http://www.dcradiocoop.org/ Grassroots media from the Nations Capitol Sun, 12 June 2005 21:10 en-us Data Monkey dcradiocoop@dcradiocoop.org 240 http://dc.indymedia.org/feature/display/122673/index.php May 13th 1985, in Philadelphia, the U.S. government, complicit with state and city officials, dropped a bomb on the MOVE organization, an intentional mostly African-America community advocating self reliance and a "back-to-nature" lifestyle. 6 adults, 5 children and many animals were murdered by the bomb induced fire as well as the police bullets they faced trying to escape the blaze... 20 years later, 8 members of MOVE are still in prison... so many from the DC area and the world are converging on Philadelphia Saturday May 14 for a rally at 10:30am on 63rd and Osage Ave. West Philadelphia and a march throughout West Philadelphia to Malcolm X Park at 52nd. Friday, 13 May 2005 http://dc.indymedia.org/feature/display/122674/index.php Nearly 8,500 people die every day from AIDS. Today, AIDS activists from around the world are calling on Brazil to keep its promise to make generic AIDS medicines more available. A group of demonstrators delivered a styrofoam spine to the Brazilian embassy in Washington, DC this morning, urging the Brazilian government to stand up to corporate monopolies on AIDS drugs. Ingrid Drake from the DC Radio Co-op reports from the Brazilian Embassy in DC Friday, 13 May 2005 http://dc.indymedia.org/feature/display/123775/index.php Labor Ready is the largest temporary Agency in the US, generating over 234 million dollars in revenue in just the first quater of this year. The work they perform is tough and physically demanding, including construction, lanscaping, and manufacturing. Yet every morning possiblly as many as a million Americans line up before 5am in front of the 834 Labor Ready Offices accross America hoping to be one of the over 600,000 people lucky enough to get a day of minimum wage work. Friday, 3 June 2005 http://dc.indymedia.org/feature/display/123943/index.php While the US government has signed the international Biological Weapons Convention, it has refused international inspections of its biodefense facilities. The Bush Administration claims it is not producing bioweapons and its research of infectious pathogens, such as smallpox and anthrax, is for defense purposes only. Ingrid Drake from the DC Radio Co-op reports why residents in the community surrounding a Maryland biodefense facility are concerned. Tuesday, 7 June 2005 http://dc.indymedia.org/feature/display/123997/index.php LEDE: Starting July 1, student loan interest rates will increase by close to 2 percent. In order for student borrowers to recieve low interest rates, Student and consumer groups are urging students, particularly recent graduates, to consolidate their student loans by June 30th. These same groups are also calling on Congress to not support bills that would eliminate the fixed rate option in student loan consolidation altogether. Selina Musuta has more from Capitol Hill. Sunday, 12 June 2005 http://dc.indymedia.org/feature/display/124224/index.php Friday, Washington, DC's local government began deliberations on a living wage policy. If the measure passes in the coming months, DC would join 300 municipalities across the US who say today's federal minimum wage of $5.15 an hour is not enough for a worker to live off of. Ingrid Drake from the DC Radio Co-op brings us this report. Sunday, 12 June 2005 http://dc.indymedia.org/feature/display/124782/index.php Last week a congressional subcommittee voted to cut hundreds of millions of dollars from public broadcasting. These cuts would ellimanate funding for digital conversion, interconnection, Ready To Learn programs, and rescind the Corporation of Public Broadcasting or CPB appropriation by 25%. However, there is a variety of groups who have come to the capitol to say no such cuts including national public radio and child programming advocates. Selina Musuta of the dc radio coop reports from the capital where there was a rally held to stop those cuts from happening. Thursday, 23 June 2005 http://dc.indymedia.org/feature/display/124895/index.php This is a 28:30 minute piece about the global struggle by sex workers for recognition of their labor and human rights. There is a break at 15 minutes for station ID, just a music bed, and there are lots of music in the piece. It was produced by Darby Hickey and Selina Musuta of the DC Radio Coop, please re-use only for non-profit purposes and give credit where it's due. The anchor lede should be read before starting the peice, which has a bit of music at the start, so you could fade it up under the anchor. LEDE: Workers in sex industries around the world are advocating and organizing for their rights. The DC Radio Coop brings some of the voices of the global sex worker rights movement in this piece produced by Darby Hickey and Selina Musuta. Thursday, 23 June 2005 http://dc.indymedia.org/feature/display/124914/index.php The day after US Marshalls raided an unlicensed community radio station in Vermont, Radio Free Brattleboro, the House of Representatives debated funding for public broadcasting. The debate became heated as the House tried to decide on the appropriations bill and amendments to it which would affect money going to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Darby Hickey has more from Washington DC. Thursday, 23 June 2005 http://dc.indymedia.org/feature/display/125668/index.php More than 200 people came out for the first international conference in Washington D.C. from July 6th through 9th, 2005 to explore the uniqueness, wealth and complexity of African traditional medicines, and their potential role in addressing some of the crucial health challenges of our times. Monday, 11 July 2005