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Today on Flashpoints: Life in the Balance – The death row procedings against Kevin Cooper: An excerpt from a new documentary being produced by the Flashpoints Team; Also interviews with Reverend Jesse Jackson and Kevin Cooper’s defense attorney on the stay of execution and his new day in court; also a new push to impeach … Continued
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals grants a stay of execution for Kevin Cooper, but will the Supreme Court sustain the stay, or vacate it? Cooper is due to be murdered by the state of California at 12:01 tonight. We’ll feature late-breaking interviews with Cooper’s lead attorney, as well as with Jesse Jackson and witnesses … Continued
The federal government continues its attack on the American Indian Movement and Leonard Peltier. We’ll have a special report from Rapids City, South Dakota, where two former AIM activists face murder charges. Also, the Block Report, with a hard-hitting and emotional discussion on the Kevin Cooper case with former Black Panther and anti-death penalty activists. … Continued
A former UPI reporter who covered the original Kevin Cooper trial steps forward with evidence that could exonerate Kevin Cooper, who faces imminent death at San Quentin on Monday night; also, Uncovered: The Whole Truth about the Iraq War: a brand-new, hard-hitting documentary on the Big Lies about Iraq.
A whistle blower Fired by Kellogg Brown and Root talks about unsanitary conditions inside the Soldiers Cafeterias in Iraq: An in-studio and concert with noted political singer and song writer, David Rovics, and the knight report
Today on Flashpoints: An in-depth interview with award-winning investigative reporter Robert Fisk. We’ll talk about the phoney Weapons of Mass Destruction claims, have an update on the situation in Iraq and a look at Lebanon and occupied Palestine. Plus, an interview with a teacher from Contra Costa County leading the struggle against school closures. And … Continued
We continue our reporting on the planned execution of Kevin Cooper, with an exclusive interview with Kevin from Death Row; a broadcast of today’s press conference with Cooper’s lawyers; and we’ll talk about the latest suicide bombings in Iraq.
An in-depth look at the Hutton commission cover-up with BBC reporter and best-selling author Greg Palast, also, the case of civil rights activist and attorney Lynne Stewart, now facing forty years on trumped-up terrorism charges.
We hear from Nora Castaneda, the woman at the head of the Venezuelan Women’s Development Bank, and Governor Schwarzenegger denies a clemency hearing to Kevin Cooper, scheduled to be executed on February 10th. We’ll broadcast excerpts from today’s press conference on Kevin Cooper’s case with Ruben Hurricane Carter.
An on-the ground report from Iraq, where basic infrastructure is in shambles and people are suffering from environmental disasters; we continue our reporting on the story of Maria Suarez, her niece Patricia Valencia speaks on her struggle to have her aunt released from the INS detention facility; and the former Mexican ambassador to the UN … Continued
