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 21, 2005
Dahr Jamail reports from the World Tribunal on Iraq, focusing on crimes of war and information by the Bush administration and the corporate press; also, we continue our series on drugs and the national security state; also, more fro Greg Palast on the Downing Street Memos; and from exile in Berkeley, the Knight Report.
Flashpoints – June 20, 2005
Women activists in Eastern India under threat of attack, rape and murder speak out about continuing abuse; also, the unholy alliance between Wal-Mart and slave sweatshops of Bangladesh; and, an extended version of the Knight Report from exile.
Flashpoints – June 17, 2005
The hidden costs of war: we feature an in-depth interview about how the war on Iraq is wreaking havoc on the environment; plus, this week’s news roundup from the Palestine News Network; the Block Report with JR on Assata Shakur and political prisoners; a commentary by Miguel Molina; and Flashpoints en Español.
Flashpoints – June 16, 2005
We focus on a Palestinian woman and her child in an Israeli prison, featuring an interview with the husband and father, as his family fights for justice; also, an update on military recruitment on public school campuses, how you can keep them off your kids; plus, a commentary on Bolivia by Rahul Mahajan; how the … Continued