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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.
Grass roots activists continue to rook the government of Bolivia: we’ll have reports from La Paz and Los Altos. Aso Flashpoints Senior Producer Nora Barrows-Friedman on a special mission of mercy in the Gaza Strip; Earth Matters, our weekly environmental report, hones in on Global Warming in Nepal. And of course The Knight Report.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters pleads for the life of Haitian Prime Minister Yvon Neptune, now on a second week of a life or death hunger strike in Haiti’s National Penitentiary. We’ll speak with the Congresswoman just back from Haiti, and with an attorney for the Artistede government, who was prevented from entering the country. Also, we … Continued
We spend the entire show in the Gaza Strip, with senior producer Nora Barrows Friedman and Pacifica team. Nora takes us to burned up neighborhoods and the devastating Rafah refugee camp. Weâ
A seasoned covert officer for the CIA defends Negroponte and claims to be a critic of the agency, but is she really? Or is she still working for the Company? And on Flashpoints en Español we continue with our recorded reports from the recent World Social Forum in Brazil.
Israel moves to confiscate another chunk of the west bank for illegal occupation. We’ll have a special report from Nora Barrows Friedman. Also the two main parties in Mexico, the PRI and the PAN, collaborate to illegally arrest, prosecute and jail a key opponent in next years presidential election… We have an update on the … Continued
US continues to pressure Syria to pull out of Lebanon in the wake of the resignation of the Lebanese Government, also, growing resistance among military families to the Iraqi War. A look at the impact of US imposed democracy in El Salvador, our weekly environmental report Earth Matters investigates mountain top decapitation in Tennessee, and … Continued
Defense secretary Rumsfeld is sued by the ACLU in Federal Court for Torture and abuse. We’ll feature an interview with the Lead Attorney on the case. Also new leftist president Tabare Vasquez sworn into office in Uruguay as Hugo and Fidel look on. A report from the Flashpoints team from the West Bank on the … Continued
Haitian National Police open fire on a peaceful lavalas demonstration calling for the return of Jean Bertrand Aristide. We’ll feature an eye witness account of the melee. Also, activists worry for the safety of the Haitian prime minister Evan Neptune, who’s where abouts are unclear at this time. We’ll take a look at the unraveling … Continued
An exclusive story on Saturday’s phony prison break in Haiti and the former soldier who now claims he was paid by a member of the Latorture government to assassinate Prime Minister Yvonne Neptune. Also, Flashpoints Special correspondent Dahr Jammail in Studio and in Oakland tonight, also Nora Barrows Friedman from the Dheisheh refugee camp.
A special report from the martyrs cemetery on the West Bank of Palestine, with Nora Barrows Friedman and Babak Tondre; also powerful voices from the world social forum, a new alternative global meeting place for activists trying to make a difference, among the most powerful of those voices, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
