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Rustbelt Radio for July 28, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-07-29 2:50 PM
On today's show... * A Mexican immigrant is beaten to death in Pennsylvania * Leading environmental activists speak out on climate change and its effect on the world's water supply * Mumia Abu Jamal is denied a new trial * and Northsiders rally for a Community Benefits Agreement (audio/mpeg)

Interview With Cindy Sheehan – The Peace Mom vs. Congressional Madam (Speaker) Cathy Garger 2008-07-26 8:40 PM

Cindy Sheehan gives a candid interview in which she explains exactly why she is running for Congress in order to oppose Rep. Nancy Pelosi and remove her from her throne. (image/jpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for July 21, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-07-22 6:08 PM
On this week's show... * a special report with excerpts from the FCC public hearing on the future of the internet, held on July 21st in Pittsburgh (audio/mpeg)

SolarFest Renewable Energy Fair Linda Commoner 2008-07-19 8:04 PM

SolarFest Renewable Energy Fair ~ Meridian Park School ~ 175th and Meridian Ave N Shoreline WA ~ July 19, 2008 ~ 10AM – 8PM (image/jpeg)

The Evilness of Power: new anarchist documentary-video collage mr1001nights 2008-07-18 4:40 AM
An examination of the effects of power and hierarchy on individuals, society and the world at large. It highlights the potential of online video for activists on a low budget. (text/plain)

Update on Daniel McGowan Family and Friends of Daniel McGowan 2008-07-17 8:36 PM
On Monday, July 14, Daniel appeared in federal court in the Western District of Wisconsin (Madison) before Judge Barbara Crabb and was found in civil contempt for his refusal to answer questions before a grand jury. (text/plain)

What Will It Take to Defeat the War? Internationalist Group 2008-07-17 5:50 PM
On June 28-29, an “Open National Antiwar Conference” was held in Cleveland, called by a newly minted National Assembly to End the Iraq War and Occupation. Over objections from the conference organizers, centrally Socialist Action, the assembly voted to change the name to include reference to the war on Afghanistan, and to emphasize the connection with U.S. backing for the Zionist occupation of Palestine. (The sponsors of the confab were so right-wing that they feared losing “unity” with Democratic Party supporters of Israel and the Afghanistan war!) What did not change at all was the popular-front character of the new outfit, tying it to the bourgeois parties despite the fig leaf of electoral “independence.” Making this utterly clear, it was decided not to call a national antiwar mobilization prior to the November elections explicitly in order to court those forces who wish to aid the Democrats (and therefore want to avoid making problems for the presumptive Democratic nominee, Barack Obama). Here is the leaflet issued by the Internationalist Group at the conference. (text/html)

Dispatch from a Midwestern City @ 2008-07-17 4:57 PM
Dispatch from a Midwestern City To anyone who has ever dreamt of a world beyond the boundaries imposed upon the one we currently inhabit. To all who cringe with disgust at the thought of another month’s work to pay for another month’s rent. To anyone who has dared to notice the glaring inadequacy of this walking death sold to us as life: These words are for you. (text/plain)

ALB interviews the Cuban Libertarian Movement Movimiento Libertario Cubano 2008-07-16 5:08 PM

* During mid-June 2008 the Iberian counter-information collective A Las Barricadas www.alasbarricadas.org posed several questions to the MLC www.mlc.acultura.org.ve, an affinity group of Cuban anarchism abroad. The complete text of this interview follows. (image/jpeg)

Call For Anarchist Solidarity Actions With Immigrants July 21 ia 2008-07-16 9:11 AM
Take Nationally-Coordinated Action To Show Solidarity And Fight ICE on July 21st! We have begun the attack by spraypainting an ICE van with many anti-Migra(ICE) slogans. May our spark spread into a wildfire. (text/plain)

RNC Welcoming Committee July Update RNC-WC 2008-07-15 5:06 PM
Our apologies to all who have been trying to keep up with our busy RNC-filled lives while we’ve been running behind on our newsletter. There are a lot of things that have happened already this summer and more to come. As the clock continues to tick down to September 1st, here are some items for your perusal as you carefully articulate your plans to get dangerous: (text/plain)

