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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.
Israeli attacks kill seven Palestinians in Gaza, including a mother and her four children, who were sitting around the breakfast table this morning when a missile landed on their home, we’ll have an on the ground report from Gaza City; also, Kristen Ess reports from the occupied West Bank on the ongoing ethnic cleansing there, … Continued
Blackwater mercenaries try and force their way into San Diego for the second time in a year; also, three cops walk in a brutal 2006 New York City killing of an unarmed young man the night before his wedding; plus, a tribute to the late Ruben Salazar who was just honored with a United States … Continued
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.
