Flashpoints
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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.
Flashpoints – February 25, 2008
In still one more act of peaceful disobedience to the violent Israeli military, thousands of Palestinians trapped in Gaza form a human chain at the northern border fence, Kristen Ess reports; also, we’ll get full analysis from Ali Abunimah; and investigative reporter Allan Nairn on the possibility of another full-scale Israeli invasion into Lebanon.
Flashpoints – February 20, 2008
An investigative report into Penny Pritzker, the 2008 campaign finance chairman for Barack Obama, who was a key mover and shaker in creating the sub-prime meltdown; also, Oakland police gun down a grandmother in the back, we’ll have an update; police attack DQ Indigenous University and arrest several students; and we hear excerpts from the … Continued
Flashpoints – February 19, 2008
Fidel Castro shakes the world again, this time with an announcement that he will no longer seek Cuba’s presidency; also, tree-sitters under attack by homeland security forces in Berkeley; Kristen Ess reports on Israel’s continued program to annihilate Hamas; and we hear excerpts from the hard-hitting film, Fidel: The Untold Story.
Flashpoints – February 18, 2008
US-made Israeli warplanes kill 14 people in two days, including eight members of a family in Gaza, we’ll get an eyewitness report from the ground; and an encore presentation of our interview with David Ray Griffin on his soon-to-be-released book, 9-11 Contradictions.
Flashpoints – February 15, 2008
A presentation of the documentary "The War on Democracy," about US intervention in Latin America, by author, journalist, and film maker John Pilger.
Flashpoints – February 13, 2008
Berkeley City Council caves under pressure and withdraws strong language refering to US Marine Recruiters in Berkeley as "unwelcome intruders," we’ll continue our discussion with members of a growing resistance movement against the intruders; also, former weapons inspector Scott Ritter with a new speech on the mainstream corporate media’s pro-war spin on Iran and Iraq.