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The Pittsburgh Independent Media Center's weekly review of news from the grassroots, news overlooked by the corporate media. Airs weekly on WRCT Pittsburgh 88.3FM and other independent radio stations in the region. Online at http://radio.indypgh.org
On today's show...
- We bring you a special episode on Remembering Hiroshima, 64 years after the atomic bomb attacks on Japan
On today's show...
- The Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba rolls through Pittsburgh
- Jorge Mujica on immigrant rights and the current state of immigration in the U.S.
- War Resistor and Iraq veteran Camilo Mejia speaks in Pittsburgh
- And more in our local and global headlines
On today's show...
- Fed Up brings us a report on Palestinian Prisoners
- PRIDE comes to the city
- Pittsburghers gather to call for peace in Iran
- Actions throughout Appalachia protest mountaintop removal coal mining
- Plus more in our local and global headlines
On today's show...
- We explore the roots of the global food crisis
- The Officer who killed Oscar Grant will stand trial for murder
- A campaign for Israel divestment is launched in Pittsburgh
- Domestic Workers United march in New York for a bill of rights
- The Pittsburgh City Council votes to arm police with assault rifles
- And more in our local and global headlines
On today's show... *Bolivian Anarcha-Feminist Julieta Paredes of Mujeres Creando * Pennsylvania enters the national marriage equality debate * Pittsburghers rally for single payer healthcare * Ireland's Shell to Sea campaign fights against a natural gas pipeline * And more in our local and global headlines
On today's show: Feminist spoken word artist Alix Olson performs in Pittsburgh, locals organize a fund raiser to support Eight activists organizing protests against last year's Republican convention who are facing serious criminal charges, Ireland's Shell to Sea activists halt further production of dangerous gas pipeline, Obama clears the way for more mountaintop removal mining, And more in our local and global headlines.
On today's show: We interview the 1st Palestinian hip hop group- DAM, We take an in-depth look at the current situation in Pakistan, A "Checkpoint Demonstration" brings a hard taste of Palestinian life to Pittsburgh, and An update on last July's deadly assault on immigrant Luis Ramirez, plus more in our local and global headlines.
On today's show...
- Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish Speaks in Pittsburgh of Peace in the Gaza Strip
- The Anti-discrimination HB300 Bill Moves to Pass This Year
- An Inside Look and History of Somali Pirates
- United Workers march for Economic Human Rights in Baltimore's Inner Harbor
- And more in our local and global headlines
On today's show...
- Highlights from Penn Future's conference on global warming
- A historic power shift in El Salvador's recent election
- Pam Africa, of Philadelphia's MOVE organization speaks in Pittsburgh
- Fed-Up brings us a report from inside the Prison Industrial Complex
- and more in our local and global headlines.
On today's show...
- The US war in Iraq reaches the 6 year mark
- The Great Lakes Urban Exchange talks about the future of local transportation
- A CMU art student hopes to better deal with Pittsburgh's sewage waste
- Fed-Up brings us a report from inside the Prison Industrial Complex
- Plus more in our local and global headlines
On today's show: Job training goes green in Braddock, Radio Rootz brings us another Radical Day in History, Israeli Professor David Wesley Speaks in Pittsburgh, A look inside Pittsburgh's first annual Sunstar women in music festival And more in our local and global headlines
On today's show: Iraqi political analyst Raeed Jarrar speaks on the current state of the war, Gateway High School retracts a ban on Kaffiyehs, A report on the public meeting regarding changes to Sex Ed in Pittsburgh Schools, Fed-up brings us a report from inside the Prison Industrial Complex, Plus more in our local and global headlines
On today's show: A report from the 11th Annual Black and White Reunion, Progressive groups weigh in on the proposed changes to the Pittsburgh Public Schools' Sex-Ed curriculum, Protests at a local performance of Israel's Batsheva Dance company, Cindy Milstein talks on Anarchism and its Aspirations, Plus more in our local and global headlines
On today's show: Pittsburghers act in response to the Israeli invasion of Gaza, We explore a controversy surrounding a small group of Guantanamo detainees, Fed-up brings us a report from inside the Prison Industrial Complex,and Immigrants rights advocates and the homeless speak out at the presidential inauguration
Plus more in our local and global headlines
On today's show...
