
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 – September 20, 2006
Hugo Chavez takes the Bush administration head-on in a direct address to the American people, Chavez recommends Chomsky and a US uprising before Bush destroys the world; also, another US torture victim freed without charges; members of the World Can’t Wait stand up to the architects of Bush torture; Israel gets back into the bank … Continued
Flashpoints – September 19, 2006
Phyllis Bennis debunks Bush’s speech to the UN General Assembly today; plus, the power of humor transcends the US-led death machine in Iraq, an interview with Jo Wilding, the author of Don’t Shoot the Clowns: Taking a Circus to the Children of Iraq; and the Knight Report.
Flashpoints – September 15, 2006
We broadcast both from our studios in Santa Rosa and from our homebase at KPFA in Berkeley. On the show tonight, we’ll feature a young, new investigative unit of bilingual producers and hear some of their maiden voyages into radio with an emphasis on the immigrant revolution; also, an interview with the filmmakers of Occupation … Continued
Flashpoints – September 14, 2006
Authors of the Lancet study on mass killing and rape in Haiti under the US-installed regime receive death threats, a phony bomb and rats in the mail; a new study led by the director of Project Censored finds the Associated Press to be a biased voice for the state department and against Middle Easterners; also, … Continued
Flashpoints – September 13, 2006
A special report by Patrick Cockburn on the deadly conditions in occupied Gaza and the West Bank; also, the situation in Mexico intensifies as both sides intend to greet their supporters in the same Zocalo this weekend; we’ll take a look at the psychological impacts of migration and immigration, particularly focusing on women and children; … Continued
Flashpoints – September 12, 2006
An Israeli commander publicly says his own actions in the Israeli bombing of Lebanon were quote insane and monstrous, well have responses from Lebanon on this public admission of a war crime; a news report from occupied Palestine where another 14 year old is gunned down by Israeli occupiers; also, the Cuban 5 face another … Continued
Flashpoints – September 11, 2006
In the aftermath of the 9-11 attacks five years ago, Bush has launched a global war against Muslims and people of the Middle East; today, on this fifth anniversary, we’ll talk about how 9-11 has been used as a tool to expand Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Palestine and the US hegemony in the Middle East; … Continued

