![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio May 8,2006 - Pittsburgh Indymedia 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. On this week's show... We'll hear excerpts from the May Day speak-out for immigrants rights in Pittsburgh We'll have a report on police repression and violence in San Salvador Atenco, Mexico Also, an exhibit of Palestinian Childrens artwork at Brandeis University was taken down by the school - Rustbelt Radio speaks to t... Keywords: Rustbelt Radio Downloads: 1,328 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Best of Rustbelt Radio Fall 2006 - Pittsburgh Indymedia 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 Fall of 2006 including... * A Proposed Casino for the Hill District faces opposition * the legal struggle over Hazleton, Pennsylvania's trendsetting anti-immigrant legislation * Veterans of the war in Iraq visit Pittsburgh on the Uprise Counter Recruitment ... Keywords: Rustbelt Radio; Pittsburgh; casinos; Hazelton; immigration; Iraq; veterans; affirmative action; Oaxaca; GLBTQ Downloads: 1,289 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Best of Rustbelt for Summer 2006 - September 4, 2006 - Pittsburgh Indymedia This week we will be presenting highlights of Rustbelt Radio stories from the last few months, including: * janitors spin the Wheel of Misfortune at the SouthSide Works * in Homewood and Garfield, the Pittsburgh police are criticized for car chases that result in multiple deaths and injuries * a local nonprofit sends help to the Caribbean * as the national spotlight was on Pittsburgh for this year's All Star Game, locals put the spotlight on the city's treatment of homeless, as well as the sweat... Keywords: Rustbelt Radio; Janitors; Pittsburgh; Caribbean; Global Links; All Star Game; baseball; homeless; sweatshops; lebanon; South Central farmers; immigration; Mon-Fayette expressway; Atenco; Oaxaca Downloads: 1,070 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Best of Rustbelt Radio for Winter 2006 (March 13, 2006) - Pittsburgh Indymedia This week's show falls during WRCT's random schedule, so we will be presenting highlights of Rustbelt Radio stories from the last few months, including: * a remix of Rustbelt Radio's sound collage from the post-super bowl riots * our own Andalusia Knoll reports from South America at the inauguration of the first indigenous president of Bolivia * the ACLU has uncovered government spying on local peace groups, we'll hear from their legal director and responses from some of those groups * we'll hea... Keywords: Rustbelt Radio Downloads: 1,038 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio January 16, 2006 - Pittsburgh Indymedia On this week's show: * local lawyer Dan Kovalik speaks about US military aid to Colombia and human rights violations against trade unionists * we'll hear from Pennsylvania state representatives about the impacts of the Iraq war on two districts in Pittsburgh * local news reports on treatment of the city's homeless, students' voting rights, and nurses' organizing for affordable health care * global news reports on critical mass, journalists' rights, pirate and low power radio, GE crops, and the s... Keywords: Rustbelt Radio; Dan Kovalik; Colombia; unions; Pennsylvania; Pittsburgh; Iraq; war; homeless; critical mass; LPFM; radio; Rwanda Downloads: 751 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio December 19, 2005 - Pittsburgh Indymedia This week's show falls during WRCT's random schedule, as the radio station takes a holiday. We're using this opportunity to present our listeners with some highlights from the fall season of Rustbelt Radio that you may have missed. On today's show we will hear ..... * A report on police brutality at the August 20th counter-recruitment protest * Homeless people's reactions to the new panhandling ordinance in Pittsburgh * Updates on the Jerry Jackson case * A report on the Bring them Home Now tour... Keywords: Rustbelt Radio Downloads: 698 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Best of Rustbelt Radio for Spring 2007 (May 28, 2007) - Pittsburgh Indymedia 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 Keywords: Rustbelt Radio; Pittsburgh; violence; immigration; immigrants' rights; Wolves; environment; New Orleans; Hot 8 Brass Band; FCC; reproductive rights; public transit Downloads: 577 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio for June 19, 2006 - Pittsburgh Indymedia On today's show... * an interview with author David Carter on the beginning of the gay rights movement at the Stonewall Inn in New York, * single payer healthcare advocates describe proposals for universal health care at the state and national levels, * plus, an anti-war bike tour rolls through Pittsburgh, courts rule on police searches in the US and Germany, criticism of the Guantanamo Bay prison, and news from the eviction of the South Central Farm in LA. Keywords: Rustbelt Radio; Gay Rights; Stonewall; Health Care; Guantanamo Bay; South Central Farm Downloads: 569 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio for May 22, 2006 - Pittsburgh Indymedia On this week's Rustbelt Radio... * We'll hear more on a proposal to build a new waste-coal fired power plant in Robinson Township, Washington County * In Dublin, Ireland, a group of 41 Afghanis occupied St. Patricks Cathedral seeking asylum * local