PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh residents and community activists packed a meeting Tuesday night in Lawrenceville to file complaints and share stories from the G-20 Economic Summit held in the city last month. Video... More...
On Friday evening, September 25, 2009, the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) campus was the setting for a massive police riot involving numerous law enforcement agencies from across the country - and this after the G-20 Summit had already ended. Police beat, gassed, blasted and arrested more than 100 people, including Pitt student Kyle Kramer, who the Chicago Police forced to kneel in front of police for an "trophy" photograph. More...
The Pitt News attempts to correlate all the video, photos, and reporting about the G20 demonstrations over the past two weeks in one 12 minute piece. Some questions will be answered, more will be raised. More...
An excellent critique of the U.S. double standard for the use of Twitter and texting. The video juxtaposes clips from the mainstream media's coverage of Twitter's use during the Iran protests with Twitter's use during the recent G20 protests in Pittsburgh. More...
Made in just five days after the end of the G20 Summit, Democracy 101 is a look at the policing and repeating issues that result from National Special Security Events. More...
Dozens of University of Pittsburgh students say they were wrongfully arrested and subject to heavy-handed police tactics during the G20 meeting last week are calling for an investigation into the police actions. More...
Pittsburgh City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to form a special fact-finding committee to investigate the G-20 Summit and its impact on the city. [Watch video] More...
Many protestors and locals, including Nation writer Jeremy Scahill, gathered peacefully to protest corporate globalization and the summit's financial burden on the city. More...