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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.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez seems poised to win in a landslide victory against the recall effort by the right-wing opposition, we’ll talk to the Venezuelan Ambassador about what this means for the Chavez government and the people of Venezuela; plus, over 7,000 Palestinian prisoners begin a hunger strike from behind bars as Israeli occupying forces … Continued
The Lavalas movement stages a resistance caravan – we’ll have reports from the route in Haiti, and in the studio; plus depleted uranium continues to kill US Veterans and Iraqi citizens – we’ll talk to an expert and a journalist breaking the latest stories on DU; and Flahpoints en Español on the upcoming referendum vote … Continued
Najaf under siege by US occupiers. We’ll talk about the ongoing violence and the implications if US forces destroy the Imam Ali Mosque. Activists descend on Kerry’s Chicago Campaign Headquarters demanding he issue a statement on the crisis in Najaf. Venezuela readies for referendum on the policies of Hugo Chavez. We’ll speak to a nun … Continued
More violence reaching critical mass in Iraq as the US bombs holy sites in Najaf, we’ll have a report from Baghdad on the ongoing bloodshed; Temperatures rise in Venezuela as the Bolivarian revolution and Hugo Chavez fight for the people; Greg Palast on the election Steal of Latin America: How ChoicePoint and John Ashcroft plan … Continued
All hell breaks loose in Iraq, as terror by air strikes and torture continue unabated. We’ll be joined by Robert Knight for some deep analysis, along with today’s Knight Report. Robert Knight, Executive Producer Dennis Bernstein and Roving Producer Miguel Molina respond to listener call-ins. We’ll also feature the next installment of our series on … Continued
The Center for Constitutional Rights documents widespread torture at Guantanamo. The defense at the Fort Bragg torture hearings attempts to subpoena Rumsfeld and Cheney. Activists take to the streets to commemorate victims of nuclear warfare and to take back our education for our children.
While Bush builds new nuclear bombs, grassroots activists stand up for books instead. Two documentaries expose the role that two generations of Bushes have played in creating killing fields in this hemisphere.
Israel’s occupation forces kill 5 in Gaza, including a 12 year-old, and a 60 year-old, and continue their fierce attacks and demolitions in the Dheisheh refugee camp in the occupied West Bank; also, a new hard-hitting documentary Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land: US Media and the Isreali-Palestinian Conflict.
We broadcast two powerful new fight-back documentaries on war, peace and the mainstream media. First, you’ll hear excerpts from the Empowerment Project’s new, hard-hitting film Waging Peace, and then Outfoxed: how to turn the clock back on Fox.
Today on Flashpoints, prying the lid off the 9/11 coverup, a new in-depth interview with David Ray Griffin, the author of the newly-updated The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions about the Bush Administration and 9/11; plus, a new investigative documentary on the use of electronic voting machines and their inherent dangers to democracy; and the … Continued
