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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.
F L A S H P O I N T S Thursday, December 20th, 2007 Police attack protesters, including elderly women, with taser guns and pepper spray in New Orleans as the City Council votes unanimously to destroy 4500 public housing units, favoring profit over the people’s needs; also, Israel invades the Gaza strip, killing … Continued
Immigration agents raid an Oakland Elementary School yesterday and attempt to separate yet another mother from her son, we’ll speak to a school official and Arnoldo Garcia about the intensification of ICE raids and racist anti-immigrant attacks across the country; Also, JR and the Block Report speak with a member of the San Francisco 8 … Continued
The UN plans to extend its mandate in Iraq for another year placating the Bush Administration and the puppet regime in the Iraqi Parliament, we’ll speak with Raed Jarrar about what that means for the ordinary Iraqi on the ground; Also, Palestine Bureau Chief Kristen Ess reports on the Israeli killings in Gaza; Plus, Kevin … Continued
Kevin Pina back on the ground in Haiti, describes the latest situation with political prisoners and how the Lavalas party remains steadfast in its rebuilding; also, Palestine Bureau Chief Kristen Ess reports from the West Bank, as five Palestinians are killed in Israeli air strikes in Gaza while European governments pledge millions of dollars to … Continued
Today on Flashpoints, Education rights activist and author Jonathan Kozol talks about the school system and education as a human right; also, we talk about the political rhetoric that is being used to dehumanize Latinos and immigrants while rallying voters TOWARD racist immigration policies; and Flashpoints en Espanol.
The Bush Administration and HUD send bulldozers to New Orleans, where they plan to demolish thousands of housing units as tens of thousands of people still remain homeless or waiting for federal assistance, over 2 years since Hurricane Katrina; also, Kristen Ess reports from occupied Palestine; Activist Nation, a new segment that focuses on direct … Continued
In the aftermath of another Israeli siege we speak with Dr. Mona Al-Farra inside occupied Gaza about the ensuing humanitarian catastrophe; We get an update from the West Bank on Israel’s blatant violations of international law as it prepares to build more illegal settlement colonies; Also, Blackwater defeated in Southern California as the community of … Continued
Israeli tanks, bulldozers, helicopters and US-made F16s invade the occupied Gaza strip from all sides, our special correspondent Mohammed Omer has an on-the-ground report on the ensuing bloodbath in the streets as the international community once again turns its back on the people; also, Cathy Wilkerson, infamous member of the Weather Underground and community activist … Continued
We focus our attention on several stories from across the country of civil rights under attack: At the gates of Fort Huachuca, Arizona, The US Army continues to jail nonviolent protesters who demonstrate against the military’s teaching of torture and interrogation tactics; in New York City, we hear the case of the New Jersey Seven, … Continued
