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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.
Nora Barrows-Friedman spends an hour with Flashpoints Special Correspondent and independent unembedded journalist Dahr Jamail on the year that was 2006 in Iraq. The conversation ranges from women’s rights to the growing military industrial complex, collective punishment, and permanent U.S. military presence in Iraq; and the Knight Report.
A report from Beirut on the continued civil resistance movements and a look at the ongoing class struggles; six Palestinians killed in Gaza; JR talks with Stanley Tookie Williams’ son, Trey, about his father’s legacy and the death penalty; a tribute to Tillie Olsen with Anita Barrows (Nora’s mother); and the Knight Report.
Robert Fisk talks about the secrets that Saddam takes with him to the grave; questioning the legality of the trial and execution with an international law expert; an interview with the son of Stanley Tookie Williams; the Knight Report, and more!
On a Special New Year’s Day edition of Flashpoints, we spend the hour with legendary war correspondent and award-winning author Robert Fisk, in a speech on the roots of conflict in the Middle East, and the future of US and British-led imperialism and colonialism.
We present an in-depth conversation on the history of the people’s resistance movements in Oaxaca, Mexico; David Bacon on celebrating labor movements and the working class struggle; and Flashpoints en Espanol with a year in review of news from Latin America.
Ralph Nader talks about "greening" hope for progressive politics after the Democrat victory in Congress, and why now we should be more active than ever in holding the Dems responsible; also, another UN massacre in Cite Soleil, Haiti, we’ll have a full report on the unraveling situation with Kevin Pina; a report from Oaxaca; and … Continued
The United States military subpoenas a Flashpoints correspondent for her reporting on the case of Lieutenant Ehren Watada, the first commissioned US officer to publicly refuse deployment to Iraq, we’ll speak with her and Dahr Jamail about freedom of the press; we re-broadcast the interview with Ehren Watada that peaked the military’s interest; also, a … Continued
We spend the hour inspired by legendary ecologist and author Vandana Shiva, as she discusses environmentalism, community and democracy at the grassroots level; and the poetry of Naomi Shihab Nye, featured in our new segment, In the Margins.
The first in a series of interviews for the upcoming Western Workers’ Labor Heritage festival, celebrating labor and working people’s culture; We air portions of the film, Fidel, about the legendary leader of Cuba; and on Flashpoints en Español, John Ross talks about the resistance movements across Mexico and solidarity activists within the United States.
