On today's show: Andrea Smith speaks at the Critical Resistance Prison Abolition Conference, United Steel Workers take on Equitable Gas over proposed rate increases, A youth report from the Philadelphia Student Union on the recent incident at Sayre High School, Fed-Up takes us inside the Prison Industrial Complex, plus more in our local and global headlines

On today's show: Financial experts including Naomi Klein speak on the current economic crisis, We explore the roots of Freedom Corner located in the Hill District, Fed-Up takes us inside the Prison Industrial Complex, Green Party VP Candidate Rosa Clemente, plus more in our local and global headlines

On today's show: An Anti-Islamic DVD is being distributed in Pittsburgh and across the US, Electronic Voting Machines in Allegheny County, A look at the case of Eric McDavid, an activist who was recently sentenced to 20 years in prison, based on questionable FBI evidence, A discussion of human rights with William F. Schulz, former executive director of Amnesty International, plus more in our local and global headlines

On today's show An investigation of Taser use by Police in Allegheny County, The America's Army video game recruits children while generating profits for private software companies, A special segment of 2.3 Million and Rising, A local activist describes the police repression faced by protesters at the Republican National Convention, A flotilla of kayaks challenge the world's largest pipeline laying ship off the west coast of Ireland, and more in our local and global headlines

On this week's show... * We bring you a special retrospective program, as Rustbelt Radio co-founders and today's co-hosts Andalusia Knoll and Matt Toups look back at four years and almost 200 episodes of the show. They're both moving on and this will be their last show with us!

On today's show... * A Mexican immigrant is beaten to death in Pennsylvania * Leading environmental activists speak out on climate change and its effect on the world's water supply * Mumia Abu Jamal is denied a new trial * and Northsiders rally for a Community Benefits Agreement

On this week's show... * a special report with excerpts from the FCC public hearing on the future of the internet, held on July 21st in Pittsburgh

On today's show... * Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate Rosa Clemente speaks about Hip Hop organizing, the limits of a two party system and critical issues facing the United States Populace * Pennsylvania becomes the first state to join the SweatFree Consortium * Pittsburgh Against Torture's silent procession * and a feature-length 2.3 Million and Rising on abuse logs and maximum security prisons and more in our local and global headlines

On this week's show... * Raj Patel, former world bank employee, speaks on the hidden battle for the global food supply * We'll hear about the internet for all initiative from Media Minutes * and The International Middle East Media Center on current events in Palestine

On this week's show... * Voices from the 2008 Allied Media Conference * Pittsburgh city government plans to install a surveillance camera network * Former Political Prisoner Lorenzo Komboa Ervin speaks about the movement to end Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons * A local study cites lower salary expectations for women * and the latest in the series "Radio for People: The Next Wave of Community Radio"