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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.
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
Israel’s theatrics in Gaza play out in the West Bank as settlements and the apartheid wall expand and settlers attack Palestinians, we’ll speak with Ali Abunimah on the latest news from occupied Palestine; plus, stand up and take to the streets: the September 24th massive march and rally to end the occupations of Iraq, Palestine … Continued
We hear from Palestinian journalists and activists in the occupied Gaza strip and the West Bank about what the Gaza pullout means for the future of Palestine; is this is just another smokescreen to distract from Israel’s illegal land theft in the West Bank? Also, a judge rules that providing Iraqi children basic medical care … Continued
We return to Haiti’s killing fields where the murders and arrests and tortures of pro-democracy activists continue with the US and the UNcalling the shots; also, we’ll speak with members of the Mayan communityin the Mission District who have begun to organize for their rights;we’ll speak with Senator Simon Salinas about the Dump Arnold Campaign; … Continued
A series of massacres by Haitian death squad police leave dozens wounded and dead, including a pregnant woman and a teenager; also we’ll return to Crawford, Texas to check in with the Gold Star anti-war activists calling for an end to the Iraq war; we’ll also speak with Rahul Mahajan about the ongoing killing in … Continued
An in-depth report on the real implications of the Israelis bloody pullout of occupied Gaza; also, we’ll feature a special report from Crawford, Texas, where the Arlington West project has just delivered a thousand crosses to signify the growing number of dead from the illegal war in Iraq; and from exile in Southern California, the … Continued
In a dramatic, precedent-setting decision, a southern appellate court overturned the life convictions of the Cuban Five; also, Gold Star mother Cindy Sheehan faces arrest as she camps out at the Bush ranch, we’ll ask Sheehan what she wants to talk to the President about; Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez suspends drug fighting cooperation with the … Continued
We commemorate the 60th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki – the only use of nuclear weapons against a civilian population in wartime. We’ll feature an interview about a new documentary called Original Child Bomb about the real impacts of the bombing and how they were covered up for so many years. … Continued
Today, we’ll feature a segment on activists who are risking their lives to rescue migrants dying at an accelerating rate in the deserts as a result of new policies by Homeland Security; also, a California Assemblyman speaks out against the Governor’s special elections; headlines from the region, and Flashpoints en Espanol with producers of La … Continued
A phony investigation by the Haitian Coup Government accuses President Aristide of absconding with fifty million dollars; meanwhile Haiti’s killing fields continue to claim the lives of Lavalas leaders and supporters; plus a Congresswoman from Eastern Congo talks about her country’s struggle for self-determination in the face of IMF and World Bank repression; news headlines … Continued
