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Flashpoints – May 22, 2008

UN Secretary visits the Burmese dictatorship but fails to convince them to let life and death aid flow into the country, meanwhile, in a breaking story out of Burma, reports say 7,000 people with swords and solid bamboo staffs are heading towards Rangoon to liberate food supplies; also, author and internationally-renowned lecturer on Black American … Continued


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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