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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.
World-renowned pediatrician and anti-nuclear activist Helen Caldicott talks about her new, national radio show; the Israeli military continues their special punishment for nonviolent Palestinian activists organizing their oppressed communities; JR and the Block Report take to the streets in Philadelphia as protest continue against the persecution of death row journalist Mumia Abu Jamal; and the … Continued
A special report on the decision by West Coast dockworkers to stop work on May 1st, to express their opposition to the Iraq war; also, on Community Business with Catherine Austin Fitts, we’ll take a look at the continuing housing meltdown, peaking oil prices and the beginning of food shortages; headlines from occupied Palestine; artists … Continued
United Nations troops violently attack a Haitian market after one UN soldier is killed; also, a conscientious objector of the Iraq war takes his story into an Oakland high school; and the occupied Gaza strip faces imminent electricity cuts as Israel continues its fuel embargo in extreme and illegal collective punishment maneuvers against Palestinians.
Iraq Veterans bring a landmark lawsuit against the VA for failing to provide proper mental health care to returning vets, we’ll speak toone of the key organizers; also, filmmakers report from inside the courtroom and take the story to young people; plus, a report from theoccupied Gaza strip, where US-made Israeli warplanes and helicopter gunships … Continued
We broadcast live from the Sonoma Peace and Justice Center in Santa Rosa! United Farmworkers win a major victory against Chales Krug, including the re-hiring of key workers; also, not a single Latino delegate was elected from the Obama campaign from San Francisco to Santa Rosa; we’ll have headlines from the region, Flashpoints en Espanol, … Continued
We’ll feature an update on the international call for action to free Mumia Abu-Jamal; We’ll have an exclusive interview with the Angola 3, who were moved after 36 years of solitary confinement into general maximum security; And, an in-depth interview with Black Panther Charllotte O’Neal talks about her husband Pete O’Neal’s continuing exile in Tanzania.
Food riots and grassroots struggle continues in Haiti; Also, we’ll have a global perspective on the massive struggle to feed the world’s hungry; Plus, a Palestinian rights activist is held in solitary confinement in his 45th day of a hunger strike; Activist Nation features the million signature campaign in Iran and the plight of women’s … Continued
Iconic singer songwriter Ani DiFranco speaks with Nora Barrows-Friedman on her evolution as a musician, life as mother, and her community in New Orleans; Plus, our Palestine bureau chief Kristen Ess reports on the educational crisis and fuel shortages in Gaza; And the Knight Report with Robert Knight.
Body of War, a new documentary by Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro, we’ll be joined in studio by the filmmakers; Also, Nora Barrows-Friedman reports from the Wheels of Justice bus tour; Anuradha Mittal reports on a global hunger emergency; And the Knight Report with Robert Knight.
State violence in Mexico against women activists and journalists; Also, Miguel Perez reports on a takeover in the Mexican Congress in protest of the privatization of oil; and Headlines en Espanol.
