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Today on Flashpoints:
A live report from Haiti's killing fields where two Jordanian
peacekeepers were killed today as violent attacks on pro-democracy
advocates have continued unabated; also we'll rebroadcast
a Flashpoints original production of Martin Luther King's
historic 1965 Selma to Montgomery march; we'll hear narrations
from the street as King arrives to both cheers and jeers in
segregated Birmingham;
5:01 PM PST
Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: Introduced by Dennis
Bernstein, we feature historic audio tape recordings from
the 1965 civil rights march on Montgomery, Alabama
5:12 PM PST
Breaking News: Jordanians Killed - Kevin Pina, Flashpoints
Correspondent on the ground in Haiti describes a deadly attack
on a UN checkpoint apparently by a group including Haitian
police and funded by Group 184, the opponents of the pro-democracy
Lavalas movement. Many fear the attack was planned as a pretext
to foment escalated violent persecution of poverty-stricken
supporters of democratically-elected Haitian President Jean
Bertrand Aristide before national elections.
"This is Apaid, Boulos and Baker working to force the
U.N. to come in here [Cite Soleil] and commit another massacre
like they did
on July 6, 2005" Read more...
5:19 PM PST
Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: [resumes] Dr. King
addresses the marchers in Montgomery. Also included is a speech
in Selma Alabama where the march began
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