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Flashpoints – June 10, 2004

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


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Flashpoints – June 9, 2004

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


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Flashpoints – June 8, 2004

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


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Flashpoints – June 7, 2004

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


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Flashpoints – June 4, 2004

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


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Flashpoints – June 3, 2004

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


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Flashpoints – June 2, 2004

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


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Flashpoints – June 1, 2004

An on-the-ground report from the Gaza Strip where Israeli colonizers continue to fire missles and destroy homes; Lyn Duff in Haiti talks about the children who are targeted by the US-supported death squads because of their work with the youth-run radio station; Vice-president Dick Cheney orchestrated the Halliburton contract and lied about it; we’ll have … Continued


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Flashpoints – May 27, 2004

A report from the ground in occupied Baghdad, as our correspondent continues his investigation into the accounts of torture; a conversation with the director of “Hidden in Plain Sight,” an unflinching look at the nature and consequences of US policy in Latin America via the School of the Americas; we’ll be featuring an excerpt of … Continued