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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.
Utah governor sends troops to the Arizona border, we’ll have a report from Tucson; also, an international human rights group condemns the Mexican government for their bloody attacks on the people of San Salvador De Atenco; Mahmoud Abbas sets up death squads as US and Israel continue their ethnic cleansing of Palestine; Flashpoints celebrates the … Continued
Israel kills eleven Palestinians in the last week and vow to intensify their shelling attacks on Gaza, we’ll speak to a doctor who is trying to treat those victims of Israeli attacks; we’ll also have news headlines from Palestine; military families speak out against the scapegoating of soldiers for US massacre policy; and the Knight … Continued
Common Ground founder Malik Rahim talks about the battle to beat back the ethnic cleansers in New Orleans; also, the struggle for the thousands of displaced New Orleanians cut off by FEMA and facing evictions; fighting on-campus recruiters and pro-war politicians; a report from South Central Farm; Palestinian gay activists fight for personal freedom and … Continued
The mainstream corporate media slowly picks up on last November’s Haditha massacre in US-occupied Iraq, in which US Marines slaughtered Iraqi children, women and men, but what are they continuing to leave out of the story? A report from our special correspondent Dahr Jamail; also, voices from the recent Bush War Crimes commission at UC … Continued
We take an in-depth look at US and Israeli policies of occupation in the Middle East; Featuring interviews with Jeff Halper of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions on the burgeoning apartheid system in Palestine-Israel, and Anthony Arnove, author of Iraq: the Logic of Withdrawal talks about US militarism and the Bush doctrine of occupation.
A UC Berkeley student is thwarted trying to give Mexican President Vincente Fox a bouquet with a special gift inside, we’ll have a freewheeling discussion on Mexico with the Flashpoints team; and we feature an interview with the filmmaker of Why We Fight, an award-winning film not yet released, which offers a dark glimpse into … Continued
Convicts Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling face dozens of years in the pokey for ripping off billions from millions, we’ll have a report from Houston, Texas; also, Israeli Prime Minister and ethnic cleanser Ehud Olmert gets a heroes welcome in Washington; attorney and former PLO Advisor Diana Buttu on the impact of US foreign policy … Continued
Flashpoints will be showcasing a new film,"The Forest for the Trees" Judi Bari, eco-folk hero and labour activist, fought the law and won. In the summer of 1991, Bari organized a massive protest when a bomb blew up in her car, leaving her with injuries so severe that doctors thought she would never walk again. … Continued
The people of Diego Garcia and the Chagos Islands win a bittersweet victory in the British Courts after having been cleansed from their way of life some thirty years ago; we’ll feature an award-winning documentary by legendary filmmaker John Pilger on the vicious expulsion of this humble people for a military base.
