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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.
A report from Dahr Jamail in Baghdad on the continuing bloodshed in a post-election Iraq; Helen Caldicott speaks on the new nuclear danger on our new environmental segment, Earth Matters; voices from the World Social Forum held recently in Brazil; Moh Alileche, Algerian Berber musician in the Flashpoints studio; and Flashpoints en Español.
Violence continues unabated in occupied Iraq, we’ll speak with Dahr Jamail on Iraqi reaction to Bush’s State of the Union speech and the increasing civil tensions; plus, we’ll talk about how to divest from Israel: how student groups, religious institutions and the general public are getting involved in the economic fight against US-supported Israeli militarism … Continued
Tune in Wednesday February 2nd, starting at 5pm when Pacifica Radio brings you the real meaning of president Bush’s "State of the Union" Address …WBAI’s Deepa Fernandes joins Free Speech Radio News capitol hill correspondent Mitch Jesserich live from D.C., with analysis by national affairs correspondent Larry Bensky. Helping us figure it out will be … Continued
Israeli snipers shoot and kill a 10 year old Palestinian schoolgirl in Gaza, we’ll talk about the psychological trauma that follows these kinds of attacks; plus, racist violence escalates against immigrant workers; an investigation into new facts on global warming; and the Knight Report.
Today on a special Iraqi election edition of Flashpoints, we feature reports from Flashpoints unembedded special correspondent Dahr Jamail and Free Speech Radio News correspondent Aaron Glantz; we’ll also hear from London Independent reporter Robert Fisk; Baghdad-based human rights activist Iman; a report from Washington DC; Kevin Pina on Haiti, elections and democracy; an online … Continued
Today on a special national edition of Flashpoints, we feature live reports from Flashpoints unembedded special correspondent Dahr Jamail; we’ll also hear from London Independent reporter Robert Fisk, Baghdad-based human rights activist Iman, we’ll have reports from Kurdish-controlled Iraq and Washington DC, reflections from People’s History of the United States author Howard Zinn, renowned novelist … Continued
We go to Baghdad for a full report on the latest attacks in Iraq heading toward Sunday’s planned elections; plus, a three year old Palestinian girl is shot and killed by Israeli soldiers in Gaza as a humanitarian disaster brews; attacks on the Achenese people continue as families search for the dead; Solange Echeverria reports … Continued
Pre-election violence in Iraq continues to rock the capitol and take a death toll around the country; also, Howard Zinn, author of A People’s History of the United States, reflects on war and peace and torture sixty years after the liberation of Auchwitz; Father Gerard Jean-Juste just back from South Africa from meeting with his … Continued
In the bloodiest day for US forces, more than three dozen soldiers are killed in bombings and an apparent helicopter crash; the US Senate Judiciary Committee sends Bush’s pro-torture Attorney General nominee to the full Senate for confirmation; a new weekly environmental segment, Earth Matters; Solange Echeverria anticipates the opening of the World Social Forum … Continued
Dahr Jamail reports on ongoing violence and focuses on the street war against Iraqi women; plus, Israel engineers a major steal of land in East Jerusalem; Bob Parry talks about three hundred million dollars missing from Iraq and how it relates to the Salvador Option; and the Knight Report.
