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 – June 18, 2009
UN forces open fire on a funeral for Catholic Priest and Lavalas leader Gerard Jean-Juste in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, Kevin Pina features an in-depth report; also, Robert Knight continues the discussion on turmoil in Iran following the recent elections; problems and solutions in the California budget crisis as state lawmakers seek to tax … Continued
Flashpoints – June 17, 2009
The US government privatizes the profit while socializing the debt: Catherine Austin Fitts lays out what Obama's new plan for the financial system means for the American public; plus, Robert Knight discusses the Iranian elections and power politics with Muhammed Sahimi in part two of their interview; JR and the Block Report in an in-depth … Continued
Flashpoints – June 16, 2009
Robert Knight with Muhammed Sahimi on the latest clashes in Iran and an in-depth look at the real workings of Islamic power politics; also, international law professor Francis Boyle analyzes Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's vision of a Palestinian state and the significance of the growing boycott movement against Israeli apartheid in Palestine; the US Congress … Continued
Flashpoints – June 15, 2009
The US Supreme Court refuses to review the case of the Cuban 5, we'll hear from Gloria la Riva about the next legal steps ahead; also, elections in Iran: protests erupt in the streets of Tehran as Ahmedinejad is re-elected as President, Robert Knight features in-depth coverage; Former US President Jimmy Carter meets with Israeli … Continued
Flashpoints – June 12, 2009
Gloria La Riva talks about Monday's important ruling in the US Supreme Court as the Cuban 5 appeal their 11-year imprisonment; also, we get an update from the ground in Peru a week after the police massacre of indigenous people in the Amazon; we'll talk about how the new FMLN president of El Salvador plans … Continued