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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.
Israeli occupiers abduct 45 Palestinians from the West Bank, including 13 school children, we’ll get a news report from the ground in Palestine; also, an activist from Oaxaca, Mexico, talks about human rights violations by the Federal police and the possibilities in bringing them to an International Court; and a new report that says a … Continued
Former chief of staff for vice president Cheney faces up to 25 years in jail, being convicted on 4 felony counts, will this be the end of the road for the Plame investigation or will it open the door for bigger fish? Also, Israeli occupiers shoot two Palestinians in another lockdown in the West Bank … Continued
Active-duty GIs, conscientious objectors, military recruitment resisters, activists and students join a live audience to talk about the Bush administration plans to expand the illegal wars in the Middle East and the growing movement to challenge those plans from within the military itself.
An update on the militarization of the US-Mexican border and the battle for immigrants’ rights in the border states; also, immigrants’ rights activists are arrested at the San Francisco Federal Building at the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi; we’ll have an in-depth report on the continuing battle by the grassroots activists in Oaxaca, Mexico; … Continued
Israeli occupation force death squads continue their illegal invasions into the northern West Bank, we’ll get a report from the ground in Nablus amidst an ongoing bombing of the city; also, military families challenge the Democrats to take a real action to stop the war; Reese Ehrlich reports on Israeli and US training of revolutionary … Continued
Israeli death squads re-invade Nablus and extra-judicially assassinate four Palestinians in Jenin, we’ll have a full report from the International Middle East Media Center; also, the other side of Iraq: we hear the story of Suzanne Swift, a US soldier sexually assaulted by her commanding officers while serving in Iraq; plus, as George W Bush … Continued
Despite the continuing deadly violence against Iraqis, the US and Western corporations move in on the controlling of Iraqi oil, we’ll speak with Dahr Jamail about this and other stories coming out of US-occupied Iraq; also, Israeli occupation death squads retreat from Nablus, leaving the city in shambles while residents fear their return; also, eyewitness … Continued
We come to you live from the New College of California in San Francisco’s Mission District! Israeli occupation death squads invade the West Bank city of Nablus, imposing curfew and turning Palestinian homes, hospitals and schools into Israeli military outposts, detention and torture centers, we’ll get a report from the streets of Nablus as the … Continued
We’ll speak to a youth worker and student detained by police in Santa Rosa; We’ll also hear about the killing of a day labor in Oakland and a national crackdown on day laborers; Also, we’ll have interviews with Lynn Stewart and other members of the West Coast Anti-torture tour; Headlines from the region; and Flashpoints … Continued
Our special correspondent Dahr Jamail reports on US policy that now results in a collapse in food supplies for Iraqis; also, the Block Report visits with Mumia Abu Jamal and Pam Africa; Flashpoints goes in the margins with blues singer Musashi; and the Knight Report.