I-69 Protestors Shut Down Asphalt Plant Again! no more roads 2008-07-15 5:46 AM
Monday morning, over 20 citizens opposed to the construction of Interstate 69 shut down work at the Haubstadt Asphalt Yard belonging to Gohmann Asphalt & Construction, Inc. With construction slated to begin this week, opponents are demanding that Gohmann immediately drop their contract for work on I-69. (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio for July 14, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-07-15 1:11 AM
On today's show... * Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate Rosa Clemente speaks about Hip Hop organizing, the limits of a two party system and critical issues facing the United States Populace * Pennsylvania becomes the first state to join the SweatFree Consortium * Pittsburgh Against Torture's silent procession * and a feature-length 2.3 Million and Rising on abuse logs and maximum security prisons and more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

PHILIPPINES: Ban Endosulfan! EcoWaste Coalition 2008-07-14 2:16 PM

Citizens Press for Total Ban on Endosulfan to Put Off “Toxic Time Bomb” (image/jpeg)

End G8 Domination! Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC), Philippine 2008-07-12 1:04 PM

Joint Statement on the 34th G8 Summit in Toyako, Hokkaido, Japan (image/jpeg)

BTL:Colombia Hostage Rescue Weakens Rebel Group, Could Initiate Peace Talks Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2008-07-12 9:25 AM
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Summary (text/plain)

16 Ways Newspapers Harm Animals O Anna Niemus 2008-07-11 2:13 PM
habitat destruction, advertising fur, rodeos, circuses, 'livestock', 'outdoors' editors, 'science' writers etc (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio for July 7, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-07-08 12:19 AM
On this week's show... * Raj Patel, former world bank employee, speaks on the hidden battle for the global food supply * We'll hear about the internet for all initiative from Media Minutes * and The International Middle East Media Center on current events in Palestine (audio/mpeg)

The Real Operation to "Rescue" Ingrid Betancourt and US Mercenaries Concerned citizens of irc.indymedia.org 2008-07-05 4:39 AM
In order to understand the "rescue operation" of Ingrid Betancourt and the Northrop Grumman Corporation mercenaries who were released with her, it is necessary to piece together articles published in the media, filter the content and out of this is formed a true understanding of the facts of what happened here. (text/html)

Direct Action for Direct Democracy: Shut Down the Republication National Convention Pittsburgh Organizing Group 2008-07-04 5:32 PM
POG adopts Sector 1 and will blockade 7th and Wall Streets (text/html + 4 comments)

Battleground Report: Aliquippa Fired Up for Obama Carl Davidson 2008-07-04 3:46 AM

[Carl Davidson is webmaster for 'Progressives for Obama' at http://progressivesforobama.blogspot.com , and also helps with the new local 4th CD Progressive Democrats of America blog, http://beavercountyblue.org. ] (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

Rustbelt Radio for June 30, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-07-01 3:01 AM
On this week's show... * Voices from the 2008 Allied Media Conference * Pittsburgh city government plans to install a surveillance camera network * Former Political Prisoner Lorenzo Komboa Ervin speaks about the movement to end Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons * A local study cites lower salary expectations for women * and the latest in the series "Radio for People: The Next Wave of Community Radio" (audio/mpeg)

Global Day of Action Will Protest Starbucks’ Anti-Union Terminations GRSBUXUNION 2008-06-30 10:24 PM
Coordinated Actions Across the U.S., Europe, and Latin America Could Be Largest Ever Against Coffee Chain (text/plain)

Lebanon: Cleaning Up Nahr al-Bared Camp (Video) a-films 2008-06-28 9:59 PM
The anarchist film collective 'a-films' announces another short film from Nahr al-Bared Refugee Camp in North Lebanon. (text/plain)

Anti-Authoritarian People of Color at the Earth First! Rondy anonymouse 2008-06-28 6:32 PM
Shout out to Anti-Authoritarian People of Color for a caucus or two at the Earth First! Summer Rendevous! All Anti-Authoritarian People of Color (APOC) are invited to attend two proposed caucuses at the Earth First! Summer Rendevous in Athens, OH. The first proposed APOC caucus is for Friday, July 4th starting at 12 PM noon (during lunch) and the second on Saturday, July 5th (during lunch). (text/plain + 10 comments)

G8 Japan "Way to Hokkaido 1 - Landing and IRA" Accion Global Anticapitalista 2008-06-27 11:11 PM
The G8 counter-summit is about to start. The anti-capitalist group Global Action is in Japan to participate and report on the evolution of resistance. (text/html)

Pittsburgh Says No to Torture Mena 2008-06-27 8:14 PM

Pittsburgh joins the rest of the world in an International Day of protest against torture. (image/jpeg)

