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Flashpoints – March 29, 2007

Legitimacy of the Administration Author Peter Eisner discusses his new book, The Italian Letter: How the Bush Administration Used a Fake Letter to Build the Case for War in Iraq. And legendary media critic and author Bill Moyers talks about the current political climate in the U.S.


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Flashpoints – March 28, 2007

Palestine in an International Context Co-host Nora Barrows-Friedman takes a look at occupation through the lens of a camera, challenging Zionist policy, and the responsibility of Jewish Americans. Barrows-Friedman is joined by two photographers, a journalist, and a young Jewish American woman to open a dialogue on Israel’s policy in Palestine.


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Flashpoints – March 27, 2007

The Repercussions of Negligence by Government on Citizens Co-host Nora Barrows-Friedman gets a report from Dr. Mona al-Farra on the ground in Gaza where a sewage treatment plant burst causing the flood of an entire village. She also speaks with anarchist and feminist scholar Dr. Dalit Baum on the ever-burgeoning pockets of the Israeli government … Continued


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Flashpoints – March 26, 2007

We’ll get an update on the health condition of Dr. Sami al-Arian, professor and Palestinian-American activist after he temporarily suspended his life-threatening hunger strike in protest against the US government’s continued attacks against him, we’ll speak to his daughter, Laila; also, Condoleezza Rice returns to the Middle East to jump-start the so-called peace process, as … Continued


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Flashpoints – March 22, 2007

Dr. Sami al-Arian, professor and Palestinian-American activist on his 60th day of a life-threatening hunger strike to protest the US government’s continued attacks against him, including deportation to nowhere, we’ll speak to his daughter, Laila; also, muckraker Alexander Cockburn talks about the downfall of US journalism; our special correspondent Sarah Olson reports from a traveling … Continued


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Flashpoints – March 21, 2007

Congress moves to subpoena Bush officials in the Gonzales-Gate scandal, we’ll speak with Greg Palast and Bob Parry about the unfolding scandal; also, Israeli occupation forces re-invade Nablus in the West Bank, killing one Palestinian; we’ll speak with a former state department diplomat about the unfolding wars in the Middle East; and the Knight Report.


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Flashpoints – March 20, 2007

Privatizing the US Presence in Iraq: Jeremy Scahill on his new book, Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army; Alison Weir of If American Knew discusses the Israeli policy of strip-searching Palestinian and Palestinian-American children; more on the Bush administration’s firing of judges; and the Knight Report.


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Flashpoints – March 19, 2007

We’re back in the San Francisco Mission District at New College of California! A former high-level Pentagon planner takes on Bush, the war in Iraq and the next war in Iran; also, an Iraqi businessman talks about the destruction of his country, four years into the occupation and war; protesters take direct actions in San … Continued


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Flashpoints – March 16, 2007

Kathy Kelly speaks out against four years of bloody war and occupation; also, leading Palestinian rights activist Huwaida Arraf talks about what solidarity looks like in the context of the unending Israeli occupation and ethnic cleansing of Palestine while commemorating the fourth anniversary of the murder of Rachel Corrie; direct actions planned against Chevron and … Continued