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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.
We continue our commemorative coverage of late investigative reporter Gary Webb, we are proud to present again a forum that was recorded with Gary Webb and Martha Hani in June of 1997 to celebrate the debut of his book Dark Alliance. The interview was conducted on stage with Flashpoints executive producer Dennis Bernstein. All this … Continued
We interview author David Ray Griffen of The New Pearl Harbor, Disturbing Questions about the Bush Administration and 9/11 and his most recent book The 911 Commission Report: Ommissions and Distortions. 911 Coverup Questions from before, during and after 9/11 still unanswered are discussed.
We rebroadcast our exclusive interview with Kevin Cooper on Death Row in San Quentin nearly a year after his last minute stay of execution. On Flashpoints en Español we speak with Haitian activist regarding the ongoing purge of the Pro-Democracy Movement.
Lyn Duff interviews a Haitian woman whose son was shot in the back by a Haitian military death squad; also, we’ll interview a pro-Lavalas mayor in hiding in Haiti; we’ll also feature an in-depth piece on womens’ experience of occupation in Palestine; and the status of migrants’ rights as considered at an international migrants day … Continued
Today on Flashpoints, we keep up with our commemorative coverage of late investigative reporter Gary Webb by bringing to you a special encore presentation of a Flashpoints forum with Gary and Guests recorded in June of 1997, and of course the Knight Report.
Resistance forces in Iraq Attack a US Army Base killing over 24 and wounding over 60, also a Cuban/Mexican labor conference takes on Neo-liberalism and we continue our Gary Webb memorial reporting series with author Robert Parry and the Knight Report.
The hell disaster continues in Iraq after a weekend of massive bloodshed, we’ll speak with award-winning journalist Robert Fisk on the current situation across the region; also, Israeli settlers, backed by the occupying military, continue their land steal in the West Bank; and the Knight Report.
Genetically modified corn invades the ancient strains in its birthplace of Mexico, we’ll speak with a U.C. Berkeley professor under fire for his outspoken opposition to GMO proliferation; Plus, art under occupation: we’ll speak with an artist and Israeli anarchist on creative ways of resisting Israel’s colonial policies; A statewide boycott of gas stations in … Continued
15,000 pro-democracy supporters take to the streets of Cap Hatien despite the continuing repression of the Lavalas movement. We’ll have a full report from Kevin Pina on the ground in Port-au-Prince. Plus Kevin Cooper, live from Death Row. We’ll play the entire interview, plus interviews with his attorney and an anti-death-penalty activist. And of course, … Continued
UN forces occupy Cite Soleil, one of the poorest neighborhoods in the Western Hemisphere as part of the ongoing purge of the pro-democracy movement in Haiti; also, Michael Ratner discusses new revelations about US torture in Iraq, including electrical shocks and setting prisoners on fire; plus, human rights activist Chris Brown on Israeli settler violence … Continued
