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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.
A young, independent journalist continues his fight from behind prison bars against a Federal Grand Jury investigation for refusing to turn over his videotape of a San Francisco demonstration, we’ll speak with the lawyer representing Josh Wolf; also, SF Bay Area congressman Tom Lantos slated to chair the International Relations Committee in the new congress, … Continued
The United States vetoes a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israel for its obscene attacks against Palestinians in the Gaza strip, we’ll speak with Ali Abunimah about what that means for Palestinians under continuous siege; also, Veteran for Peace and independent journalist Mike Ferner describes life in US-occupied Iraq and stories he encountered that the … Continued
Today on Flashpoints, we broadcast to you from New College of California on Valencia Street in the heart of San Francisco’s Mission District! We’ll speak with a former Nicaraguan Ambassador to the U.S. and a member of the youth community on the recent elections in Nicaragua; John Gibler joins us from Oaxaca, Mexico where Federal … Continued
Israel kills 85 Palestinians in eight days as the international community remains silent, we’ll speak with Ali Abunimah of the Electronic Intifada about the unraveling situation in occupied Palestine; also, we’ll speak to an activist from Colombia whose village is one of dozens of so-called Peace Communities in a country torn apart by paramilitaries and … Continued
Today on Flashpoints, we broadcast to you from New College of California on Valencia Street in the heart of San Francisco’s Mission District! We’ll speak with visitors from the Venezuelan Department of Justice and Barrios Unidos on prison reform and violence prevention; A report from the streets of Oaxaca City with John Gibler; Sounds from … Continued
Israeli death squads invade Gaza and kill three Palestinians, we’ll speak with Sam Bahour in Ramallah about the current situation in occupied Palestine and he gives an update on the Israeli policy of beurocratic ethnic cleansing, as thousands of foreign-born Palestinians remain unable to enter the country; also, an update on Oaxaca, where Mexican troops … Continued