A 40 year retrospective of political artwork comes to CMU Pittsburgh responds to Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip The Islamic Center of Pittsburgh mosque is Vandalized Fed Up gives us a report on the abuses occurring inside Pennsylvania prisons
A massive toxic sludge spill in Tennessee threatens the water and safety of local residents plus more in our local and global headlines
On today's show:Antonia Juhasz speaks on the power of the oil industry, Pittsburgh hosts its first African-American led green festival, Local activists organize in solidarity with massive protests in Greece, and The mayor announces plans to convene a Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Trangender task force
On today's show... * Rustbelt Radio brings you an accurate depiction of the story behind Thanksgiving * We examine the true cost of production and consumption through the short documentary "The Story of Stuff" * plus a new segment of 2.3 Million and Rising and the Radical Day in History
On today's show...
- The Yes Men speak on their latest prank
- Malik Rahim of Common Ground in New Orleans comes to Pittsburgh
- A look inside the Prison Industrial Complex
- Pittsburghers protest California's gay marriage ban
- plus more in our local and global headlines
On today's show: A special "Word on the Street" about the election, Non-english speaking parents fight for translators in Philadelphia public schools, An investigation into the preparedness of polling places across America, Excerpts from a local forum on anti-muslim discrimination, with focus on the recently distributed "Obsession" DVD, and - a fond farewell to a beloved oral historian, Studs Terkel.
On today's show: Andrea Smith speaks at the Critical Resistance Prison Abolition Conference, United Steel Workers take on Equitable Gas over proposed rate increases, A youth report from the Philadelphia Student Union on the recent incident at Sayre High School, Fed-Up takes us inside the Prison Industrial Complex, plus more in our local and global headlines
On today's show: Financial experts including Naomi Klein speak on the current economic crisis, We explore the roots of Freedom Corner located in the Hill District, Fed-Up takes us inside the Prison Industrial Complex, Green Party VP Candidate Rosa Clemente, plus more in our local and global headlines
On today's show: An Anti-Islamic DVD is being distributed in Pittsburgh and across the US, Electronic Voting Machines in Allegheny County, A look at the case of Eric McDavid, an activist who was recently sentenced to 20 years in prison, based on questionable FBI evidence, A discussion of human rights with William F. Schulz, former executive director of Amnesty International, plus more in our local and global headlines
On today's show An investigation of Taser use by Police in Allegheny County, The America's Army video game recruits children while generating profits for private software companies, A special segment of 2.3 Million and Rising, A local activist describes the police repression faced by protesters at the Republican National Convention, A flotilla of kayaks challenge the world's largest pipeline laying ship off the west coast of Ireland, and more in our local and global headlines
On this week's show...
- We bring you a special retrospective program, as Rustbelt Radio co-founders and today's co-hosts Andalusia Knoll and Matt Toups look back at four years and almost 200 episodes of the show. They're both moving on and this will be their last show with us!
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
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
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
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
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"
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
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
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
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
On this week's show...
- Radio Free Palestine-- stories to commemorate 60 years of Palestinian Resistance to Israeli Occupation
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
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
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
On this week's show...
- Family Members accuse Pennsylvania Prisons of abusing inmates
- A look at tax fairness and wealth in American families
- Uprising Radio examines the World Bank's perpetuation of Global Warming
- and Burger King allegedly spies on members of the Student Farmworker Alliance
On this week's show...
- Updates on the Court of Appeals Ruling for Mumia Abu-Jamal
- Radio reporters assassinated in Oaxaca, Mexico
- a report on the Longest Walk Two, a five month journey to raise awareness of Native American and environmental issues
- National Labor Committee director Charlie Kernaghan speaks at Carlow University about sweatshop labor and workers' rights
- and more in our local and global headlines
On this week's show...