news on a funding crisis for needle exchange, solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons, and single payer health care reform * and global news on an anti-Halliburton protest in Oklahoma, the Sri Lankan civil war, and more Keywords: Rustbelt Radio Downloads: 513 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio August 22, 2005 - Pittsburgh Indymedia Rustbelt Radio for the week of August 22, 2005 Best of summer 2005 Keywords: Rustbelt Radio Downloads: 437 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio for February 12, 2007 - Pittsburgh Indymedia 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 * and more in our local and global news st... Keywords: Rustbelt Radio; Pennsylvania; Pittsburgh; violence; Leonard Peltier; police; racial profiling; race; New York; CIW; Fast Food; Farmworkers; McDonald's; Burger King Downloads: 433 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio for May 5, 2008 - Pittsburgh Indymedia 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 Keywords: Rustbelt Radio; May Day; labor; Iraq; Dahr Jamail; women; history Downloads: 400 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio for May 1, 2006 - Pittsburgh Indymedia On this week's show... * We'll hear about the denial of financial aid to students that have drug convictions * a detailed account of the situation in Darfur and the Sudan * a report from today's immigrants rights protests * and also a special May Day feature. Keywords: Rustbelt Radio Downloads: 389 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio for September 18, 2006 - Pittsburgh Indymedia On this week's show... * A local woman is violently threatened by police * Updates on the political situation in Bolivia * Rustbelt Radio talks with Kathy Hall Martinez the co-executive director of Stop Prisoner Rape about the issue of sexual assault in U.S. prisons * we'll hear the founders of a new recycled-oil biodiesel manufacturing facility in New York discuss biodiesel's potential as a clean energy source * and more in our local and global headlines Rustbelt Radio airs live every Monday fr... Keywords: Rustbelt Radio; Pittsburgh; indymedia; prison; rape; biodiesel; police; contraception; bolivia; palestine Downloads: 317 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio May 9, 2005 - Pittsburgh Indymedia This week's show falls during WRCT's random schedule, as the radio station takes a holiday. We're using this opportunity to present our listeners with some highlights from the spring season of Rustbelt Radio that you may have missed. On Today's show we will hear from Appalachian activists fighting mountaintop removal, pennyslvanians protesting the war and marching for Mumia Abu Jamal, Pittsburghers converting an ambulance to run on vegetable oil and harm reduction activists speaking about the or... Keywords: Rustbelt Radio Downloads: 316 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio for July 24, 2006 - Pittsburgh Indymedia On this week's show * Ali Abunimah and Dahr Jamail comment on the Israeli bombardment of Lebanon * A Peace Vigil for Palestine and Lebanon takes place in Pittsburgh * We speak to Earth First activists who targeted a coal plant in Virginia * Fred Hampton Jr is arrested in Chicago * plus our local and global headlines Keywords: Rustbelt Radio; Israel; Lebanon; Dahr Jamail; Palestine; Peace Vigil; Pittsburgh; coal; Earth First; Fred Hampton Jr; Chicago; Mon-Fayette Expressway Downloads: 292 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio for October 22, 2007 - Pittsburgh Indymedia On this week's show... * We bring you a special lecture on "Earth Democracy" from author, activist, and environmentalist Vandana Shiva Keywords: Rustbelt Radio; Vandana Shiva; Earth Democracy; environment; democracy; India; rice; biotechnology; Monsanto Downloads: 279 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio May 30, 2005 - Pittsburgh Indymedia On today's show, an interview with our featured local grassroots organization of the week, Canaries in the Coalfields, a new group opposing the coal industry and its effects on the environment, workers and communities. Also we'll take a look at a new piece of immigration reform legislation: "The Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act of 2005" Keywords: Rustbelt Radio; coal; mining; energy; immigration; Pittsburgh; indymedia Downloads: 271 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio for March 27, 2006 - Pittsburgh Indymedia On this week's show... * We will hear exerpts of a Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institue debate about the ethics of accepting military funding. * We will hear about the case of Hasan Shakur a death row inmate in Texas * a report from International Women's Day in Mexico by Rustbelt Radio's Carlin Christy * plus spy-ins, sick-outs, IRS audits for friends of Santorum, our regular update on police brutality and misconduct in the region, and more headlines from independent media centers around the world. Keywords: Rustbelt Radio Downloads: 257 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio for April 16, 2007 - Pittsburgh Indymedia 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 Keywords: Rustbelt Radio; CIW; Immokalee; Student-Farmworker Alliance; Pittsburgh; Rospuda; Poland; Environment; endocrine; Climate Change; taxes Downloads: 246 