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Today on Flashpoints:
An exclusive interview with Father Gerard Jean-Juste following
his release from prison in Haiti, we'll talk about the ongoing
Haitian killing fields and the US-supported purge of democracy;
plus, an on-the-ground report from Baghdad; and lauded activist
and independent journalist John Ross on the changing tides
in Latin American politics; and the Knight Report;
5:01 PM PST
The Knight Report: A stalemate in Ukraine, war crimes in Guantanamo,
an indictment for Rumsfeld, reform at the United Nations,
and more poppies from Afghanistan. (Robert Knight)
5:06 PM PST
Father Gerard Jean-Juste Freed from Prison: Released after
six weeks of imprisonment on trumped up charges, peace advocate,
pro-democracy supporter and champion of the poor, Father Gerard
Jean-Juste speaks to Dennis on the phone from Port-au-Prince,
thanking those who helped secure his release. He describes
his arrest, treatment and conditions in Haiti's national penitentiary;
savage beatings and inhumane treatment by guards, prisoners'
constitutional rights are ignored and abused as prisoners
are kept in crowded unsanitary jails, failed by the Haitian
judicial system and the unelected government. Kevin Pina and
Brian Concannon also discuss the pattern of suppression of
pro-democracy advocates in Haiti. (Dennis)
5:33 PM PST
Music Break
5:34 PM PST
Report from Occupied Baghdad: Dahr Jamail, FP Special Correspondent,
www.dahrjamailiraq.com
describes the latest car bomb attacks on US and coalition
forces that have killed 134 US soldiers in November. US forces
also are preventing aid convoys from reaching Fallujah, turning
the aid away outside the city. Dahr also reports on the apparent
effects of illegal napalm, phosphorus weapons and poison gas
used in Fallujah. (Nora)
5:42 PM PST
Latin America and Political Change: John Ross, activist, and
author of Murdered
by Capitalism, A Memoir of 150 Years of Life and Death on
the American Left, puts Bush's tour of the Americas into
perspective and describes the reactions of Latin American
countries to Bush's "free" trade agenda, including
demonstrations of 20,000 protesters in Chile, and rumors of
assassination plots in Colombia. John Ross also describes
the winds of political change, the rising stature of social
democracy in South American countries, tightening control
of national resource wealth, and massive protests during Bush's
visit to Canada (Solange)
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