Battleground Report: Tractors, Tilt-a-Whirls and Obama Carl Davidson 2008-06-27 2:09 AM

[The 4th CD Progressive Democrats of America, mostly workers from steel and related industries, are strong on Single Payer health care and opposing the war,and were Kucinich champions, until he dropped out. Now Obama is seen as their 'best option' in November.] (image/jpeg)

Government Revoked Muslim Nuclear Physicist's Security Clearance To Retaliate For Criticis ACLU of Pennsylvania 2008-06-26 5:44 PM
ACLU of PA is suing the government after it revoked the security clearance of a Muslim nuclear physicist who has been an outspoken critic of US policy. Contrary to its own policy, the government is refusing to allow the scientist to contest the revocation, citing "national security." (text/plain)

Bob Packer's Gonna "Fix Your Face"!.. 6/25 Bobby Meade 2008-06-26 3:21 PM
..if you mess with this Gad damn article! He's gonna make your mother wish she never had you! GHW Bush says that they are paying queer sh*theads at IMCs or other sites to disable the sites or block posts such as mine. 6/25 One Man Army's gonna save these sh*theads whether they want to be saved or not! (text/plain)

WILL US CONGRESS SUPPORT THE INNOCENT ? Lawyers For Poor Americans 2008-06-25 7:06 PM
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE $LOWLY FINDING OUT HOW EA$Y IT I$ FOR MIDDLE CLA$$ AND WORKING POOR AMERICAN$ TO FALL VICTIM TO OUR U$ MONETARY JUDICIAL $Y$TEM. (text/plain)

Entrevista al Movimiento Libertario Cubano Movimiento Libertario Cubano 2008-06-25 12:01 AM

* A mediados de junio de 2008 desde el colectivo que lleva la web contrainformativa ibérica alasbarricadas.org se propusieron diversas interrogantes al M.L.C. movimientolibertariocubano@gmail.com, grupo de afinidad del anarquismo cubano en el exterior. He aquí el texto completo de ese intercambio. (image/jpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for June 23, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-06-24 2:17 AM
On this week's show... * Making Contact explores repression of the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York * Election Unspun covers the candidates' views on Iran and same sex marriage * Highlights from the 100th episode of the Food Politics Radio show 'Deconstructing Dinner' * and a look at the security situation in Iraq (audio/mpeg)

Healthcare-Profiteering_Rally mena 2008-06-23 11:20 PM

HealthCare professionals & concerned citizens rallied together outside the offices of the BlueCross/BlueShield corporation. Proponents of Universal Health Care & Single Payer Plans addressed the public with facts & figures of this endeavor, the urgent need for reform, & the feasibility of achieving it. Patient advocates, including nurses & physicians, spoke out against the abuses of the the Health Insurance Industry at the expense of quality care for patients. Thanks to all these courageous & compassionate people. (image/jpeg)

Application of Islamic Shari'a in US Courts Gabriel Sawma 2008-06-21 2:53 PM
In 2004 a crash of Blackwater Flight 61 occurred in the rugged mountains of central Afghanistan, killing three soldiers and three-man crew. The widows of the soldiers sued Presidential Airways, Blackwater’s sister company, which was under contract with the U.S. military to fly cargo and personnel around Afghanistan. Lawyers for the company has asked a federal court to decide the case using provisions from the Islamic Shari’a, not the U.S. laws. They argue that the Shari’a “does not hold a company responsible for the actions of employees performed within the course of their work.” http://www.newsobserver.com/917/story/1113022.html (text/plain)

Cuba: Interview Porno Para Ricardo Movimiento Libertario Cubano 2008-06-19 12:37 AM

* The Cuban Libertarian Movement (MLC) interviewed via internet a punk musical group active in Havana for over 10 years who are today a significant reference in a counter cultural scene that merits recognition and solidarity. (image/jpeg)

Austrian police' fascist treatment of antifur activists boycotting Kleider Bauer Austrian Vegan Soc and Others 2008-06-17 9:04 PM
Austrian police' fascist treatment of antifur activists boycotting Kleider Bauer Ten animal rights campaigners have been held since the 21st of May after police raided twenty-three homes and offices in Austria (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio for June 16, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-06-17 1:29 PM
On this week's show... * A look at the grassroots biofuel movement in Pittsburgh * A strip mine proposal for South Park is declared dead * More realty controversy on the North Shore * Juveniles are facing life without parole in Pennsylvania prisons * and Mumia Abu-Jamal speaks out on Barack Obama (audio/mpeg)

