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Today on Flashpoints:
Amnesty International accuses Israel of war crimes based on the destruction of whole villages in Lebanon; also paramilitary death squads kill a grassroots activist in Oaxaca as activists occupy over eight private radio stations; We’ll hear from a military draft resister who said “no” after receiving orders to deploy in Iraq; and immigrants rights activists fight back against the vigilantes; plus the Knight Report

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5:01 PM PST

01:00 The Knight Report

06:00 Paramilitaries kill activists as the situation in Oaxaca intensifies and
teachers overtake eight radio stations
John Gibler, FP special correspondent
Interviewed by Dennis Bernstein

Socialist Action
21:00 Resisting the War in Iraq,
Another Soldier Refuses to Go
Carl Web, Military War Resister
Jeff Mackler, Socilaist Action Bookstore, www.socialistaction.org
Interviewed by Dennis Bernstein

36:00 Fighting Back Against the Vigil-Anti’s
Renee Saucedo, La Raza Centro Legal, www.lrcl.org
Interviewed by Dennis Bernstein

46:00 Amnesty International Accuses Israel of War Crimes and
the Destruction of whole villages in Lebanon
Rayan El-Amine, American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee http://www.adcsf.org
Interviewed by Dennis Bernstein

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