On today's show: A look at the coup in Honduras as elections approach, Students protest tuition hikes all across California - and police respond with batons and tazers, Pittsburgh students speak out against police brutality and political profiling at a Citizen's Police Review Board hearing in Oakland, Hundreds protest UPMC's plans to close Braddock Hospital, And more in our local and global headlines.

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On today's show... * Charges are dropped against the men arrested for twittering during the G20. * Economic Awareness Day addresses the economic realities and historical legacy of the Homewood-Brushton area * An interview with Michelle Gross of the Twin Cities Copwatch program * The Other Men photo exhibit gives another face to transgender issues * And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show... * County Executive Onorato's Gubernatorial Announcement is Marred by Protest * National protests denounce 8 years of occupation in Afghanistan * We investigate who is responsible for the pollution that killed Dunkard Creek. * A special archival Word on the Street segment on Columbus Day in Pittsburgh * And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show... * We bring you a wrap up on the activities, protests, police attacks, and repression of dissent that took place during the G20 Summit

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On today's show... * Pittsburgh prepares to host the G20 Summit this September 24 and 25th. We'll bring you information on the history of the G20, organizing efforts by local activists to speak out against the summit and the City's response to dissenting voices.

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On today's show... * We bring you a special episode on Remembering Hiroshima, 64 years after the atomic bomb attacks on Japan

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On today's show... * We bring you an overview of this year's Allied Media Conference

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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!

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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"

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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

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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

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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

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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

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On this week's show... * Radio Free Palestine-- stories to commemorate 60 years of Palestinian Resistance to Israeli Occupation

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...

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On this week's show... * a special one hour look at race and city planning in Pittsburgh's Hill District

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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

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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...

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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....

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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On today's holiday special... * Reflections on the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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On this week's show... * We bring you a special lecture on "Earth Democracy" from author, activist, and environmentalist Vandana Shiva

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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On this week'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. * 2 local groups claim victory in their campaigns

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On this week's show... * People are calling for the closing on Guantanamo Bay on the detention center’s five year anniversary. * Polar Bears are drawing attention to the global warming crisis * Paul Simpson describes the bicycle's potential as a vehicle for social equality * a wave of violence has broken out in New Orleans, claiming many lives including those of local activists, artists, and musicians * The Zapatistas mark the 13th anniversary of their uprising with an international gathering in Chiapas, Mexico * plus more in our local and global headlines

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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 Tour * Anti-affirmative action backlash and voter fraud shape Michigan's election results * and more headlines from recent shows But before we begin, during our best-of show we always remind our listeners that our 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. You can also help with Rustbelt Radio and other independent media projects by getting involved with the Independent Media Center! We are organizing a workspace for media making at our office on Penn Avenue, where we'll be leading workshops for volunteers to learn how to make radio, TV, and online news! Also, we will be offering internships with Rustbelt Radio starting in January of 2007. If you enjoy listening to the show and would like to learn more about what happens behind the scenes, check out www.idealist.org for our internship listings.

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On this week's show... * we'll hear from Mumia Abu-Jamal, who marked his 25th year of imprisonment in Pennsylvania over the weekend * a new film on Cuba's public health system premiered at the University of Pittsburgh, and we spoke to its producer, as well as other members of the panel discussion that followed * the New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has refused the right of transgender people to designate their own genders on birth certificates. * local updates on the Hill District casino proposal, the Mon-Fayette expressway, and the protest at Colin Powell's recent speech * and also, an update from Palestine

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On today's show... * Radical magazine Clamor calls it quits in the face of financial difficulties * The annual demonstration at the School of the Americas draws over 20,000 supporters * An interview with a Guyasuta fellow about how to improve transportation in our region * plus more stories on casinos, Oaxaca, and Cameroon in our local and global headlines

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On this week's show... * We take a special look at the holiday celebrated this past week in the U.S., Thanksgiving. Rustbelt Radio will bring you stories from Alcatraz Island and Southern California where the histories and struggles of indigenous people are often hidden from the public eye.

