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Today on Flashpoints:
A report from occupied Baghdad on the continuing massacres
on the ground; Activists, teachers and kids pay the price
of America's War on Education; Biddu: Roots and Resistance,
A documentary by Nora Barrows-Friedman direct from occupied
Palestine; and the Knight Report;
5:01 PM PST
The Knight Report: More evidence of a systemic policy for
US torture in Iraq; al Qaida releases a decapitation video
of a US hostage; Iranian Shi'ites press Muqtada al Sadr's
militia into a proposed cease-fire; Saddam Hussein will be
surrendered to Washington's government in Iraq; Palestinian
militants hold the remains of Israeli troops caught in a Gaza
invasion; and Cuba fights back against US sanctions.
5:07 PM PST
Iraq Dispatch: Dahr Jamail, interviewed by Nora Barrows-Friedman,
reports from Baghdad on the campaign against al Sadr's Mehdi
militia in heavy fighting in Sadr City. Also described is
Monday's choreographed, escorted US patrol in Fallujah, which
was followed by a jubilant victory parade in the streets after
the convoy left the city. Also read Dahr
Jamail's weblog
5:17 PM PST
Fast for Education: Solange Echeverria interviews Miguel Molina
reporting on location in downtown Oakland where the March
for Education activists are continuing a hunger strike to
protest West Contra Costa School District budget cuts. Join
the nightly candlelight vigil at 8:00PM on 14th and Broadway
at the Frank Ogawa Plaza, or visit the plaza to show your
support. Visit www.March4Education.org
for more information.
5:25 PM PST
Musical Break
5:26 PM PST
Biddu: Roots and Resistance, a documentary by Flashpoints
Senoir Producer Nora Barrows-Friedman who recently returned
from occupied Palestine, describes the non-violent struggle
of a defenseless village against the onslaught of Israeli
bulldozers uprooting olive groves and demolishing houses clearing
a path for the illegal separation wall. Read more about the
Biddu struggle in International Solidarity Movement field
reports
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