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Today on a special national edition of Flashpoints, we spend the whole hour on the expanding crisis in Haiti. We’ll feature a live report from our special correspondent Kevin Pina, live in Port-au-Prince, we’ll speak with Representative Barbara Lee of California, co-chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, we’ll speak with Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark, … Continued
An update on the US-supported violence in Haiti; Israeli forces continue their ethnic slaughter by the apartheid wall as they take millions from Palestinian bank accounts; Dolores Huerta and immigrant activists take on Pacific Lumber; we focus on women behind bars; The Knight Report.
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.
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
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
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.
An on-the-ground update on the violence and civil unrest in Haiti; we speak to a Venezuelan activist about the destabilization process already in the works for Venezuela; and a broadcast of the radical documentary, Uncovered: The Whole Truth about the Iraq War.
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.
The General Council for the government of Haiti in the United States speaks out against US support of right-wing opposition in Haiti; Robert Fisk discusses the ongoing violence in Iraq; and Larry Everest talks about Empire and the US Global Agenda.
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.
