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Slamming Benefit Party
Jeremy
2003-06-16 9:17 AM
For Pittsburgh Indymedia. This Friday June 20th at 10:00 PM at the Shadow Lounge. Come out to support your very own Pittsburgh Slam Poetry Team. We need money to get to and stay in Chicago for the National poetry slam competition. BYOB, DJs, Poetry, hip hop and a wide open mic. Be there! 5 dollar suggested donation. (text/plain + 2 comments)
The Road Map to Empire
Gary Sudborough
2003-06-15 12:39 PM
The real objectives of US foreign policy are vastly different from the propaganda that is fed to the American people, and peace is not one of these objectives. (text/plain)
BANKRUPTCY
JOEBIALEK
2003-06-14 8:23 PM
SAME (text/plain + 3 comments)
Free Esperanto Classes
branden
2003-06-14 7:26 PM![]()
You can learn Esperanto in just six lessons! (image/gif + 9 comments)
Peru: An Upsurge of Strikes and Barricades
rosa
2003-06-14 12:50 PM
All through May the people of Peru built a powerful wave of struggle--isolating the corrupt government and shaking the rotten system that holds them in misery.
Peru's President Toledo responded with bloody repression--imposing a fascistic "state of emergency" and unleashing his soldiers to kill people in the streets.
As we go to press, this powerful upsurge is still shaking the country.
The following report is based on mainstream press accounts.
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CRAZY PGH ACTIVIST SPONTANEOUS GATHERING WITH MUSIC AND JUGGLING
JONAS
2003-06-13 5:56 PM![]()
For Pittsburgh Indymedia: This just in-- Quiet Storm band cancelled, so come join in on the fun of the gathering of local Pittsburgh activists and jugglers (image/jpeg)
Supreme Court Protests or Celebrations Planned Coast-to-Coast
Chicago Anti-Bashing Network
2003-06-13 2:40 PM
A few weeks ago there were just two. Now there are at least 17 cities planning protests or celebrations in response to the upcoming Supreme Court decision on Texas's sodomy law. (text/plain)
CALL TO ACTION: Sodomy Laws, the Supreme Court and Santorum
David Meieran
2003-06-13 2:15 PM
Pittsburgh to join 17 cities in a national day of protest around historic Supreme Court sodomy ruling (text/html + 20 comments)
mp3 of iron sheik concert
vincent / blast furnace radio
2003-06-13 12:21 AM
great nite at the shadow lounge in pittsburgh.
first audio file is 20 minutes. (audio/mpeg)
Pepperface Multimedia Information Hub - Update For The Week Ending 06.15.03
king friday @ pepperface
2003-06-12 4:49 PM![]()
Pepperface was created to provide a multimedia source for real information regarding the US invasion of Iraq. We will continue to update this forum with information on the US continued occupation of Iraq, analysis of the media role in the Bush Regeime's occupation of America, and anything else which may be of interest. (image/gif)
Bechtel Action
TakeWrning
2003-06-12 8:57 AM![]()
Photos from the Bechtel action in West Mifflin. (image/jpeg + 16 comments)
Rev. Fred Phelps gets pied
BBB
2003-06-11 7:21 PM
Homophobe Fred Phelps gets pie in his eye (text/plain + 1 comment)
real matrix
broadband noise
2003-06-11 6:11 PM
enjoy (text/html)
Free Speech TV Needs Your Help!
Brian
2003-06-11 9:25 AM
Tell Direct TV to carry Free Speech TV. Working with activists and artists, Free Speech TV uses television to cultivate an informed and active citizenry in order to advance progressive social change. Most Americans get their news from TV. Help decide what we get to watch.
