G-infinity - Breaking News From The G20

The Allegheny County District Attorney dropped all charges against Elliot Madison and Michael Wallschlaeger, the famed G20 Twitterers who were arrested during the Pittsburgh Summit in late September of this year. The two activists were arrested and charged with numerous felonies for setting up a communications network that allowed people to tweet about the activities of protesters and police during the G20 Summit. Rustbelt Radio brings us this report.

Rustbelt Radio brings this report on Onorato's gubernatorial announcement.

Dam Free Radio is a super cool low-tech station out of rural Northern California. This is DJ ChiMeDong's G-20 special...enjoy. Warning: some songs contain explicit lyrics. Its about 1 hour.

This young man talks about the actions of the police on the night of 9/25/09 in Oakland (the University nieghborhood of Pittsburgh).

 Indypgh interviews a young man who was attacked by police and whose friend was arrested.

Indypgh spoke with 2 more students who were caught up in the clashes with police Friday night.

Indypgh Reporter speaks with three Pitt students who were on the streets during the Friday night conflict with the police.  

A reporter describes the public reaction to the police presence in the area as they try to carry out their everyday activities. He then gives an example of a young man who was pepper sprayed and then arrested without having any chance to move out of the way.

Called in live via phone to the live G-infinity radio broadcast, we get a summary of the evening's events in Oakland, following the G20 summit.

9/25/09  Recording of our live call from the streets of Oakland as police move in on protesters.

As the G20 Summit wraps up in Pittsburgh, thousands of demonstrators continue to voice their opposition to the economic policies promoted by the world’s leading countries.  From Pittsburgh, Carlin Christy reports for FSRN. http://www.fsrn.org

On September 25th, Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) held a press conference and feeder march to the People's Uprising March.  There goal was to connect the dots between the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the economic policies of the G20 nations.  The group created a living memorial, made of mud and sidewalk chalk.  IVAW explains "The memorial highlighted the hundreds of thousands of veterans waiting for or denied benefits from the Veterans Administration. It also payed tribute to the untold number of civilian deaths and the millions of displaced people, overwhelmingly comprised of women and children, by war."

Iraq Veterans Against the War and Veterans for Peace speak out against corporate war profiteering in front of Soldiers and Sailors Memorial in Oakland- Rustbelt Radio

Members of Rochester Indymedia were interviewing Ethan Cohen (spelling might be off)--a student at the University of Pittsburgh--on Forbes Avenue in Pittsburgh during the G20 when police demanded that the three of us go inside and get off the streets. Mr. Cohen had earlier been shoved by police back into the foyer of his apparent building when he questioned an officer as to why he couldn't smoke a cigarette on the street in front of his residence. He was agitated by this treatment and allowed the two IMC reporters to enter the residence. At some point around midnight on September 24, Mr. Cohen shouted at police from within the front door as he finished his cigarette and ran up the stairs to his room. Shortly after Mr. Cohen made himself heard, three riot cops--two with dogs--burst into the apartment complex and chased him down. One Rochester Indymedia person who was at the door was gripped by an officer and flung out of the foyer and onto the sidewalk. The other reporter stepped back in the narrow hallway wit

Riot police attack and arrest dozens of people after a Queer Bash Back action in Oakland.

 Tibetans from the East Coast took the opportunity of the G20 Summit to voice their concerns regarding China's policies towards Tibet. We bring you some of the voices from the march.

live report from G-infinity radio, recorded

Leaders of the world’s richest countries are converging in Pittsburgh today for the G20 Summit.  While Pittsburgh’s business leaders and government officials have welcomed the G20 with open arms, thousands have gathered to challenge the economic model promoted by these world leaders.  FSRN’s Andalusia Knoll has the story. http://www.fsrn.org

The Peoples Caravan was a grassroots network from across the state of Pennsylvania who traveled together to the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh. Along the way they meet with local organizations and got tours of local resistance projects. This was an incredible opportunity for statewide movement building. And these are the stories collected along the way.

Interview with Steve, a legal observer for the ACLU, outside of the G20 Resistance Project Convergence Space after more attempts of harassment and intimidation by the Pittsburgh Police.