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Flashpoints – January 7, 2008

Investigative journalist Alan Nairn talks about the CIA kidnapping tortures, the real story behind the candidates and the upcoming elections, and Suharto on his death bed, maybe; also, fourteen Palestinians killed in one week as Israeli warplanes bombard the Gaza strip, Kristen Ess reports from the West Bank as George Bush prepares to swing into … Continued


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Flashpoints – January 4, 2008

We speak with filmmakers of the groundbreaking documentary meeting resistance, that takes a look at the Iraqi Resistance in their own voices; Plus, U.S., Mexican and Canadian workers block the southern U.S. border in response to new NAFTA regulations; Headlines from the Region; and Flashpoints en Espanol.


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Flashpoints – January 2, 2008

Israeli tanks and warplanes re-invade the occupied Gaza strip, opening fire and extra-judicially assassinating six resistance fighters, bringing the weekly death toll to twenty; we’ll get reports from both Gaza and the West Bank; also, Chris Brown reports from Beirut, Lebanon, where he investigates the ongoing displacement and dispossession of Palestinian refugees; JR and the … Continued


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Flashpoints – December 31, 2007

Today on Flashpoints, We take a look back at our top stories, in part oneof our New Years special featuring the best of Flashpoints in 2007.U.S. Gunships attack Somalian citizens in an escalation of the so-called‘War on Terrorism’ and a surge in military spending; Israeli economicsanctions worsen the humanitarian crisis in Occupied Palestine, while gunbattles … Continued


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Flashpoints – December 28, 2007

As the U.S. Border Patrol fires gas cannisters at Mexican citizens in Tijuana, Mexico, we get a response from the American Friends Service Committee working on the ground; Plus, we speak with Bill Means on the decision by the Lakota Nation to declare independence from the United States; Also, Activist Nation features the work of … Continued


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Flashpoints – December 27, 2007

Today on Flashpoints, Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto assassinated as the country falls further into political collapse; Plus, Three Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza as illegal settlement colonies expand in the West Bank, our Palestine Bureau Chief Kristen Ess investigates; Haitian human rights leader goes into hiding following a new wave of … Continued


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Flashpoints – December 26, 2007

Our Palestine Bureau Chief Kristen Ess reports from the occupied city of Bethlehem, as Israeli forces continue to kidnap, arrest, attack, and shoot Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza strip during Christmas celebrations; also, JR and the Block Report feature an update on police terrorism in Chicago; and activists in Santa Cruz and Berkeley, … Continued