Flashpoints – January 19, 2004
Today on Flashpoints, We hear the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on this day of his commemoration and celebration.
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Flashpoints – January 16, 2004
Medicinal marijuana users ambushed in court by the DA and the feds under the guise of having there chargers dismissed; also Haiti’s opposition grows more violent as they start burning down the houses of grass roots supporters of Aristide; and more on Bush’s anti-immigrant guest worker plan.
Flashpoints – January 15, 2004
Bush goes for the high ground in space; also ENRON corporate bandit cops of plea, but will he blow the whistle on his boss-Bush friend Ken Lay? Bush neo-cons go after Syria as Israelis trained US hit squads in Iraq and Flashpoints executive producer comes out of the poetry closet.
Flashpoints – January 14, 2004
A report from Gaza on the Murder of ISM activist Tom Hurndall by Israeli occupiers Comedian Al Franklin talks about lies and the right-wing liars who tell them Why Paul O’Neill blew the whistle on the Bush Neo-cons Presidential hopeful John Edwards calls the cops on medicinal marijuana campaigners New York City the Knight Report.
Flashpoints – January 13, 2004
Israeli occupiers invade the West Bank city of Tulkarem and its associated refugee camp, destroying dozens of houses, arresting over 230 men and terrorizing hundreds of children; also, Bush goes to Mars in a grab to control and colonize space; the case of Maria Suarez: what happens when immigrant women face domestic violence in the … Continued
Flashpoints – January 12, 2004
Revelations on the Bush administration’s commitment to attacking Iraq from the first day the administration came to power. Also, a report on the special summit of the Americas. While Enron pension thief Anthony Fausto and his wife cop a plea so one of them can stay out and take care of their child, thousands of … Continued
Flashpoints – January 9, 2004
A Series of Special Reports from Chiapas, Mexico on the State of the Revolution 10 Years after the Zapatista Uprising, and Special Reports from Port-au-Prince, Haiti on the Ongoing Violence as a Result of the US-Supported Embargo and Right-wing Opposition Groups in the Country
Flashpoints – January 8, 2004
A Special Report from Haiti on Ongoing Confrontations Between Aristide Supporters and the Right-wing Opposition "The Buying of the President 2004," a New Investigative Study by the Center for Public Integrity on the Buying and Selling of Presidential Candidates A Look at Israel’s Fully Developed Nuclear Weapons Program in the Context of a Call for … Continued
Flashpoints – January 7, 2004
Plan Colombia Continues to Prove Deadly for Most Colombians. The Governator’s Opening Slavo Against Immigrant Workers and Immigrant Rights George Bush Brings Back the Green Card, Which Immigrants Say is the Slave Card
Flashpoints – January 6, 2004
A Ground Report from Nablus under Siege in Occupied Palestine An Activist Detained in Baddrus Speaks about her Experience More Violence in Afghanistan, as 8 Children are Killed in a Bombing Raid New Documents Surface Telling of a Possible Gulf War in 1973