Flashpoints

Flashpoints – March 3, 2008

Israelis kill or wound over 400 people in the last six days in Gaza, we’ll feature a series of special reports from Gaza and the West Bank, including an update on an expanding medical emergency there; we’ll also speak with Ali Abunimah of the Electronic Intifada for an overview; and the Knight Report.


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Flashpoints – February 29, 2008

Israel’s deputy defense minister threatens a quote “holocaust” against the 1.5 million Palestinian people in Gaza; also, we’ll have a report back on the Longest Walk from Jimbo Simmons; we’ll talk about today’s international actions calling for the return to democracy, 4 years after the US-sponsored coup in Haiti; headlines from the region and Flashpoints … Continued


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Flashpoints – February 28, 2008

Today on a Flashpoints special, should Penny Pritzger, finance chair for Obama 2008, step down? We’ll speak with independent financial whistleblower Tim Anderson; we’ll also speak with former Assistant HUD secretary and financial wizard Catherine Austin Fitts about the larger challenges on the horizon of the sub-prime meltdown; also, US-made Israeli fighter jets, helicopter gunships, … Continued


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Flashpoints – February 27, 2008

Palestine Bureau Chief Kristen Ess reports on the total breakdown of infrastructure within the occupied West Bank and Gaza strip; plus, historian and human rights activist Mary Elizabeth King talks about the collective history of Palestinian nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience strategies; and the Knight Report.


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Flashpoints – February 25, 2008

In still one more act of peaceful disobedience to the violent Israeli military, thousands of Palestinians trapped in Gaza form a human chain at the northern border fence, Kristen Ess reports; also, we’ll get full analysis from Ali Abunimah; and investigative reporter Allan Nairn on the possibility of another full-scale Israeli invasion into Lebanon.


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Flashpoints – February 20, 2008

An investigative report into Penny Pritzker, the 2008 campaign finance chairman for Barack Obama, who was a key mover and shaker in creating the sub-prime meltdown; also, Oakland police gun down a grandmother in the back, we’ll have an update; police attack DQ Indigenous University and arrest several students; and we hear excerpts from the … Continued


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Flashpoints – February 19, 2008

Fidel Castro shakes the world again, this time with an announcement that he will no longer seek Cuba’s presidency; also, tree-sitters under attack by homeland security forces in Berkeley; Kristen Ess reports on Israel’s continued program to annihilate Hamas; and we hear excerpts from the hard-hitting film, Fidel: The Untold Story.