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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.
National Guard Troops once again hit the streets of New Orleans in a stepped-up campaign of repression and gentrification, as thousands of families lose their homes to new developments and FEMA cuts off aid; also, Greg Palast on the drowning of New Orleans and the new class war, excerpts from readings of his brand-new book, … Continued
Commemorating World Refugee Day, we spend the entire hour looking at the unraveling situation in Palestine; Israel kills three children yesterday in a missile strike in the Jebaliya refugee camp, the most populated area on the planet, and today, Israeli warplanes launch a strike against a home, killing a mother and wounding 13 children as … Continued
US warplanes and helicopter gunships begin their assaults on Ramadi, an exclusive interview with a resident who fled the oncoming US-led seige and in-depth analysis with our special correspondent Dahr Jamail; also, Jeff Goodell, author of the hard-hitting new book, Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America’s Energy Future, tears the lid off the Bush … Continued
We look at the attempt of the California Legislature to legalize police murder; we go to the border were a young woman is facing fifteen years in jail for saving people from having a horrible death on the border; an update on the elections in Mexico; we hear about the attack on the teachers in … Continued
Legendary filmmaker John Pilger talks about the wars and occupations in Iraq and Palestine, and the pathetic state of Western journalism; also, a report on the brutal free trade zones in Jordan, where raping and beating slave wage workers is not uncommon; an update on Paul LaRudee, a piano tuner, human rights activist and friend … Continued
Human Rights Watch rejects Israel’s claim that Hamas was responsible for the Israeli shelling that killed 7 members of the same family last Friday in Gaza, we speak with the investigator; also, as 75,000 US and Iraqi security forces crash down on Baghdad, US forces prepare to raze the city of Ramadi; an update on … Continued
We speak with a doctor who treated the victims of Israel’s crowded beach attack last Friday, which wiped out a picknicking family of seven; also, Patrick Cockburn reports on the situation in Iraq; Michael Berg blames the US government for the beheading of his son, Nick; Michael Ratner of the Center for Constitutional Rights talks … Continued
