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Today on Flashpoints:
An in-depth interview with award-winning investigative reporter
Robert Fisk. We'll talk about the phoney Weapons of Mass Destruction
claims, have an update on the situation in Iraq and a look
at Lebanon and occupied Palestine. Plus, an interview with
a teacher from Contra Costa County leading the struggle against
school closures.
And from New York, The Knight Report with Robert Knight;
5:01 PM PST
The Knight Report: The death toll rises in Kurdistan; United
Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan meets with George W Bush
on Iraq; and the FCC investigates a network that it gave a
monopoly pass to; France debates its proposed ban on head
scarves, turbans and other ethnic-religious symbols in schools;
and the discovery of the toxin ricin closes three buildings
in Washington DC.
5:05 PM PST
Blame the BBC: In an interview with Robert
Fisk, award-winning journalist with The
Independent of London, Dennis covers the current disaster
in Iraq and the efforts by those responsible for the illegal
invasion to divert attention looking for fictitious sources
of faulty intelligence to avoid correcting the mistakes and
stopping the killing. Amid the suicide bombings, roadside
attacks, security appears to be failing; northern Kurds are
calling for independence; southern Shia muslims are calling
for representation in free elections; and reconstruction is
rife with corruption. Robert also describes the US-directed
Lebanese money-laundering incident which illuminates the shady
handling of reconstruction.
5:46 PM PST
School Bond Money-Shuffle in CCC: Cesar Cruz, a teacher at
E M Downer Elementary, interviewed by Associate Producer,
Solange Echeverria, describes the attempts to reallocate some
of the $350M bond monies approved by voters for renovations
by closing needy schools in Richmond and San Pablo serving
low and middle-income families, and reallocate the funds to
more affluent areas. The neighborhoods served by Downer have
mobilized and after school on Wednesday February 4, 2004 third
graders, parents and teachers will march 2 miles from Downer
Elementary School (1777 Sanford Ave at 18th St in San
Pablo (510) 234-3851) to the school
board meeting (5:00PM at Lavonya DeJean Middle School,
3400 Macdonald Ave, Richmond) to demand the promised $28M
site renovations currently on hold and that students not be
reassigned ("redistricting") to other schools. March
with the students and Pacifica Radio! Call (510) 388-3587
for more information, or visit the West
Contra Costa Unified School District web site.
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