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Today on Flashpoints:
Immigrant Arnold Schwarzenegger thrills the crowd as he closes
the door on immigrant rights. Also people arrested in a die-in
at ground zero. Eve Ensler, creator of The Vagina Monologues
talks about womens resistence to the Bush wars. We'll feature
a piece on exhibits called Eyes Wide Open which features shoes
and boots of the dead, and much much more. And the Knight
Report;
5:01 PM PST
The Knight Report: Suicide bombings in Israel and Moscow;
a dozen beheadings are reported in Iraq; and Turkish commandos
kill a dozen Kurds near the border as bodies overflow the
morgue in Baghdad's Sadr City.
5:05 PM PST
California Immigrant Drivers: Ed Pennington from the office
of California State Senator Gil
Cedillo and Puerto Rican Legal and Education Defense Fund
(PRLDEF) President and
General Counsel Cesar Perales, interviewed by Solange Echeverria
and Miguel Molina, discuss the latest roadblocks in immigrant
rights in California, stealth actions by the state government
in New York and tightening of rules in an increasing number
of states. Is a driver's license a license to drive or a national
identity card?
5:31 PM PST
Eyes Wide Open: Dennis Bernstein in Central Park interviews
exhibit organizers, participants and visitors to this
exhibition of hundreds of pairs of boots from soldiers
who have died as a result of the war in Iraq. Also interviewed
is the father of Irving Medina, recently killed in Iraq.
Jorge Medina:
That's the worst thing. My son died for nothing, for
no cause. And it's not only my son... almost a thousand
soldiers have died and more are dying...
5:41 PM PST
March for Womens Lives and Other Protests: Eve Ensler, activist,
author of The Vagina Monologues, and founder of V-Day,
a global movement to end violence against women, is interviewed
by Lyn Duff. Lyn also interviews relatives of victims of the
9/11 tragedy in New York.
5:47 PM PST
Ground Zero Arrests: Dennis Bernstein interviews Daniel, a
protester being arrested by police at a mass-capture of peaceful
protestors the World Trade Center site, who describes the
scene of an apparently illegal arrest action. Also Lyn Duff
interviewes a KPFA worker
who witnessed the arrest of Mick, a Free
Speech Radio News coworker while they walked along a street
in New York City. Listen to today's FSRN
broadcast.
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