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On this week's show... * Putting down the guns and picking up the gloves, Wilkinsburg Youth become boxers * Activists conduct a sweep against racist flyers in South Oakland * Organizers in the struggle to save affirmative action discuss Michigan's recent election results, voter fraud, and Ward Connerly. * UCLA students protest taser abuse on campus * and more local and global headlines

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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

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On this week'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

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On this week's show... * in Oaxaca, Mexico, police and paramilitaries responded to the months-long popular uprising with armed attacks, killing several people including an indymedia videogrpaher and a local newspaper photographer * Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai speaks at the University of Pittsburgh * locals with the Student Farmworker Alliance hold a demonstration at the McDonalds in Oakland * and more global news from Uruguay, Portugal, Ecuador, and more

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On this week's show... * We take a look at the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party * We hear how the new Right to Know law in India is empowering people to challenge corruption * Stories about the gaming task force in Pittsburgh and news from Palestine * and more in our local and global headlines

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On this week's show... * the Uprise Counter Recruitment Tour makes a stop in Pittsburgh * Amy Goodman speaks in Pittsburgh on her Breaking the Sound Barrier tour * three weeks after Pamela Lawton and her 7 year old daughter were stopped and threatened with guns by Pittsburgh police officers, now she's being charged with disorderly conduct * and more on Chiapas, the student-farmworker alliance, freedom of information, and civil disobedience by deaf students, in our global headlines

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On this week's show... * We learn about the growing movement of resistance to Columbus Day * We'll hear from Wheels of Justice Tour speakers in Pittsburgh * We'll hear eyewitness accounts of Jeb Bush being chased through the streets of downtown Pittsburgh by Steelworkers and anti-war picketers * We'll hear excerpts from a community meeting to discuss the redevelopment of the Nabisco factory corridor in East Liberty. * And, the civil rights documentary Eyes on the Prize is back on the air, having battled through years of copyright law restrictions

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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 * A new town in Pennsylvania has adopted a racist, anti-immigrant ordinance * and more in our local and global headlines

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On this week's show... * We'll hear people's 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 and global headlines

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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

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On this week's show... * we have an in-depth report on developers' plans to build a casino in the Hill District, and reactions from residents * we'll hear from locals who recently marched for immigrant's rights, and youth who organized a march against police brutality in Edgewood and Swissvale * independent journalist Josh Wolf is released from prison, after refusing to hand over video tapes to a Federal Grand Jury * a follow-up report on the execution of prison activist Hassan Shakur * plus more in our local and global news stories

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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 sweatshop conditions in factories making Pirates' apparel * several local organizations react to Israeli attacks as the war escalates with Lebanon * plus more on elections and repression in Mexico, the Mon-Fayette expressway, the South Central Farm in Los Angeles, and Immigration in the US

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On this week's show... * People in Pittsburgh and across the US are organizing to fight Walmart * we have a preview of Spike Lee's new documentary on New Orleans titled "When the Levees Broke" * NSA's wiretapping program is declared illegal by a federal judge * Protests, violence, and repression continue in Mexico and Palestine * and also our local and global headlines

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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 our local and global headlines

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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 * Coca-Cola and Pepsi soft drinks are banned in parts of India * and more in our local and global headlines

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On this week's show... * We learn about the practices of Bechtel corporation, a war profiteer with a local operation here in Pittsburgh * The first officer to refuse deployment to Iraq speaks out * SouthSide Works janitors are demanding better working conditions * A University Radio Station in Oaxaca, Mexico is under attack * and also our local and global headlines

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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

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On this week's show: We hear Deepa Fernandes of WBAI in New York, speak about reporting on immigration and border security issues; The Pittsburgh Anti-Sweatshop Community Alliance says " No sweatshops bucco!" during the 2006 All Star game; Environmental Activists are arrested in Canada; The Mexican presidential election turmoil continues; plus local and global headlines

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On this week's show... * We speak with Rana el-Hendi, about the current situation in the Gaza Strip * Frida Berrigan speaks about Witness Against Torture’s journey to Guantanamo Bay last December * LA's South Central Farmers continue the fight against their farm's destruction * this past weekend marked the 20th Anniversary of the Homestead Steel Mill closing * and more in our local and global headlines

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This week we have a special bike theme show for Bike Fest, 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

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On this week's show... * We bring you voices of the various activists, organizers, and media makers who gathered at the 8th annual Allied Media Conference this past weekend * plus, our local and global headlines

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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.

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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

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On this week's show... * We bring you a report from Mexico City about a recent solidarity march for the political prisoners of Atenco * Homewood Residents talk about a police chase that ends in two deaths * We'll hear from the group Pittsburgh Friends of Immigrants on issues facing immigrants in Pittsburgh and in the nation. * And, local news on aids advocacy and the fight over mercury pollution controls currently raging in the Pennsylvania legislature.

