Flashpoints

Flashpoints – March 16, 2009

A report on the RNC 8, a group of antiwar activists and anarchists facing major terrorism charges for their peaceful resistance at the Republican Convention; also, Israeli occupation troops shoot and injure three young Palestinians today in the West Bank, we have an update on the situation in Na'ilin and a report from a demonstration … Continued


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Flashpoints – March 12, 2009 at 5:00pm

Catherine Austin Fitts takes a look at Bernie Madoff, the permanent war economy and new revelations about a Bush administration executive assassination ring; also, former high-level CIA analyst Ray McGovern speaks out against AIPAC and its attack against Chas Freeman; an exclusive interview with the leading human rights attorney from Haiti on the violent conditions … Continued


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Flashpoints – March 10, 2009 at 5:00pm

We spend the hour with United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Dr. Richard Falk, with an in-depth discussion on the role of international human rights organizations in the prosecution of Israeli officials for war crimes, the expanding humanitarian nightmare in occupied Gaza, his thoughts on the appointment of Middle … Continued


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Flashpoints – March 3, 2009 at 5:00pm

We report on the donor's conference in Egypt, where Hillary Clinton doesn't miss a beat continuing the Bush policy for Palestine, as Israel prepares to double its settler population in the occupied West Bank; also, National Lawyer's Guild President Marjorie Cohn comments on newly-released justice department documents that further implicate Bush legal officials, including John … Continued