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Today on Flashpoints:
An eyewitness account of the US government’s racist failure to protect the people of New Orleans, parts of Mississippi, and Alabama in the wake of Katrina; also, activists in over 40 cities around the world protest the coup government in Haiti and call for the restoration of democracy and the return of President Jean Bertrand Aristide; and the Knight Report;

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5:01 PM PST
The Knight Report: The United Nations cries foul over Iraq's re-rigging of the October Constitutional referendum; the Pentagon admits the Iraq war impeded Gulf hurricane relief; Governors and doctors are opposing President Bush's scheme to fight the Avian flu with martial law; and the understaffed army is now barrel-scraping for new recruits with the lowest possible test scores. Robert Knight

5:07 PM PST
New Orleans Report: Malik Rahim, community activist, rebuildgreen.org
Bill Hackwell, International ANSWER

5:40 PM PST
Music Break – Boubacar Traore – Djon Kana

5:42 PM PST
Update on Haiti: Dave Welsh, Haiti Action Committee member
Pierre Labossiere, co-founder, Haiti Action Committee

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