Flashpoints

04.06.06 - 5:00pm

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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.

04.05.06 - 5:00pm

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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

04.04.06 - 5:00pm

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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

04.03.06 - 5:00pm

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An in-depth interview with former high-level CIA analyst Ray McGovern; McGovern talks about his work as an advisor to Bush 1 and his belief that Bush 2 is a war criminal and should be tried for crimes against humanity.

03.31.06 - 5:00pm

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Today, we feature the voices of a growing student rebellion protesting the attempts by Congress to criminalize millions of undocumented immigrants; we’ll hear from students, their teachers, immigrants right activists and leaders in this movement; joining the dialogue on the 79th anniversary of the birth of Cesar Chavez will be Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the … Continued

03.30.06 - 5:00pm

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Author, scholar and 9-11 investigator David Ray Griffin tears the lid off the official story of the attack on the Twin Towers; plus, Flashpoints special correspondent Lyn Duff interviews a Haitian survivor of politically motivated mass rape as the international community fails to respond.

03.29.06 - 5:00pm

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We’ll hear from high school student organizers who walked out of class today in protest against the anti-imigration legislation now before the US Senate; also, will the Supreme Court support the administration’s attempt to prosecute so-called terrorists in military tribunals? After his Kadima party win, acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reiterates the call for … Continued

03.28.06 - 5:00pm

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Patrick Cockburn of the Independent of London reports from Kurdistan on the unraveling into civil war in US-occupied Iraq; also, Israelis vote for a new parliamentary government as occupation policies expand on the ground in the West Bank and Gaza; excerpts from a talk by Flashpoints special correspondent Dahr Jamail and investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill … Continued

03.27.06 - 5:00pm

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Nearly a million protesters hit the streets of Los AngelHundreds of Thousands March For Immigrants Rightses to stop the war on immigrants,we’ll have a report from Miguel Molina from the massive protest; also, health care under occupation: how Palestinian refugees are battling the health effects of Israel’s illegal policies; an inteview the director of a … Continued

03.24.06 - 5:00pm

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We’ll feature a special interview with radical MC and hip hop visionary M-1 from Dead Prez; also, Rene Saucedo joins us on her fourth day of hunger striking for immigrant rights; a report from the Zapatista’s Other Campaign; headlines from the region; and Flashpoints en Espanol.