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US continues to pressure Syria to pull out of Lebanon in the wake of the resignation of the Lebanese Government, also, growing resistance among military families to the Iraqi War. A look at the impact of US imposed democracy in El Salvador, our weekly environmental report Earth Matters investigates mountain top decapitation in Tennessee, and … Continued
Defense secretary Rumsfeld is sued by the ACLU in Federal Court for Torture and abuse. We’ll feature an interview with the Lead Attorney on the case. Also new leftist president Tabare Vasquez sworn into office in Uruguay as Hugo and Fidel look on. A report from the Flashpoints team from the West Bank on the … Continued
Haitian National Police open fire on a peaceful lavalas demonstration calling for the return of Jean Bertrand Aristide. We’ll feature an eye witness account of the melee. Also, activists worry for the safety of the Haitian prime minister Evan Neptune, who’s where abouts are unclear at this time. We’ll take a look at the unraveling … Continued
An exclusive story on Saturday’s phony prison break in Haiti and the former soldier who now claims he was paid by a member of the Latorture government to assassinate Prime Minister Yvonne Neptune. Also, Flashpoints Special correspondent Dahr Jammail in Studio and in Oakland tonight, also Nora Barrows Friedman from the Dheisheh refugee camp.
A special report from the martyrs cemetery on the West Bank of Palestine, with Nora Barrows Friedman and Babak Tondre; also powerful voices from the world social forum, a new alternative global meeting place for activists trying to make a difference, among the most powerful of those voices, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
Flashpoints Associate producer Nora Barrows Friedman is on the ground in the Dheisheh Refugee camp in occupied West Bank. She brings us her first report with the voices of the Palestinian refugees. Also we continue with the documentary, Dispatches; The Killing Zones, ISM activists killed by Israelis, and the knight report.
Flashpoints Associate producer Nora Barrows Friedman is on the ground in the Dheisheh Refugee camp in occupied West Bank. She brings us her first report with the voices of the Palestinian refugees. Also we continue with the documentary, Dispatches; The Killing Zones, ISM activists killed by Israelis, and the Knight Report.
Violence and heartache continue to explode in Haiti as the anniversary of the kidnapping of President Jean Bertrand Aristide nears, a conversation with Kevin Pina and Tom Griffin on the latest of Regimes Human Rights abuses; also an evening with Naomi Klein as we excerpt her talk on "War, Fleece."
Locked out workers in Argentina take back their jobs and their dignity. We talk with activist film maker Avi Lewis on his new documentary. We celevrate the life and times of Howard Zinn author of A People’s History of the United States.
Right wing talk show hosts call for the execution of Native American activist Ward Churchill: we’ll feature part two of our interview with Churchill on his new book and the growing call for his sacking, also “the Forest for the Trees, Judi Bari vs. the FBI, a new documentary about the life and times of … Continued
