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 2/27
Today on a special national edition of Flashpoints, we spend
the whole hour on the expanding crisis in Haiti. We’ll
feature a live report from our special correspondent Kevin
Pina, live in Port-au-Prince, we’ll speak with Representative
Barbara Lee of California, co-chair of the Congressional Black
Caucus, we’ll speak with Former Attorney General Ramsey
Clark, and the host of Family Lavalas on Radio Soleil in Brooklyn,
along with several Haitian activists;
2/26
An update on the US-supported violence in Haiti; Israeli forces
continue their ethnic slaughter by the apartheid wall as they
take millions from Palestinian bank accounts; Dolores Huerta
and immigrant activists take on Pacific Lumber; we focus on
women behind bars; The Knight Report;
2/25
US-supported death squads continue their march towards Port-au-Prince
while the poorest people in the city prepare to resist the
overthrow of democracy at all costs. Is the US trying to make
Venezuela the next Haiti? And British intelligence whistleblower
Katharine Gun walks away from charges. And the Knight Report;
2/24
Haiti's US-supported coup leaders continue their rampage against
democracy and the people's will; we'll continue our reports
from Haiti and also get background from Washington on the
Bush connection to the Haitian killing fields. Also, 25% of
the Palestinian population of East Jerusalem are slashed away
from their land by the apartheid wall even as talks contesting
its legitimacy continue in the Hague; and from Greensboro
NC, the Knight Report;
2/23
Former death squad members continue their rampage through
Haiti. We feature a special report from the streets of Port-au-Prince
on the 2-year destabilization campaign, and deep background
on these US-supported coup leaders; Also, Palestinian lawyers
testify at the Hague against the apartheid wall, we’ll
speak to a lawyer for the PLO; Will Bush’s chief campaign
contributor Ken Lay get indicted for his part in Enron? From
New York City, the Knight Report;
2/20
An on-the-ground report from occupied Baghdad, Nora speaks
with Mike Ferner of Voices in the Wilderness, a Vietnam-era
veteran witnessing the violence in Iraq; Solange brings a
report on Safeway grocery strikers organizing a massive rally.
Arundhati Roy speaks from the World Social Forum in Mumbai,
India;
2/19
An on-the-ground update on the violence and civil unrest in
Haiti; we speak to a Venezuelan activist about the destabilization
process already in the works for Venezuela; and a broadcast
of the radical documentary, Uncovered: The Whole Truth about
the Iraq War;
2/18
We speak to author activist Mario Murillo about the ongoing
violence in Colombia under the auspices of the US war on drugs;
plus a conversation with poet-on-assignment Aurora Levins
Morales and we’ll feature excerpts from the reveting
documentary Plan Colombia Cashing-In on the Drug War Failure.
From New York City the Knight Report;
2/17
The General Council for the government of Haiti in the United
States speaks out against US support of right-wing opposition
in Haiti; Robert Fisk discusses the ongoing violence in Iraq;
and Larry Everest talks about Empire and the US Global Agenda;
2/16
We continue our coverage of the expanding US-supported destabilization
campaign in Haiti, we’ll get a live report from Port-au-Prince
with the latest details. Kevin Cooper speaks to us from his
cell on death row one week after his last minute stay of execution.
Excerpts from the hard hitting documentary Aftermath: Unanswered
Questions from 9-11;
2/13
We continue our coverage of the expanding US-supported destabilization
campaign in Haiti, we’ll get a live report from Port-au-Prince
with the latest details, and we’ll speak to Representative
Barbara Lee of California, who has been following the situation
there very closely. A documentary by John Pilger, Breaking
the Silence: Truth and Lies of the War on Terror;
2/12
Is the US actively participating in the destabilization of
the duly-elected government of Haiti, which could lead to
a bloodbath? And Distorted Morality, a brand new AK Press
DVD featuring Noam Chomsky on the endless US war on Terror;
2/11
An on-the-ground report from Haiti, where violence continues
to escalate; Israeli occupiers kill fifteen and wound more
than fifty in a get-tough attack in Gaza without provocation;
Uncovered: The Whole Truth about the Iraq War, a brand-new
documentary co-produced by MoveOn.org takes you behind the
Bush Administration’s Big Lies; The Knight Report;
2/10
Life in the Balance - The death row procedings against Kevin
Cooper: An excerpt from a new documentary being produced by
the Flashpoints Team; Also interviews with Reverend Jesse
Jackson and Kevin Cooper's defense attorney on the stay of
execution and his new day in court; also a new push to impeach
the unelected occupant of the Oval Office;
2/9
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals grants a stay of execution
for Kevin Cooper, but will the Supreme Court sustain the stay,
or vacate it? Cooper is due to be murdered by the state of
California at 12:01 tonight. We’ll feature late-breaking
interviews with Cooper’s lead attorney, as well as with
Jesse Jackson and witnesses whose information could lead to
exoneration of Kevin Cooper. Five of the jurors who convicted
Cooper, urge his execution be postponed. The Knight Report,
from New York;
2/6
The federal government continues its attack on the American
Indian Movement and Leonard Peltier. We’ll have a special
report from Rapids City, South Dakota, where two former AIM
activists face murder charges. Also, the Block Report, with
a hard-hitting and emotional discussion on the Kevin Cooper
case with former Black Panther and anti-death penalty activists.
Plus, Al Franken speaks from Berkeley in a freewheeling, discussion
on national affairs;
2/5
A former UPI reporter who covered the original Kevin Cooper
trial steps forward with evidence that could exonerate Kevin
Cooper, who faces execution by the state at San Quentin on
Monday night; also, Uncovered: The Whole Truth about the Iraq
War: a brand-new, hard-hitting documentary on the Big Lies
about Iraq;
2/4
Whistle Blower Fired by Kellogg Brown and Root Talks about
Unsanitary Conditions Inside the Soldiers Cafeterias in Iraq:
An in-studio Interview and Concert with Noted Political Singer
and Song writer, David Rovics; From New York City the Knight
Report;
2/3
An in-depth interview with award-winning investigative reporter
Robert Fisk. We'll talk about the phoney Weapons of Mass Destruction
claims, have an update on the situation in Iraq and a look
at Lebanon and occupied Palestine. Plus, an interview with
a teacher from Contra Costa County leading the struggle against
school closures; And from New York, The Knight Report with
Robert Knight;
2/2
We continue our reporting on the planned execution of Kevin
Cooper, with an exclusive interview with Kevin from Death
Row; A broadcast of today’s press conference with Cooper’s
lawyers; and we’ll talk about the latest suicide bombings
in Iraq. Also the Knight Report;
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