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Flashpoints – April 15, 2008

Iconic singer songwriter Ani DiFranco speaks with Nora Barrows-Friedman on her evolution as a musician, life as mother, and her community in New Orleans; Plus, our Palestine bureau chief Kristen Ess reports on the educational crisis and fuel shortages in Gaza; And the Knight Report with Robert Knight.


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Flashpoints – April 14, 2008

Body of War, a new documentary by Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro, we’ll be joined in studio by the filmmakers; Also, Nora Barrows-Friedman reports from the Wheels of Justice bus tour; Anuradha Mittal reports on a global hunger emergency; And the Knight Report with Robert Knight.


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Flashpoints – April 9, 2008

Israeli occupation forces kill ten Palestinians in Gaza, and kidnap 50 in the West Bank in a series of expanded raids; also, a second generation of depleted uranium, white phosphorus and other advanced US weaponry continue to take their silent toll across US-occupied Iraq; we report on an in-depth assessment of the body count of … Continued


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Flashpoints – April 8, 2008

Thousands of Haitians rush the Presidential palace and are dispersed by UN forces firing teargas and rubber bullets; also, Palestine Bureau Chief Kristen Ess interviews a major political leader in the West Bank about the expanded colonization of Jerusalem; we’ll also feature a special report on a Fallujah prison that’s more like a dungeon; and … Continued


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Flashpoints – April 7, 2008

Death Row political prisoner and journalist Mumia Abu Jamal, in his own words, talks about the status of his case for the first time since the most recent ruling from the 3rd Circuit Court which recently denied his appeal; headlines from occupied Palestine as Israel continues to bomb and attack the Gaza strip; Rachel Corrie’s … Continued


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Flashpoints – April 4, 2008

We welcome back Francisco Herrera and broadcast live from the San Francisco Day Labor Program with co-host Rene Saucedo! We’ll be focusing on recent ICE raids in the Bay Area; Rene will report back from a recent conference at the border; we’ll talk about the implications of the recent militarization of the border; we’ll speak … Continued


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Flashpoints – April 3, 2008

More rape allegations surface against Halliburton-KBR in US-occupied Iraq; also, excerpts from Dr. Martin Luther King’s moving speech on April 30, 1967, Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam, and we talk about his vision against what King called the triple evils of militarism, racism and economic exploitation; and the Knight Report.


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Flashpoints – April 2, 2008

Palestine Bureau Chief Kristen Ess continues reporting on Land Day and one woman’s story about losing her home in 1948 when Zionist militias began to purge Palestinians from their land; also, UC Berkeley Law professor John Yoo exposed as the author of a newly-revealed torture memo; Bay Area Salvadorans protest the decision by San Francisco’s … Continued