Flashpoints – May 21, 2008
An in-depth history of the bursting of the housing bubble with Catherine Austin Fitts, we’ll spend the entire hour talking about the bailout and the covert side of the national economy.
Flashpoints
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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.
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
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.
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.
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
Flashpoints – May 14, 2008
We devote the entire hour to Part two of Community Business with Catherine Austin Fitts: a look at the dark side of Wall Street and how you can fight back with local economic power.
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
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
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