Flashpoints

Flashpoints – February 15, 2005

A report from Beirut on the car bomb assassination of the former Prime Minister; plus token gestures and empty promises by the occupying Israeli government as Palestinians continue to suffer; the US-installed government uses former brutal military to justify slaughter of Aristide’s popular Lavalas movement Haiti; and the Knight report.


Flashpoints

Flashpoints – February 14, 2005

Radical independent folk-rocker and visionary Ani DiFranco speaks on politics, music and finding hope in these times, we’ll hear from her new CD, Knuckle Down; plus, excerpts from the hard-hitting documentary The Corporation, which charts the spectacular rise of institutions aimed at achieving specific economic goals as it also recounts victories against this apparently invincible … Continued


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Flashpoints – February 10, 2005

Noted human rights activist and defense attorney Lynne Stewart found guilty on trumped-up terrorism charges. We’ll hear from Lynne Stewart, speaking right after the guilty verdict, and an interview Mumia Abu Jamal did with Lynne Stewart about her case; we’ll also speak with members of the defense committee about the appeal; and, as North Korea … Continued


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Flashpoints – February 7, 2005

Rice goes to Jerusalem, but peace remains a pipe dream for Palestinians, we’ll speak with Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies and Adam Shapiro of the International Solidarity Movement about the prospects for peace in the Middle East and the real dangers of continuing occupation; a spokesperson for President Aristide speaks out at … Continued