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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.
We look at displaced persons as a result of the Iraq War and the Failure of the US government to respond to Katrina. We talk to the president of the hip hop caucus about Iraq five years into the war and get an on the ground update from Malik Raheem in New Orleans. Also we’ll … Continued
Presidential Hopeful Cynthia McKinny. Also a look at Iraq 5 years after the Bush Administration lied the country into a war there… The head of US forces in the Middle East resigns in contraversy. And The Block Report looks at gentrification of Black Owned Property.
The feds expand their terrorist dragnet against radical environmental justice activists, we’ll talk about the case of Briana Waters; also, Kristen Ess reports on the expanding war against Palestinians, using the so-called peace process as a political front; Activist Nation goes to the Israeli consulate in San Francisco, where protesters expressed their outrage against the … Continued
We catch up with Jimbo Simmons on the Longest Walk; we’ll be joined by Native American leader Tony Gonzales to talk about the walk and the battle to keep D-Q University, a radical indigenous college, alive; we’ll speak with Flashpoints co-host Rene Saucedo who is at the US-Mexico border on a human rights mission; Kristen … Continued
Brattelboro, Vermont officials empower local police to arrest Bush and Cheney on war crimes; Greg Palast talks about his time with the new President of Ecuador and the current hostilities happening in the region, we’ll also talk about voter fraud and the next election; Kristen Ess reports on the condition of Palestinian prisoners inside Israeli … Continued
We’ll feature an in-depth report of Vanity Fair’s expose that documents the US-led contra operation to purge democracy in occupied Palestine; plus, Kristen Ess reports from the West Bank on Condoleezza Rice’s visit and her refusal to call off the Israeli attacks; Ziad Abbas talks about the human rights nightmare and the aftermath of the … Continued
Israelis kill or wound over 400 people in the last six days in Gaza, we’ll feature a series of special reports from Gaza and the West Bank, including an update on an expanding medical emergency there; we’ll also speak with Ali Abunimah of the Electronic Intifada for an overview; and the Knight Report.
Israel’s deputy defense minister threatens a quote “holocaust” against the 1.5 million Palestinian people in Gaza; also, we’ll have a report back on the Longest Walk from Jimbo Simmons; we’ll talk about today’s international actions calling for the return to democracy, 4 years after the US-sponsored coup in Haiti; headlines from the region and Flashpoints … Continued
Today on a Flashpoints special, should Penny Pritzger, finance chair for Obama 2008, step down? We’ll speak with independent financial whistleblower Tim Anderson; we’ll also speak with former Assistant HUD secretary and financial wizard Catherine Austin Fitts about the larger challenges on the horizon of the sub-prime meltdown; also, US-made Israeli fighter jets, helicopter gunships, … Continued