- Election Unspun looks at Democratic Presidential Candidates' Stance on the Prison Industrial Complex
- Van Jones speaks about Martin Luther King Jr's Legacy as it relates to Environmental Justice
- Canadian Parliament member Libby Davies speaks about continuing opposition to the Iraq war
- And a look at the psychology behind addictions
On this week's show...
- The Family of 12-year-old Michael Ellerbe who was Murdered by Pennsylvania State Troopers is Awarded $28 Million
- Longtime activists speak on funding grassroots movements without Foundation support
- Word on the Street from the recent Anti-War march
- and more...
On this week's show...
- a special one hour look at race and city planning in Pittsburgh's Hill District
On this week's show...
- we have a special Rustbelt Radio program: as the 5th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq nears, we'll hear from US Military veterans testifying at the recent Winter Soldier hearings
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...
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....
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
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.
On this week's show...
- In honor of Black History Month, we bring you voices and songs from black freedom fighters
- Community leaders gather together at the Black and White reunion
- Word on the Street on the new drink tax in Allegheny County
- City Council in Berkeley, California condemns the local U.S. Marines Recruiting Center and
- The Department of Labor announces intent to strip worker protections from its H two A guest worker program
- and more in our local and global headlines
On today's show...
- Paul Wright discusses his new book "Prison Profiteers - Who Makes Money From Mass Incarceration"
- This Week in Palestine, from the International Middle East Media Center
- And excerpts from "World VS. Bank" a film by Friends of the Earth International
We need your help!
Starting this week, Rustbelt Radio will begin 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.
On this week's show...
- The Citizens Police Review Board hearing on a Pittsburgh Police Officer's violent disruption of a critical mass bike ride
- Updates on the crisis unfolding in occupied Palestine
- Residents of Lomas del Poleo fight against displacement as a result of development on the US-Mexico border
- our first in a series of reports from those inside Pennsylvania's prison system
- and more in our local and global headlines
On this week's show...
- Pittsburgh activists gather over the weekend to share organizing skills
- Violence is brewing in Chiapas's ongoing low-intensity war
- Dissident Israeli professor Neve Gordon discusses Academic Freedom at American Universities
- Hundreds of People ride bikes in NYC to honor fallen cyclists and Pedestrians
- Activists resist a Grand Jury against Puerto Rican Cultural and Social Workers in NYC
- and more in our local and global headlines
On this week's show...
- A new report finds that Transgender Women are routinely subject to harassment, abuse and violence in New York State Men's Prisons
- The death toll on the Arizona-Mexico border in 2007
- Media Minutes re-caps some of the most important stories for the media justice movement in 2007
- A Massachusetts woman faces seven years in prison for a self-induced abortion
- and more, in local and global headlines
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 Fall of 2007 including...
- locals take to the street in actions to oppose the war, and in support of the Jena 6
- the Word on the Street from October 8th - Pittsburghers' thoughts on Columbus Day
- an update on the Coalition of Immokalee Workers' march on Burger King headquarters in Miami, Florida
- New Voices Pittsburgh's Reproductive Justice Weekend
- Community Media advocates Push for Expanded Low Power FM Radio
- Pennsylvanians push two different LGBT nondiscrimination bills
- and more highlights from Rustbelt Radio's fall season
But before we begin, during our best-of show we always remind our listeners that our 3-year-old program is produced entirely by volunteers and we depend upon donations of equipment and funds to continue. If you can support us with recording equipment, computers, or funds for these supplies, please call 412-923-3000, or email us at radio@indypgh.org, or donate on our website, radio.indypgh.org.
On this week's show...
- Chuck D. speaks on youth empowerment and local history at November's Urban Roots Hip Hop Symposium in East Liberty
- Activists call for a moratorium on tasers in response to increased cases of police abuse and taser related deaths
- Pittsburgh residents organize to save Schenley High
- On the twenty-six year anniversary of the incarceration of Mumia Abu-Jamal, new developments in the case
- Another noose incident in Pittsburgh, this time at a local high school
- and more in our local and global headlines
On this week's show...
