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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.
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan calls for an end to Israeli aggressions after Israeli death squads kill nine more in Gaza, bringing the total to 20 in five days; also, a war resister turns himself in today after having gone AWOL for nearly a year and a half in protest of Bush’s illegal war against … Continued
A new study in the prestigious Lancet Journal of Medicine shows that under the US-imposed Haiti government, there were rampant human rights violations, including murder, beatings and sexual assault by the National Police; also, the Block Report returns today with an in-depth look at independent media and its effect in the way we see the … Continued
John Ross reports from Mexico City about the final word on the election steal; Israeli death squads continue their killing spree in the wake of the US-Israeli attack on Lebanon; also, a look at plans to go to war against Iran and the US’ use of torture in the Middle East; more UN violence in … Continued
Kofi Annan visits Lebanon and calls for the lifting of Israel’s illegal blockade by sea and air; we’ll have a report from the south of Lebanon on how Israel snubbed the UN by raising its flag inside Lebanon; also, Israel kills eight more Palestinians in Gaza and kidnaps another member of Parliament in the West … Continued
Today on Flashpoints we are live from the New College of California in San Francisco’s Mission District!! We continue our reporting from Oaxaca, Mexico where paramilitaries are attacking grassroots activists every night. Also, we’ll visit a Methodist church in Chicago where a Mexican woman has been given sanctuary as she fights against deportation and separation … Continued
An in-depth expose on Iran Contra Criminal and Bush Middle East Point man, and Hit Man, Elliot Abrams: Also we continue our reporting on recent US/Israeli War Crimes against Lebanon: On Earth Matters-the devastation of Appalachia from Mountain Top removal strip mining, and a mini-concert with Earth First! Troubadour Dana Lyons and the Knight Report.
Today on Flashpoints, Amnesty International accuses Israel of war crimes based on the destruction of whole villages in Lebanon; also paramilitary death squads kill a grassroots activist in Oaxaca as activists occupy over eight private radio stations; We’ll hear from a military draft resister who said “no” after receiving orders to deploy in Iraq; and … Continued
A report from Southern Lebanon on Israel’s continuing violations of the cease-fire on the ground and the air space over Lebanon; plus, fighting back corporate censorship with grassroots low-power FM stations; JR takes the Block Report inside lockdown for a special interview with Mumia Abu-Jamal; and the Knight Report.
Preschool teacher and human rights activist goes home to Southern Lebanon and finds both destruction and hope; Israeli snipers kill three more Palestinians in the occupied West Bank as Gazans remain under siege; plus, the battle for a recount in Mexico continues to heat up as striking teachers in Oaxaca seize control of at least … Continued
Another live Friday edition of Flashpoints, the vigilantes threaten day laborers and immigrant workers in northern California; we’ll have a special report from Santa Rosa; we’ll also continue our dialogue on those who were forced to flee Lebanon after the Israelis and the US started destroying the country again; poetry with Aurora Levins Morales; headlines … Continued
