Rustbelt Radio for Jan. 03, 2011 : Pittsburgh Indymedia

Rustbelt Radio for Jan. 03, 2011
by Pittsburgh Indymedia: Rustbelt Radio Collecti Tuesday, Jan. 04, 2011 at 1:23 AM
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On today's show we bring you a special holiday broadcast from Thousand Kites, a national dialogue project addressing the criminal justice system.

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Rustbelt Radio for January 3, 2011

Rustbelt Radio for January 3, 2011

[1:00] Intro

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Welcome to this week's edition of Rustbelt Radio, the Pittsburgh Independent Media Center's bi-weekly review of the news from the grassroots, news overlooked by the corporate media.

On today's show we bring you a special holiday broadcast from Thousand Kites, a national dialogue project addressing the criminal justice system.

Rustbelt Radio is broadcast live from WRCT studios every other Monday at 6 PM on 88.3 FM in Pittsburgh, and the program airs again on WRCT every Tuesday morning at 9AM.

We can also be heard weekly on the following stations:

WIUP Indiana 90.1 FM
WNJR Washington 91.7 FM
WLRI 93 FM in Eastern Pennsylvania
and FRSC 101.1 FM in California

We're also available on the internet, both on WRCT's live webstream at W-R-C-T dot ORG and for download, stream or podcast from our website at radio dot I-N-D-Y-P-G-H dot org.

Feature

Calls from Home Holiday Broadcast (57:00)

The Thousand Kites project started in 1998. Media artist Nick Szuberla (PRONOUNCE: sher-BOO-la) was the hosting the only hip-hop radio program in Appalachia, and he received hundreds of letters from prison inmates listening to his program. Many of the inmates had been recently transferred far from their homes in distant cities to two SuperMax prisons near Whitesburg, Kentucky. The prisoners’ letters described racism and human rights violations. In prison slang to "shoot a kite" is to send a message. The Thousand Kites project grew from Szuberla's efforts to dialogue with the prisoners and the Appalachian communities where the prisons were housed. Thousand Kites is now a national project that uses performance, web, video, and radio to open a public space for people to dialogue and organize around the United States' criminal justice system. Participants include incarcerated people, corrections officials, the formerly incarcerated, grassroots activists, and ordinary citizens. The annual "Calls from Home" program connects prisoners and their families by broadcasting holiday messages from families to inmates. Although phone calls and other means of communication are expensive, restricted, and censored, prison inmates can often listen to the radio.

holidaycallsfromhome121910.flac: Holiday Calls from Home (56:01)

1000kites-outro-calendar.wav: Outro from 1000 kites piece and Rustbelt Calendar

Ending

You've been listening to a special holiday broadcast from the Thousand Kites Project on Rustbelt Radio. On January 17th, Martin Luther King Day, we'll be back with our usual programming, community-produced news from the grassroots.

Calendar of Events

And now we present the Indymedia Calendar of Events, If you are organizing local events, send details to info@indypgh.org (INFO at INDY-P-G-H dot ORG) with the word EVENTS in the subject line:

PROGRESSIVE PITTSBURGH NOTEBOOK IS A WEEKLY, HOUR-LONG TV PROGRAM TO BROADCAST ON COMCAST CHANNEL 21 and VERIZON FIOS CHANNEL 47 EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 5PM FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. The January 5th program features the BLACK & WHITE REUNION'S event plans for Jan 22nd; Wali Jamal presents "Martin R Delany"; and Charles McCollester & Sen Jim Ferlo talking about the Marcellus Shale Gas Drilling Damages. ORGANIZATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE THOMAS MERTON CENTER ARE INVITED TO BE GUESTS ON THE PROGRAM OR SUBMIT DOCUMENTARIES. For more information , contact Carlana Rhoten at 412-363-7472 or email tvnotebook@gmail.com

On January 12th, 2010, CAPA High School honors student Jordan Miles was walking a block from his mother's to his grandmother’s house, when he was attacked by three plainclothes police officers. The attack was brutal, and the three officers - Richard Ewing, David Sisak and Michael Saldutte - went so far as to rip Miles' dreadlocks out of his head. So far, District Attorney Zappala has refused to prosecute the officers, who were awarded commendations and have spent the last year on what is essentially paid vacation. To commemorate the one-year anniversary of the attack, join us on Wednesday, January 12 at the exact location of the beating to show that we will never stop fighting for justice for Jordan Miles. January 12th at 7PM at the intersection of Tioga and Rosedale Streets in Homewood. For more information, visit JusticeForJordanMiles.com

* For more information about anti-fracking activities around the state, visit MarcellusProtest.org

[1:00] Outro

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Thanks for tuning in to Rustbelt Radio here on WRCT Pittsburgh, WIUP Indiana, WNJR Washington, WLRI LanChester, and FRSC Santa Cruz.

Our host this week was Nigel Parry, with contributions from Emily DeMarco and Jessica McPherson. This week's show was produced by Shawn Watson. Special thanks to all of our hosts, producers, and contributors.

You can get involved with Rustbelt Radio! To contact us, email RADIO at I-N-D-Y-P-G-H dot ORG. Become our fan on Facebook to receive updates on our latest episode. All of our shows are available on our website at RADIO dot INDY-P-G-H dot ORG and this show can be heard again Tuesday morning on WRCT at 9 AM after Democracy Now!

Tune in next week at this time for another edition of Rustbelt Radio, the Pittsburgh Independent Media Center's bi-weekly review of news from the grassroots.

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