
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 – August 8, 2006
Bilal el-Amine reports on the devastation of large parts of the south of Lebanon and on the bombing of an orphanage leaving a family stranded in the basement with no way out; also, a report from Beirut on the bombing of a civilian neighborhood that killed over 30 people; a report on the growing grassroots … Continued
Flashpoints – August 3, 2006
Our daily war summary from the South with Bilal El Amine: A view from Congresswoman Barbara Lee on US backed war against Lebanon: Eight more dead in Gaza; We speak to Dr Mona Al- Farra about the killings and the latest Israeli seige of Gaza: Lebonese Writer, Elmaz Abinader, counteracts the war with poetry; JR … Continued
Flashpoints – August 2, 2006
An in-depth look at the continuing destruction of Lebanon by Israel and the United States; we speak to a human rights activist and preschool teacher who fled her home in the South and is trying to care for some of the hundreds of thousands of Lebanese fleeing the war zones; Dahr Jamail tours the infamous … Continued
Flashpoints – August 1, 2006
Our special correspondent Bilal el-Amine tours the destroyed south of Lebanon, where thousands still remain trapped and many dead lie along the highway; also, a report from Beirut on the human rights nightmare presented by hundreds of thousands of displaced Lebanese; we’ll also hear about the emerging environmental nightmare as a result of Israel’s bombing … Continued
Flashpoints – July 31, 2006
We spend the hour looking at US-supported Israeli massacre policy in Lebanon and Palestine. Our special correspondent Dahr Jamail reports from on the ground in Beirut, Lebanon, where he describes the scene after the Israeli massacre yesterday in Qana, in which over 50 people were killed, including 37 children, and the Israeli targeting of ambulances; … Continued

