Flashpoints

01.03.08 - 5:00pm

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01.02.08 - 5:00pm

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Israeli tanks and warplanes re-invade the occupied Gaza strip, opening fire and extra-judicially assassinating six resistance fighters, bringing the weekly death toll to twenty; we’ll get reports from both Gaza and the West Bank; also, Chris Brown reports from Beirut, Lebanon, where he investigates the ongoing displacement and dispossession of Palestinian refugees; JR and the … Continued

01.01.08 - 5:00pm

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We take a look back at our top stories, in part two of our New Years special featuring the best of Flashpoints in 2007. We’ll talk about a visit to a former Palestinian children’s prison in the occupied West Bank; the struggle of life under Israeli military occupation and colonization from the eyes of a … Continued

12.31.07 - 5:00pm

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Today on Flashpoints, We take a look back at our top stories, in part oneof our New Years special featuring the best of Flashpoints in 2007.U.S. Gunships attack Somalian citizens in an escalation of the so-called‘War on Terrorism’ and a surge in military spending; Israeli economicsanctions worsen the humanitarian crisis in Occupied Palestine, while gunbattles … Continued

12.28.07 - 5:00pm

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As the U.S. Border Patrol fires gas cannisters at Mexican citizens in Tijuana, Mexico, we get a response from the American Friends Service Committee working on the ground; Plus, we speak with Bill Means on the decision by the Lakota Nation to declare independence from the United States; Also, Activist Nation features the work of … Continued

12.27.07 - 5:00pm

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Today on Flashpoints, Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto assassinated as the country falls further into political collapse; Plus, Three Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza as illegal settlement colonies expand in the West Bank, our Palestine Bureau Chief Kristen Ess investigates; Haitian human rights leader goes into hiding following a new wave of … Continued

12.26.07 - 5:00pm

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Our Palestine Bureau Chief Kristen Ess reports from the occupied city of Bethlehem, as Israeli forces continue to kidnap, arrest, attack, and shoot Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza strip during Christmas celebrations; also, JR and the Block Report feature an update on police terrorism in Chicago; and activists in Santa Cruz and Berkeley, … Continued

12.25.07 - 5:00pm

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Ilan Pappe, Israeli historian and author of the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, in a speech on the history and ongoing reality of Israel’s colonization program.Special thanks to www.electronicintifada.net for this audio

12.24.07 - 5:00pm

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Naomi Klein, acclaimed author of The Shock Doctrine, in conversation with filmmaker Robert Greenwald; they discuss the war and occupation in Iraq, the ongoing disaster in New Orleans, the ongoing privatization of war by mercenary contractors, and much more. Global Voices for Justice – www.globalvoicesforjustice.org

12.21.07 - 5:00pm

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A new report documents severe human rights abuses by the US border patrol; plus, the 9th circuit court denies death row prisoner Kevin Cooper his appeal, despite overwhelming evidence confirming his innocence in a 1983 trumped-up murder charge, which could mean his return to facing murder by the state of California; Haiti correspondent Kevin Pina … Continued