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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.
Pratap Chatterjee reports from Northern Iraq on the ongoing corporate ripoffs and the total breakdown of the reconstruction of Iraq; also, the cycle of violence continues with a Palestinian suicide bombing in Tel Aviv on the heels of two weeks of the most intense Israeli occupation violence seen yet; Los Angeles students speak out for … Continued
Is president Bush planning another war to keep the Republicans in power and insulate himself from impeachment proceedings? Also, will Peru elect another populist in the tradition of Hugo Chavez? Israel kills two more Palestinians in Gaza and continues its massive tank shelling barrage of civilian populations; an interview with Robert Parry on leak-gate; and … Continued
Israel continues to pound Palestinians trapped inside the occupied Gaza strip with 300 tank shells a day, we’ll have a special report from Ali Abunimah on the unraveling disaster in Palestine; also, Flashpoints takes a look at leak-gate with a former CIA intelligence official; the battle to shut down one of the most toxic power … Continued
Greg Palast talks about his recent interview with Hugo Chavez, the immigrant revolution, and his soon-to-be-released book, Armed Madhouse: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Class War; also, Craig and Cindy Corrie talk about the ongoing investigation into the killing of their daughter by an Israeli bulldozer operator and an upcoming organizing event taking … Continued
15 Palestinians killed by Israeli air strikes in a 36 hour period in Gaza, we’ll have a report from the ground as the shells continue to fall; also, the immigrants’ rights revolution continues to spread as millions of undocumented workers, their families and supporters continue to take to the streets; we’ll have a series of … Continued
Today, Walkout, a new film by Edward James Olmos, remembers the Chicano student uprising of 1968 in East LA, and sets the stage for the current student uprisings that started in LA and have caught on across the country, we’ll speak to Paula Christosemos, the leader of the 68 student rebellion; also, we’ll speak to … Continued
We feature an hour with our special correspondent Dahr Jamail and independent journalist Jeremy Scahill in a recent talk on unending war, militarism and the failure of the bipartisan system of empire.
An exclusive interview with Haitian pro-democracy leader and priest of the poor, Father Gerard Jean Juste; also, on the road with the Zapatistas and the Other Campaign; an update on the burgeoning immigrants’ rights revolution in this country, which has called for a general strike and national student walkout on May 1st; and the Knight … Continued
As over a million Gazans face starvation, Israeli warplanes bomb a government building in Gaza City, we’ll have a report from Laila el-Haddad; also, a US-supported death squad leader in Honduras ordered to pay $47 million dollars for extra-judicial killings and torture; amidst spiraling scandals, Tom Delay, the once-powerful leader of the House pulls out … Continued
