Flashpoints

Flashpoints – June 10, 2009

The global movement of boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israeli apartheid in Palestine scores a victory as a French company is set to pull out of an Israeli contract due to European grassroots pressure; we also hear about a protest at the Caterpillar shareholders meeting in Chicago; also, Robert Knight takes a look at the … Continued


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Flashpoints – June 9, 2009

Jordan Flaherty, editor of Left Turn Magazine, talks about taking a delegation from the Southern United States to the occupied Gaza strip, and what became clear in the context of joint struggles from New Orleans to Rafah; also, Robert Knight on a Congressional breakthrough for a single-payer health plan with hearings beginning tomorrow; news headlines … Continued


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Flashpoints – June 8, 2009

Peruvian police open fire on unarmed indigenous people of the Amazon who protested the government's collusion with multinational corporations to exploit the land under free trade agreements, we'll go to Bagua, Peru, for a full report; also, Robert Knight speaks with David Barsamian about the outcome of Sunday's elections in Lebanon; and legendary war correspondent … Continued


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Flashpoints – June 4, 2009

Barack Obama heads to Cairo in an attempt to build unity between the West and the so-called Arab-Muslim world while US weapons fire in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine, Ali Abunimah reports from Amman, Jordan; plus, Robert Knight with Sam Husseini on Israel's ongoing nuclear program; how defenders of women's reproductive rights are mobilizing in … Continued


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Flashpoints – June 3, 2009

Robert Knight continues his coverage on the breaking crisis in Pakistan as the American diplomatic team arrives on the ground; plus, an in-depth, critical look at the situation in Darfur and the Save Darfur movement with Professor Mahmoud Mamdani, author of Saviors and Survivors: Darfur, Politics and the War On Terror; and the Knight Report. … Continued


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Flashpoints – June 2, 2009

Millions of Pakistanis caught in US-backed army escalation against the Taliban in the western border with Afghanistan, Robert Knight speaks with Pakistani attorney Ali Ahsan; also, Obama nominates a new Bush-era head of the US army as Dick Cheney admits that there is no connection between 9-11 and Iraq, Ahmed Habib reports from Doha on … Continued


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Flashpoints – June 1, 2009

6 Palestinians dead in armed clashes between a Hamas resistance group and US-trained Palestinian Authority forces in the West Bank, former PLO advisor Diana Buttu talks about how the PA is subcontracting the Israeli occupation and turning against its own people; also, an update with the Block Report on preliminary hearings in the San Francisco … Continued


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Flashpoints – May 29, 2009

Taking the global battle for indigenous and environmental rights to the Chevron shareholder's meeting, we'll talk to Mitch Anderson of Amazon Watch about the largest environmental case in history; also, Palestinian Authority quisling president Mahmoud Abbas goes to Washington as Israeli forces and settlers continue to lay siege to occupied Palestine, we'll have a report … Continued