- In honor of World Aids Day, we bring you a report on the new face of AIDS and the challenges faced by infected individuals
- Independent Journalist Ben Dangl speaks about the Constituent Assembly and recent clashes in Bolivia
- An update on the "Middle East Peace Conference" in Annapolis
- Nurses are striking in West Virginia, plus more in our local and global headlines
On this week's show...
- We bring you a history lesson on the recent North American Thanksgiving holiday, featuring the voices of indigenous people, their thoughts on the recognition of Thanksgiving, and an alternative celebration known as the National Day of Mourning
On this week's show...
- as a legal challenge strikes down part of Pennsylvania's Hate Crime legislation, tens of thousands march in DC to urge the US Dept. of Justice to defend the civil rights of African-Americans
- workers in Florida fight for their rights...by taking to the sea
- National Lawyers Guild President Marjorie Cohn, speaks about Michael Mukasey, the War on Terror, Pakistani President Musharraf and the Impeachment of George Bush.
- Salvadoran Labor Union Leader Ricardo Calderon speaks about the failures of CAFTA and free trade, political repression of union organizers and resistance to corporate privatization of Salvadoran natural resources
- and more in our local and global headlines
On today's show...
- voices from the No Borders camp on the US-Mexico border
- Despite opposition, the House of Representatives passes the Peru Free Trade Agreement
- Veterans for Peace hold a parade in Meadville, Pennsylvania
- Selma James on sixties activism and the current struggle to free Mumia
- and more in our local and global headlines
On this week's show...
- Fighting for fair food in Pittsburgh and across the country,an update on the Student Farmworker Alliance KingDOOM days of action against Burger King
- results from the recent Guatemalan presidential election
- Media activists, community radio operators and government representatives discuss the benefits of Low Power FM Radio
- an interview from "Mother Jones: The Most Dangerous Woman in America"
- and more in our local and global headlines
On this week's show...
- As fires sweep across Southern California, undocumented immigrants fear deportation
- Protesters gather in DC to oppose the World Bank & IMF
- Dr. Herb Needleman speaks about his research linking lead poisoning and violence
- Racial threats continue in the city as another noose is found at a workplace in Pittsburgh
- Desmond Tutu visits Pittsburgh - and SCI Greene
- and more in our local and global headlines
On this week's show...
- We bring you a special lecture on "Earth Democracy" from author, activist, and environmentalist Vandana Shiva
On this week's show...
- Counter Recruitment strategies from a former soldier and a community activist
- New Voices Pittsburgh's Reproductive Justice Weekend
- A Judge's ruling puts a controversial immigration enforcement tactic on hold
- Multiple incidents of racial intimidation are reported in Pittsburgh
- and more in our local and global headlines
On this week's show...
- A new bill may protect Pennsylvanians from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and expression
- Updates on protests and state violence in Burma
- A history of American diplomacy with Iran
- Views on this year's Columbus Day, in Pittsburgh and in Denver
- plus more in our local and global headlines
On this week's show...
- Students take to the street in Pittsburgh for the national walk-out in support of the Jena 6
- A discussion on the role of Latinos in the new Ken Burns documentary, "The War"
- Pittsburgh's local Peace & Justice Center faces financial difficulties
- Costa Ricans get ready for a referendum vote on CAFTA
- and more in our local and global headlines
On today's show...
- The Coalition Against Violence presents their strategies to bring Peace to Pittsburgh
- Anthropologist David Harvey discusses the Geographies of Globalization
- Thousands rally in Jena Lousiana
- The Slow Food movement makes its way to Pittsburgh
- and more in our local and global headlines
On this week's show...
- "The Revolution Will Not Be Funded"-- an in depth interview with social justice activists about organizing work in non-profits
- updates on the political climates in Guatemala and Haiti
- Pittsburghers march against war this past weekend
- plus more in our local and global headlines.