Tuesday, June 17th - Call-in for Bashir Hameed Anarchist Black Cross 2008-06-15 6:56 PM
There will be a 'Call in' on Tuesday June 17th between 10:00 am and 1:00 pm Eastern Daylight time (7-10am pacific time) in support of political prisoner Bashir Hameed. (text/html)

London to Geneva Peace Walk, May 2008 peacehq 2008-06-14 4:00 PM
We have been in France for 28 days, and over a month since the walk began. We have had huge support from not just local people but globally the walk has been joined by people from Japan, Canada, German, France, Italy, Australia, Sweden, Scotland, England, Niger & the United States of America. (text/plain)

Ontario's proposed nuclear waste dump threatens Pennsylvania Great Lakes United Nuclear-Free/Green Energy 2008-06-13 3:20 AM
Since the proposed nuclear waste dump is only 50 miles from Michigan across Lake Huron, leakage of radioactivity from the dump could directly affect tens of millions of residents in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York, and contaminate the drinking water in Port Huron, Sarnia, Detroit, Windsor, Toledo, Cleveland, Erie, Buffalo, Toronto ... (text/plain)

27 Reasons To Dump Time Warner Free Air Waves 2008-06-12 4:06 PM
promotion of war, advertising of the pieces of murdered animals, destruction of habitat, pricegouging, cancellation of free tv, interference with municipal offersings of free internet etc. (text/plain)

Daniel McGowan Transfered - Threat of Madison Grand Jury Family and Friends of Daniel McGowan 2008-06-12 3:09 AM

Daniel McGowan has been moved to the Columbia County Jail in Portage, Wisconsin. The reasoning for his move is unknown, but could be related to an as yet to be convened grand jury in nearby Madison. (image/jpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for June 9, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-06-10 2:21 AM
On today's show... * Creative acts of opposition to surveillance cameras * The Longest Walk Two harassed by police in Columbus, Ohio * Media Minutes and The Weekly Radio Spin * plus the Radical Day in History (audio/mpeg)

Starbucks Fires Michigan Barista for Union Activity Grand Rapids Starbucks Unioin 2008-06-09 5:20 AM

Grand Rapids firing comes in the midst of Unfair Labor Practice charges being investigated by the NLRB against Starbucks. (image/jpeg)

Fountainhead e-Letter, Berlin Germany Fountainhead 2008-06-08 1:30 AM
An overview of intercultural undertakings in Berlin Germany. (video/x-ms-wmv + 2 comments)

Pittsburgh Food Not Bombs under attack! Food Not Bombs 2008-06-07 6:18 PM

Rich White folks represented by the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership (PDP) are trying to remove FNB from Market Square, where the group has served food to hungry people for 15 years. (image/png + 31 comments)

Feminist Self-defense: No God! No Master! No Sexist Aggressions! El Libertario, Venezuela 2008-06-05 10:58 PM

* El Libertario published in its 51st edition (Venezuela, Novermber - Dicember 2007) a text compilation that expresses important aspects of what anarchism proposes may be done to face the growing problem of gender violence. (image/gif)

Indiana: Call Out For Tree Siters mom 2008-06-05 9:43 PM
Its been over two weeks since tree sits were set up along the I-69 route in Southern Indiana, and they've been going strong ever since. The reactions of farmers in the area has been overwhelmingly positive, and momentum is continuing to grow. (text/plain)

Free with 84 Lumber Wood Products: Controversy From Chile Tim Kingston 2008-06-05 12:26 AM
JUNE 5 Concert. One of Pittsburgh’s best known corporate citizens, 84 Lumber Company, is entangled in a furor over plans to dam two spectacular rivers in Patagonia. Satirical country singer Dana Lyons will bring the international campaign to stop the dams to 84 Lumber’s hometown with a concert at the Unitarian Universalist Church of the North Hills in Pittsburgh. (text/plain)

2 Million PETA members win with KFC Canada.. Help KFC US Cave Chicken Rights 2008-06-04 12:31 PM

With 2 million members and 12,000 pickets against KFC around the world, KFC Canada has acceded to requests for less brutal slaughterhouse methods. It's time to build pressure on KFC in the US. (image/jpeg)

Workers walk off MGM Mirage Dubai World CityCenter Site in Protest MGM Mirage Dubai World CityCenter Constructio 2008-06-03 11:45 PM

Union leaders: We’ll picket until contractor meets demands for increased safety (image/jpeg)