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This week on Rustbelt Radio, a special Memorial Day program in recognition of innocent people who have been imprisoned or executed. 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 cleared by DNA evidence * Duane Kirk, who was wrongfully incarcerated for 15 months * and members of the Black Politicial Empowment Project who are working towards legislation for compensation and services for the wrongfully incarcerated. Also, Blackbox Radio interviews the The Icarus Project, a radical mental health organization. Program note: this show was orginally scheduled for May 29, 2006, but was postponed until May 31 due to unforeseen technical problems at WRCT studios.

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On this week's show... * 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

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On this week's show... * We investigate the issues surrounding a new waste coal power plant proposed for Robinson Township, Washington county. * we'll hear about the importance of lower power FM radio and the fight for community media, from a recent discussion held in Pittsburgh with Hannah Sassaman of the Prometheus Radio Project * we have the return of our segment which spotlights a local grassroots group, The Light at the End of the Fort Pitt Tunnel. This week we'll hear about Run-Baby-Run. It's a crash-course to turn ordinary folks into electable politicians. * and two doctors from Kenya talk about providing post-abortion care to women in Kenya, and women's access to reproductive health care

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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 the Israeli Student who curated the exhibit * plus news on the Robinson Township power plant, the Pittsburgh-born nominee for the job of CIA chief, the anniversary of the Kent State shooting, and more

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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 story.

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On this week's show... * A memorial service for Pittsburgh Revolutionary Sanjulo Ber * Cover the Uninsured Week - An interview with the Consumer Health Coalition * A Report on Alternative Spring Break trips to Guetamala and New Orleans * The "green scare" and government repression of Environmenal Activists * The Ohio ACLU is concerned with documents obtained via the Freedom of Information Act on anti-war groups, and more

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On this week's Rustbelt Radio... * 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" * and our local and global headlines

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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

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On this week's show... * We have an interview with former Black Panther Elaine Brown; * An eyewitness account of the genocide in Darfur; * And local updates on police harrassment of Critical Mass, A FOIA party at the Thomas Merton Center, an agreement between The University of Pittsburgh and SEIU, and the City's plans for a security camera network downtown.

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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 * and a report from International Women's Day in Mexico.... but first,

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On today'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

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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 hear from State Representative Jake Wheatley Jr. about how the war is affecting his constituents in the Hill district * Coca-Cola is behind human rights violations in Colombia - we'll hear from local lawyer Dan Kovalik of the USWA who is representing workers there * plus more on Rick Santorum, the economy, CAFTA, and UPMC's plans for more parking lots On our best-of program we always remind our listeners that our program is produced entirely by volunteers and depend on donations of equipment and money to exist. If you can support us with recording equipment, microphones, headphones, or funds for these supplies, please call 412-923-3000, email us at radio@indypgh.org, or donate via paypal on our website, radio.indypgh.org.

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On this week's show... * In Feburary, Pennsylvania prisoner-rights activists converged on Harrisburg to protest abusive prison conditions at home * Last week the BBC obtained an rare interview with a Guantanamo Bay detainee, and we'll hear about his experience in the Guantanamo Bay prison * updates on a general strike in Africa, students against sweatshops in Santa Cruz, and an update on the South Central Farmers in LA * and also our local headlines

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On this week's show... * We speak with Big Idea volunteers about Pittsburgh's radical book store * we hear from Chris Carlsson, the co-founder of the critical mass bicycle ride about critical mass, bicycling, and community. * local news on Senator Santorum, Upper St. Clair schools, Pennsylvania voting laws * and global news on communcations law, the mexico mine disaster, gold mining in chile, and Shell in Nigeria.

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On this week's show... * We check in with a Catholic Worker hospitality house in St. Louis * We'll hear a report from the Palestine Solidarity Movement Conference held this weekend at Georgetown University * As Pittsburgh prepares to receive their first casino, we'll hear about who has and has not profited from Indian casinos across the United States * Our regular update on police brutality and misconduct in the region * And more headlines from independent media centers around the world

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On this week's show... South America's largest squatted highrise is facing eviction, Voices for Animals must renew efforts to make the Big Burrito Restaurant group foie gras free, We hear from the sister of a prisoner held in Guantanamo Bay, and we talk with local peace and activist organizations about their efforts to find out how much the government has been spying on them.

