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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.
The Domestic Repercussions of Foreign Oil Wars As George Bush and top Congressional leaders hammer out an agreement on the 92 billion dollars requested for the Iraq War, active duty soldiers, military families, and war resisters share their thoughts on a time table for withdrawal; Also, as the oil war rages on in the Middle … Continued
Ongoing destruction of the city of Nablus in Occupied Palestine Nora Barrows-Friedman continues her reporting from the occupied West Bank; she documents the ongoing destruction of the city of Nablus and the Balata Refugee Camp by the Israeli occupation military and speaks with a human rights activist who videotaped the Israeli military using Palestinian children … Continued
As the Environmental Crisis Worsens, Words of Hope A keynote address by physicist, ecofeminst, activist and author Dr. Vandana Shiva, a civic, ethical, and moral response to the global environmental emergency, from the 25th annual Public Interest and Environmental Law conference at the University of Oregon School of Law in Eugene, Oregon,; Plus a few … Continued
Human Rights Abuses Continue in the Land of the Free We’ll speak with Laila Al-Arian for an update on the health of her father Dr. Sami Al-Arian, who has been a political prisoner for over 1500 days; Also, the United Nations is sending a special investigator on the Human Rights of Migrants to the Bay … Continued
Nora Barrows-Friedman reports from the occupied West Bank on the ongoing illegal Israeli settlement colony expansion and the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their land; she speaks with Jeff Halper of the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions as he explains the policies, and spends time with residents of a village south of Bethlehem who are … Continued
Privatizing the U.S. War Machine: Minister of Information JR speaks with New Orleans matriarch Mama D about the people’s needs versus nonprofit needs. Ninteen months after Hurricane Katrina, half of the African American population is still displaced. And co-host Dennis Bernstein speaks with George Polk award winning investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill on his new book, … Continued
The ‘War on Terror’ Abroad and Domestically Flashpoints Senior Producer Nora Barrows-Friedman reports from Occupied Palestine on U.S. media censorship and the worsening lives of Palestinians; The humanitarian crisis in Syria grows as more Iraqi refugee’s flee from U.S. invasion, Flashpoints Special Correspondent Dahr Jamail reports; The Bush Administration’s new immigration proposal is criticized as … Continued
The Rights of Palestinian Children Co-host Nora Barrows-Friedman reports from the Occupied West Bank on the widespread and systematic violation of international laws by the Israeli government for imprisoning and torturing Palestinian children.
Federal Repression Against Jouralists and Continued ICE Raids Flashpoints broadcasts live from San Francisco’s Mission District, the longest jailed journalist in United States history discusses the need for a federal shield law; an update on the detention of 200 undocumented workers from a leather factory in Massachusetts; Day Laborers in San Francisco come under new … Continued
War Reporting and Widening Class Inequalities Part two of Parachute Journalism versus Journalism of Depth, a panel discussion at the Third Annual Al-Jazeera Media Conference featuring Dahr Jamal; Bill Moyers discusses the widening class inequalities in America; and spoken word from Fred Hampton, Jr. Flashpoints special correspondent Dahr Jamal speaks in a panel entitled Parachute … Continued
