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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
One year after the International Court of Justice declares Israel’s apartheid wall illegal, an Israeli security guard shoots dead a fifteen year old boy tending to his grapes near the wall in the West Bank; also, legendary filmmaker John Pilger on the implications of what he calls Blair’s Bombs, the war on Iraq and the … 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. We’ll have a report-back on a bold action taken by immigrants rights activists in Sacramento this week; also, we’ll look at how the Zapatistas are counteracting Free Trade with non-GMO … Continued
Noted author and novelist Tariq Ali on today’s multiple bombings in Britain; we’ll also feature an account from street level on one of the bombings; plus, we hear from an eyewitness to yesterday’s slaughter in the streets of Cite Soleil in Haiti; we’ll take a look at Africa in the context of the G8, will … Continued
Another Lavalas leader gunned down in Cite Soleil, also on the Haitian front, international activists petition the US and Haitian officials for the release of legendary Haitian folk singer Annette Auguste; plus, a California Senator flips the script again and joins the Republicans again in support of CAFTA; Miguel Molina reports from Sacramento on a … Continued
