Flashpoints – August 30, 2005
We’ll feature a round-table discussion on how best to stop the Bush war machine and end the bloody occupation of Iraq and Palestine; Also how to deal with the sell out democrats; And from exile the Knight Report.
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Flashpoints – August 29, 2005
Activists in El Paso call for the extradition of CIA asset and known terrorist Luis Posada Carilles; also, the Texas judicial death machine gets ready to execute another innocent victim in the name of Frances Newton; poet and historian Aurora Levins Morales reads poetry in a time of war; and the Knight Report.
Flashpoints – August 26, 2005
5000 soccer fans in Haiti witness a machete massacre of up to 50 victims by national police, we’ll have a special report from Kevin Pina on the ground; also, we’ll visit the Peace House on the perimeter of the Bush Ranch, where the alternative media has been getting the word out about Cindy Sheehan and … Continued
Flashpoints – August 25, 2005
Bush Supreme Court Nominee tied directly to the Administration’s wide-ranging program of illegal detention, abuse and torture, we’ll have a special report on what appears to be an illegal conflict of interest on the part of Judge Roberts; plus, Ali Abunimah on today’s Israeli undercover attack that left five young Palestinians dead; a reading of … Continued
Flashpoints – August 24, 2005
California’s immigrant community shocked by a pro-Minutemen position taken by Fabian Nunez, the speaker of the California Assembly; plus, Israelis continue to tighten their grip on illegally-seized land in the West Bank, providing more and more homes for the violent settlers from Gaza; organizers prepare for major national demonstrations as opposition to the Bush wars … Continued
Flashpoints – August 23, 2005
Gazans left in ruins and in the lurch as Israelis solidify their holds in the West Bank, we’ll feature a report from Gaza with Toufic Haddad; also, televangelist Pat Robertson calls for the assassination of President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela; in Iraq, Constitution or no, the slaughter continues; and the Knight Report.
Flashpoints – August 22, 2005
A large, spirited antiwar demonstration led by Gold Star Mothers greets Bush in Salt Lake City, considered the most conservative area in the country; also, an update on Haiti’s expanding killing fields; the meltdown between Hugo Chavez and the US continues as Chavez removes immunity for US agents; and the Knight Report.
Flashpoints – August 19, 2005
e Speak with a Gold Star Mother holding vigil at Camp Casey in Crawford Texas. We speak with Father Aiden Troy in North Belfast and Carol Russell in New York about the sectarian murder of a 15 year old Catholic youth in Northern Ireland. A weekly report from the Palestine News Network and Flashpoints in … Continued
Flashpoints – August 18, 2005
Massive demonstrations in Haiti demanding justice and the return of President Jean Bertrand Aristide, we’ll go to Port-au-Prince with Kevin Pina; plus, an in-depth look at the life of Palestinian refugees, we’ll speak with community leader and journalist Ziad Abbas of the Ibdaa Cultural Center in the Dheisheh refugee camp, here in the Flashpoints studio; … Continued
Flashpoints – August 17, 2005
Legendary Haitian Priest Father Gerard Jean-Juste collapses in prison, we’ll get a report on his condition from Port-au-Prince; plus, Robert Fisk in Baghdad talks about today’s series of deadly car bombs after he visits the city morgue; an Israeli settler opens fire on a group of Palestinian workers in the West Bank, killing three, as … Continued