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On this week's show... * Rustbelt Radio's own Andalusia Knoll brings us a report from Bolivia on the political situation there * We'll hear about the riots across Pittsburgh that ensued after the Steelers' Superbowl victory * Activists continue speaking out against Bush on the night of his State of the Union address * Citizens address the Pittsburgh City Council on the city's anti-sweatshop ordinance * and the cost of the war in Iraq is growing by the billions, according to a new report * our regular update on police brutality and misconduct in the region * more headlines from independent media centers around the world

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On this week's show... * We'll speak to two activists who are fighting CAFTA, the Central American Free Trade Agreement, which is being pushed by the Bush administration * We'll hear how privatization, globalization, and the "networking" of security agencies are complicating the fight against secrecy * Bob O'Connor describes his plans to be like former New York City mayor Rudy Guiliani * and the EU passes a resolution against homophobia * a police brutality update * and our local and global headlines

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On this week's show... * a report from the Black and White Reunion's tenth annual Summit Against Racism, held in East Liberty this past weekend * We continue our discussion about Venezuela with Katrina Kozarek from the Calle y Media Video Collective * We'll hear from an activist in Africa, who is organizing to abolish 3rd world debt * and a court has ruled in favor of locked-out steelworkers in Ohio * plus Rustbelt Radio's Indymedia headlines

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On today'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, and global news reports on critical mass, journalists' rights, pirate and low power radio, GE crops, and the struggle for justice in post-genocide Rwanda.

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On this week's show... * we'll hear about connections between prison abuses at home and abroad * and we'll speak with Katrina Kozarek about the Calle y Media video cooperative in Venezuela * but first, these local and global headlines

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On today's show: we will listen to Kate Bornstein as she addressed the audience at the 2005 Steel City Gender Conference, plus some local and global headlines.

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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 * and more

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On this week's show... * we talk with Steve Donahue about recent changes to Pennsylvania utility laws that are leaving consumers in the cold this winter * we'll hear about proposed UPMC parking lots and other development in the uptown neighborhood of Pittsburgh * and we'll talk with As'ad AbuKhalil about the recent developments in Lebanon, * Pittsburgh city council tentaviesly passes restriction for anti-abortion protestors * our local and global headlines

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On this week's show... * We discuss the 1000th execution carried out in the United States this past week * We review issues facing the Pittsburgh Public Schools and the Superintendent's proposed right-sizing plan * we learn about the current scandal in the Allegheny County Sheriff's Office * and our local and global headlines

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On this week's show... * We speak to an organizer with the South Central Los Angeles Farmers who are fighting the destruction of their urban farm * We hear from Johanna Fernandez's lecture about the Young Lords Party and Late Sixties Radicalism * and Code Pink protests the war outside Kaufmann's on the day after Thanksgiving * and workers at Starbucks are struggling against the company to unionize with the IWW * plus our local and global headlines

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On this week's show... William Andersen will tell us how the City of Pittsburgh demolished his home; We'll take a look at Rafah Crossing Point, the heavily militarized checkpoint that since 1980 has been the only way for people in Gaza to travel internationally, as Israel plans to hand over control to the Palestinian Authority and European Union

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On today's show... * We have an interview With Helem GLBT Center in Beirut, Lebanon * Updates on the Paris Riots * Spoken word by Alixa and Naima * an update on police harassment of Common Ground Relief volunteers in New Orleans * our local and global headlines

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On this week's show... * We speak with an employee of the East Liberty Shop-n-save store who alleges religious discrimination * We learn about human trafficking in the US and abroad, and what is being done to stop it * and we discuss proposed changes to National Forest Service policies with the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy. plus, our local and global headlines.

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On this week's show... * We talk to Sal Wilcox of Education Innovations about urban farms and charter schools * We have an update from Mohammad of Beirut Indymedia about the situation in Lebanon and Syria * and Pittsburghers react to the 2000th American soldier death in Iraq, but first, these local headlines.

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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.

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On today's show... * we'll check out a new Documentary on the killing of Jonny Gammage, 10 years after his death at the hands of suburban Pittsburgh police officers * we'll talk with Pittsburgh's Industrial Workers of the World * Local and Global News

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On this week's show... We speak to a volunteer in New Orleans who is helping to run a grassroots community health center, we hear the story of a man who escaped from Orleans Parish Prison during the floods, and we have an update from the week in Palestine.

