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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.
Military recruitment up as the economy plummets and unemployment soars at record levels, we speak to an Iraq war and occupation veteran and also a youth organizer who are on a nationwide tour, speaking out in high school classrooms against militarism and recruitment; also, an impassioned speech by Berkeley City Councilmember Max Anderson during last … Continued
UC Berkeley torture professor John Yoo heads south as the Berkeley City Council calls for his prosecution on war crimes for his role in the Bush administration torture program; also, we'll have an in-depth report on the ongoing workers' sit-in in Chicago; we'll have an expanded report on the Jewish settlers' pogrom against Palestinians in … Continued
Israeli airstrikes kill two Palestinian teenagers in besieged and blockaded Gaza; also, an in-depth look at the private mercenary army that continues to savage the Iraqi landscape; and the Knight Report.
Phyllis Bennis talks about Obama's foreign policy appointments including Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State and the current tragedy in Gaza; also, a well-known environmentalist invades the organization that her father founded, we'll tell you why; we'll take another look at Obama's economic team in the face of multiple corporate bailouts; and the Knight Report.
Kristen Ess reports from Palestine on this week's deadly Israeli attacks and a continuing blockade in the Gaza strip, as Palestinians in the West Bank resist ongoing illegal settlement colony and wall construction on their land; plus, a riveting speech by legendary anti-nuclear activist and author Dr. Helen Caldicott, on the three major threats facing … Continued
Israeli warplanes kill four Palestinians inside the Gaza strip, we'll get a report from Gaza City as food, fuel and supplies once again run out; also, we'll talk about the current crisis enveloping hundreds of thousands of internally-displaced refugees in the Congo; JR speaks with Green Party Presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney about her take on … Continued
