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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.
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.
A freewheeling discussion on politics, Israel-Palestine, and democracy with outspoken Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney; and more!
TCondi Rice and the Israeli occupiers once again margainilize and punish Palestinians for exercising democracy, Ali Abunimah dissects the recent talks in Jerusalem; also, a discussion on the drumbeat toward war on Iran and moves toward impeaching George W Bush. Peter Phillips, Dennis Loo and others speak out against the current administration’s plans; and the … Continued
A riveting and important speech by noted Israeli historian and author Ilan Pappe, who documents Israel’s long term plans for ethnically purging the Palestinian people from their land, from the 1940s through today.
Immigration sweeps across the country terrorize millions of undocumented workers; also, a move by day labor organizers to link up with major unions to fight the expanding repression against undocumented workers and their supporters; plus, a live performance by La Familia Son, a revolutionary Cuban band; and Flashpoints en Español.
Israel ethnically cleanses Palestinian Bedouins from villages in the occupied West Bank, we’ll also get a report from Gaza on the ongoing humanitarian crisis; Lynne Stewart, falsely convicted civil rights attorney, joins Michael Ratner, President of the Center for Constitutional Rights in a tour to fight back against torture and anti-democratic actions of the US … Continued
An interview with journalist John Pilger, author of the book "Freedom Next Time: Resisting the Empire."
A presentation of the acclaimed film by Michael Winterbottom "The Road to Guantanamo."
A speech by anti-racist activist and author Tim Wise.
