Flashpoints – March 31, 2008
Voices from War: a conscientious veteran who refused to load his gun in Iraq speaks out; also, Flashpoints special correspondent John Gibler reports on Mexico and free trade; and the Knight Report.
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Flashpoints – March 28, 2008
Juan Jose Gutierriez talks about a national day of action in Washington DC to call for the rights of immigrants and their families; also, we’ll hear about planned celebrations for Cesar Chavez weekend; headlines from the region and Flashpoints en Espanol.
Flashpoints – March 27, 2008
Special correspondent Dahr Jamail talks about the phenomenal upsurge in violence in US-occupied Iraq; also, Mumia abu-Jamal loses a major appeal in the courts, JR and the Block Report speaks with Pam Africa about what that means for his freedom; Greg Palast wonders what happened to Elliot Spitzer after he wrote his op-ed on the … Continued
Flashpoints – March 26, 2008
Former CIA official and antiwar resister Ray McGovern talks about the media as cheerleaders for the war; also, we speak with Palestine Bureau Chief Kristen Ess about the US-Israeli decision to send 700 Palestinian security servicemen to Jenin essentially as subcontractors of the Israeli occupation; plus, with a huge bailout of the Wall Street elite … Continued
Flashpoints – March 25, 2008
Independent of London correspondent Patrick Cockburn reports on the Cheney visit to Baghdad and the 5 year old occupatio; former Marine Corps Sergeant Adam Kokesh and Jeremy Scahill, author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army testifiy during the recent Winter Soldier 2008 Iraq and Afghanistan Eyewitness Accounts to the Occupation; … Continued
Flashpoints – March 24, 2008
We talk to the father of an Iraq war vet who took his own life after severe PTSD, amongst reports that 120 vets are committing suicide a week; a victim of Penny Pritzker’s Superior Bank speaks out; also, Kristen Ess reports on the Hamas-Fatah talks held in Yemen; an update on the case of Dr. … Continued
Flashpoints – March 21, 2008
Father Louis Vitale reflects with us on his decision to get arrested at Fort Huachuca, out of a five-month jail term and re-arrested at Livermore Laboratories; Rene Saucedo returns from a delegation to Juarez, where people are resisting the corporate takeover by big business box stores; we hear Bay Area voices of revolution and protest … Continued
Flashpoints – March 20, 2008
Special correspondent Dahr Jamail takes a troubling look at the impact of depleted uranium, white phosphorus and other illegal weapons are having on the people of Iraq; Palestine Bureau Chief Kristen Ess continues her investigation of internal attacks against Palestinian journalists in the West Bank and Gaza; also, we continue our dialogue with Catherine Austin … Continued
Flashpoints – March 18, 2008
Activists mobilize from coast to coast on the fifth anniversary of the illegal war and occupation in Iraq; also, former US Army Privates who testified at the recent Winter Soldier investigation talk about the free-fire zones against civilians; on the Block Report with JR, Ramona Africa, one of the survivors of the aerial bombing of … Continued