Flashpoints

Flashpoints – July 29, 2008

JR and the Block Report feature an interview with Mumia Abu Jamal, hosted by San Francisco BayView Newspaper’s Appolonia Jordan; then, JR interviews Appolonia about her personal experiences with the California foster care system; also, news headlines from occupied Palestine, as another Palestinian child is killed indirectly from the Israeli blockade against Gaza; and Jewish … Continued


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Flashpoints – July 28, 2008

Kristen Ess reports on the latest Israeli attacks against Palestinian families, in a widening process of ethnic cleansing; JR and the Block Report investigate police attacks on a Black neighborhood in West Oakland; a commentary by Death Row journalist and political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal; and the Knight Report.


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Flashpoints – July 25, 2008

A new Grand-Jury report on the negative impacts of the collaboration between Ice and local law enforcement on undocumented workers and their families: A report from the Founder of the Border Angels on the deadly dangers of the expanded militarization at the US/Mexico border: An update on the case of the Cuban Five, and Flashpoints … Continued


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Flashpoints – July 22, 2008

Today on a special edition of Flashpoints, we have a report on the multiple massacres in Indian-administered Gujarat, we speak to one of the key witnesses at a recent international hearing; also, Flashpoints special correspondent Dahr Jamail unmasks Obama’s pro-war policies in the Middle East, as the Senator makes his way from US-occupied Iraq to … Continued


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Flashpoints – July 21, 2008

An in-depth report on the recent ICE raid in Postville, IA, where 400 people were arrested and the entire town was turned upside down; also, a former Marine and current Iraq Vet Against the War boardmember Adam Kokesh illegally surveilled and attacked by an FBI agent; and news from Occupied Palestine with Kristen Ess documenting … Continued


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Flashpoints – July 17, 2008

Cynthia McKinney talks about her vision for the future as the first Green Party president of the United States, also joining the discussion is her vice presidential running mate, Rosa Clemente; plus, internationally-renowned Middle East correspondent Robert Fisk comments on the prisoner exchange, the Iraq war and the potential war against Iran; and the Knight … Continued


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Flashpoints – July 16, 2008

We get a report on the historic prisoner exchange between Hezbollah and the Israeli government, we speak with our special correspondent Rania Masri in Beirut; also, on Community Business with Catherine Austin Fitts, we take a close look at the IndyMac failure and we also talk about how to pick the right bank in uncertain … Continued