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Iron Sheik Concert!!! Stop the Occupation
Jonas
2003-06-10 8:36 PM![]()
For Pittsbugrh Indymedia: Palestinian-American hip hop artists in town, this Thursday, 8pm , Shadow Lounge-- Stop the Occupation (image/jpeg + 4 comments)
Reminder: Tuesday, June 10th is action day against Wal-Mart!
prole cat
2003-06-10 2:19 PM![]()
This evening, June 10th, members of Katuah Earth First, in coordination with neighborhood activists, will be confronting the Chattanooga City council and demanding that plans to build a Wal-Mart on some of the town's last green space and wet lands be scrapped. (image/jpeg)
Iron Sheik Concert
jonas
2003-06-09 9:57 PM
Pittsburgh indymedia:
Iron Sheik Concert - This Thursday, Palestinian-American Hip-Hop Artist with local artists at the Shadow Lounge
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BUILDING INDEPENDENT MEDIA 2
Greg Guma
2003-06-08 4:13 PM
A Call to Converge on October 10-11, 2003 In Burlington, Vermont (text/plain)
Short Term Memory Loss
Gary Sudborough
2003-06-08 3:21 PM
The ever-changing rationalizations for wars for corporate empire used by the Bush junta and the seeming lack of suspicion by the American people that they are being lied to egregiously. (text/plain)
PGH IMC -- The Local Left Version of Faux News
Ewan Kenkesmearse
2003-06-08 10:19 AM
The IMC Editorial Collective continues to pursue a biased and self interested policy with respect to the rights and freedoms of participants at this site. IMC's policies of censorship and exclusion continue. The Collective's practices in this regard are arbitrary and abusive. The Collective has made PGH IMC less "fair and balanced" than Faux News. PGH IMC's slogan should be "We Distort. We Deride." (text/plain + 41 comments)
Friday the 13th: PAT Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Mike
2003-06-07 12:19 PM
Port Authority , its contractors and invited guests and dignitaries will dedicate and celebrate the opening of the East Busway Extension from Wilkinsburg Station to Swissvale Station on Friday, June 13, 2003. (text/plain)
SEIU Justice for Janitors
Thomas Hoffman
2003-06-06 4:45 PM
for Pittsburgh Indymedia
Join the fight for affordable healthcare in Western Pa (text/plain)
The Walk for Democracy; arrives in DC
Jeanette Wallis
2003-06-06 6:59 AM
On April 1, 2001, a pilgrim left Seattle, WA for a journey historically undertaken by countless others: to inspire, empower, educate, and learn. Wallis, 32, is now approaching her goal of Washington, D.C., expecting to arrive at the White House in the second week of June. (text/plain)
STRATEGIC NON-VIOLENCE AND ANIMAL RIGHTS
vincent / blast furnace radio
2003-06-06 1:15 AM
two mp3 audio clips, a bit echo-y. animal rights people at pitt host a talk by freeman wicklund of eco-animal allies. interesting talk about applying gandhian openess to animal rights activism.
http://www.ecoanimalallies.org (audio/mpeg)
Hacker Convention in Pittsburgh This Weekend. All Invited
Marty B. O'Malley
2003-06-05 5:27 PM
A hacker organization will hold a conference in Pittsburgh June 6-7,2003. Open to the public. Entrance adminssion charge. Pre-registration preferred on their web site summercon.org. (text/plain)
Vigil & Fast for Public Transit !
Stephen Donahue
2003-06-05 2:41 PM
Save Our Transit activists will vigil and fast for 25 hours at the State Office Building (text/plain)
Earth First! Call to Action against Wal-Mart
prole cat
2003-06-05 12:20 PM![]()
The Tennessee Valley faction of Katuah Earth First is asking you to support their campaign to prevent the building of yet another Wal-Mart. (image/jpeg)
Civil Liberties and the Real World
We the People
2003-06-04 9:09 PM
Perhaps in their haste to champion individual freedoms (regardless of consequence), libertarians have forgotten that the Constitution begins; "We the people..." (text/plain)
PITTSBURGH: SIGN RACHEL CORRIE'S PETITION TO INVESTIGATE HER MURDER
JONAS
2003-06-04 2:07 PM![]()
FOR PITTSBURGH INDYMEDIA: Sign this Rachel Corrie petition and let's pray for an investigation into her death at the steel feet of an Israeli bulldozer. (image/jpeg)
Bring America Home
POG Camper
2003-06-04 12:24 PM
June 11-12 are National National Days of Action to Bring America Home (text/plain)