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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.
New York City becomes a Police State as Cheney and Bush arrive for the Republican Party Coronation. We’ll talk about police violence in this armed camp, and we’ll talk about those most vulnerable under the new draconian laws of the Patriot Act. I’m talking about the immigrants. Also we’ll look at how the Drug War … Continued
Immigrant Arnold Schwarzenegger thrills the crowd as he closes the door on immigrant rights. Also people arrested in a die-in at ground zero. Eve Ensler, creator of The Vagina Monologues talks about womens resistence to the Bush wars. We’ll feature a piece on exhibits called Eyes Wide Open which features shoes and boots of the … Continued
We go to the Republican National Convention, we’ll feature interviews with Michael Franti, Michael Moore, Danny Glover and Eve Ensler. We present Salem Salebs report from on the ground in Iraq. And the Robert Knight Report.
An on the ground report from Baghdad, on the Iraqi reaction to the so-called peace deal; We head to the Republican National Convention in the police state of New York City, we’ll talk about the coverage you can expect next week; plus, part one of a two part series with activists from the International Solidarity … Continued
The latest news from a beseiged Iraq, where today at least 74 died in twin attacks outside of Najaf hours before a ceasefire deal was brokered between al-Sistani and al-Sadr; we’ll speak to UK Guardian correspondent Luke Harding who was outside of al-Sistani’s house when the deal was announced, followed by probing analysis from Dennis … Continued
U.S. troops surround the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf; Israeli colonizing forces continue their bloody rampage into the West Bank and Gaza, killing 2 teenagers and destroying home. Activist groups gear up for the Republican National Convention; The police state in New York, and the Knight Report.
US occupation forces continue their assault on the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf. We’ll have a full report from the ground. We take a look at the Pentagon-appointed so-called independent investigation into the crimes at Abu Graib and Guantanomo. Plus, we’ll have a discussion on the story of women raped and attacked in India who … Continued
Iraq under siege, we’ll have two reports from the ground on the ongoing bloody occupations in Baghdad, Kufa and Najaf; plus, protesters and police gear up for the Republican National Convention in New York City as civil rights activists battle the New York Courts for the right for free speech and assembly; and the Knight … Continued
Violence continues to explode in and around Najaf and Fallujah as US forces continue to try and break the spirit of the Iraqi people. We’ll speak with Asad Abu Khalil on the current blood shed of this illegal invasion, also, updates on Mumia Abu Jamal’s death row incarceration and for Flashpoints en Español on the … Continued
Iraqis and Palestinians under Occupation – We spend the entire hour on the two countries under militarized regimes of colonization and illegal occupations. We speak with author Rahul Mahajan for analysis on up-to-the-minute reports comming from a beseiged Najaf. Members of the Middle East Childrens Alliance in the studio to talk about their recent experiences … Continued
