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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.
We speak with Camilo Mejia, the first conscientious objector to the current war in Iraq, just released from military prison; we’ll talk about what he witnessed in Iraq and why he is speaking out; plus, former Attorney General Ramsey Clark on why George Bush should be impeached; and Earth Matters looks at the slaughter of … Continued
Torture in the Middle East and in the United States: A grim one-year anniversary of the publication of the Abu Ghraib photos, we’ll assess the situation in Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo, Palestine and the US in the wake of the infamous torture scandal; also, an in-depth look at Palestinian political prisoners and we’ll feature an interview … Continued
19 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, what we’re still learning about the environmental fallout; plus, an update on the political turmoil sweeping Latin America; Palestinian youth speak out about the current situation in the context of 56 years of oppression; and the Knight Report.
A look at the political situation in Mexico, as over a million protesters hit the streets of Mexico City; plus, we’ll talk about a new report that demands a full independent investigation of Donald Rumsfeld and others in the US Abu Ghraib torture scandal; also, you’re being watched: Rumsfeld’s secret military intelligence operations in Colorado; … Continued
Legendary civil rights attorney Lynne Stewart in our studio talks about her conviction and the state of justice and politics; also, an update on the unraveling situation in Ecuador; the first in a series of pieces from students of the Freedom Radio Project in Palestine; plus, a special Earth Day commemoration; a commentary by Miguel … Continued
Waves of fierce resistance against US-led forces across Iraq, we’ll go to Baghdad for a full report; a commentary on the so-called reconstruction in Iraq by Rahul Mahajan; also, as the world turns a blind eye to the genocide in Darfur, the rapes and killings continue; a wide-ranging discussion on police brutality and torture as … Continued
The President of Ecuador, Lucio Gutierrez is forced from office in a breaking coup d’etat as Colombia continues to explode with violence; plus, a Palestinian woman in the Gaza strip is forced to give birth at a checkpoint, her baby dies shortly afterwards; also, commemorating the Berber people’s fight for national recognition in Algeria; a … Continued
An update on the critical situation in Haiti with Kevin Pina; also, activists face off with vigilantes at the Arizona-Mexico border; a discussion with an esteemed Palestinian artist on resistance and culture; our new Earth Matters segment focuses on the Pepper Spray trial; and the Knight Report.
San Francisco-based Goldman Foundation gives a $125,000 environmental award to a well-known violator of human rights in Haiti, and an update on how the US violated its own 13-year old arms embargo to provide new weapons to the death squads of the Haitian National Police; plus, an American aid worker killed in a car bomb … Continued
Esteemed civil rights attorney Lynne Stewart talks about her conviction and why she’s still speaking out against the assaults on civil liberties; also the women of Mulukulú, Nicaragua and their nonviolent resistance of oppression in the wake of war and economic terrorism; plus Flashpoints en Español; Mexico Snubs Cuba at The UN with allegations of … Continued