The Best of Rustbelt Radio for Winter and Spring 2008 (June 2, 2008) Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-06-03 6:22 PM
Welcome to this week's edition of Rustbelt Radio, the Pittsburgh Independent Media Center's weekly review of the news from the grassroots, news overlooked by the corporate media. This week, we will be presenting highlights of Rustbelt Radio stories from the Winter and Spring of 2008 including... * Word on the Street segments on teens & sex and anti-war protestors * Police Officers are found guilty in the Michael Ellerbee civil trial * Community Residents Defeat a Proposed Jail in the South Bronx * Affordable birth control for college students is under attack * Burger King spies on Student/Farmworker Alliance * The Revolution will Not Be funded- critiques of the non-profit model * and more highlights from the past season (audio/mpeg)

Letter from Ivan and Bruno from the prisons of Fresnes and Villepinte @ 2008-06-01 11:48 PM

Greetings to all friends, to all those who are not resigned to the situation in which we live: police occupation of the streets, of the cities, raids, deportations, arrests, daily difficulties, the dispossession of our lives; the situation that pushes us to cede a major part of our lives to the bosses of every genre, to those who preside over our destinies, to power. If we've taken the road of revolt, it's for all these reasons, to retake the power over our lives, for the freedom to live. (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

Muslim Nuclear Physicist Loses Job, Denied Due Process Haroon Al-Qahtani 2008-06-01 8:00 PM
Dr. Moniem El-Ganayni, a nuclear physicist and Muslim prison chaplain, has lost his battle with the Department of Energy to get back his security clearance and his job at the Bettis Laboratory in Pittsburgh. He never even got a chance to tell his side of the story. The reason: unspecified grounds of national security. (text/plain)

Solidarity week against repression in France at June, 9-16 solidarity 2008-05-31 6:45 AM

Ivan, Bruno and Damien got arrested on January 19, 2008 on the way to the demonstration against the detention centre of Vincennes (near Paris). They were carrying home made smoke powder and bent nails (to slash tyres). At the police station, they refused the finger print identification and DNA taking. Ivan and Bruno are jailed, Damien is under judiciary control. (image/jpeg)

Executive Signing Statements Ann Ikemann 2008-05-29 10:15 PM

Pharaoh Bush - Let My People Go (image/jpeg)

Unconventional East Coast Convergence Schedule and Registration Available DC Unconventional Action 2008-05-26 4:39 PM
Schedule and online registration now available! (text/html)

Some Favorite Poems Poem Classics 2008-05-25 9:17 PM
poetry of Emily Dickinson, Yeats, Millay, Wilbur, Dove, Tagore, Rumi, Lao Tsu, Mary Shelley and others (text/plain)

Lebanon: Writings on the Walls of Nahr al-Bared Camp a-films 2008-05-25 8:38 PM
The anarchist film collective 'a-films' has just published another short film from North Lebanon. It documents many racist, sexist, humiliating and insulting graffiti that Lebanese soldiers had written on the walls of the houses in the destroyed Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared. (text/plain)

Dick Cheney Made Millions with Saddam Hussein Martin A. Lee 2008-05-24 5:12 AM
Here's a whopper of a story you may have missed amid the cacophony of campaign ads and stump speeches in the run- up to the elections. (text/plain)

River City Animal Defense League Joins the Fight Against I-69 anonymouse 2008-05-21 3:34 PM
On the evening of Monday, May 19th, the newly formed River City Animal Defense League (ADL) and friends made our public debut. We took to the neighborhoods, and more specifically the houses of executives and contractors of Gohmann Asphalt and Construction, Inc. Gohmann Asphalt and Construction, Inc. is a disgusting company that has decided to proceed with business in the construction of Interstate-69 (I-69) which is the North American Free Trade Agreement's (NAFTA) superhighway. (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio for May 19, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-05-20 3:14 AM
On this week's show... * Radio Free Palestine-- stories to commemorate 60 years of Palestinian Resistance to Israeli Occupation (audio/mpeg)

Hope Under Siege: Pittsburghers in Palestine, A Photo Show Jonas Moffat 2008-05-20 2:37 AM

Hope Under Siege: Pittsburghers in Palestine, a Photo Exhibit June 19 at the Shadow Lounge, 6-9PM Please join the Pittsburgh Palestine Solidarity Committee as they reveal their photographs from Occupied Palestine. Hear eyewitness accounts from Palestinians and Pittsburghers who have seen and experienced life under the gun. View the scenes of hope and the images of despair. Share the truth with the world about 60 years of dispossession and a hope that refuses to perish. (image/jpeg)