On this week's show...
- Two stories of victory - locally, prisoners boycott poisonous food. And in national news, Baltimore stadium cleaners will receive a living wage.
- Pro-democracy protests continue in Burma, as monks hold authorities hostage following police and paramilitary brutality
- Professor Norman Finkelstein speaks about the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History and Academic Freedom
- Pittsburgh shows support for the Jena Six
- and more in our local and global headlines
Welcome to the Best of Rustbelt Radio, the Pittsburgh Independent Media Center's weekly review of news from the grassroots; news overlooked by the corporate media. This week, we will be presenting highlights of Rustbelt Radio stories from the Summer of 2007 including...
- Pittsburgh's nomination as America's most livable city
- Updates on the South Central Los Angeles Farm
- A report from the activists and Media Makers at the 9th annual Allied Media Conference
- How To Free a Political Prisoner -- a local benefit for Mumia
- Let's Talk About Sex-- interviews and highlights from the 10th annual Sistersong conference
- and more highlights from the past few months of Rustbelt Radio
On this week's show...
- We examine the battle against gentrification in three different US cities
- The Pittsburgh School board may be close to passing a resolution on military recruitment in schools
- Mayview State Hospital Mental Institution is closing
- and more in our local and global headlines
On this week's show...
- Let's Talk About Sex-- interviews and highlights from the 10th annual Sistersong conference
- we take a look at the new documentary Good Copy Bad Copy, which examines copyright and culture, featuring Pittsburgh-based mashup artist Girl Talk
- An update on the Local Community Radio Act from Media Minutes
- We examine why attacks against the homeless are on the rise
- plus more in our local and global headlines
On this week's show...
- locals celebrate the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act
- The US Farm Bill is set to be renewed for the 1st time in 5 years and could have dire consequences for farmers across the globe
- Condom commercials are banned in Pittsburgh
- Voices and music from the benefit show "How to Free a Political Prisoner" held in Pittsburgh this past week
- plus more in our local and global headlines
On this week's show...
- Is Pittsburgh really America's most livable city? Community groups, organizations and individuals gathered to discuss disparities in the Allegheny County region
- from Ireland, an update on arrests in the Shell to Sea campaign
- The Newark Rebellion - forty years later, denouncing police violence and commemorating people's resistance
- Race, Class, Food and You - a lecture by Breeze Harper
- and more in our local and global headlines
On this week's show...
- local groups Just Health Care and the Western Pennsylvania Coalition for Single-Payer Health Care organize around the film SiCKO
- Anti-nuclear activist Corbin Harney passes away
- A rare 1968 interview between author Julius Lester and poet and activist June Jordan
- plus more in our local and global headlines
On this week's show...
- The Pittsburgh Police Department and Mayor Ravenstahl face public outcry after controversial police promotions
- Vandana Shiva talks about the consequences of the Green Revolution in India, and what is in store for Africa
- Activists speak out at the People's Assembly at the US Social Forum
- "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" - an 1852 speech by abolitionist Frederick Douglass
- and more in our local and global headlines.
On this week's show...
- From the Allied Media Conference in Detroit, Aishah Shahidah Simmons, speaks about her experience making No!, a documentary about Black women and rape.
- SEIU protests on behalf of local janitors
- Bicyclists, along with Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and local cyling advocacy organization Bike-Pittsburgh celebrate Pittsburgh's second-ever bike lane
- and an update on the cases of the 8 former Black Panther Party members on trial in San Francisco for the 1971 murder of a police officer
- and more in our local and global headlines
On this week's show...
- Domestic workers in New York and California speak out about the challenges found in their line of employment and the organizing efforts to better their situations
- The struggle against the new casino continues... This time on the Northside
- Updates on the South Central Farm in Los Angeles and the Shell to Sea Campaign in Ireland
- A new group in Pittsburgh is organizing to fight racism and recognize white privilege
- and more in our local and global headlines
On this week's show...
