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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.
A report from musician and activist Michael Franti on the ground in the Rafah Refugee Camp; an update on the continuing horrors in Haiti with our special correspondent Kevin Piña; a look at the dangers of electronic voting as we inch closer to November’s election; a talk by Dr. Mustafa Baghouti on the devastation in … Continued
Extreme surges of attacks in Iraq, we’ll have an on-the-ground report with our special correspondent who is tracking the latest on the situation in Baghdad; we go back to occupied Haiti with Kevin Pina, on the unlawful arrests by foreign troops; a young immigrant from Pakistan speaks to us from the Buffalo detention facility where … Continued
A report with our special correspondent on the ground in Baghdad, where he interviewed a woman detained at Abu-Ghraib who witnessed torture by US soldiers; an update on the situation in Haiti with Kevin Pina; a discussion on Rachel Corrie, the young activist who was killed by a bulldozer in Rafah last year, with her … Continued
We speak with Barbara Lubin, director of the Middle East Children’s Alliance and musician-activist Michael Franti, together in the Dheisheh Refugee camp in the occupied West Bank; a look at the way Coca Cola and other multinational corporations benefit from child labor in El Salvador; Gil Scott Heron and Greg Palast on the life, lies, … Continued
Another siege in Fallujah, we go to Baghdad for an on-the ground report; more invasions and attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza strip; a look at the disturbing trend of the corporatization of health care; award-winning investigative reporter Greg Palast with a commentary on Ronald Reagan; and the Knight Report. Web … Continued
A report from occupied Baghdad on the continuing violence and disarray of infrastructure; Michael Ratner of the Center for Constitutional Rights talks about the Pentagon’s self-dismissal for legal responsibility in Abu Ghraib and Guantanomo; a report on the political situation in Venezuela; we speak with Diane Wilson, grass roots activist against multinational chemical companies, who … Continued
A report from Nablus and Occupied Palestine where this week marks the 37th year of occupation of the West Bank. We speak with a U.S. soldier who refused to fight in Iraq and now faces military trial. We dissect the life and legacy of Ronald Reagan with Norman Soloman and Dennis Bernstein. Commentary on the … Continued
Our special correspondent Lyn Duff in Haiti visits a penitentiary where journalists are being detained; an update on the massive march against war and occupation tomorrow in San Francisco; we take a look at the torture of prisoners in Mexican jails in an in-depth discussion with John Ross; the Block Report with JR and Rashida … Continued
An on-the-ground report from occupied Baghdad as our special correspondent visits people tortured by US forces; a discussion on the devestation inside the West Bank in occupied Palestine; a look at the dire situation in Congo and the humanitarian crisis erupting in Sudan; Flashpoints associate producer Solange Echeverria reports from Sacramento at a rally for … Continued
A look at the political situation in occupied Iraq and the region with Asad Abu-Khalil; We get ready to march against the wars and occupations in Iraq, Palestine and Afghanistan, this coming Saturday; An update on the California hunger strikers in their 24th day of protest; A mini documentary entitled Concrete Smothers Sky, a look … Continued
