PGHIMC - Pittsburgh Independent Media Center

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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
• the 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 headlines from the Pittsburgh Independent Media Center.

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56 minutes: mp3 and ogg vorbis formats available.

On this week'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

Plus headlines from the Pittsburgh Independent Media Center and independent media centers around the world.

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56 minutes: mp3 and ogg vorbis formats available.

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
• London residents respond to the killing of an innocent Brazilian man by police
  
• and Bad Cop No Donut brings us updates about police brutality and misconduct.

Plus headlines from the Pittsburgh Independent Media Center and independent media centers around the world.

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53 minutes: mp3 and ogg vorbis formats available.

On this week's show:

• We speak with Emily Garlock, 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 during bike-fest

Plus headlines from the Pittsburgh Independent Media Center and independent media centers around the world.

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58 minutes: mp3 and ogg vorbis formats available.

On this week'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 Londoners on the street on the morning of the attacks, as well as from Fox news commentators in the US.

Plus headlines from the Pittsburgh Independent Media Center and independent media centers around the world.

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