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Monday Noon / CMU protest on MLK's birthday vincent / blast furnace radio 2007-01-09 1:28 PM
on monday january 15th at noon at warner hall at the corner of forbes and moorewood (text/plain)

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)

Mass Demonstration in Washington DC on January 27 David W. Koenig 2007-01-08 7:30 PM
United for Peace and Justice (1500 organizations) is teaming with over 500 additional groups to march on Congress to insist the US get out of Iraq. Massive numbers are expected to rally and march around the Capital on January 27 at the start of a 3-day event. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Imperial Interventions Mickey Z and Gregory Elich 2007-01-08 9:01 AM
Interview with Gregory Elich about his new book, 'Strange Liberators: Militarism, Mayhem, and the Pursuit of Profit' (text/plain)

URGENT: Petition to halt GM crops in India brian 2007-01-08 2:02 AM
URGENT: On 31st January 2007 there's a major hearing in the Supreme Court in India on the writ petition over GM crops. The organisers of this petition want to be able to show that there's massive worldwide support for calling a halt to the problems being inflicted by GM crops on India. They can only do that with your support. PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION AND PASS THIS ON TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES: link to www.gopetition.com (text/plain)

Cooking the Books: U.S. Banks are Giant Casinos x 2007-01-07 7:27 PM
http://worldvisionportal.org/WVPforum/viewtopic.php?t=160 (text/plain)

IRAQ VET VIDEO: pittsburgh interview, part 2 lenny and vincent / blast furnace video journ 2007-01-07 4:17 PM
video location http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JbPvMaLR-M (text/plain)

NAACP Says Mumia Abu-Jamal's Trial was Racist Hans Bennett 2007-01-07 4:23 AM
“The blacks from the low income areas are less likely to convict. There's a resentment for law enforcement and a resentment for authority....you don't want those people on your jury, let's face it.” (text/plain)

The Corrupt Bush Justice Dept / FBI Scott Huminski 2007-01-06 4:42 PM
The Bush Justice Dept. and FBI refuse to prosecute crimes against the civil rights of U.S. citizens, yet, Bush claims to be spreading rights and liberties abroad while he supports terrorist civil rights atrocities against the people of the United States. (text/plain + 1 comment)

BTL:Business & Consumer Groups Pressure New Congress to... Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus 2007-01-06 10:56 AM
...Shift Research Funds from Oil & Nuclear to Renewable Energy~Interview with Ken Bossong, of the Sustainable Energy Network, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus (text/plain)

BLOOD DIAMOND: The Deadly Price of High Fashion Andrew Smith 2007-01-05 6:52 PM
On December 8th, 2006, Warner Brothers released the action thriller Blood Diamond, and the world was reminded about the illicit African diamond trade. Set in the West African country of Sierra Leone in the 1990’s, the film unfolds a story of diamond smuggling with a backdrop of child soldiers, brutal amputations, and countless senseless deaths. (text/html)

Public Transit is going to hell stephen donahue 2007-01-05 5:24 PM
Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato is mandating massive service cuts and fare hikes. Right wing state legislators say that this is only the beginning. (text/plain)

Join Chomsky, Sheehan, Zinn, etc: Out of Iraq Now! Out Now 2007-01-02 12:17 PM
petition: Why we stand for immediate withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Iraq (text/plain)

Pittsburgh Protests Deatj pf 3,000th Soldier in Iraq An attendee 2007-01-02 3:08 AM
Note: this is only a report from an attendee at the events and is not an official or consensed to statement from POG. (text/html)

VIDEO pittsburgh: iraq vets speak out / part 2 lenny & vincent / blast furnace radio 2007-01-01 10:40 PM
video location http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JbPvMaL another blast furnace video journal (text/plain)

New Film Exposes Evangelical Hypocrisy/ Bush War Crimes Brother Raymond 2007-01-01 9:25 PM
Real Christians Don't Choose War (text/plain)

Student-run infoshop opens Peter McCoy 2006-12-31 8:31 PM

Earlier this month, a student-run non-profit infoshop celebrated its grand opening at The Evergreen State College (TESC) in Olympia, Washington, USA. Using the guise of a state funded student group, volunteers of The Evergreen Infoshoppe were allotted over $4,000 to purchase radical books, zines, and videos for their lending library and resource center. After only a few weeks of planning, the Infoshoppe now hosts an ever-growing collection in a permanent, centrally located and nearly autonomous location. (image/jpeg)