- The Pittsburgh Pride Theater Festival kicks off this week
- the Pittsburgh Middle East Peace forum marks the forty year anniversary since the beginning of Israel's occupation of Gaza and the West Bank
- Both Coca-Cola and Boeing are coming under fire from community groups for their business practices
- and more in our local and global headlines
On this week's show...
- resistance to the upcoming G-8 summit in Germany
- we'll hear about Fossil Free Fuels, and how they are improving the city's air quality one car at a time.
- at a Town Hall meeting, Pittsburgh speaks up about the impact of the Iraq war here at home, and elected officals listen
- Stop the Bus cuts keeps attention up and the pressure on as Port Authority cuts draw near
- and more in our local and global headlines
This week, we will be presenting highlights of Rustbelt Radio stories from the Winter and Spring of 2007 including...
- Community activists speak out against violence
- The movement for immigrants' rights
- Wolves come off the endangered species list
- Pittsburghers rally for action on climate change
- A public hearing with the FCC and the fight against corporate media consolidation
- and more highlights from the past few months of Rustbelt Radio
On this week's show...
- locals react to the Federal Appeals Court hearing in Philadelphia for Mumia Abu-Jamal
- Earth First activists in Southern Indiana challenge the new NAFTA Superhighway in their region
- Author and ecologist Sandra Steingraber speaks about the connections between environmental and human health
- the Coalition of Immokalee Workers wins another battle for farmworkers
- and more in our local and global headlines
On this week's show...
- Rustbelt Radio explores the issue of immigration reform, with the help of three respected immigration lawyers.
- Mumia Abu-Jamal is scheduled for a hearing that could grant him a new trial
- Community Activists develop Anti-Violence initiatives addressing recent shootings in Pittsburgh
- Students and teachers at St. Vincent College protest George Bush's commencement speech
- and more in our local and global headlines
On this week's show...
- Thousands march nationwide on May Day for immigrant rights and an end to raids and deportations
- Environmental justice organizers kick off Biojustice 2007 in Boston
- Media Minutes gives this week's report on the intersection of media and democracy
- an interview with Staughton Lynd on Ohio's Supermax prison in Youngstown and the history of the Lucasville uprising
- and more in our local and global headlines
On this week's show...
- The significance of May Day, and plans for celebrating the International Day of Workers' Struggle here in Pittsburgh
- The Struggle for New Orleans: Lessons from Women Organizers on the Front Lines
- Enthusiastic voices from a rally downtown held by The Campaign to Stop the Bus Cuts
- A controversial new law in Mexico City ends a complete ban on abortions
- and more in our local and global headlines
On this week's show...
- Independent media activists and organizers from Chiapas and Oaxaca Mexico speak about the benefits and challenges of indigenous media-making in southern Mexico.
- Concerned Parents, University Researchers and Community Activists challenge abstinence only education in Pittsburgh Public Schools
- Falun Gong practitioners and Human Rights advocates speak out in Pittsburgh about persecution and organ harvesting by the Chinese Government
- plus commentary from Mumia Abu-Jamal, and more in our local and global headlines
On this week's show...
- The Coalition of Immokalee Workers declares victory against McDonald's in their fight for dignity and fair wages
- Environmental action against deforestation of the Rospuda Valley in Poland
- Rustbelt Radio visits the Steel Mills to Windmills rally on the National Day of Climate Action
- and more in our local and global headlines
On this week's show...
- Author Ben Dangl examines the Price of Fire, resource wars and social movements in Bolivia
- St. Vincent College students protest their school's decision to let George Bush speak at graduation
- The Pittsburgh Organizing Group is confronted by police harassment once again
- An excerpt from the documentary Watts Riots 1965: The Fire This Time
- plus we'll have Word on the Street, and more, in our local and global headlines
On this week's show...
