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Flashpoints – May 20, 2008

We spend the entire hour listening to excerpts from the riveting new documentary film, The USA vs. Al-Arian, which documents the dark side of the Patriot Act in the context of the extreme federal persecution of a Palestinian-American university professor and political activist in Florida; we’ll also get an update in the case of Dr. … Continued


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Flashpoints – May 19, 2008

National immigrants rights activists condemn the latest homeland security raids on immigrants; also, Cuba in the headlines again, we’ll speak to activists about a major breaking story; and noted Israeli historian Ilan Pappe, author of the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, delivers a riveting speech on the 60-year old purge of Palestinians from their homeland.


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Flashpoints – May 16, 2008

Noted international law scholar Francis Boyle demands that torture professor John Yoo be removed from UC Berkeley’s Boalt Law School immediately; also, a rally planned in support of death row political prisoner Mumia abu Jamal; an update on Burma; and stories of change by San Francisco youth.


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Flashpoints – May 15, 2008

We devote the entire show to international coverage of the 60th anniversary of the Nakba in Palestine: we’ll speak with Palestinian refugees, from communities across the global diaspora about the last six decades of ongoing ethnic cleansing and dispossession; plus, we’ll hear excerpts from a brand-new speech by Israeli historian, Ilan Pappe, author of the … Continued


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Flashpoints – May 13, 2008

1.5 million Burmese still facing epidemics and death as Burma’s narco-dictatorship continues to stonewall against foreign aid; also, the street battles in Lebanon move to the northern city of Tripoli, we’ll have special report on the ongoing violence; Kristen Ess interviews Palestinian elders as they remember 60 years of dispossession and expulsion from their homes; … Continued


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Flashpoints – May 12, 2008

1.9 million people in grave jeopardy in Burma as the narco-dictatorship continues to stonewall on international humanitarian aid, we’ll speak to pro-democracy leaders about the devastation and the tens of thousands of exiled Burmese who cannot locate their relatives; also, the battle in Beirut moves to the mountains, we’ll have a report from our special … Continued


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Flashpoints – May 8, 2008

Over a million and a half Burmese in life-threatening conditions as the narco-dictatorship refuses outside aid; also, we get a report under fire from the streets of Beirut, where six people have been killed in violent political clashes; plus, the US occupation military seals of Sadr City in preparation for a wide-scale assault, we’ll speak … Continued


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Flashpoints – May 7, 2008

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert faces corruption and bribery charges, as Palestinians continue to face the brunt of his ethnic cleansing policies, Kristen Ess reports from the occupied West Bank; also, in a special expanded edition of Community Business with Catherine Austin Fitts, we’ll explore the darker side of secret government and also how communities … Continued