Flashpoints

Flashpoints – February 25, 2004

US-supported death squads continue their march towards Port-au-Prince while the poorest people in the city prepare to resist the overthrow of democracy at all costs. Is the US trying to make Venezuela the next Haiti? British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun walks away from charges. The Knight Report.


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Flashpoints – February 24, 2004

Haiti’s US-supported coup leaders continue their rampage against democracy and the people’s will; we’ll continue our reports from Haiti and also get background from Washington on the Bush connection to the Haitian killing fields. Also, 25% of the Palestinian population of East Jerusalem are slashed away from their land by the apartheid wall even as … Continued


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Flashpoints – February 23, 2004

Former death squad members continue their rampage through Haiti. We feature a special report from the streets of Port-au-Prince on the 2-year destabilization campaign, and deep background on these US-supported coup leaders. Also, Palestinian lawyers testify at the Hague against the apartheid wall; we’ll speak to a lawyer for the PLO. Will Bush’s chief campaign … Continued


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Flashpoints – February 20, 2004

An on-the-ground report from occupied Baghdad, Nora speaks with Mike Ferner of Voices in the Wilderness, a Vietnam-era veteran witnessing the violence in Iraq; Solange brings a report on Safeway grocery strikers organizing a massive rally. Arundhati Roy speaks from the World Social Forum in Mumbai, India.


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Flashpoints – February 18, 2004

We speak to author activist Mario Murillo about the ongoing violence in Colombia under the auspices of the US war on drugs; plus a conversation with poet-on-assignment Aurora Levins Morales and we’ll feature excerpts from the reveting documentary Plan Colombia Cashing-In on the Drug War Failure. From New York City the Knight Report.


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Flashpoints – February 16, 2004

We continue our coverage of the expanding US-supported destabilization campaign in Haiti, we’ll get a live report from Port-au-Prince with the latest details. Kevin Cooper speaks to us from his cell on death row one week after his last minute stay of execution. Excerpts from the hard hitting documentary Aftermath: Unanswered Questions from 9-11.


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Flashpoints – February 13, 2004

We continue our coverage of the expanding US-supported destabilization campaign in Haiti, we’ll get a live report from Port-au-Prince with the latest details, and we’ll speak to Representative Barbara Lee of California, who has been following the situation there very closely. A documentary by John Pilger, Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies of the War … Continued