of Pennsylvania (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for August 14, 2006 Rustbelt Radio 2006-08-15 12:24 PM
On this week's show... * Rustbelt Radio talks to local non-profit Global Links about shipping medical supplies from Pittsburgh to needy hospitals in other parts of the world. * Global Justice activist and author Vandana Shiva speaks about Creativity, Compassion, and Social Change * two stories from Philadelphia: an annual punk festival is shut down by police, and unions take on the telecom giant Verizon * a small town in Pennsylvania is imposing extreme new laws against immigrants * and more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for August 7, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-08-08 10:28 AM
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 (audio/mpeg)

part 2 / pittsburgh: 12 women become ordained as Catholic priests v incent / blast furnace radio 2006-08-02 9:02 PM
PART 2 (audio/mpeg + 3 comments)

Rustbelt Radio for July 31, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-08-01 11:42 AM
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 (audio/mpeg)

Repost of Rustbelt Radio Interview with the Mayor of Braddock Morgan 2006-07-27 1:07 AM
A repost of the long version of Rustbelt Radio's interview with Mayor John Fetterman of Braddock (audio/x-wav)

Rustbelt Radio for July 24, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-07-24 8:37 PM
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 (audio/mpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for July 17, 2006 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2006-07-17 8:45 PM
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 (audio/mpeg)

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