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio for April 2, 2007 - Pittsburgh Indymedia 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 Keywords: Rustbelt Radio; copyright; global warming; climate; climate change; Pittsburgh; pilots; US Airways; picket; transit; reproductive rights Downloads: 244 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio February 28, 2005 - Pittsburgh Indymedia * a report on tasers and activists' efforts to ban their use by police departments * an interview with one of the Greenpeace Smokestack Six, recently relased from jail for scaling a smokestack at a power plant in Greene County, Pennsylvania last summer. * we hear former black panther Ashanti Alston, author of the publication Anarchist Panther, from his talk last week in Pittsburgh * and United for Peace and Justice, a national anti-war network, held its national assembly in St... Keywords: Rustbelt Radio Downloads: 210 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio May 29, 2005 - Pittsburgh Indymedia On this week's edition of Rustbelt Radio we present a special program in recognition of innocent people who have been imprisoned or executed, and also those who have been unjustly victimized and incarcerated by the criminal justice system. Coming up later in the show, we will hear an in depth report on wrongful incarceration including interviews with: * Bill Moushey of the Innnocence Institute of Pittsburgh * Tommy Doswell, of Homewood, who was wrongfully incarcerated for 19 years before being c... Keywords: Rustbelt Radio Downloads: 208 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio for April 17, 2006 - Pittsburgh Indymedia On this week's show... * An interview with La'Tasha Mayes, a local reproductive justice activist with the Sistersong Collective * We'll hear about the "Catch an Illegal Immigrant" game hosted by Penn State University's College Republicans * Native Americans say "People not Mascots" in Cleveland * underdog Democrat wins local election * Anti-LGBT legislation in California targets students * Reports from "This week in Palestine" and "Bad Cop, No Donut" * our local and global headlines Keywords: Rustbelt Radio Downloads: 206 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio for November 6, 2006 - Pittsburgh Indymedia On today's show... * Hill District Residents continue to mobilize against a casino in their neighborhood * Taking back the land: homeless Miami residents build a shantytown * We'll hear voices from the International Day of Action Against Climate Change and key predictions on climate from new scientific studies. * Persecution of gays in Iraq has led to several murders * updates on the situation in Oaxaca and more local and global news Keywords: Rustbelt Radio; Casinos; Hill District; Pittsburgh; Miami; homeless; climate change; global warming; Oaxaca; schools Downloads: 196 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio September 12, 2005 - Pittsburgh Indymedia On this week's show... * Pittsburgh residents concerned with low income peoples' access to healh care gathered at the Allegheny Unitarian Universalist Church on the North Side, we'll have a report * We will speak with Sabira Bushra of The Partnership for Minority HIV/AIDS Prevention about the film AIDS Warriors * The Bring the Troops Home Now tour, including Cindy Sheehan, was in Pittsburgh over the weekend, and Rustbelt Radio was there * and we're have more independent reports from the tragedy ... Keywords: Rustbelt Radio Downloads: 192 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio August 1, 2005 - Pittsburgh Indymedia On today's show... * locals rallied in downtown Pittsburgh to honor 15th aniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act * SEIU picketed the USX tower last week in support of striking janitors in Houston Texas * from Bad Cop No Donut, news of a death at the hands of taser-wielding police officers in Ohio * our featured local group is the Mon-Valley Unemployed Committee, which has been advocating for unemployed workers in our area for over 20 years * and we'll hear about Water Pr... Keywords: Rustbelt Radio Downloads: 175 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio for April 23, 2007 - Pittsburgh Indymedia 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,... Keywords: Rustbelt Radio; Chiapas; Oaxaca; indigenous; media; independent media; Pittsburgh; schools; sexual education; Falun Gong; China; human rights; organ harvesting; Mumia Abu-Jamal Downloads: 172 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio for February 26, 2007 - Pittsburgh Indymedia 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 in our local and global headlines Keywords: Rustbelt Radio; CIW; Immokalee; Student-Farmworker Alliance; circus; Palestine; Guantanamo; Pittsburgh; northside; Garden Theater Downloads: 166 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio for June 12, 2006 - Pittsburgh Indymedia On this week's show... * We'll hear from Eli Kuti and Khalia Latte, organizers of the Pittsburgh Dyke March, on the mobilization of queer women's community in Pittsburgh and plans for Friday's march. * A look at the conservative movement's recent push for what they call Academic Freedom, * as well as local updates on last week's anti-war protest, a wind power conference held in Pittsburgh, universal health care in Pennsylvania and global news from independent