Flashpoints – February 20, 2006
The state of California prepares to murder Michael Morales at San Quentin tonight; also, an extended interview with award winning poet and essayist Jane Hirshfield about Poetry in a time of War.
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Flashpoints – February 17, 2006
Today, we’ll have an update on the situation in Colombia where human rights activists, unionists, and indigenous farmers face sure death if they resist the US-supported military and their associated death squad paramilitaries; also, here in the wine capital of the country, the spigots are flowing but those who pick the grapes are facing repression … Continued
Flashpoints – February 14, 2006
A leaked UN report calls for the US to close its torture center at Guantanamo Bay; also, Haiti Presidential frontrunner Rene Preval says there was massive fraud in last week’s election; Alfred McCoy on the US government’s use of torture for the last 50 years; and the Knight Report.
Flashpoints – February 13, 2006
The US coup government in Haiti moves to steal the election, meanwhile, UN forces open fire on protesters who have now taken to the streets all over Port-au-Prince; also, an in-depth analysis of the Palestinian political situation as the Israeli occupation expands and deepens; and the Knight Report.