BTL:Group Demands Answers on Bush Surveillance of Guantanamo Attorneys Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2008-05-19 2:06 PM
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Summary (text/plain)

another police coverup on "the crooked mile" jim zender 2008-05-15 12:30 AM

the other day i wrote a story about a huge adult who i witnessed beating the crap out of a teen, who thanks to the star beacon i now know his age, he was only 16. i broke up the fight filed a report at the scene, came home before it was even over and wrote coverup will follow. the next morning cops @ my door trying to give me the shaft as they have been doing for years. right then and there i re reported the incident to them as well butt i was sure hear again, the blind eye of american justice would sirface. so i wrote a letter to and even got so frustrated i posted my first i report. i sent the letter to the following people. letter to council sent to: Mayor Francis Cervas 4688 Fairway dr. Village administrator Edward Somppi village hall Mike Baker council president 4703 taylor dr Zoning Inspector/Code enforcement officer officer Joseph Masianka village hall Council woman Wilma Reppert 4873 presidential dr 5.12.08 jim zender (image/jpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for May 12, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-05-13 2:01 AM
On this week's show... * An exploration into the roots of the global food crisis * Word on the Street asks local teens how they can reduce violence in Pittsburgh * News and analysis from the Mexico Solidarity Network * A radical history lesson for May 13th * And 2.3 million and rising- a weekly report on the prison industrial complex (audio/mpeg)

Conscientious Objector Status—Who Should Decide? Kenneth Clairmont 2008-05-11 10:51 PM
It is a fallacious and legalistic straw man ploy for any society or organization (such as the Department of Defense) to arrogate, as definition, that an individual must oppose “all” war on religious or ethical grounds to be considered a “conscientious objector”. Simply to be “conscientious” means to act from one’s “own” conscience—not from the collective hearsay of any particular group or on legalistic grounds of some corporate presumption. The individual conscience is the moral compass of conscientious authority. (text/plain)

Two New Publications From Infoshop Chuck Munson 2008-05-08 6:58 PM
Infoshop.org and the Alternative Media Project are pleased to announce the availability of two new digital publications. The first issue of our bi-monthly newsletter titled "Revolution" is available as a PDF file that can be read online or printed out. (text/plain + 1 comment)

may 4th kent state killings remembered vincent / blast furnace radio 2008-05-07 3:22 AM
ron kovic answers questions after the showing of "born on the four of july" (audio/mpeg)

May 4th, 1970: Can it happen again? Akeeba 2008-05-06 9:30 AM

Rustbelt radio for May 5, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-05-06 1:36 AM
On this week's show... * An exploration of the roots of Labor Struggles and May Day in the US * Dahr Jamail on Iraq * Cheers and Jeers from Women's E-news * and the Radical Day in History (audio/mpeg)

Maoist China foreign policy: 1970s and 1980s Nigel Harris 2008-05-05 12:51 PM

The Mandate of Heaven (Excerpt). A detailed account of Maoist Chinese foreign policy is beyond the scope of this article, but some examples will illustrate the central thesis: that China’s foreign policy is in no way different from that of other world powers. The Three-Worlds Theory was used to justify Chinese alliances with right-wing reactionary governments during the 1970s and 1980s. (image/jpeg)

May Day Strike Against the War Shuts Down All U.S. West Coast Ports Internationalist Group 2008-05-05 3:47 AM
On May 1, every port on the West Coast of the United States was shut down to demand an end to the U.S. war and occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan. The historic May Day walkout by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) is the first time ever that an American union has struck against a U.S. war. The union ranks defied the rulings of an arbitrator, who twice ordered them to go to work. They overcame the capitulations of the ILWU leadership, which didn't want the work stoppage in the first place, tried to water it down and cowered before the threats of legal action while waving the flag. The employers' Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) declared the May 1 port shutdown an "illegal strike." But after all the huffing and puffing from the bosses' mouthpieces, the dock workers pointed the way to defeating the imperialist war by mobilizing working-class power. In the end, it was more than a work stoppage. The dock workers' May Day strike against the war was a first step, a show of what it will take to bring down the warmongers in Washington. Their "symbolic" action was felt all the way to Iraq, where dock workers in two ports stopped work in solidarity with the ILWU. But it was only a beginning. What is needed is not only industrial action but a political offensive against the Democrats and Republicans, the partner parties of American imperialism, to build a class-struggle workers party. (text/html)

