Flashpoints
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An award winning front-line investigative news magazine focusing on human, civil and workers rights, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.
Flashpoints – November 11, 2009
On Veteran's Day, Military Families Speak Out against the expanding war in Afghanistan; also, a remembrance about the bee that saved my veteran father's life; the AFL-CIO expands its involvement in representing migrant day laborers; plus, a new film documentary about the only Japanese-American to rise through the ranks of the Black Panthers; and the … Continued
Flashpoints – November 10, 2009
A Private at Fort Hood attempts to hand-deliver a letter against the expanding war to President Obama during today's memorial service, we'll speak to the active-duty veteran soldier who says that while Secret Service destroyed his letter, he's determined to get it to the President; we'll also be joined by Dahr Jamail, who has written … Continued
Flashpoints – November 9, 2009
We'll speak to a courageous, young Afghan parliamentarian suspended from Parliament for speaking out against the growing corruption and the rise of warlords in US-occupied Afghanistan; also, former Palestinian political prisoner speaks out against the ongoing and systematic torture meted out in Israeli prisons; plus, we'll hear about an action by the American Indian Movement … Continued
Flashpoints – November 6, 2009
An in-depth look at yesterday's Fort Hood shooting, with Dahr Jamail; also, American Indian Movement founder Bill Means joins us to talk about a major visit by the United Nations to the Pine Ridge Reservation yesterday; We'll also get a report from the Brazilian embassy in Honduras where the talks between President Zelaya and the … Continued
Flashpoints – November 3, 2009
The US Congress votes to condemn the Goldstone Report, which corroborates Palestinians' accounts of massive war crimes during the massacres in Gaza earlier this year, we'll speak to a poet and activist who was disinvited from a conference of the so-called alternative to the pro-Israel lobby, AIPAC, because of his views on Palestine; also, legendary … Continued
Flashpoints – November 2, 2009
We continue our multi-part series on the anatomy of a financial coup d'etat, on a day when new revelations show that Goldman Sachs secretly bet on the US housing crash; also, environmentalists win a major victory in Oregon, in reversing a draconian law that restrained peaceful environmental activists from protesting the destruction of land and … Continued
Flashpoints – October 30, 2009
Has a deal been struck that will restore President Zelaya to power in Honduras? We'll speak to our sources inside the Brazilian Embassy, where the President is still holding court; also, a roundtable discussion on coups and regional policy from Honduras to Venezuela to Haiti; news headlines from Project Censored; and Flashpoints en Espanol will … Continued