media sources around the world Keywords: Rustbelt Radio; Academic Freedom; Dyke; Queer; Protest; Iraq; Pittsburgh; Pennsylvania; Health Care; Wind Power; David Horowitz; Ward Churchill Downloads: 165 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Best of Rustbelt Radio for Fall 2007 - Pittsburgh Indymedia 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 Wor... Keywords: Rustbelt Radio; Pittsburgh; schools; war; Iraq; recruiting; Jena 6; protest; Columbus Day; Coalition of Immokalee Workers; Burger King; Miami; New Voices Pittsburgh; Reproductive Justice Weekend; LPFM; Lower Power FM; radio; FCC; media; LGBT; ENDA Downloads: 165 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio for April 10, 2006 - Pittsburgh Indymedia On this week's show, * We have a report from this weekend's Counter-Recruitment Conference * Pennsylvania is considering a bill that would turn nonviolent environmental activists into "eco-terrorists" - we'll talk to the Allegheny Defense Project about it * we'll hear from an activist and anarchist who was recently elected to local office in Lake Worth, Florida * and updates on Critical Mass, immigrant rights protests and alleged spying by AT&T Keywords: Rustbelt Radio Downloads: 164 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio September 19, 2005 - Pittsburgh Indymedia On this week's show... * A look at Grow Pittsburgh, a group of local urban farmers who are growing more than just food in the city. * We'll hear more voices from flood survivors in New Orleans * and Australia has deported an American peace activist calling him a threat to national security Keywords: Rustbelt Radio Downloads: 161 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio July 18, 2005 - Pittsburgh Indymedia # An interview with the site coordinator for National Student Partnership's Pittsburgh Office # as Car Free Day approaches, and builds support from the Pittsburgh City Council, we'll hear from last month's conference organized by Car Free Pittsburgh Keywords: Rustbelt Radio Downloads: 160 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio for April 14, 2008 - Pittsburgh Indymedia 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 Keywords: Rustbelt Radio; Pittsburgh; Mumia Abu-Jamal; Oaxaca; Mexico; sweatshops; National Labor Committee; El Salvador; Native Americans Downloads: 158 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio for September 25, 2006 - Pittsburgh Indymedia On this week's show... * We'll hear locals' outrage as they testify at a local Citizens' Police Review Board meeting * We speak with the Bit and Brace Project about their upcoming performance on gentrification * Subcommandante Marcos speaks about the future of the Other Campaign * A report on how the FCC suppressed the release of documents revealing the dangers of media consolidation * Argentinians react to the sentencing of a police officer from the 1970's dictatorship * and more in our local a... Keywords: Rustbelt Radio; gentrification; police; police brutality; fcc; argentina; immigrants; smoking; santorum Downloads: 153 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio for March 20, 2006 - Pittsburgh Indymedia On this week's show... * we hear about massive student protests in France * we hear exceprts from speeches given at this weekend's rally against the war as well as talk to some of the people who marched. * we hear from an Iraq veteran who is marching across the Gulf region of the U.S. in protest of Bush policies * also janitors rally at CMU, demonstrations for immigrants rights, and the FBI is spying on the merton center in Pittsburgh while in Austin they consider Food Not Bombs and Indymedia to... Keywords: Rustbelt Radio Downloads: 150 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio for March 17, 2008 - Pittsburgh Indymedia 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 Keywords: Rustbelt Radio; Winter Soldier; Iraq; war; soldiers; veterans Downloads: 140 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio for January 15, 2007 - Pittsburgh Indymedia On today's show... * an interview with two independent journalists who documented the 34 day war in Lebanon last summer and its aftermath. * thousands take to the street in a march against violence in New Orleans * Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks on collective struggle, the war in Vietnam, revolutionary movements around the world, and more. * two local groups claim victory in their campaigns * and more in our local and global headlines Keywords: Rustbelt Radio; Pittsburgh; New Orleans; Lebanon; MLK; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr; Voices for Animals; environment; Philippines; war; recruiting; Samidoun; Miami; Umoja Village Downloads: 137 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio for July 17, 2007 - Pittsburgh Indymedia 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 Keywords: Rustbelt Radio; health care; healthcare; Sicko; June Jordan; Pittsburgh Downloads: 136 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio for July 3, 2006 - Pittsburgh Indymedia This week for Pittsburgh's second annual Bike Fest, we have a special bike themed show including stories * about the Major Taylor Cycling Club and the Underground Railroad Cycling Route * Testimonies from cyclists injured in accidents, * An update from Bike Pittsburgh about Cycling