Flashpoints – May 20, 2004
More drumbeat coverage of the continuing genocide in Gaza; our special correspondent on the ground in Baghdad speaks to the family of a comatose man who was beaten and tortured by US soldiers; and the Knight Report.
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Flashpoints – May 19, 2004
We continue to focus on the ongoing genocide of the people inside the Gaza strip, where today Israeli helicopters fired on peaceful demonstrators, murdering ten children; an interview with Congressman Charles Rangle on his push for impeaching war criminal Donald Rumsfeld; and the Knight Report.
Flashpoints – May 18, 2004
we go to Port-au-Prince, where Flashpoints special correspondent Kevin Pina witnessed the killing of peaceful demonstrators; a report from Rafah refugee camp, which is under unbelievable siege and where the situation is worsening by the minute; an on the ground report from occupied Baghdad; and the Knight Report.
Flashpoints – May 17, 2004
We go to occupied Baghdad where our special correspondent met with Iraqi government officials and witnessed more US attacks on holy sites; a look at Donald Rumsfeld the impeachable war criminal; the education hunger strikers in Oakland continue their battle against the Governator; a conversation with Gore Vidal and Laura Flanders on the eve of … Continued
Flashpoints – May 14, 2004
A report from Rafah refugee camp where Israeli apache helicopters are slaughtering civilians in a continued rampage; the United States attacks holy sites in Najaf, we’ll have a report from our special correspondent on the ground in Baghdad; Robert Fisk contextualizes the current occupations in the Middle East; and a speech by Dr. Mustafa Barghouti … Continued
Flashpoints – May 13, 2004
Israeli colonizers continue their slaughter of Palestinians living in the Gaza strip; we’ll talk about Donald Rumsfeld the war criminal visiting the scene of the crime in a surprise visit to the Abu-Ghraib prison; a look at the war profiteering in Iraq; a new speech by Tariq Ali; and the Knight Report.
Flashpoints – May 12, 2004
Occupied Middle Eastern countries Palestine and Iraq continue to be engulfed in colonialist flames; we take a look at the historical incidents of torture courtesy of the United States; a report from Haiti on the ongoing human rights abuses; we’ll play excerpts of an evening with Kevin Pina, Pierre Labossiere and Congresswoman Barbara Lee discussing … Continued
Flashpoints – May 11, 2004
A report from occupied Baghdad on the continuing massacres on the ground; Activists, teachers and kids pay the price of Americas war on education; Biddu: Roots and Resistance, a documentary by Nora Barrows-Friedman direct from occupied Palestine; and the Knight Report.
Flashpoints – May 10, 2004
A special roundtable discussion with the Flashpoints on-air team as we discuss the state of the world and the future of Flashpoints; Biddu: Roots and Resistance, a documentary by Nora Barrows-Friedman direct from occupied Palestine; and the Knight Report.
Flashpoints – May 7, 2004
Back to Baghdad where the violence at the hands of the U.S. occupies continues. Kofi Annan’s pro Israel stance in the context of the growing brutal occupation of Palestine. We focus on the new labor struggles in California. A discussion of Bush’s revamped attack on Cuba, and its right to self determination. Nora Barrows Friedman … Continued