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 – June 22, 2006
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
Flashpoints – June 21, 2006
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
Flashpoints – June 20, 2006
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
Flashpoints – June 16, 2006
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
Flashpoints – June 15, 2006
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
Flashpoints – June 14, 2006
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
Flashpoints – June 12, 2006
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