Improvements in Pittsburgh * Paul Simpson speaking about bicycles as they relate to social equality * plus local and global headlines Keywords: Rustbelt Radio; Bicycles; Bikes; Minimum Wage; Pennsylvania; Mexican elections; Peru Free Trade Agreement Downloads: 134 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio for August 7, 2006 - Pittsburgh Indymedia On this week's show... * Members of Prometheus Radio Project speak about community media in Pennsylvania * People across the US and in Pittsburgh commemorate the 61st anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki * An independent journalist is jailed in San Francisco * CocaCola and Pepsi soft drinks are banned in parts of India * and more in our local and global headlines.... Keywords: Rustbelt Radio; Lebanon; Pittsburgh; West Virginia; Prometheus Radio Project; Bechtel; Bettis; Pennsylvania; Community Wireless; wifi; India; Hiroshima Downloads: 133 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio for January 29, 2007 - Pittsburgh Indymedia 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 Add... Keywords: Rustbelt Radio; Pittsburgh; Beaver County; prison; protest; war; Bush; state of the union; labor; critical mass; immigration; Hrant Dink; Panther Ten; Black Panthers; World Social Forum Downloads: 127 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio October 24, 2005 - Pittsburgh Indymedia On today's show, Students in Solidarity are working to get the University of Pittsburgh to take a stronger stand against sweatshop labor. We hear about local activists who assisted in the post- hurricane animal rescues down south. And, a UN Report on the assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister implicates Syrian and Lebanese officials; we'll talk with the webmaster of Indymedia Beirut about the implications. Keywords: Rustbelt Radio Downloads: 126 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio August 8, 2005 - Pittsburgh Indymedia On this week's show... * We will speak to Grady McFarlane, a former employee of the Lemington Center about the recent closure and the history of the Center * We hear from members of the local group Food Not Bombs, who have been serving free vegetarian food to Pittsburgh's homeless for over 10 years * they City of Pittsburgh is considering a new law to crack down on panhandling -- we'll hear from local homeless about their view of the law * this past Saturday young and old gathered in Oakland to ... Keywords: Rustbelt Radio Downloads: 122 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio for May 12, 2008 - Pittsburgh Indymedia 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 * And 2.3 million and rising- a weekly report on the prison industrial complex Keywords: Rustbelt Radio; food; biofuel; Pittsburgh; violence; teens; youth; Mexico; prisoners; prison Downloads: 122 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Best of Rustbelt Radio, Summer 2007 (Rustbelt Radio for September 3, 2007) - Pittsburgh Indymedia 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 m... Keywords: Rustbelt Radio; Allied Media Conference; AMC; AMC2007; Detroit; Pittsburgh; Los Angeles; South Central Farm; urban farming; Mumia; Mumia Abu-Jamal; Sistersong; sex Downloads: 118 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio for November 13, 2006 - Pittsburgh Indymedia On this week's show... * Angela Davis speaks at the Thomas Merton Center Award Dinner * A discussion about the fight for universal health coverage * A Chicago man sets himself on fire in protest of the war in Iraq * A video posted on You Tube prompts an FBI investigation into the conduct of the Los Angeles Police * plus more in our local and global headlines Keywords: Rustbelt Radio; Pittsburgh; Angela Davis; Thomas Merton Center; Health Care; protest; police Downloads: 117 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio for August 14, 2006 - Pittsburgh Indymedia On this week's show... * Rustbelt Radio talks to local non-profit Global Links about shipping medical supplies from Pittsburgh to needy hospitals in other parts of the world. * Global Justice activist and author Vandana Shiva speaks about Creativity, Compassion, and Social Change * two stories from Philadelphia: an annual punk festival is shut down by police, and unions take on the telecom giant Verizon * a small town in Pennsylvania is imposing extreme new laws against immigrants * and more in ... Keywords: Rustbelt Radio; Pittsburgh; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Hazleton; Lebanon; Derry; Ireland; New Orleans; Global Links; Vandana Shiva Downloads: 115 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rustbelt Radio for October 2, 2006 - Pittsburgh Indymedia On this week's show... * We'll find out about a new report on harassment and bullying by the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network and advice from local activists on starting gay-straight alliances and creating safer spaces for LGBTQ teens. * Straight from the Picket, we'll hear from Irish Residents who are fighting a Shell pipeline in their community * New Jersey residents petition against felon disenfranchisement * Another town in Pennsylvania has adopted a racist, anti-immigrant ordina... Keywords: Rustbelt Radio; GLBTQ; Shell; Ireland; prisons; disenfranchisement; Altoona; racism; labor Downloads: 115 Average rating: (0 review) |