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 – April 16, 2009
Secretary of State Hilary Clinton goes to Haiti: We'll feature an on-the-ground report from Port-au-Prins, and have Special Correspondent, Kevin Pena, in our studio for deep background:Also Nora Barrow's Friedman reports from Occupied Palestine, and in honor of Pacifica's 60th birthday– we'll feature an excerpt from our sixty-years sixty voices collection
Flashpoints – April 15, 2009
We take an in-depth look at the Obama Bail-out, and its impact at the state and local level: In celebration of 60 years of Pacifica we play our 1991 interview with Earth-Firster and Wobbley, the late Judi, who was blown up in her car by Terrorists and then blamed falsely for bombing herself by the … Continued
Flashpoints – April 14, 2009
Watching an Innocent Man Murdered by the State: We'll Speak with Reverend Carroll Picket, who Watched the stated of Texas murder 95 people , including at least one man, Carlos Deluna, who was provably Innocent:Also we'll feature a follow on the case of Efren Paredes, who claims he was convicted of a crime he did … Continued
Flashpoints – April 9, 2009
The Untold Story of the Iraqi resistance, and how to bring peaceful resolutions to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: Also CIA trained asset and Cuban Terrorist, Luis Posada , is indicted by a federal Grand Jury: We'll look at Obama' s new weapons budget and speak with a young radical Latino activist, who is … Continued
Flashpoints – April 8, 2009
Today on Flashpoints: Cathrine Austin Fitts warns of an unemployment rate that will top 19 percent by the end of this year: also Nora Barrows Friedman reports on Israeli settler violence, and an Israeli military attack on a four year old Palestinian , with a sound bomb. And we'll speak to Kathy Kelly and friends … Continued
Flashpoints – April 6, 2009 at 5:00pm
Colson Whitehead, author of the autobiographical novel, "Sag Harbor." about life in an upper class African-American vacation enclave on New York's Long Island, talks with host Richard Wolinsky.