Flashpoints – February 7, 2008
Dennis Bernstein talks to David Ray Griffen about his new book "911 Contradictions".
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Flashpoints – February 6, 2008
Former Alaska Senator and presidential candidate Mike Gravel ignores Super Tuesday and addresses himself to the real issues of our time; and Michael Parenti in a recent speech at City Lights Books, in conjunction with the release of his new book, Contrary Notions: the Parenti Reader.
Flashpoints – February 4, 2008
Kristen Ess reports on the Israeli killing of three Palestinians in Gaza and a suicide operation in Israel; a radical leader in the immigrants rights movement throws his support to Obama; also, former UN special envoy to Haiti Juan Gabriel Valdez, referred to by Haitians as the Butcher of Cite Soleil, visits UC Berkeley tomorrow; … Continued
Flashpoints – February 1, 2008
On today’s program: Rene Saucedo, Day Laborer CenterLynne Stewart, civil rights attorneyNativo LopezHeadlines with Miguel PerezFlashpoints en Espanol Live broadcast from the SF Day Laborer Center in the Mission District!!
Flashpoints – January 30, 2008
An in-depth interview with Palestine Bureau Chief Kristen Ess on over a half dozen invasions into the West Bank over the last forty eight hours; on the Block Report we’ll feature an eyewitness account to the murder of Gary King; also, High school students punished for not being objective about the use of torture by … Continued
Flashpoints – January 29, 2008
Award winning journalist Robert Fisk talks about the war in Iraq, the killings in Beirut, and what’s happening in Gaza; also, Flashpoints Bureau Chief Kristen Ess reports on the killing, by occupation forces, of a 17 year old in Bethlehem; and the Knight Report.
Flashpoints – January 28, 2008
Egyptians attempt to tighten control at the Gaza border to restrain hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who refuse to be locked down in the prison of Gaza, we’ll get a report from the ground in Rafah; Kristen Ess reports on the death of George Habash, resistance leader and political activist as Israeli forces swarm into … Continued
Flashpoints – January 23, 2008
We devote the entire hour to the genocidal actions of the occupation forces in Gaza; we’ll get a report from southern Gaza, Palestinians broke down the wall at the Egypt border to obtain the life-sustaining supplies they could no longer get under the draconian Israeli embargo; Ali Abunimah joins us to analyze the current actions … Continued