Today on Flashpoints, we continue our drumbeat coverage of the situation in Haiti as the violent, US-backed coup surges into another week. We hear the words of a twelve year-old Haitian girl in hiding from the death squads; Flashpoints correspondent Kevin Pina returns with an on-the- ground report; We go to the Central African Republic … Continued
Hear about Slumdog Millionaire's real "slum" Dharavi with Dilip D'souza, author of The Narmada Dammed & Kalpana Sharma, author of Rediscovering Dharavi: Stories from Asia's Largest Slum. And, the film Betrayal traces a Laotian family's flight from war to the mean streets of America; part of the International Laotian Lunar New Year. Also, Secret Asian … Continued
Today on Flashpoints, an exclusive broadcast of President Aristide’s first address to the Haitian people and the people of the world, recorded covertly this morning by cell phone; also, a roundtable of Haitians and activists respond to the President’s words and talk about the future of Haiti; also, angry Haitians speak out from yesterday’s protest … Continued
Outsourcing to Asia continues to make the news. It’s also the subject of Alladeen, a well-received play about the impact of made-in-the-USA jobs exported to Indian workers. We learn more about this issue in a talk with: Naeem Mohaiemen, author of articles on outsourcing, and Marianne Weems producer of Alladeen. Also, the Asian Sight and … Continued
KPFA Local Station Board Meeting Saturday, February 28th, 2004 South Berkeley Senior Center 10:00am-4:00pm Minutes were recorded by Mary Bishop, KPFA Administrative Assistant. Members present constituting a quorum: Howard Beeman, Mary Berg, Max Blanchet, Steve Conley, Riva Enteen, Ted Friedman, Ann Hallatt, Mark Hernandez, Jane Jackson, Sepideh Khosrowjah, Michael Lubin, Debbie Speer, Sarv Randhawa, Lisa … Continued
Legacies of War During wartime, the U.S. public is barraged with images and information about the current military offensive. But how much do we know about the effects that conflict has on war-torn regions years after the violence has ended? In many cases, countries recovering from war suffer from extremely high unemployment, environmental illness, limited … Continued
Greenspan says cut Social Security Mumia Abu-Jamal Commentary: Ralph Nader Free-trade Agreement Between Jordan & Singapore Road Blocks for Argentine Labor Reform Cross Burning Covered Up on LA Campus Agricultural Workers Shut Out in Senegal
An on-the-ground update on the violence and civil unrest in Haiti; we speak to a Venezuelan activist about the destabilization process already in the works for Venezuela; and a broadcast of the radical documentary, Uncovered: The Whole Truth about the Iraq War.
7:00 am"Uncovered: The Whole Truth about the Iraq War" sponsored by Moveon.org and The Center for American Progress. 8:00 amA Tribute to Harriet Tubman, produced by Anita Johnson and Dev Ross. 8:15 amTariq Ali speaking in Los Angeles late last year, an event sponsored by KPFK, "Bush in Babylon: The Recolonization of Iraq."
We continue our coverage of the expanding US-supported destabilization campaign in Haiti, we’ll get a live report from Port-au-Prince with the latest details. Kevin Cooper speaks to us from his cell on death row one week after his last minute stay of execution. Excerpts from the hard hitting documentary Aftermath: Unanswered Questions from 9-11.
