Flashpoints
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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.
Flashpoints – July 6, 2006
Coverage of the mexican presidential election: Calderon squeaks by Obredor by less than one half percent of the vote; live report from John Ross in Mexico City. Israeli occupiers push deep into Gaza killing or wounding dozens. The first in our series on women resisting war, interview with performance artist Sherry Glazer.
Flashpoints – June 28, 2006
Israel destroys the infrastructure in Gaza as warplanes, tanks, and gun ships continue an amplified siege. We talk with Dr. Mona Al-Farra from Gaza City and Barbara Lubin about the latest attacks. Report from Mexico City as the elections close in and resistance to the systematic repression of workers intensifies. A look at current California … Continued
Flashpoints – June 27, 2006
Up-to-the-minute report from Dr. Mona el-Farra witnessing Israeli missle strikes on the Gaza strip. Police corruption and the drug war mess in the Berkeley Police Department. Part one of Greg Palast’s book tour kick-off speech at the New College’s Roxie Theater earlier this month.
Flashpoints – June 26, 2006
Israeli tanks surround Gaza as Palestinians prepare for continued attacks; also we feature a documentary on the life of children in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank; a report from San Salvador Atenco in Mexico in the context of the upcoming elections; and the Knight Report.