- US Airways pilots picket at Pittsburgh International Airport
- Eric Keroack resigns as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Population Affairs
- A Pittsburgh conference looks at global warming and ways to resist it
- Founding board member of Creative Commons James Boyle speaks on copyright at CMU
- and more in our local and global headlines
On this week's show...
- Over 1000 people march in Pittsburgh to demand "Education not Occupation, Healthcare not Warfare, Buses not Bombs," and "Bring the Troops Home Now."
- Steelworkers Lawyer Dan Kovalik speaks about the connections between the Chiquita Fruit Company, Drummond Mining, Paramilitaries and Human Rights Abuses in Colombia
- New anti-immigration legislation is introduced into the Pennsylvania house
- And, a court decision in Arizona sets a precedent for Native americans' rights to protect sacred sites.
- and more in our local and global headlines
On this week's show...
- immigrant workers on the gulf coast are speaking up about slavery-like working conditions
- a sit-in by residents upset about a coal silo in their town occupied the office of the governor of West Virginia
- and we'll be marking the 4th anniversary of the war in Iraq, with reports from protests in Washington DC and from the National Conference on Organized Resistance
On this week's show...
- Plans for the City of Pittsburgh to divest from Sudan
- Interviews from Copenhagen, Denmark, where an autonomous social center was raided and demolished.
- An interview with Faith Pennick, the director of the film "Silent Choices," on Black Women and Reproductive Justice
- More local and global headlines
On this week's show... * Sylvia Rivera Cusicanqui, discusses Anarchism in Bolivia, medicinal benefits of Coca and present day social justice struggles. * Gitanjali Gutierrez, lead counsel representing Guantanamo detainees, speaks on torture, legal activism, and the movement to shut down Guantanamo Bay prison. * 14 people are arrested in a large civil disobedience action against the war machine in Pittsburgh * plus more in our local and global headlines
On this week's show...
- Word on the Street visits the Northside, to hear opinons on the sale of the Garden theater
- An interview with Gerardo Reyes Chavez, of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers
- An interview with Jonas Moffat, co-founder of the Tel Rumeida Circus
- Part Two of the James Yee lecture on Guantanamo
- and more from our local and global headlines
On this week's show...
- Former US Military Chaplain James Yee speaks about the abuses he witnessed while on duty in Guantanamo Bay
- Mumia Abu Jamal's lawyer explains the current status of his case in Federal Appeals Court
- The FCC is set to gather in Pennsylvania to review media ownership policies
- A Canadian farmer takes on Monsanto
- plus more in our global headlines
On this week's show...
- Leaders of the black community respond to a new report showing Pennsylvania has the highest rate of black homicide victims in the nation
- We take a look at the case of Native American political prisoner Leonard Peltier on the 31st anniversary of his arrest
- A New York City council member discusses racial profiling
- The Coalition of Immokalee workers speak on the connections between Fast Food Corporations and Farmworkers wages
On this week's show...
- We explore Fair Trade goods and their implications for farmers in developing countries
- We examine a new government proposal to remove the grey wolf from the endangered species list.
- A state of emergency is declared in Somalia following the US-backed Ethiopian invasion last month.
- local activists submit a request to re-open the cases of Jerry Jackson and Charles Dixon.
- the word on the street about police violence in Pittsburgh
- and more local and global headlines
On this week's show...
- Lawyers and Black Panthers discuss the recent arrests of former Black Panthers in a thirty-six year-old murder case
- from the World Social Forum, a Kenyan grassroots activist describes the connection between the HIV/Aids Pandemic and gender inequality
- in global news, an Armenian journalist and activist was murdered in Turkey, and federal agents began a new wave of raids against immigrants last week
- the word on the street about President Bush's State of the Union Address
- and more local and global headlines
On this week's show...
- Organizers and members of SEIU Local 3 describe the role they played in the recent Houston SEIU victory.
- Local artists dialogue with community members on racism, history, memory, and social justice.
- Reports by human rights groups detail the trafficking of Asian workers by US contractors in Iraq.
- Word on the Street: mass transit cuts
- and more in our local and global headlines