PGHIMC - Pittsburgh Independent Media Center

On today's Martin Luther King's Day show...

• a preview of the upcoming Summit Against Racism
• Occupy Pittsburgh court coverage
• Excerpts from the Free Mumia Rally last December and updates on his case and current condition
• Hundreds protest tenth anniversary of Guantanamo detention center
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• We bring you "Calls From Home" a special holiday program which brings the voices of family members of prisoners to the airwaves as they send greetings to those incarcerated in the US prison system.

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On today's show...

• Protestors from the Pittsburgh occupation rally against a Pennsylvania company that supplies Egyptian police with tear gas
• A new program in Uptown teaches African-American youth about the environment and entrepreneurship.
• Updates from occupations across the U.S. and around the world.
• Interviews with famed sports journalist, Dave Zirin.
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• We hear reports back from the Developing for Unconventional Gas summit protest in Pittsburgh PA
• inspiring actions and words from the Initiative for Transgender Leadership's commencement ceremony
• Vandana Shiva speaks to Carnegie Mellon on how to change the culture of science
• Pittsburghers occupy the Greenfield Bridge to demand more jobs and investment in infrastructure
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• OccupyOakland holds a general strike, while OccupyPittsburgh marches in solidarity
• The Thomas Merton Center honors Dr. Vandana Shiva, a hero in the fight against corporate piracy
• October 22nd Day to Protest Police Brutality rallies in Market Square
• Community group, Decarcerate Pa, organizes against new prison expansion in PA
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• Advocates rally at Harrisburg to say "We've had enough!" to new abortion service regulations
• The University of Pittsburgh holds a panel discussion to present the pros and cons of Nuclear energy
• The occupation of Mellon Green Park in Downtown Pittsburgh enters its second week
• PA Immigration legislation at Building Changes Convergence in Pittsburgh
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• Changes for Garfield's future are presented by the Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation
• Occupy Pittsburgh holds its second general assembly meeting
• The EPA holds a public hearing on new regulations that would affect air pollution from gas drilling
• Community members in Butler County protest fracking at a local dairy farm
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• A preview of the Building Change conference soon to take place in Pittsburgh
• a controversial shale-gas well site is sabotaged in Indiana County
• Prison activist Robert King on the Angola Three and prison justice issues.
• Environmental scientist and activist Sandra Steingraber offers strategies for the movement against shale gas drilling.
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• Welcome to Our Revolution, excerpts from a performance inspired by a U.S. artist's visit to Cairo
• Journalist Jordan Flaherty on New Orleans six years after Katrina
• The experience of a nuclear meltdown by a university student in Japan
• Fifteen hundred gather in Philly to protest shale gas drilling, even as flooding threatens to spread contamination from drilling sites.
• Reflections on the 10 year anniversary of September 11th
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• Foreign workers strike at a Hershey's Chocolate factory
• An Afghanistan war veteran speaks in Pittsburgh as part of a nation-wide tour
• A report back on the demonstration held last week in response to homophobic violence in Bloomfield
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• Hacker activist group Anonymous targets the Bay Area Rapid Transit system
• Journalist, Glen Ford, points out the similarities between the treatment of blacks in London and the U.S.
• We hear about the inadequacies in the coverage of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
• And more in our local and global headlines.

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On today's show...

• Pittsburgh City Council decides whether to put a fracking ban on this November's referendum
• A tree sit against Mountain Top Removal enters its thirteenth day
• an in-depth look into the recent police involvement in the death of San Francisco teenager Kenneth Harding
• the effects of the atomic bomb in Japan and the nuclear crisis of the world today
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• Computer hackers target military contractor, Booz Allen Hamilton
• The Third Circuit Court of Appeals holds up limits on Media Consolidation.
• Report back from the Allied Media Conference on Gang Injunctions in California
• A look into woman's role in the Egyptian uprising and beyond
• Pittsburgh-based unions offer support to Mexican workers amid so-called labor reform south of the border
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• We hear from the head of Mexico's independent mineworkers union -- in exile in Canada
• Updates from the Joseph Hall case
• Reel Grrls speak to their funding battle with Comcast
• A report from the March on Blair Mountain, against mountaintop removal.
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• We go to a West Virginia rally against mountaintop removal, where Josh Fox and Mari-Lynn Evans draw connections to the anti-fracking movement.
• an update of the Our Library, Our Future voter initiative
• a lead up to the Pelican Bay State Prison hunger strike
• the latest on a controversial new abortion bill being debated in the state legislature
• City officials forget to bring their homework to police accountability bill discussion
• And more in our local and global headlines.

