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Today on Flashpoints:
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Praises Mussolini
and Receives an Award from Anti-Defamation League;
Jim Crow Retruns to the Jury Selection System in Louisiana;
A Jewish Voice for Peace Celebrates the Jewish New Year with
a National Protest Against Caterpillar for its Support of
Israel's Occupation of Palestine;
The Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride Pulls into Reno, Nevada
for a Rally Against Racist Immigration Policies;
The Knight Report
5:01 PM PST
The Knight Report: Lebanon and Israeli Prisoner Exchange Bogs
down. Remote control highway bomb kills Iraqi citizens. In
Gaza, house shelling kills civilians. 27 Istraeli pilots protest
to Israel Defense Minister: "We are opposed to the illegal
air attack against Palestinian civilians".
5:06 PM PST
Italian PM Berlusconi Honored by the Anti-Defamation League:
Dennis interviews Martin Lee, author of "The Beast Reawakens".
Berlusconi an increasingly authoritarian leader, now indulges
in revisionist history. Siding with an electoral alliance
of ultra-right wingers and Fascists, Burlusconi praises Mussolini
and allies himself with GW Bush and Tony Blair. The Anti-Defamation
League looks the other way as they award him the "Pro
Democracy Award". http://www.publiceye.org/lee/beast_intro.html
5:18 PM PST
Music Break
5:19 PM PST
Boycott Caterpillar whose Tractors used in Home Demolitions
in Palestine
Dennis interviews Liet Weingart, A Jewish Voice for Peace.The
Caterpillar D9 with eleven foot high blade has destroyed 50,000
plus homes in Palestine since 1967. Now used for building
"The Wall" and further military destruction. Demonstation
Sept 25th Info at: www.catdestroyshomes.org
5:31 PM PST
Music Break
5:32 PM PST
All-White Juries in Louisiana: Dennis with Richard Burke,
attorney
5:48 PM PST
Music Break
5:49 PM PST
lWFR Report from Reno: Miguel Molina, Flashpoints Roving Producer
reports by phone on the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride now
in Reno Nevada. IWFR has met with a very small counter demonstration
(Clear Channel again?). Over 300 IWFR supporters marched and
Miguel interviews various participants as well as giving an
audio feed of the marchers in the background. Ref: www.immigrantworkersfreedomride.com
Aqui: www.immigrantworkersfreedomride.com/espanol/default.html
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