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On this week's show we'll talk with members of the pittsburgh community about wrongful incarceration, we'll report on last week's general strike in India, and we'll hear about a former Marine Captain who is starting a new job as a news commentator for Al Jazeera.

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On this week's show we'll hear from Sankofa Community Empowement about their Saturday School and We'll go to a Guatemalan village, where the Women's Self-Reliance Program is using intensive gardening to promoting economic independence, environmental sustainability, and stronger community and an update on police misconduct and taser use from Ron Anicich

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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

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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 on the Gulf Coast, as activists deliver aid, GLBT refugees face discrimination, and New Orleanians displaced in Houston hold a second line.

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On this week's show, a labor day edition of Rustbelt Radio... * the Industrial Workers of the World celebrate their centennial conference in Chicago * Boilermakers Local 44 who work for the Celanese Corporation in Meredosia, Illinois are locked out, and we'll hear from the union president * and we'll hear from African American critics of the government actions, and inaction, in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, leading to the deaths of hundreds, maybe thousands

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On this week's show... * Participants at the conference of the League of Pissed off voters will tell us about the work they are doing * we'll hear from two groups outside Pittsburgh that are doing unique grassroots organizing for change in their communities: Incite, Women of Color Against Violence; and Berkeley Copwatch. * and our weekly update on Police brutality and misconduct from Bad Cop No Donut, including Pittsburgh police shooting a man to death in Mt. Washington and pulling over black men without cause in Garfield.

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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 march and rally against military recruiters, shutting down the Forbes Ave. Army recruiting center for the day. And later in the afternoon a crowd assembled in front of the Software Engineering Institute to mark the 60th anniversary of the use of nuclear weapons on Japanese civilians. * and over the weekend a jazz concert was held in East Liberty to raise money for a documentary to be released on the 10th Anniversary of the Johnny Gammage killing by Pittsburgh Police -- Rustbelt Radio spoke to people there about the case and about police violence today. Plus news headlines from Indymedia!

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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 Privatization in India from Dr. Vandana Shiva

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On this week's show... We speak with Aisha White, founder of the local group Rights and Responsibilities; a new Pennsylvania law has enabled utility companies to cut off service to thousands of residents, we'll hear from Steve Donahue; and Bad Cop No Donut brings us updates about police brutality and misconduct.

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# 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

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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. The show airs every Monday from 6-7pm on WRCT 88.3FM in Pittsburgh, PA and every Saturday from 5-6pm on WVJW Benwood, 94.1 FM in the Wheeling, West Virginia area. On today's show... * Weed and Seed, a federally funded law enforcement and community redevelopment program may cut the Garfield program's budget. We will hear from representatvies of Weed and Seed and Garfield Residents * Part Two of an interview with Just Health Care, a community group working to bring about universal health care coverage in Pennsylvania. * and we'll hear reactions to last week's bombings in London; from Londerers on the street on the morning of the attacks, as well as from Fox news commentators in the US.

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* A bill currently in Harrisburg could raise the minimum wage across the state of Pennsylvania to seven dollars and fifteen cents. * We talk with representatives of the Pittsburgh-based Just Health Care Campaign * the BioDemocracy conference in Philadelphia met in opposition to the Biotechnology Industry Orgranization's meetings; Rustbelt has a report. * and we hear from Iraqi Labor Leaders on their speaking tour stop last week in Pittsburgh

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(54 minutes) On today's show... We will hear about Bike-Fest a ten day festival taking place in Pittsburgh this week; two local bike-related local organizations, Bike Pittsburgh and Free Ride, will tell us about their organizations; the Resyst radical contingent speaks at the Pride march about their view of queer liberation versus the mainstream GLBT movement's assimilationist strategy. Plus our other local and global news stories.

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On today's show... * We speak with the local group 'RESYST' about the upcoming pridefest and the radical queer movement * And we present the final piece in our three part series on Coal and its effects in the community. We will hear from organizers who are fighting to promote clean energy and what the possibilities are for sustainable alternative energy sources in the United States .... but first, these local headlines.

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On today's show... We speak with David Rosenberg of the Pittsburgh Darfur Emergency Coalition about his group's efforts to bring attention to the ongoing crisis in Western Sudan. We hear from the True Cost of Coal Conference held this past weekend in Pittsburgh, part two in our three part series on Coal in our region and the grassroots organizing against its effects. A high school student in Cleveland is suspended for opposing military recruiters at his school. And police in Pittsburgh and in Ohio are getting more dangerous in their use of tasers. Plus headlines from the Pittsburgh Independent Media Center and independent media centers around the world.