Year 1870: Mothers Day Proclamation Anna Howe 2008-05-05 12:19 AM
A copy of the Original Mothers Day Proclamation by Julia Ward Howe - (text/plain)

“The End of America” is Thomas Paine Reborn Daniel Debut 2008-05-04 9:58 PM
“The End of America: Letter of Warning To A Young Patriot” by Naomi Wolf (Chelsea Green Publishing 2007) is the Thomas Paine hue and cry to The Peoples’ nation suffocating from tyranny. This concise booklet, of 155 pages of text, is an absolute must read for “every” American who cares about liberty—irrespective of political affiliation. (text/plain)

Struggling for the autonomy of Venezuela’s social movements El Libertario, Venezuela 2008-05-04 5:20 PM

* This editorial comes from issue #53 (May-June 2008) of El Libertario, a Venezuelan anarchist voice of ideas and proposals for action. It confirms our commitment to autonomous social mobilization, which has already begun to express itself through concrete struggles from below, as in the recent steelworkers conflict. (image/gif)

Las andanzas de Rockefeller en Paraguay Luis Agüero Wagner 2008-05-04 8:55 AM
Poco antes de las elecciones generales en Paraguay en las que resultó electo el obispo Fernando Lugo, el heredero del imperio petrolero fundado por John Davison Rockefeller en 1870, la Standard Oil Company, realizó una enigmática visita a Asunción. (text/plain)

New video from Nahr al-Bared Camp a-films 2008-05-03 8:55 PM
The anarchist video collective "a-films" announces its latest short film (10 min.) from the destroyed Nahr al-Bared Refugee Camp in Lebanon called "Traces of Collective Dispossession". (text/plain)

5th Anniversary of "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq Peter Stern 2008-05-02 8:04 PM

Happy 5th Anniversary, America! (image/jpeg)

BTL:Pentagon War Propaganda Operation Exposed Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2008-05-02 3:39 PM
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Summary (text/plain)

Northeastern Anarchist #13, Spring 2008 Out Now! NEFAC 2008-05-01 10:52 PM

Workers at Sanitarios Maracay Fight for Dignity Cleveland Militant Labor in the 40s Vermont Communes in the 60s Public Sector Strike in South Africa The Ecological Challenge and more... (image/jpeg)

Locked out Steelworkers Rally, Confront Management Robert Rossi-Independent Labor Correspondent 2008-05-01 10:43 PM

On Wednesday, May 1 members of United Steelworkers Local 5032 and their supporters rallied outside Calgon Carbon’s (NYSE: CCC) annual shareholder’s meeting. Union members have been locked out of their jobs at the company’s Neville Island facility for just over two months. The company is demanded that union workers submit to massive cuts in healthcare and pensions before returning to work; locked out union members have stated that they are committed to winning a fair contract that preserves their pensions and keeps healthcare affordable. (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

Something smells different in Cuba Movimiento Libertario Cubano 2008-05-01 6:04 PM

ººº With respect to the situation in Cuba these past few weeks, the Cuban Libertarian Movement – MLC (affinity group of Cuban anarchists in exile) speaks up to answer the unknowns and the challenges facing Cuban society. Ours is the voice of uncompromising commitment to freedom, equality and solidarity that has always been the sound of the Cuban anarchists. (image/jpeg)

Rising Health Care Costs: the tsunami that never ends Peter Stern 2008-04-30 10:33 AM

The giant wave soon will engulf us all. People just can't afford the rising costs of health care! (image/jpeg)

“50 Shots Equals Murder!” John Tarleton 2008-04-30 8:03 AM
Sean Bell Supporters Take It to the Streets on Friday (text/plain)

MGM MIRAGE STOP THE UNION - BUSTING The United MGM MIRAGE Casino Security Guards 2008-04-29 9:36 AM

MGM MIRAGE NAMED AS LAS VEGAS UNION-BUSTER OF THE YEAR (image/jpeg)

The San Angelo Witch Hunts sd 2008-04-29 3:22 AM
Why you should care about the raid on the FLDS ranch. (text/html)

Rustbelt Radio for April 28, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-04-29 1:05 AM
On this week's show... * Thousands protest around the world in response to Mumia Abu Jamal's denial of a new trial * The One Hill Coalition reaches a tentative Community Benefits Agreement with the City, the County, and the Penguins hockey team * The City of New York withdraws its plans to build a new $375 million jail in the Bronx * Grassroots organizations work to bring clean water to Iraq * Plus we bring you the weekly radio spin and the radical day in history (audio/mpeg)

