Flashpoints – September 2, 2004
From Madison Square Garden, we spend most of the hour with Robert Fisk, evaluating the merits of the Bush war policy that the Republicans are so proud to run on; and an extended edition of the Knight Report.
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Flashpoints – September 1, 2004
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
Flashpoints – August 31, 2004
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
Flashpoints – August 30, 2004
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.
Flashpoints – August 27, 2004
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
Flashpoints – August 26, 2004
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
Flashpoints – August 25, 2004
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.
Flashpoints – August 24, 2004
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
Flashpoints – August 23, 2004
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
Flashpoints – August 20, 2004
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