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On today's show...

• Activists keep the pressure on city officials to bring justice to the case of Jordan Miles' police beating
• Pittsburghers plan to protest Target's annual shareholder meeting due to their funding of anti-gay politicians
• Hip-hop artists Jasiri X and Paradise Gray ask, Is Pittsburgh Really America's Most Livable City?
• Rustbelt Radio follows Pittsburgh's rainy spring downriver to learn about flood control efforts on the Mississippi
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• The Marcellus Citizen Stewardship Project trains volunteers to monitor the gas drilling industry
• An FCC Commissioner lands a job with NBC just four months after voting for the Comcast-NBC merger
• A coalition of social services has formed against Governor Tom Corbett's proposed budget
• Reports from the frontlines of the campaign for Justice for Jordan Miles
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show, we'll hear ...

• several responses to the killing of Osama Bin Laden
• coverage of a counter NRA rally in Pittsburgh
• reactions to the Justice Department refusing to prosecute the cops in the Jordan Miles' case
• excerpts from a talk given by Diana Block on her book "Arm the Spirit"
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• Bread and Puppet Circus bring the De-capitalization Cabaret through Pittsburgh
• Activists plan to remember victims of gun violence during this weekend's NRA convention in Pittsburgh
• Young filmmakers draw attention to the dangers of incarcerating youthful offenders in adult prisons
• We hear from CMU historian, Roger Rouse, on rebel piracy & corporate revisionism
• Activists gather for a Bradley Manning solidarity bike ride, taking a local look at the military industrial complex
• And more in our local and global headlines.

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• A look into local activist Nate Smith's legacy in black labor rights
• Legislation introduced in Harrisburg will severely curtail women's health care rights
• Commentary of a political cartoonist on our feeble democracy
• And more in our local and global headlines
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On today's show...

