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In America, First They Came For Elliot Spitzer Marakay Rogers 2008-03-11 8:25 PM
New York Governor Elliot Spitzer, accused of patronizing prostitutes, is a victim of the Patriot Act and his corporate enemies. We could be next. (text/plain)

March 13-16: Winter Soldier - Watch and Listen to Eyewitness Accounts IVAW - repost, Hammerhard MediaWorks 2008-03-11 3:41 PM

Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan will be broadcast live. Here's how you can watch and listen: (image/jpeg)

Proto-Fascist Update: Kentucky Bill vs Anonymous Posting on Net Repost by CarlD 2008-03-11 1:06 PM

It's a stretch, but a sign of the times. --CarlD (image/jpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for March 10, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-03-11 1:19 AM
On today's show... * A University of Pittsburgh study looks at Recidivism and Rehabilitation for former inmates of Allegheny County Jail * High school students in NYC examines Security in schools and the balance between freedom and safety * LGBT teens speak about PERSAD and peer counseling * Local activists work to restore affordable birth control for college students * and more in our local and global headlines... (audio/mpeg + 1 comment)

Smoke Bans: Steps to Big Insurance Takeover Watchdog 2008-03-09 10:38 PM
All bad laws come with smily faces and angel wings...for "good causes". The Smoke Ban laws are some of the worst, no matter how wholesome they are said to be. With PA legislature set to act on some new Prohibition, it's time to ask some basic questions. (text/plain)

Indymeda US NewsReal February 2008 Indymedia presents 2008-03-09 6:34 PM
NEWSREAL is a monthly compilation of coverage from citizen journalists (like you!) across the nation. NEWSREAL's goals are to embolden the global movement for social, environmental, and economic justice, strengthen non-corporate communication networks, and to encourage authentic participatory democracy, one community at a time. Each episode of NewsReal is aired on Free Speech TV every month: - Charade Posing As Regs - PacificCorp Protest - Ethiopia Out of Somalia - Voice From North (text/html)

BTL:Colombia's Raid into Ecuador Triggers Regional Tension Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2008-03-09 3:44 PM
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Summary (text/plain)

Does Hillary INTEND to be John McCain's running mate? 4peace 2008-03-08 2:03 AM
Based on her own words, it sounds like pro-neocon "Democrat" Hillary Clinton expects to share the White House with pro-neocon "Republican" John McCain. Could this be what some pro-neocon elites actually want? (text/plain + 1 comment)

South American anarchists and anti-militarists say NO to war Anarquistas y antimilitaristas 2008-03-07 2:28 PM

* The threat of armed conflict involving the governments of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela has mobilized anarchists and anti-militarists across the continent, in words and in action, to repudiate what would be a monstrous aggression by state powers against our peoples. Below there are two documents that call for struggle against this evil. (image/gif)

Help us 'STOP' the bombs! peacehq 2008-03-07 2:23 PM
Their Plan: Make new nuclear weapons! The Hearing: Make your opinion known! Our Plan: Stop the Bombs! (text/plain)

Tom Hayden on the Election, Antiwar Tasks and the PA Primary Repost by CarlD 2008-03-07 1:24 AM

Interesting piece--and pretty much on target. How about bring him to Pittsburgh for a rally or two? (image/jpeg)

Stop-Loss Congress David Rubinson 2008-03-06 3:20 PM
Does Congress want to go on vacation while wars rage in Iraq and Afghanistan? (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio for March 3, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-03-04 4:15 AM
On this week's show... * Indigenous Communities sue the department of Homeland Security over the construction of the US Mexico Border Wall * Revolutionary ideologies of the Zapatistas are inspiring musical stylings here in the U.S. * Cheers and Jeers on the news affecting women across the globe * the radical Day in History and more.... (audio/mpeg)

The Redskins - Music for class struggle redskin 2008-03-03 2:02 AM
The Redskins was an old band from Britain, that made music for working class, for class struggle (text/plain)

3 Women for Peace Think Peace 2008-03-02 8:06 PM

Marianne Williamson, Medea Benjamin, Judith LeBlanc speak at the World Peace Forum. (image/jpeg)

Venezuela 2008: A libertarian proposal for the current situation El Libertario, Venezuela 2008-03-02 4:26 PM

* The Collective Editorship of El Libertario, www.nodo50.org/ellibertario, expounds its vision of which path to follow in the current situation in Venezuela, summed up in the slogan, “Against the (B)oligarchy, demagoguery and corruption: Autonomous struggle of the underdogs! (image/gif)

BTL:House Defies Bush Demand for Telecom Warrantless Wiretap Immunity Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2008-03-02 1:07 PM
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Summary (text/plain)

ILWU to Shut Down West Coast Ports May 1 Demanding End to War in Iraq, Afghanistan Internationalist Group 2008-03-02 12:06 AM
In a major step for the U.S. labor movement, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) has announced that it will shut down West Coast ports on May 1, to demand an immediate end to the war and occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan and the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Middle East. This is the first time in decades that an American union has decided to undertake industrial action against a U.S. war. The action announced by the powerful West Coast dock workers union, to stop work to stop the war, should be taken up by unions and labor organizations throughout the United States and internationally. And the purpose of such actions should be not to beg the bourgeois politicians whose hands are covered with blood, having voted for every war budget for six and a half years, but a show of strength of the working people who make this country run, and who can shut it down! (text/html + 2 comments)

