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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.
The Untold Story of the Iraqi resistance, and how to bring peaceful resolutions to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: Also CIA trained asset and Cuban Terrorist, Luis Posada , is indicted by a federal Grand Jury: We'll look at Obama' s new weapons budget and speak with a young radical Latino activist, who is … Continued
Today on Flashpoints: Cathrine Austin Fitts warns of an unemployment rate that will top 19 percent by the end of this year: also Nora Barrows Friedman reports on Israeli settler violence, and an Israeli military attack on a four year old Palestinian , with a sound bomb. And we'll speak to Kathy Kelly and friends … Continued
Colson Whitehead, author of the autobiographical novel, "Sag Harbor." about life in an upper class African-American vacation enclave on New York's Long Island, talks with host Richard Wolinsky.
A new york center for immigrant rights attacked and at least fourteen are killed: Also an immigrant rights coalition comes together to create a fair and just immigration policy and will speak to poet, author, teacher and activist Jose Montoya about the life and times of Cesar Chavez , founder of the United farm workers. … Continued
African Debt Relief and the G-20:Also Schizophrenic communique from the G-20 on deregulation and reigning in the Financial Industry:We''ll here a series of calls to action fromactivists on the ground protesting the G-20 and a federal court decides in favor of the rights of a whistle-blower and the Knight Report.
Thousands of protesters demonstrate at the g20 summit in London. We'll be joined by Cathrine Austin Fitts for our weekly segment,Community Business and we'll hear sounds from the protest. We'll also have a special report on the Expanding tent city in Sacramento and we speak with Flashpoints senior producer Nora Barrows Friedman on the ground … Continued
A radical political analysis of US foreign policy towards Mexico; also, we hear a report on a national conference that focuses on organizing day laborers to battle for immigration reform; Francisco Herrera reports on a benefit concert, raising funds to close the School of the Americas; and Flashpoints en Espanol focuses on the Mexico-US border … Continued