Thoughts on Working America and Jenn Jannon? Philip Shropshire 2008-04-27 2:56 PM
I'm curious about this community's experiences with Working America. (text/plain + 4 comments)

Action alert - STOP UC BERKELEY ANIMAL TORTURE! 40,000 ANIMALS CURRENTLY TORTURED smith 2008-04-27 9:09 AM
40,000 non-human animals are currently held captive and tortured at UC Berkeley. Recently, activists have faced many incidents of low-level police harassment for exposing these atrocities. Show solidarity with the animals, as well as the activists by making use of this information. (text/html + 4 comments)

Water Wars Janet C. Phelan 2008-04-26 7:24 PM
The U.S. Patriot Act and other pieces of legislation authorize a "culling of the herds." (text/plain)

Midnight TTC strike strands riders stephen donahue 2008-04-26 3:15 PM
Shutting down public transit at midnight and without warning kills public support for union struggle (text/plain)

All Out on May Day! Internationalist Group 2008-04-26 1:18 PM
On May 1, all 29 ports on the U.S. West Coast are to be shut down by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) in protest against the U.S. war on Afghanistan and Iraq. This is a historic event of international significance: labor action against imperialist war by a major American union. The strategically placed port workers in the ILWU can bring commerce with Asia to a grinding halt, and they’re about to demonstrate it. The maritime employers are already screaming, and you can bet it’s got the attention of the warmongers in Washington. All labor should take up the challenge this poses: For workers strikes against the war! Meanwhile, immigrants’ rights groups are once again mobilizing on May Day. And on April 30 and May 1, the independent truckers who move cargo to and from the docks may play an important role in a shutdown. The imperialist war on Afghanistan and Iraq is also a war on immigrants, minorities, working people and democratic rights “at home.” We need to defeat this attack here and abroad, in opposition to both the capitalist war parties. The “antiwar movement,” whose aim has always been to pressure the Democrats, is at a dead end. What’s needed is working-class action independent of the bosses. What that takes is a fundamental break from the Democratic Party and the pro-capitalist politics that infuse the labor bureaucracy. (text/html)

Unconventional East Coast Convergence Announced! DC Unconventional Action 2008-04-26 4:10 AM
Come to DC June 13-15 to join us for an East Coast Unconventional Convergence. Months before the Republican and Democratic National Conventions we will be hosting a massive training, convergence, and platform for regional consultas for any anti-authoritarian organizers planning to attend the DNC/RNC. (text/html)

VIDEO: A19 Philly Mumia Demo, featuring Veronica Jones Hans Bennett 2008-04-24 10:57 PM
Outraged by the March 27 denial of a new guilt-phase trial for Mumia, 500-1,000 people gathered at the Federal Courthouse, circled the Liberty Bell, and marched to City Hall, where speakers included Cynthia McKinney, Julia Wright, and Harold Wilson. (text/html)

You are invited to Mountain Justice Summer 4 Vicente Rosa 2008-04-24 7:02 PM
Mountain Justice Summer Camp May 17 - 23 Harlan County, Kentucky (text/plain)

Help break the cycle of mass destruction peacehq 2008-04-24 4:24 PM
Footprints for Peace (Australia), with the active support of the French network for nuclear phase-out, will walk from London to Geneva (April 26 - July 18) via France for a nuclear-free world. (text/plain)

The Injustice Continues: MOVE 9 women denied parole Hans Bennett 2008-04-22 10:12 PM
The Philadelphia Inquirer has just reported that the MOVE 9 women were denied parole on grounds that they minimized or denied the "nature and circumstances" of the offense, "refused to accept responsibility" and lacked remorse, and the ‘negative recommendation’ by the prosecutor. (text/html + 3 comments)

Randi Rhodes & Her Eff’ing Adjectives! Road Sage 2008-04-22 10:04 PM
And of course she was one who could tell the blatant and unmitigated truth. No mealy-mouther her. No—not Randi Rhodes. But then she called Hillary Clinton a “f**king” whore at a speech event in the Frisco Bay area. It got on the Internet via YouTube and made a splash—daring. Some rightly protest that Hillary is indeed a whore—so what is the big deal? But while we are collectively soul searching about her leaving Air America under the situation, we might note that we are all, or most of us, compromisers to some extent with spiritual lessons to learn. (text/plain)

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