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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.
A new documentary about the US Government’s coverup of US Military deaths and serious injuries; also tonight, poets stand up for soldiers who refuse to serve – we’ll hear about a special benefit; and a summary of the week’s news from occupied Palestine.
Kevin Pina joins us for an update on Father Jean Juste who is in his fifth day of isolation in Haiti’s National Penitentiary. An uupdate on the Draconian Trade Plan called CAFTA. A dialogue with Flashpoints producers on Free Speech in times of War and Struggle. And from Exile, the Robert Knight Report.
Our special correspondent Dahr Jamail on media complicity in US war crimes in Iraq; also, an update on the life and death situation surrounding the jailing of Haitian priest and pro-democracy leader Father Gerard Jean Juste; and from exile in New York, the Knight Report.
Father Gerard Jean Juste still being held in isolation at the Haitian National Penitentiary, neither his Bishop nor his attorney has been allowed to see him; a background briefing on the Egyptian bombing, the Iraq occupation and the twin tinderboxes of Beirut and Palestine; plus, Israel prepares to close the gate on the big prison … Continued
Today on a special live edition of Flashpoints, we broadcast from the New College of California in the heart of the San Francisco Mission District! Pastors for Peace, bus-bound for Cuba, taken into custody by Homeland Security, we’ll speak to people on the bus; also, Father Gerard Jean Juste faces trumped-up charges on the murder … Continued
Legendary Haitian pro-democracy leader Father Gerard Jean Juste beaten at a funeral for slain journalist Jacques Roche and then detained by Haitian police, we’ll have a report from Port-au-Prince, we’ll be joined by Kevin Pina in the studio and we’ll hear a report on this day of international protest against UN participation in Haiti’s killing … Continued
Protest planned around the world tomorrow against the US sponsored killing fields in Haiti; We’ll feature reports from Haiti, and a round table discussion on the ongoing massacres there with members of a recent fact finding tour: and on this week’s edition of earth matters, we speak with Green-Peace Russia about lingering toxic wastes from … Continued
Major invasions by Israel across the West Bank, at least two people are already dead; plus, Ken Lay, CEO of Enron and close Bush contributor, finally comes to trial, but will he really be prosecuted? Medicinal marijuana activist takes his own life rather than face hard jail time, we’ll remember him and talk about the … Continued
Patrick Cockburn reports from Baghdad after a weekend that claPatrick Cockburn – Authorimed the lives of over 150 people in Iraq; plus, Father Gerard Jean Juste under attack in Haiti; Israel amasses at the border for a siege against Gaza; and Barbara Lubin reports back from occupied Palestine.
Today on a special live edition of Flashpoints, we broadcast from the New College of California in the heart of the San Francisco Mission District. We’ll have a special report on the vigilantes who call themselves Minutemen; we’ll also report on the arrest of legendary pro-democracy Haitian leader Father Gerard Jean Juste; the UFW takes … Continued
