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Freedom Plaza Site of Massive Arrests of Pittsburghers in Washington, DC Quinten 2002-09-29 12:10 AM
Protests, marches, and non-violent demonstrations agains the policies of the IMF and World Bank Friday morning end in massive arrests of protesters, media, legal observers, and bystanders alike in Freedom Plaza and Pershing Park. All 80 protestors from the Pittsburgh affinity group detained on unclear charges; most released on a no-contest agreement that required them to pay between $50-$100 USD apiece. (text/plain)

Nearly all arrested from pgh have been released Emma 2002-09-28 7:01 PM
Almost everybody who went to DC for Friday's action has been released from detainment. (text/plain)

DC arrest updates emmakid 2002-09-28 1:09 AM
people are being released! (text/plain)

Update on People's Strike Rovin' Workman 2002-09-27 2:24 PM
Update on IMF/WB protests (text/plain)

Arrests in DC Rovin' Workman 2002-09-27 11:58 AM
Pittsburgh activists detaines, possibly arrested in DC (text/plain)

Whole Foods Invades Pittsburgh Teamsterturtle 2002-09-25 5:39 AM
Reveals claims of Whole Foods' misconduct (text/plain + 4 comments)

Anti-Sweatshop Activists in Pittsburgh and Milwaukee Converge on Stadiums Rovin' Workman 2002-09-24 11:43 AM
Activists in Pittsburgh and Milwaukee keep up the pressure on local baseball teams which profit from sweatshop labor. (text/plain)

Indymedia Newsreal Screening this Thursday! Pittsburgh IMC 2002-09-15 4:30 PM
Indymedia Newsreal is a monthly documentary put together by the media activists of the global Independent Media Center. (text/plain)

pog vans to dc almost full 06978 2002-09-14 2:22 PM
we only have 7 seats left (text/plain)

World Bank Secutiy Email Intercept by adam e repost from pog 2002-09-07 1:03 PM
email being sent out to wb/imf staff and business employees in the area (text/plain)

DC, too, is struggling against a "structural adjustment program" dc-acc 2002-09-07 12:48 PM
dc is also facing it's own form of sap (text/plain)

Linking the Bank and the War: Why Go to Washington? Starhawk 2002-09-07 12:43 PM
Making the connections (text/plain)

IMF-WB March! Sept 22nd, Oakland ----- 2002-09-05 3:51 PM
Info on a candlelight march against the world bank and imf. Sunday Sept 22nd 9:00PM David Lawrence Hall at the Univ of Pitt (text/plain)

Get to DC, stop the imf-wb wrett 2002-09-05 12:13 AM
van info- for anyone interested in going to DC to protest the World Bank and IMF Vans leave ~7:00PM on Thursday Sept 26th cost is 20$ roundtrip with floor space in DC (text/plain)

Troops move to docks Evan W. 2002-09-02 10:47 PM
Federa troops appear headed to scab during lockout of ILWU members. Employers said they will lock-out workers if slowdown in attempted. Negotiations have broken-off. (text/plain + 1 comment)

ACORN Alert Rovin' Workman 2002-09-02 12:36 PM
Details ACORN's actions against workers and its activities in Pittsburgh (text/plain + 18 comments)

Anti-Bush March Nathan Shaffer 2002-09-02 1:26 AM
Almost 40 Anti-Bush protestors took to the streets the evening of September 1st to voice their opposition to G.W. Bush's visit to Pittsburgh on Labor Day. (text/plain + 2 comments)

Maglev moves forward despite resistance Andy Mulkerin 2002-09-01 10:00 PM
In spite of resistance from local citizens, the Pennsylvania High-Speed Maglev Project is moving forward in its bid for a federal grant to build a magnet-powered train from Greensburg to the Pittsburgh International Airport. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Citizens express disgust toward Mon-Fayette highway proposal Erok 2002-09-01 9:58 PM
Only weeks after a scourge of floods hit the area, the final public hearing regarding the mammoth 11 volume, 1000 page Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed Mon-Fayette expressway, took place yesterday in a Hazelwood Elementary School's gymnasium. (text/plain)

A yinzer in Atenco Will Rat 2002-09-01 9:47 PM
A firsthand account of happenings in San Salvador Atenco by a Pittsburgher. (text/plain)

Pitt students protest tuition hike Andy Mulkerin 2002-09-01 9:45 PM
As the University of Pittsburgh's Board of Trustees convened to discuss the merits of raising tuition for the 8th year in a row Monday, students and activists gathered outside to tell the board and the public that another tuition hike could be credited to corporate greed. (text/plain)

March of Dimes marches all over protestors Toni Bartone 2002-09-01 9:38 PM
March of Dimes volunteers with garbage bags tried to discourage three activists from passing out literature at Walk America, the annual March of Dimes fundraiser birth defect research, on Sunday April 28. (text/plain)

Saving transit in Pittsburgh Andy Mulkerin 2002-09-01 9:33 PM
Local activists mobilize to stop fare hikes and service cuts. (text/plain)

Waiting on the consequencesof racist graffiti Emma Rehm 2002-09-01 5:50 PM
An update on an incident in PIttsburgh earlier in the month. (text/plain)

Being a "Mayday kid" with a harmonica in the vicinity of a robbery Daniel Gordon 2002-09-01 5:46 PM
If there's anything worse than getting arrested for something you didn't do, spending almost a day sleeping on concrete, and then having to thank the officer for his troubles in court, it's having to do it while trying to hold up your pants. It's a very delicate situation. Yes, I too have finally smelled the athlete's foot odor of our justice system. (text/plain)

Same-sex benefits demonstration at U. of Pitt Toni Bartone 2002-09-01 5:39 PM
Students demonstrated for seme-sex partner benefits for University of Pittsburgh employees at the school's graduation. (text/plain)

April 20th in DC- Pittsburgh IMC story Toni Bartone 2002-09-01 5:38 PM
Pittsburgh IMC coverage (better late than never) of the A20 demonstrations in DC. (text/plain)

Save our transit! Steve Donahue 2002-09-01 5:37 PM
A new coalition has formed to keep fare hikes and service cuts from hitting customers of the Port Authority of Allegheny County. (text/plain)

Angela Davis on Terrorism and the "American Way" Emma Rehm 2002-09-01 5:36 PM
Angela Davis lectured in Pittsburgh Friday evening on the role of gender in activism, and the new world that has met activists and citizens since September 11. (text/plain)

Ragonese sets out to break the paradigms Andy Mulkerin 2002-09-01 5:35 PM
Marisa Ragonese, often traveling with singer-songwriters Gina Young and Jolie Rickman, presents a workshop on the dangers of subconscious discrimination that face the radical community. (text/plain)

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