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Today on Flashpoints:
Tensions in Haiti heat up as the US coup government plans
to stop Preval supporters from celebrating in front of the
Presidential palace on Sunday for Preval’s inaguration
as President of Haiti; also, Ali Abunimah reports on the spike
in children’s deaths from lack of medicine in Gaza from
US-backed economic sanctions; Michael Parenti, in his new
book, The Culture Struggle, takes on cultural imperialism,
racism and gender oppression; and the Knight Report;
5:01 PM PST
The Knight Report
The Bush administration is rallying around the flag as they
burn the Fourth Amendment, with new reports of domestic surveillance
and electronic spying. Robert Knight.
5:04 PST
Haiti Report: Rene Preval to be sworn in as President on Sunday
- Kevin Pina, FP Special Correspondent, describes preparations
for the inauguration of Haiti's new President, as the outgoing
US-installed regime forbids celebration of an end to brutality
and political repression in front of the national palace.
Many see this as a deliberate ploy to foment confrontation
and violence.
5:10 PST
Gazans Dying from Medicine Shortages; Israelis Shoot 2 Children
in Jenin - Ali Abunimah, founder of ElectronicIntifada.net,
interviwed by Nora Barrows-Friedman, describes the economic
embargo and its deadly effects in occupied Palestine, as Israel
continues to violate the Geneva Conventions with the blessing
of the International community.
5:19 PST
Against Empire - Michael
Parenti, historian, author, in excerpts from a recent
lecture Rulers of the Planet, deconstructs the American Empire
and reveals the corrupt criminal enterprise that it has become.
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5:40 PST
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