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TypewriterGirls Cabaret to Save the Libraries! Crystal J. Hoffman 2009-11-20 12:49 PM

The TypewriterGirls will be performing a benefit for Carnegie Libraries of Pittsburgh on December 6th from 6pm to 8pm at the Carnegie Library Lecture Hall w/ Readers: Sandra Beasley, and Nancy Krygowski; music by Phat Man Dee; stunts by Dave Doyle; dance by NAKA; performance art by Christiane D.; comedy by Sean Collier; and musical accompaniment by upright bassist Spat Cannon and guitarist Chad Hammitt (image/jpeg)

grassroots fundraising Dan Davis 2009-11-16 3:53 AM

grassroots fundraising (image/jpeg)

Confronting Human Rights Abuses in US Prisons --an interview with Bret Grote of HRC/Fed Up Angola 3 News 2009-11-15 8:28 PM

Bret Grote is an investigator and organizer with Human Rights Coalition/Fed Up!, a prisoner rights/prison abolitionist organization based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. HRC/Fed Up! is documenting human rights abuses in Pennsylvania prisons, and using this documentation to fight back. For more information: http://www.thomasmertoncenter.org/fedup/ (image/jpeg)

Urgent Alert! Demand Stop to Abusive Traveling Zoo! Contact Convention Center! Voices for Animals of Western PA 2009-11-12 1:26 PM

The David L. Lawrence Convention Center is hosting the Commerford Kid's Fun Fair & Traveling Zoo on November 21st and 22nd, an abusive traveling zoo with numerous AWA violations. Please call and email the Convention Center and demand it be canceled! (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

Penn Avenue to Host Pittsburgh's First Art + Technology Festival Christine Bethea 2009-11-12 12:01 PM

Passports: The Art Diversity Project and the Penn Avenue Arts Initiative partner to produce Pittsburgh's fist art and technlogy festival, Friday, April 2, 2010 @ Unblurred (image/jpeg)

Let Them In, And Embrace Them Sudhama Ranganathan 2009-11-09 7:32 PM

The phenomena of The Conservative Party's breakout candidate for the US House of Representatives from New York's 23rd district is one of the more compelling aspects of 2009's election season. Nationally numerous candidates ran for a whole host of different positions. Only two of those races were meant to fill seats in the US House of Representatives. Both went Democrat. (image/jpeg)

MarkWest Compressor Station to Spray Natural Gas into residential area for 20 hours TODAY Nastassja Noell 2009-11-03 11:26 AM

Natural Gas Production requires gas to be pumped long distances from the well head through pipelines. The gas must first be cleaned of water, sulfur and other gas contaminants at compressor stations; the "sweetened" gas is then pushed down the pipeline by fossil fuel fired compressor engines. The chemist Wilma Subra calls these compressor stations "mini-refineries"; residents complain of constant headaches and strong nauseating smells. Dr. Subra's work has included studying the air quality around compressor stations in Dish Texas where extremely high levels of benzene, toluene, and other carcinogenic and neurotoxic compounds were found hanging in the air, breathed in by residents for the past few years of the natural gas boom. Keep compressor stations out of your community, and advocate for those families who are forced to have these toxic facilities in their backyards: the environmental protection agencies will not help us, their business is to coordinate industry interests. (image/jpeg)

Venezuela: The error of being Lusbi Portillo Rafael Uzcategui 2009-11-03 10:47 AM

* The latest demonstration of political criminalization of autonomous social movements by the Venezuelan government is exposed by Rafael Uzcategui, a member of the anarchist collective El Libertario. (image/jpeg)

Olympics and Hajj to Shut Down due to Swine Flu – Global Warming Paradigm Shift Environmental Alliance 2009-11-03 12:41 AM

Olympics and Hajj to Shut Down due to Swine Flu – Global Warming (image/jpeg)

New Comic Strip Series re Organized Stalking Eleanor White 2009-10-30 6:31 PM

New comic strip to educate the public about the crime of organized stalking has been made available on the web. It is hoped this series will help educate the public about a crime for which action by the justice systems of the world is long overdue. (image/gif)

World boycott campaign to Chiquita for its support to Honduran coup d'etat Comité Internacional por el Boicot a Chiquit 2009-10-11 12:58 AM

we are promoting a world campaign to boycott Chiquita which supports the Coup d'Etat in Honduras. It is very important to spread the word in these critical moments and to try to help the Resistence to defeat coup participants. (image/jpeg)

Documentary Rails at “Stupid” Health Care System Billy Wharton 2009-10-03 9:07 AM

The result is a bloated health care system which rewards specialists who perform multiple procedures instead those who provide good preventive care. (image/jpeg)

Pittsburgh G20 Diaries: Huge Peoples March vs. 'State of Siege' Carl Davidson 2009-09-26 3:35 PM

Carl Davidson's first-hand report on the Peoples March vs the G20 (image/jpeg)

Pittsburgh G20 Diaries: Union Teach-Ins, Ninjas, Stiglitz and Steel City Rockers Carl Davidson 2009-09-25 7:56 PM

Carl Davidson's First-Hand Accounts of the G20 Events (image/jpeg)

