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 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
Flashpoints – June 8, 2006
The killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi aids and abets the US killing fields in Iraq; the Center for Constitutional Rights sues a former high-level Israeli official for war crimes and human rights violations; on Earth Matters, Karen Pickett of Earth First! talks about the Green Scare, the latest FBI witch hunt for environmental activists; and … Continued
Flashpoints – June 7, 2006
Another victim of the attack on the people of San Salvador de Atenco dies after going into a coma; also, we’ll feature a special report on the first Army lieutenant to refuse service in Iraq; veterans and human rights activists educate the public on the real story in Iraq; updates on the cases of death … Continued
Flashpoints – June 5, 2006
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
Flashpoints – June 1, 2006
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
Flashpoints – May 31, 2006
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