Food Industry Bosses Try to Smash Growing IWW Union in NYC Friend of Labor 2006-12-31 3:19 AM

Food industry bosses in NYC are threatening immigrant IWW members as union's strength grows (image/jpeg)

No place in the Inn, asylum in Egypt Astrid Essed 2006-12-30 5:18 PM
In contrary to the often hypocritical ''Christmas'' approach, The Birth of the Child is no sentimental story about ''A Little Child in a Manger'', but the reality of the exclusion of the poor, persecution by the State and seeking illegal asylum in a foreign country That's the reason, this Story is based on respect towards any human being, regardless descent or committed crime (text/plain)

March 17--March on Washington --and Stay there Troops Out Now Coalition 2006-12-29 11:38 AM
The Decisive Battle this Spring - The Challenge for the Antiwar Movement Forcing Congress to vote to cut off further war funding is the defining issue for the antiwar movement this spring and it is a struggle that we can win if we are bold enough to take it seriously. (text/plain + 3 comments)

BTL: US Can Do More to Pressure Sudan to Allow UN Protective Force in Darfur Between the Lines' Scott Harris 2006-12-29 10:44 AM
Interview with Nii Akuetteh, executive director of Africa Action, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris (text/plain)

MASS DEMONSTRATION IN WASHINGTON DC ON JANUARY 27 Joan Stallard 2006-12-28 11:41 PM
United for Peace and Justice (1500 organizations) is teaming with over 500 additional groups to march on Congress to insist the US get out of Iraq. Massive numbers are expected to rally and to march around the Capital on January 27 at the start of a 3-day event. (text/plain)

BTL:Bush Moves Toward Increasing US Troops in Iraq Between the Lines' Scott Harris 2006-12-28 3:47 PM
Interview with David MacMichael, former CIA analyst, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris (text/plain)

Mass Demonstration in Washington DC on January 27 Joan STallard 2006-12-27 6:43 PM
United for Peace and Justice (1500 organizations) is teaming with over 500 additional groups to march on Congress to insist the US get out of Iraq. Massive numbers are expected to rally and march around the Capital on January 27 at the start of a 3-day event. (text/plain)

3,000 Too Many Protest pog 2006-12-27 6:16 PM
WHAT: Emergency Anti-War Protest/Counter-Recruitment Picket and March WHEN: 6:00pm on the day AFTER icasualties.org reports the 3,000th U.S. death in Iraq. We will announce it on our website www.organizepittsburgh.org or check http://icasualties.org/oif/ WHERE: The Military Recruiting station in Oakland. (text/html + 11 comments)

part 2 (video) pittsburgh: iraq vets speak out lenny & vincent / blast furnace radio 2006-12-26 11:12 PM
part 2 iraq vets speak in pittsburgh (text/plain + 1 comment)

Pittsburgh Starbucks Union Challenges Corporate Anti Free Speech Zone Union Observer 2006-12-26 3:36 PM

Union Holds Fourth Local Protest. (image/jpeg + 4 comments)

The Only Way Out of Iraq: Troops and Teachers Stand Down Rich Gibson 2006-12-24 10:29 PM
The US will not be voted out of IRaq, nor lobbied out nor petitioned out, and probably not marched out. Who is positioned to take reasoned action to end the promise of perpetual mass industrialized slaughter? (text/plain)

Sexual Abuse and Harassment In The Military Dorothy Mackey 2006-12-24 2:21 AM
I have two deadlines: 1st deadline: NEED AIR NATIONAL GUARD WOMEN OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND HARASSMENT: 2nd DEADLINE: ALL MILITARY SERVICES MEN AND WOMEN OF SEXUAL ABUSE, HARASSMENT -SYSTEM FAILED THEM. (text/plain)

Boycott Bulgaria, Boycott Sofia Emil Kuzmanov 2006-12-23 2:02 PM
We call on the concerned authorities and world community alike to boycott and reproach Bulgarian officials till enactment and enforcement of a modern Animal Protection Act takes an effect, one which will guarantee the protection and welfare of animals in Bulgaria. (text/plain)

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