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Flashpoints – October 19, 2005

A special report on children rotting and left to die and starve to death in Haiti’s prisons as the US plans another phony election in the hemisphere; also, we’ll feature a full-length documentary: Aristide and the Endless Revolution tells the behind-the-scenes story of the US attack on the Aristide government that forced him into exile; … Continued


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Flashpoints – October 18, 2005

US forces bomb innocent civilians, including women and children as US officials put the final touches on fixing the Iraq election; we’ll take a look at the war and what many believe are sham elections with Flashpoints special correspondent Dahr Jamail and warfront filmmaker Mark Manning; and we’ll feature hard-hitting excerpts from two documentaries, one … Continued


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Flashpoints – October 14, 2005

Today on Flashpoints, we broadcast live from the SomArts Gallery in San Francisco in a special celebration of the Day of the Dead! We’ll be talking about the Day of the Dead and the powerful, political significance that it has now taken on; Plus, mudslides and hurricanes from Guatemala to Southern Mexico wreak havoc and … Continued


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Flashpoints – October 13, 2005

The Great War for Civilisation: the Conquest of the Middle East: we feature the new, 1300-page book of award-winning journalist Robert Fisk, along with excerpt of a prescient interview we did with Fisk in January; also, a Texan runs for president of Haiti as the Bush administration attempts to put the final touches in its … Continued


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Flashpoints – October 11, 2005

We feature the work of Norman Finkelstein, one of the most outspoken and articulate critics of the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine; plus, Ali Abunimah speaks out against the continued killing of Palestinian teens as Israelis open fire again in Gaza while in the West Bank, arresting over a hundred more Palestinians; and the Knight … Continued


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Flashpoints – October 10, 2005

The bloodbath continues in the streets of Iraq as the US presses forward on its phony referendum; corporate media continues to flack for war; and media critic Norman Solomon will join us to read between the lines; and environmental activist Diane Wilson on the lam from Texas authorities.


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Flashpoints – October 7, 2005

We’ll feature a regional roundup of key stories in the hemisphere, in English and in Spanish; we’ll take a look at the current face-off between the US and Nicaragua as the Sandanistas vie for power again; also, Homeland Security deports immigrants who lost their homes as a result of hurricane Katrina; we’ll take a look … Continued