Finding Our Roots Submission Deadline March 1st clara 2008-02-26 9:57 PM
If you are considering submitting a workshop proposal for the upcoming Finding Our Roots anarchist conference - and we hope you are - now's the time! (application/pdf)

Rustbelt Radio for February 25, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-02-26 12:24 AM
On this week's show... * We interview Pitt Professor and Lawyer Jules Lobel about his new book "Less Safe, Less Free: Why America is losing the war on Terror" * International Photo-Journalist Chris Hondros speaks about his work in the war-torn countries of the world * news and analysis from the Mexico Solidarity Network * a look at the recent crimes and sentences of various Pennsylvanian government officials * plus Word on the Street, the History of Black Filmmaking, and more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

Letters and Calls To Release the MOVE 9 BE47 2008-02-24 3:41 PM
To release the MOVE 9 on probation, we need letters and calls to the Pennsylvania Parole Board in February and March of 2008. They are having a hearing in April where it will be decided whether or not to give them all probation. Or have them serve ANOTHER seventy years. (text/plain)

New Amtrak Security Nick 2008-02-19 8:27 PM
"Amtrak will start randomly screening passengers' carry-on bags this week in a new security push that includes officers with automatic weapons and bomb-sniffing dogs patrolling platforms and trains." (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio for February 18, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-02-19 5:44 PM
On this week's show... * the documentary Gone Tomorrow looks at "The Hidden Life of Garbage" * Pacifica's Sprouts presents: Doing It Yourself Democracy * plus the weekly radio spin, and this week's day in radical history Rustbelt Radio is now broadcasting bi-weekly episodes which are exclusively comprised of content from other independent media sources. We are making this change temporarily because our current all-volunteer staff cannot sustain the huge demands that come from producing a one hour original show every week. If you would like Rustbelt Radio to continue producing original shows which feature local content each week, please consider getting involved. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact us by emailing radio@indypgh.org or by calling 412-923-3000. (audio/mpeg)

Fidel Castro will neither aspire to nor accept reelection posted by F Espinoza 2008-02-19 4:39 PM

Cuban President Fidel Castro announced he will not aspires to nor accepts the positions of President of the State Council and Commander in Chief at the Parliament session scheduled for February 24th. (image/jpeg)

Ron 'deep pockets' Burkle, Sandy 'pockets' Berger, and the Clintons Margie Burns 2008-02-18 7:09 PM

Globalization runs rampant on both sides of the Clinton family. California billionaire and Hillraiser Ron Burkle, a high-end supporter who has raised over $100,000 for Clinton, recently paid $20 million to Bill Clinton as a fair-market settlement for Mr. Clinton’s services and Clinton’s ownership stake in Burkle’s private investment firm, The Yucaipa Companies. Los Angeles-based Yucaipa, founded in 1986, until recently has invested largely in the U.S. In September 2007 the Yucaipa company bought a large stake in Xinhua, the Chinese government-owned news organization. The same month that Burkle’s Yucaipa firm announced its purchase in Xinhua Finance Media, the Chinese financial news provider, Xinhua News Agency demanded that financial news services including Bloomberg and Reuters in China sell information only through Xinhua. (image/jpeg)

Venezuela: ... Autonomous struggle from the ground up! El Libertario, Venezuela 2008-02-18 1:35 AM

* Issue #52 of El Libertario is out www.nodo50.org/ellibertario. In its editorial we reaffirm the commitment of this voice of Venezuelan anarchism to maintain a critical viewpoint on the country's realities, as well as our stand in solidarity with the struggle for liberty and equality. (image/gif)

Puerto Rico: All Out to Defend the Teachers’ Struggle! Internationalist Group 2008-02-17 3:43 PM

We are on the threshold of a major class battle in Puerto Rico. Every day new preparations are announced for the coming strike of the Puerto Rican Teachers Federation (FMPR). With 42,000 members, a majority of them women, the FMPR represents almost all of Puerto Rico’s teachers and is by far the largest union on the island. The Shock Force of the Puerto Rican Police and National Guard are being readied to go after the strikers. The struggle of the Puerto Rican teachers affects everybody. The working class as a whole, students and parents, teachers and defenders of workers’ rights around the world must come out in defense of the FMPR! If there are mass arrests, the response must be massive blockades and spreading the struggle to the point of shutting the island down. In order to win this strike, it is necessary to prepare for a struggle not only of the teachers but within the whole workers movement against the pro-capitalist labor bureaucracy that sabotages the workers’ struggle. Above all, it is necessary to fight against illusions in and ties with bourgeois parties and politicians. It’s high time to begin building a revolutionary internationalist workers party. (image/jpeg)

How U.S. Government Can use NSA Spy-Wiretaps against Citizens in Court Dan Scott 2008-02-15 8:31 AM
STOP! CONGRESS GIVING “RETROACTIVE IMMUNITY” to TELECOM INDUSTRY. See Attorney General Ashcroft's intentions to use illegal-wiretaps against ordinary Citizens, going back decades: not only against potential terrorists. (text/plain)

Do not Work for the Department of Defense me 2008-02-15 4:16 AM
Be smart, don't work for the Department of Defense. (text/html)

Don't Enlist, Stay and Kiss! marie 2008-02-15 1:59 AM

POG and CodePink counter military recruitment on Valentine's Day. (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

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