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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.
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
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
