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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 look at the attempt of the California Legislature to legalize police murder; we go to the border were a young woman is facing fifteen years in jail for saving people from having a horrible death on the border; an update on the elections in Mexico; we hear about the attack on the teachers in … Continued
Legendary filmmaker John Pilger talks about the wars and occupations in Iraq and Palestine, and the pathetic state of Western journalism; also, a report on the brutal free trade zones in Jordan, where raping and beating slave wage workers is not uncommon; an update on Paul LaRudee, a piano tuner, human rights activist and friend … Continued
Human Rights Watch rejects Israel’s claim that Hamas was responsible for the Israeli shelling that killed 7 members of the same family last Friday in Gaza, we speak with the investigator; also, as 75,000 US and Iraqi security forces crash down on Baghdad, US forces prepare to raze the city of Ramadi; an update on … Continued
We speak with a doctor who treated the victims of Israel’s crowded beach attack last Friday, which wiped out a picknicking family of seven; also, Patrick Cockburn reports on the situation in Iraq; Michael Berg blames the US government for the beheading of his son, Nick; Michael Ratner of the Center for Constitutional Rights talks … Continued
The killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi aids and abets the US killing fields in Iraq; the Center for Constitutional Rights sues a former high-level Israeli official for war crimes and human rights violations; on Earth Matters, Karen Pickett of Earth First! talks about the Green Scare, the latest FBI witch hunt for environmental activists; and … Continued
Another victim of the attack on the people of San Salvador de Atenco dies after going into a coma; also, we’ll feature a special report on the first Army lieutenant to refuse service in Iraq; veterans and human rights activists educate the public on the real story in Iraq; updates on the cases of death … Continued
Utah governor sends troops to the Arizona border, we’ll have a report from Tucson; also, an international human rights group condemns the Mexican government for their bloody attacks on the people of San Salvador De Atenco; Mahmoud Abbas sets up death squads as US and Israel continue their ethnic cleansing of Palestine; Flashpoints celebrates the … Continued
