Flashpoints – February 8, 2008
A presentation of the documentary "The War on Democracy", about US intervention in Latin America, by author, journalist, and film maker John Pilger.
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A presentation of the documentary "The War on Democracy", about US intervention in Latin America, by author, journalist, and film maker John Pilger.
Dennis Bernstein talks to David Ray Griffen about his new book "911 Contradictions".
Former Alaska Senator and presidential candidate Mike Gravel ignores Super Tuesday and addresses himself to the real issues of our time; and Michael Parenti in a recent speech at City Lights Books, in conjunction with the release of his new book, Contrary Notions: the Parenti Reader.
Kristen Ess reports on the Israeli killing of three Palestinians in Gaza and a suicide operation in Israel; a radical leader in the immigrants rights movement throws his support to Obama; also, former UN special envoy to Haiti Juan Gabriel Valdez, referred to by Haitians as the Butcher of Cite Soleil, visits UC Berkeley tomorrow; … Continued
On today’s program: Rene Saucedo, Day Laborer CenterLynne Stewart, civil rights attorneyNativo LopezHeadlines with Miguel PerezFlashpoints en Espanol Live broadcast from the SF Day Laborer Center in the Mission District!!
An in-depth interview with Palestine Bureau Chief Kristen Ess on over a half dozen invasions into the West Bank over the last forty eight hours; on the Block Report we’ll feature an eyewitness account to the murder of Gary King; also, High school students punished for not being objective about the use of torture by … Continued
Award winning journalist Robert Fisk talks about the war in Iraq, the killings in Beirut, and what’s happening in Gaza; also, Flashpoints Bureau Chief Kristen Ess reports on the killing, by occupation forces, of a 17 year old in Bethlehem; and the Knight Report.
Egyptians attempt to tighten control at the Gaza border to restrain hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who refuse to be locked down in the prison of Gaza, we’ll get a report from the ground in Rafah; Kristen Ess reports on the death of George Habash, resistance leader and political activist as Israeli forces swarm into … Continued