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Today on Flashpoints:
An on the ground report from occupied Baghdad, where our special
correspondent investigates more torture accounts at Abu Ghraib;
fasters at the California capitol steps see the dawn of a
sixteenth day of their hunger strike for education reform;
part two of our series on the making of the feature film Alcatraz:
The Occupation; and Daniel Ellsberg and Larry Everest help
to deconstruct empire, occupation and US hegemony;
5:01 PM PST
Report from Baghdad: Dahr Jamail, interviewed by by Nora Barrows-Friedman,
describes the shoot-first-ask-later protocol of nervous US
troops in Baghdad, and reaction in Baghdad to Bush's speech.
Read more on Dahr Jamail's weblog Iraq
Dispatches
5:08 PM PST
Hunger Strike Update: Cesar Cruz, organizer and one of six
participants, on the 16th day of the Fast for Education, inteviewed
by Solange Echeverria, recounts visits by legislators, messages
of solidarity, and upcoming meetings, negotiations and activities.
The fasters want full Prop 98 funding, equity in education
funding, and cancellation of West Contra Costa Unified school
district debt. Cesar Cruz talks about expanding the initiative
to a national Equity in Education act. For more information
visit the Fast4Education
website, and read the recent article Still
Separate and Unqual in SF BayView.
5:15 PM PST
Alcatraz: Part Two: Miguel Molina interviews Raymond Spies,
and guests about the upcoming film Alcatraz: The Occupation.
The film aims to recall the spirit of the awakening of native
American political dignity, self-determination and reclamation
through historically accurate portrayal of the struggle. The
major role of women in strengthening and sustaining the occupation
is highlighted, offering a more humane model for resolving
conflict than those now in use worldwide.
5:36 PM PST
Search for Reasons: Larry
Everest and Daniel Ellsberg on Oil, Power and Empire -
Excerpts from a discussion in February, 2004 in Berkeley.
Daniel Ellsberg provides historical context for US Empire
from Richard Nixon, and discuss the need to leave Iraq:
"It is necessary that we get out [of Iraq]. American
soldiers and British soldiers will be dying and killing
civilians in Iraq as long as they are there. They will never
bring peace to Iraq. Their presence - our presence - IS
destabilizing, IS war, IS colonialism, and it is going to
be resisted" -
Daniel Ellsberg
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