Military attempts to frame Alex Jones' Infowars.com reporters for terrorism at G-20 ADAP2K 2009-09-24 3:14 AM

Military attempts to frame Infowars reporters for terrorism at G-20 (image/jpeg)

Filipino workers say "Never Again" Kowalisyon Kontra Kontraktwalisasyon 2009-09-23 12:37 AM

Workers belonging to the Coalition Against Contractualization (KONTRA) today marched to Mendiola to mark the anniversary of the signing of Proclamation 1081 that imposed Martial Law 37 years ago and to reaffirm their vows to never again let the country slip into darkness. (image/jpeg)

Pittsburgh G20 Diaries: March for Jobs in 'The Hill' Carl Davidson 2009-09-21 10:55 AM

Carl Davidson's first-hand report on the G20 March for Jobs (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

Pittsburgh: Activists, Big Business Converge on G20 Meet Inter Press Service/ Jeb Sprague 2009-09-20 10:58 PM

PITTSBURGH, Sep 20 (IPS) - As media and government delegates prepare for the G20 Summit to be held Sep. 24-25 in Pittsburgh, local business and activist groups are promoting clashing visions of days to come. (image/jpeg)

OCTOBER 5 DIRECT ACTION AT WHITE HOUSE Don Muller 2009-09-20 6:43 PM

On October 5, the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance (NCNR), along with other national peace groups, will carry out direct action at the White House to end the war in Afghanistan and demand reparations for the people of Afghanistan. (image/jpeg)

Carlos, 1 year without you, 1 year with you Friends of Carlos 2009-09-20 1:56 PM

A 1 hour and 16 minutes documentary about the intense year of fight after the murder of the antfascist comrade Carlos Palomino in Madrid. 11/11/2007 (image/jpeg)

Who Owns the Health Care Debate? Billy Wharton 2009-09-12 4:23 PM

Considering the number of resources mobilized by the private health insurance lobby, there can be little surprise that HR 3200 is a 1,000-page legislative mess. The pressure of the lobby ensured that any reform is framed as part of new "health insurance exchanges." This idea was concocted by the conservative Heritage Foundation, transmitted by the health care industry lobby, and is now being mouthed by an assortment of politicians as a trailblazing virtue -- note Obama's "choice and competition" slogan. (image/jpeg)

On the Labor Day Bus with Beaver County Steelworkers Carl Davidson 2009-09-09 12:03 PM

First-hand diary of this year's Labor Day Parade (image/jpeg)

At a Brooklyn Town Hall Powerpoint Trumps Democracy Kristin Schall 2009-09-03 12:33 PM

What are these politicians afraid of? Conservative disrupters? Not too many of those in the crowd on this night. More likely. they fear that the will of their constituents will force them to fight for a single-payer system, despite the wishes of corporate lobbyists and campaign contributers. (image/jpeg)

Universal Single Payer Health Care is the Only Way to Stop the Zombie Apocalypse! Scribbler 2009-08-28 1:08 AM

A humorous way to support universal health care (image/jpeg)

TypewriterGirls Gone Biblical Crystal Hoffman 2009-08-27 10:35 PM

On Sunday August 30th, The TypewriterGirls Poetry Cabaret will be featuring some of Pittsburgh’s most dedicated and established members of the arts and literary community for an end of summer poetry and variety show at Bloomfield’s Howler’s Coyote Café. In addition to the TypewriterGirls’ array of whiskey and typewriter games, the evening will feature an Exquisite Corpse typewriter turned Bible Machine by artist Dave English, magic, classic and punk rock burlesque dancing, and music from the accordion player and avant-garde performance artist, Steve Pellegrino, and readings from poets Nancy Krygowski and Sandra Beasley and fiction writer Sherrie Flick. (image/jpeg)

OCTOBER 5 DIRECT ACTION AT WHITE HOUSE Don Muller 2009-08-21 4:25 PM

On October 5, the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance (NCNR), along with other national peace groups, will carry out direct action at the White House to end the war in Afghanistan and demand reparations for the people of Afghanistan. (image/jpeg)

“Annie Jr.” Opens to a Standing Ovation Denise McGahee 2009-08-11 2:53 PM

Clearwater, FL – Spectacular, remarkable and entertaining are just a few of the words to describe the performance of the forty youth from ages two to seventeen, on stage in the Broadway production of "Annie Jr." produced by Doria Kintzel, presented by International Youth Theater, at the Francis Wilson Playhouse Theater, on August 8. With proceeds to Youth for Human Rights Florida, the kids performed to a packed house as the young performers sang and danced the story of Annie Jr., with opening skits educating the audience about Human Rights, including most appropriately “The Right to Play.” (image/jpeg)

obleios Grant K. 2009-08-06 6:05 AM

obleios (image/jpeg)

Obama's Doctor Supports Single-Payer! - Socialist WebZine, August 4, 2009 SP-USA 2009-08-05 11:56 AM

* Obama's Doctor Supports Single-Payer! (image/jpeg)

SHUT DOWN THE ARMY EXPERIENCE CENTER ArmyNotSoStrong 2009-08-05 3:37 AM

Protest at The Army Experience Center! (image/jpeg)

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