• Coverage of the Pennsylvania liquor store privatization
• An update on the Bradley Manning case
• Councilman Burgess proposes reforms to Community Block Development Grant distribution
• Marcellus Shale drilling threatens Pennsylvania State Forests
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• The Fraternal Order of Police again uses the St. Patrick's Day Parade to defend officers in the Jordan Miles case
• Shalefields Grassroots Media investigates the impact of Marcellus drilling on sustainable farming in Pennsylvania.
• Members of the queer community respond to a homophobic bar with a kiss-in
• We bring you an on-the-ground report from the ongoing protests in Wisconsin.
• Pittsburghers organize for the upcoming Make Jobs, Not War Rally
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• A look into the complexities and horrors of teenage incarceration in America
• A report on the assault on reproductive health services provided by Title X (pronounce: ten) clinics
• Voices on how immigration from Mexico is playing out in southwestern Pennsylvania
• An update on conditions inside Pennsylvania's prison system
• The Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture's annual conference addresses Marcellus shale drilling
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• We hear dispatches from the Egyptian revolution, as well as reaction here at home
• A report about a local activist who is challenging trans-phobia in the mainstream media
• News from Pittsburghers who support street artists serving time in prison
• A feature about the ongoing health risks of drilling in the Marcellus Shale natural gas fields
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• We'll bring you news of Pittsburgh-area support for democracy in Egypt
• We hear coverage of the Black and White Reunion's 13th Annual Summit Against Racism
• We'll have news of the Steelworkers' ongoing fight to hold corporate interests accountable for economic misdeeds
• We hear from the ACLU of Pennsylvania on upcoming anti-immigrant legislation
• FedUp brings us the latest P-A prisons radio report
• Local lawyers weigh in on police pursuit of the Jordan Miles faux press release
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• Pranksters release a fake F.O.P. press release claiming an about-face regarding the Jordan Miles investigation
• The Pittsburgh chapter of the Human Rights Coalition offers a report from Pennsylvania's prisons
• We hear coverage of Philadelphia's People's Tribunal Against Police Brutality and Misconduct
• Special coverage in honor of the one-year anniversary of the Haiti earthquake including a commemoration of the tragedy by a local rapper, information on a local company who plans to tap energy resources in the country and also a report from Independent journalist Jordan Flaherty on corporate profiteering at Haiti's expense
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• Prisoners strike across the state of Georgia, we bring you an interview with one of the inmates
• The challenges of investigating human rights abuses in Colombia
• A report on International Migrants Day, which was commemorated on December 18th
• A report from the "Black Friday" protest in Downtown Pittsburgh
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• A rally for an end to human rights abuses at ACJ
• Allegheny County faces an unhill battle with stormwater overflow systems
• Updates on the Immokalee (PRONOUNCE: ihm-MAW-kah-lee) farmworkers movements
• More from Pittsburgh's Oil and Gas Summit
• Voices from the ground at COP16
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• We speak with longtime transit activist, Stuart Strickland, about proposed cuts
• The FBI reactivates subpoenas on 3 peace activists in Minnesota. Rustbelt Radio interviews one of the three, "granny for peace" Sarah Martin
• South Fayette Township passes anti-gas drilling ordinance
• Increased funding for the nuclear industry despite recent plant shutdowns and accidents
• The People's Oil and Gas Summit brings together anti-drilling activists from across the country
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• Coverage of the November 3rd rally against Marcellus Shale drilling
• The Justice Department renews enforcement of subpoenas for anti-war activists targeted in FBI raids
• A brief look at the United States and the Arms Trade
• A Honduran human rights lawyer speaks of killings and torture under the coup regime
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• Conversations with organizers of the 3 Rivers American Indian Powwow
• Steelers fans demonstrate against Ben Roethlisberger's return
• The RNC 8 case finally concludes in Saint Paul, Minnesota
• The film "Operation Small Axe" sparks a discussion about national and local police brutality
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• FBI Harrasment of Anti-War Activists Continues In the Twin Cities
• A look at the first Latino mural in Pittsburgh
• The Rachel Carson Homestead challenges Marcellus Shale drilling in its 2010 legacy conference
• Appalachia Rising converges on Washington to demand an end to mountaintop removal coal mining
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• FBI raids and subpoenas target peace activists around the country
• Lawrenceville residents organize a block party to prevent their library from closing
• Voices from the Justice for Jordan March
• More environmental insights from the Green Compass
• A report back from the Community and Resistance Tour
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• Local Imam discusses how Pittsburgh's media & interfaith leaders have rejected fear-mongering rheteroric
• Federal appeals court declares anti-immigrant ordinance in Hazelton, PA unconstitutional
• Three days of protests ensue in LA after police officer kills indigenous Guatemalan man
• Pennsylvania authorities respond to Marcellus drilling opposition
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• The debate about Marcellus Shale drilling heats up around Pittsburgh
• The School Board votes 8-0 on a controversial East End Plan
• Mountain Top Removal activists block entrance of DEP headquarters in West Virginia
• A jury finds David Japenga guilty of vandalism during the G20 Summit
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• We'll hear about local efforts to hold police accountable for abuses against citizens, including incidents during the G20 summit, the beating of Jordan Miles, and the case of Terrell Johnson
• Green Party candidate for Senate Mel Packer is knocked off the ballot by Democratic candidate Joe Sestak
• Google and Verizon form a pact that threatens net neutrality
• Pittsburgh high school students report on the gulf oil spill
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• Condominiums find a home in a tax free zone in Garfield
• The Conspiracy tour arrives in Pittsburgh to rally support for the RNC 8 and other activists
• Marcellus Shale gas drilling discussions continue across Pittsburgh
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• Cattle on a farm in northern PA are quarantined due to gas drilling activity
• Israeli peace activist Uri Avnery warns that Israel is sliding towards fascism
• West Penn Allegheny Hospital announces it may close
• Pittsburgh Public Schools plans to introduce sex-segregated classrooms at Westinghouse High School