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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"

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On today's show... * we'll hear from activists opposing military recruitment in Pittsburgh including Justin Sane, singer from the Pittsburgh-based band Anti-Flag * also, Jeff Halper will speak about Israel's policy of Home Demolitions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories * and our weekly report on police brutality and misconduct in the region and around the country.

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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 organization Prevention Point.

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On today's show... As spring arrives, students across the US are engaging in nonviolent direct action to force change on their campuses. Rustbelt Radio has updates on the sit-ins, protests and more going on this month. We hear from Terry Composte, forest defense activist who won a major court victory in a civil suit concerning police abuse of pepper spray. And we speak to this week's featured grassroots group, Ohio Valley Peace in the Wheeling West Virginia and South Eastern Ohio area.

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On today's show... This week's local grassroots organization, the Fight for Lifers, will speak about their efforts to advocate for prisoners serving life sentences. We will hear from last Monday's Pittsburgh Public School Board meeting, as concerned parents spoke out about military recruiting at schools, unhealthy school meals and other issues impacting students. And Sunday was the 90th anniversary of the start of the genocide of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman empire. We'll hear from a survivor.

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# Tax Day was last week. Members of the war tax resisters group tell us why they didn't pay # We talk to voices for animals of western pennsylvania # and activists staged an all-day picket at the Sky Bank headquarters in Downtown Pittsburgh, stepping up their campaign against what they're calling a union-busting company. But first, these local and global headlines.

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55 Minutes in Ogg and MP3 formats, and webcast at http://www.wrct.org (higher quality archive at audioport.org) * a report from Charleston's West Virginia Capitol building where Mountain Justice activists from around Appalachia gathered for the Mountain Justice Summer Kickoff event. * An interview with a Nepali man about the recent coup in his country. * And our weekly interview with a local grassroots organization, the Pittsburgh Transportation Equity Project.

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On today's show... We speak with the birth circle, a community group that works with child bearing families We will hear about the life of young men in a palestinian refugee camp

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55 Minutes, in Ogg and MP3 Formats (below) # A report from the Forum on Dissent since 9/11 in Miami # a wrap-up of TASER related deaths, injuries and news. # and our weekly featured grassroots organization, Pittsburgh Action Against Rape.

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On today's show...On the second anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq, antiwar demonstrators take to the streets in Pittsburgh and around the world. Norman Finkelstein speaks in Pittsburgh, and an interview with this week's featured local grassroots organization, Prevention Point Pittsburgh

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On today's show... * we speak with Diane Santoriello, local mother of a soldier killed in Iraq, who will be speaking at this Saturday's demonstration marking the two-year anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq. * a report from a forum on conscientious objection and the draft held by the Pittsburgh-based organization CONSCIENCE * and farmworkers won a major victory last week after years of campaigning against Taco bell

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This week's show falls during WRCT's random schedule, as the radio station takes a spring break holiday. We're using this opportunity to present our listeners with some highlights from the last year's season of Rustbelt Radio that you may have missed. These segments span our shows from July to November, 2004.

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55 Minutes * 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. Louis a week ago, and Rustbelt Radio has a report

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Controversial black militant and separatist Malik Zulu Shabazz came to Carnegie Mellon University last Thursday. We recorded his lecture and the reactions of students and other community members. # And Saint Lawrence University in Upstate New York is trying to censor an online student publication that is critical of the university. We speak with two of the students who are involved in the publication about the lawsuit that the University is trying to bring against them. In central Brasil, 12,000 homeless squatters were attacked last week by state police. Two people died and hundreds were arrested, including one reporter for NYC Indymedia. We will here more from a member of Indymedia Brasil.

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55 minutes: On today's show... activists announce Mountain Justice Summer to fight mountain range removal across Appalachia, a report from Philadelphia at a rally in support of death row prisonor Mumia Abu-Jamal, and sounds from the National Conference on Organized Resistance in DC last weekend.

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55 minutes: Native American radical Ward Churchill is under attack. We listen to an excerpt of a speech he gave in 2002. Ali Abunimah, co-founder of the The Electronic Intifada an independent publication committed to comprehensive public education on the the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, was in town. Rustbelt Radio spoke with him last week after his lecture.

