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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.
A Lebanese cabinet minister is assassinated in Beirut, we’ll speak with our special correspondent Bilal el-Amine about what happened and how George Bush is placing blame on Syria and Iran; also, two Palestinians killed in Gaza city by Israeli death squads and an Israeli soldier shoots and kills a Palestinian boy near a checkpoint in … Continued
We go back to Oaxaca, Mexico, where Federal Police continued their violent attacks against protesters today, we’ll speak with Jon Gibler reporting from the streets in Oaxaca; also, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who many millions of people believe is the rightful President of Mexico, prepares for his inauguration; Israeli snipers in Gaza shoot two schoolchildren … Continued
Reports from Mexico, where presumed paramilitary forces in Chiapas attacked a community of Zapatista supporters, and in Oaxaca, the federal police continue to lock down the city as protesters maintain their presence; also, Francisco Herrera reports from the annual demonstration outside the School of the Americas, dubbed the School of the Assassins, in Fort Benning, … Continued
We spend most of the hour taking a look at Venezuela through the eyes of worker’s movements, the implementation of social programs and the new anti-neoliberalist economic policies under president Hugo Chavez; plus, news headlines from occupied Palestine; and the Knight Report.
A young, independent journalist continues his fight from behind prison bars against a Federal Grand Jury investigation for refusing to turn over his videotape of a San Francisco demonstration, we’ll speak with the lawyer representing Josh Wolf; also, SF Bay Area congressman Tom Lantos slated to chair the International Relations Committee in the new congress, … Continued
The United States vetoes a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israel for its obscene attacks against Palestinians in the Gaza strip, we’ll speak with Ali Abunimah about what that means for Palestinians under continuous siege; also, Veteran for Peace and independent journalist Mike Ferner describes life in US-occupied Iraq and stories he encountered that the … Continued
Today on Flashpoints, we broadcast to you from New College of California on Valencia Street in the heart of San Francisco’s Mission District! We’ll speak with a former Nicaraguan Ambassador to the U.S. and a member of the youth community on the recent elections in Nicaragua; John Gibler joins us from Oaxaca, Mexico where Federal … Continued
Israel kills 85 Palestinians in eight days as the international community remains silent, we’ll speak with Ali Abunimah of the Electronic Intifada about the unraveling situation in occupied Palestine; also, we’ll speak to an activist from Colombia whose village is one of dozens of so-called Peace Communities in a country torn apart by paramilitaries and … Continued
