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All Eyes on Pittsburgh: Activists, Big Business Converge on G20 Summit

Jeb Sprague September 22, 2009 Jeb Sprague

Local activists say development has been an undemocratic process geared toward the beautiful downtown.

Credit:CBC/Wikimedia

(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.

Hit hard over the last quarter of the twentieth century with a collapsing steel industry, recession and falling population, Pittsburgh is still a decent place to live – often highly rated because of low housing costs.

On one side, Pittsburgh government and business leaders say they have reshaped the city to connect with globalisation as a hi-tech, financial and medical industry hub. read more

Video Report: Zelaya Returns in Defiance of Coup Gov’t

Democracy Now! September 22, 2009 Democracy Now!

We go live to the Brazilian embassy in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa, where Manuel Zelaya has sought refuge. After Zelaya’s dramatic return, the coup government ordered a curfew, but thousands of Zelaya supporters defied the ban and rallied outside the Brazilian embassy. Earlier this morning police fired tear gas outside the embassy to disburse the crowd. We hear Zelaya speak from inside the embassy and speak to Andres Conteris and Mark Weisbrot.

Court Okays Halliburton Rape Trial

Stephanie Mencimer September 18, 2009 Stephanie Mencimer

Blackwater Offers Training to ‘Faith Based Organizations’

Jeremy Scahill September 16, 2009 Jeremy Scahill

Source: Rebel Reports

In its ever-evolving re-branding campaign, Blackwater has created a new alter-ego for part of the company’s business. Meet the “Personal Security Awareness” program, which appears to be an off-shoot of Erik Prince’s Greystone, Ltd., a classic mercenary operation registered offshore in Barbados. On its website, which was registered on February 20, 2009 and went live recently, the “program” is described as “a multi-phase course which is designed to assist Non-Government Organizations, Faith Based Organizations and Commercial Businesses by providing individual personal awareness and driver training for their personnel when deployed to unfamiliar environments.” It adds: “Greystone recognizes the importance of “preparation by doing” and looks forward to you joining us for this exciting training!” read more

In Uganda, Rioters Strip Women Wearing Trousers

Rebecca Harshbarger September 15, 2009 Rebecca Harshbarger

Written by Rebecca Harshbarger Tuesday, 15 September 2009

Source: Women’s eNews

Rioters attacked and stripped about 20 Ugandan women who were wearing trousers last week during deadly riots in Kampala. The humiliations were part of a major confrontation between a traditional kingdom and President Yoweri Museveni’s government.

KAMPALA, Uganda (WOMENSENEWS)–Male rioters in a suburb here on September 11 attacked about 20 women wearing trousers.

The men, in Rubaga, a Kampala suburb, began detaining women during their protests, police spokeswoman Judith Nabakooba said at a press conference that took place that same day. read more

Who’s Behind the Right-Wing Marchers?

Adele M. Stan September 15, 2009 Adele M. Stan

Source: Alternet

Right Wingers Marching in DC Is Big News — But the Same Old Faces Are Pulling the Strings

Glenn Beck will tell you that this weekend’s march of right-wing activists on Washington was six months in the making.

Don’t believe a word of it. Try 40 years.

As disgruntled white taxpayers joined conspiracy theorists, gun enthusiasts, state-sovereignty activists and outright racists on Pennsylvania Avenue, the long-time leaders of the American right, whose pedigrees go back to the 1964 presidential campaign of Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., no doubt witnessed a day they thought might never come. read more