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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.
On the 6th anniversary of the war and occupation of Iraq, Flashpoints will feature a mini-speak out by youth against the war who will be part of a major national protest over the weekend; also, Palestinian legislator and physician Dr. Mustafa Barghouti comments on the expansion of Israeli settler power with the appointment of Avigdor … Continued
AIG boss cops a plea before Congress, we discuss the continuing AIG bailout and the bonuses on Community Business this week with Catherine Austin Fitts; also, the SEIU and a national coalition organize ten thousand union workers across the country in an action to protest the bailouts and call for Congress to support banking reform … Continued
An Iraq veteran and leader of the anti-war movement tells Flashpoints why he went AWOL and why he's about to march on the Pentagon; also, the cold-blooded murder of Oscar Grant, a new in-depth investigation into what happened January 1st, 2009; JR and the Block Report sit down with legendary revolutionary activist Angela Davis to … Continued
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
Richard Montoya, co-founder and director of Culture Clash, speaks to us about the new level of race and class in LA, resisting checkpoints within the city, and standing up against Homeland Security; also, a special report on pink-slip Friday: the massive layoffs of teachers in California; plus, Oakland activist Tristan Anderson in critical condition after … Continued
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
Israel continues to bomb the southern Gaza strip while conducting mass arrests in the West Bank, we get reports from both areas of Palestine; also, according to a new study, over 1.5 million children are homeless in America and the situation is only getting worse, we talk to the director of the National Center … Continued
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
We have an in-depth update on the situation in Haiti, on the 5th anniversary of the US coup there, Flashpoints special correspondent Kevin Pina will report on the current situation on the ground and Obama's policy toward the poverty-stricken country; also, an exclusive eyewitness account from inside an Israeli military raid on a home in … Continued
We re-broadcast our 40-minute collage recorded last Saturday in Phoenix, Arizona, where thousands of undocumented workers and their supporters gathered to protest the racist policies of Sheriff Joe Arpaio; and Flashpoints en Espanol.
