Rustbelt Radio for December 17, 2012 : Pittsburgh Indymedia

Rustbelt Radio for December 17, 2012
by Pittsburgh Indymedia: Rustbelt Radio Collecti Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 at 11:38 PM
radio@indypgh.org WRCT

On today's show... A look at the formation of the USW's Fight Back Pittsburgh We catch up with Action United and learn about their work in Pittsburgh and elsewhere in Pennsylvania A report on the Pittsburgh Citizen Police Review Boards's look into the use of undercover officers and 99 cars in Pittsburgh and we take a look back at the first Jordan Miles Civil Trial

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Rustbelt Radio for (December) (17), 2012

Rustbelt Radio for (December) (17), 2012

[1:00] Intro

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...

A look at the formation of the USW's Fight Back Pittsburgh
We catch up with Action United and learn about their work in Pittsburgh and elsewhere in Pennsylvania
A report on the Pittsburgh Citizen Police Review Boards's look into the use of undercover officers and 99 cars in Pittsburgh
and we take a look back at the first Jordan Miles Civil Trial

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:

WSDR 99.1 FM in Pittsburgh
WIUP 90.1 FM in Indiana
WNJR 91.7 FM in Washington
WLRI 93 FM in eastern Pennsylvania
and FRSC 101.1 FM in Santa Cruz, 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.

We turn now to local stories.

Headlines

Local News

[ 7:55 ] Fight Back Pittsburgh

Self Contained piece

fight_back_pittsburgh_piece_(MP3_MPEG_Layer-3).mp3: 7:55

[ 15:00 ] Action United

Self Contained Piece

Action_United_(MP3_MPEG_Layer-3).mp3: 10:23

[ 22:46 ] Jordan Miles

Self Contained Piece

JFJM-COURT-RUSTBELT2.mp3: 22:46

Jordan Miles and his attorneys have filed for a civil retrial against the 3 officers. Stay tuned to Rustbelt Radio as the story develops in 2013

Wrapup

[ HMB BREAK RUSTBELT - 0:20 (fades down 0:10 in to start global intro) ]

You are listening to Rustbelt Radio, the Pittsburgh Independent Media Center's bi-weekly review of news overlooked by the corporate media. We turn now to other independent news from beyond Western Pennsylvania.

Global News

[ ] Global Story 1

[ ] Global Story 2

[ ] Global Story 3

Features

Intro

You're listening to Rustbelt Radio, the Pittsburgh Independent Media Center's bi-weekly review of news from the grassroots.

[ 16:22 ] CPRB Public hearing on The Use of Pittsburgh Police Undercover Officers and 99 Cars

Self contained Piece

cprb_hearing_story_(MP3_MPEG_Layer-3).mp3: 16:22

[ ] Musical Break

[ ] Feature 2

Ending

Calendar of Events

And now we present the Indymedia Calendar of Events:

[1:00] Outro

[ Outro Music ]

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

Our host this week was Phill Cresswell with contributions from Don Carpenter, Tom Jefferson, Nigel Parry, Kayla Sykes, and Helen Gearhardt. This week's show was directed by Jessica McPherson and produced by Phill Cresswell. Special thanks to all of our hosts, producers, and contributors.

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