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• We bring you the voices and sounds from the 2nd US Social Forum, recently held in Detroit
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• A preview of the US Social Forum coming up this June in Detroit
• The film "Gasland" on Marcellus Shale drilling screens in Pittsburgh
• Pittsburgh rallies against Israel's attack on the Gaza-bound humanitarian aid flotilla
• A preview of "Radio Golf" presented by the Kuntu Repertory Theatre
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• Legal Experts and Immigrants Rights Advocates in Pittsburgh speak out against Arizona's SB 1070
• New regulations may affect Marcellus Shale Drilling in PA
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• We take an in-depth look at Marcellus Shale Drilling in the Pittsburgh Region
• the LGBTQ community hosts anti-violence rally in Bloomfield
• A report from the May Day march in New York City
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• An interview with author and anti-prison activist Victoria Law
• The Women's Health and the Environment Conference addresses the effects of common chemicals
• A community forum on historic preservation in Pittsburgh
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• Fire erupts at a Marcellus Shale gas site in Washington County
• Greek Anarchists speak in Pittsburgh
• Anti-Shackling Bill in the Pennsylvania House
• Local organizations use hip-hop workshop to discuss issues facing Latino teens
• A new Israeli military order opens the door for the expulsion of all West Bank Palestinians
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• North Side Residents express concern over closing Pittsburgh Rooney 6-8
• The Fraternal Order of the Police exercise their first amendment rights--and abuse of power--at this year's St. Patrick's Day parade
• Mazin Qumsiyeh speaks on popular resistance in Palestine
• Voices from Kinks, Locks and Twists; a Reproductive and Environmental Justice Conference in Pittsburgh
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• 1960's radical Mark Rudd speaks in Pittsburgh
• Trials of those arrested during the G20 continue
• Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh [PRONOUNCE: MAH - zin kum SEE yeh] on the history of Palestinian nonviolent activism
• News from the canada-us border
• And more in our local and global headlines

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• The Pittsburgh Public Schools are proposing more building closures and consolidations. We'll bring you voices of concerned residents and parents, as well as school representatives.
  
• Local music artist Jasiri X uses hip-hop as an organizing tool.
  
• And more in our local and global headlines.

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On today's show...

• Marcellus Shale Gas Drilling may take place minutes from downtown Pittsburgh
• UPMC Braddock has officially closed. We'll bring you a local reporter's insight into what's next for the facility
• A prominent and contentious far right Israeli general and politician speaks at the Hillel Jewish University Center
• The Olympics kick off in Vancouver to protests, increased border controls at both sides of the border, and the independent media finds itself under an uncomfortable spotlight.
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• Israel issued its response to the UN Goldstone Report on Operation Cast Lead in Gaza this week.
• Tree sitters halt mountaintop removal mining operations in West Virginia
• New details emerge in the october FBI killing of Detroit Imam Luqman Abdullah
• A feature length 2.3 Million and Rising interview with Linn Washington about the new developments in Mumia Abu-Jamal's case
• And more in our local and global headlines.

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On today's show...

• UPMC Braddock's closure looms on the horizon
• Queer activists target a local donut shop owner who made homophobic remarks online
• A look at the healthcare debate and what it will mean for Pennsylvanians
• One year after Israel's attack on Gaza, aid and solidarity convoys find Egypt barring access to the region
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• A special 2.3 Million and Rising about mental illness inside of prison
• Indigenous Lakota activist Canupa Gluha Mani visits the University of Pittsburgh
• A look at the proposed anti-homosexuality legislation in Uganda

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On today's show...

• We bring you "Calls From Home" a special holiday program which brings the voices of family members of prisoners to the airwaves as they send greetings to those incarcerated in the US prison system.

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• The Climate Summit in Copenhagen ends after 2 weeks, We'll bring you both local and global updates on the event
• Drilling in Marcellus Shale is set to begin in Western Pennsylvania
• The battle to Save the Carnegie Libraries comes to a head
• Pittsburgh Police Officer Gene Hlavac is once again involved in a domestic dispute
• And more in our local and global headlines

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On today's show...

• Corporate Funded Cyber Security Research at Carnegie Mellon University
• The Efforts to Save Braddock Hospital
• An Emergency Rally Against War Escalation in Afghanistan
• Coverage of the Honduran Elections
• And more in our local and global headlines

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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...

• Activists gather at Pitt to build the Boycott, Divest, Sanctions movement against Israel
• Birth doulas bring resources to pregnant women behind bars
• Updates on the legal cases of G20 arrestees
• Commentary from Mumia Abu Jamal
• 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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•  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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• 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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• We bring you a special episode on Remembering Hiroshima, 64 years after the atomic bomb attacks on Japan

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• 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
• Local organizing in support of the RNC 8
• 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.
• 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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• 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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• 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
• Immigrants rights advocates and the homeless speak out at the presidential inauguration
• Plus more in our local and global headlines
  

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• 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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