Flashpoints
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An award winning front-line investigative news magazine focusing on human, civil and workers rights, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.
Flashpoints – September 26, 2006
A leading human rights attorney says that if Congress cancels Habeas Corpus, they will be war criminals; also, news headlines from occupied Palestine; two powerful films portray identity politics and the nature of exile; we’ll hear a clip from one of the films, Goal Dreams, a film about the attempt by the Palestinian soccer team … Continued
Flashpoints – September 25, 2006
Greg Palast talks to Hugo Chavez, we’ll speak with Palast and hear some of his exclusive interview; also, a look at how the neocons used Latin America for their testing grounds in torture, repression and control; today’s news headlines from occupied Palestine; and the Knight Report.
Flashpoints – September 20, 2006
Hugo Chavez takes the Bush administration head-on in a direct address to the American people, Chavez recommends Chomsky and a US uprising before Bush destroys the world; also, another US torture victim freed without charges; members of the World Can’t Wait stand up to the architects of Bush torture; Israel gets back into the bank … Continued
Flashpoints – September 19, 2006
Phyllis Bennis debunks Bush’s speech to the UN General Assembly today; plus, the power of humor transcends the US-led death machine in Iraq, an interview with Jo Wilding, the author of Don’t Shoot the Clowns: Taking a Circus to the Children of Iraq; and the Knight Report.
Flashpoints – September 15, 2006
We broadcast both from our studios in Santa Rosa and from our homebase at KPFA in Berkeley. On the show tonight, we’ll feature a young, new investigative unit of bilingual producers and hear some of their maiden voyages into radio with an emphasis on the immigrant revolution; also, an interview with the filmmakers of Occupation … Continued
Flashpoints – September 14, 2006
Authors of the Lancet study on mass killing and rape in Haiti under the US-installed regime receive death threats, a phony bomb and rats in the mail; a new study led by the director of Project Censored finds the Associated Press to be a biased voice for the state department and against Middle Easterners; also, … Continued