Flashpoints

Flashpoints – October 9, 2006

Pulitzer prize-winning author Alice Walker, legendary whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, hip hop pioneer Boots Riley of the Coup, poet Elmaz Abinader and several other significant activists came together last week in Oakland at an event that was billed as an evening of conscience; we present excerpts of this extraordinary evening organized by the World Can’t Wait.


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Flashpoints – October 6, 2006

The Mexican army intensifies its surveillance of the Oaxaca University as the entire city braces for a massive federal invasion in the wake of the recent killing of another teacher; also, one of Spain’s leading songwriter troubadours on his first American tour visits Flashpoints; on a special Knight Report, a mistrial in the case of … Continued


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Flashpoints – October 2, 2006

A report from Oaxaca on the government crackdown and the anticipated invasion of federal troops; Eight Palestinians are killed in internal clashes in Gaza this weekend as Israeli occupying forces kill five, including two children riding their bicycles; also, Lebanese-American poet and playwright Elmaz Abinader speaks out against torture, occupation and the Bush wars; and … Continued


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Flashpoints – September 29, 2006

We broadcast to you from New College of California on Valencia Street in the heart of San Francisco’s Mission District! We go live to Arizona for the International Indian Treaty Council’s Border Summit; We’ll feature the new book No One is Illegal about racist vigilantes at the U.S./Mexico border; We’ll take another look at the … Continued


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Flashpoints – September 26, 2006

A leading human rights attorney says that if Congress cancels Habeas Corpus, they will be war criminals; also, news headlines from occupied Palestine; two powerful films portray identity politics and the nature of exile; we’ll hear a clip from one of the films, Goal Dreams, a film about the attempt by the Palestinian soccer team … Continued