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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.
After years of racist railroading by Federal prosecutors, a Texas court sentences five Arab-Americans on a combined 69 counts for their charitable work serving Palestinians, we'll speak to one of the defense attorneys whose client was just sentenced to 65 years in prison; also, Dr. Mads Gilbert, who treated and documented victims of US weaponry … Continued
The California Supreme Court upholds the discriminatory and draconian Proposition 8, continuing the ban on gay marriage, we'll talk to a gay pastor risking arrest as demonstrators hit the streets of San Francisco in protest of the ruling; also, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approves the construction of a new illegal colony in the Jordan … Continued
Today on a special Memorial Day edition of Flashpoints, We re-broadcast the full hour of death row prisoner Kevin Cooper, in an in-depth interview about his case, and the criminal injustice system.
Bill Clinton, a consistent enemy of the people's Lavalas movement of Haiti, named as UN envoy, we'll feature a special report on the implications and a remembrance on UN and US slaughters in 2004 and 2005; also, the Block Report interviews Martina Davis on an international day devoted to saving the life of her brother, … Continued
According to eleven Federal judges, the State of California is one step away from murdering an innocent Black man; an exclusive interview with death row prisoner Kevin Cooper.
Live from Sonoma State University with Cindy Sheehan; talking about Immigrant Rights, the Torture Memos and much more!
On the 61st anniversary of the expulsion of Palestinians from their land, ethnic cleansing continues apace in occupied Palestine. We spend the hour listening to excerpts from the hard-hitting documentary film, Occupation 101, which takes viewers through the brutal chronology of dispossession, exile and military occupation in Palestine even before 1948 and the creation of … Continued
Award-winning independent journalist Dahr Jamail explains the accelerated collapse of security and infrastructure in US-occupied Iraq, as President Obama seeks to refuse to allow the public release of new torture photographs from US-run prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan; and as Palestinians mark 61 years of dispossession since their expulsion from historic Palestine in 1948, Israel … Continued
Torture still happening under the Obama administration, we'll talk about why activists are gearing up to launch major protest around the country; also, JR and the Block Report talks about an innocent man who did 18 years in prison, and legal loopholes that prevent him from receiving compensation from the state; and a riveting speech … Continued