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(Audio, 55 Minutes) On today's show... We speak with Adam Eidinger, one of 7 plaintiffs who have just won a $425,000 settlement from the District of Columbia for DC's illegal detainment of more than 600 protestors at an IMF and World Bank protest in 2002. The advocacy group Downhill Battle encourages consumers to share music freely, calling the current copyright system archaic and urging parents to let their children use filesharing applications rather than buy them music as gifts. We speak with the codirector of Downhill Battle about filesharing, copyright, and why you can no longer see the civil rights Documentary Eyes on the Prize. Pennsylvania's death penalty law is called into question. We speak with the editor of the Pittsburgh City Paper about why Pennsylvania's juror instructions unfairly bias them to choose the death penalty. We interview local Pittsburghers about their reactions to the Iraqi Elections this past Sunday.

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Rustbelt Radio for the week of January 24, 2005: the Pittsburgh Independent Media Center's weekly review of the news from the grassroots that the corporate media overlook. This first show of our season marks our first as a weekly show. We also are happy to announce that we are expanding to the Wheeling, West Virginia area via WVJW Benwood where we'll be broadcast every Saturday at 5pm. On today's show: we speak to Pittsburgh residents as they convert a diesel-powered vehicle to run on vegetable oil, news from the second inauguration of George W. Bush, and coverage of the Martin Luther King, Jr holiday in Pittsburgh.

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A special extended version of Rustbelt Radio: the Pittsburgh Independent Media Center's bi-weekly review of the news from the grassroots that the corporate media overlook. On today's show... * Contention and Repression: An Activist-Academic Dialogue at the University of Pittsburgh; and * The Mon-Fayette Expressway, recently given final approval, faces criticism from local residents * and an Interview with Susie Bono, an Activist from San Diego who spent the last few months on the Thai-Burma border. (length 76:54)

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Aired at 6pm on WRCT Pittsburgh, 88.3FM, and webcast. Rustbelt Radio is the Pittsburgh Independent Media Center's bi-weekly review of the news from the grassroots that the corporate media overlook. On today's show... After the Thanksgiving holiday in the US, we look at Food & Trade Policy Issues in the Developing World; From Portland to Pittsburgh, culture jammers challenge consumerism on the busiest shopping day of the year; and local and global independent news headlines...

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Aired at 6pm on WRCT Pittsburgh, 88.3FM, and webcast. On today's show... post-election protests, students for justice in Palestine at Pitt, election fraud and black box voting, and the transit funding crisis in Pennsylvania.

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Aired at 6pm on WRCT Pittsburgh, 88.3FM, and webcast. Welcome to this week's edition of Rustbelt Radio, the Pittsburgh Independent Media Center's bi-weekly review of the news from the grassroots that the corporate media overlook. We will be alternating this semester every-other week with Left Out, a talk show that presents news and opinions from a perspective "left out" of the mainstream media. On today's show... * The Critical Mass bike ride is under attack in New York and elsewhere in the US * A scam to trick young voters into changing their voter registration strikes students in Pittsburgh * and the elections: commentary on voting from local activists, and voices from the streets on election day

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On today's show... * Renee Wilson of People Against Police Violence updates us on the Bernard Rogers case and plans for a major demonstration on Friday * Elections, third parties, and deliberative Democracy * A comprehensive report on the seizure of Indymedia's servers in the U.K. that brought down 20 of the network's websites * Rick Rowley Big Noise Films on The Fourth World War, showing tonight at Carnegie Mellon * and, headlines from aroud the indymedia network

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"Indymedia Rustbelt Radio" -- PGH IMC Radio Show on WRCT 88.3FM Recording of the Tuesday, October 5th show. Features: * local and global newswires * attacks on community radio broadcasters around the US, in the Pittsburgh area, and around the world * retrospective on the Johnny Gammage case, and police violence in Pittsburgh today. audio in ogg vorbis and mp3 formats (55 minutes). The transcript is below.

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"Indymedia Rustbelt Radio" -- PGH IMC Radio Show on WRCT 88.3FM Recording of the Tuesday, September 21st show. ogg vorbis and mp3 formats (55 minutes). The transcript is below.

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"Indymedia Rustbelt Radio" -- PGH IMC Radio Show on WRCT 88.3FM Recording of the Tuesday, September 9th show. ogg vorbis and mp3 formats. The transcript is below.

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More than 300 people gathered in Market Square on Sunday, August 15th to demand "Health Care, not Warfare." 18 minute audio segment from IMC Rustbelt radio.

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