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 5/31
A special Memorial Day broadcast presentation of "Iraq:
One Year of Occupation and Resistance" by Aaron Glance
and produced by Free Speech Radio News;
5/28
We go to Haiti, where our special correspondent Lyn
Duff speaks with a former Deputy who describes the current
situation of the Haitian people three months after the kidnapping
of President Aristide; We play the entire documentary Biddu:
Roots and Resistance;
5/27
A report from the ground in occupied Baghdad, as our
correspondent continues his investigation into the accounts
of torture; a conversation with the director of "Hidden
in Plain Sight," an unflinching look at the nature and
consequences of US policy in Latin America via the School
of the Americas; we'll be featuring an excerpt of that film;
and the Knight Report;
5/26
An analysis of the recent slaughter in Rafah with
our correspondent, who nearly escaped death over the weekend;
A conversation with Samuel Huntington, the author of a controversial
book on American identity; Greg Palast, with Dennis Bernstein
and Jello Biafra, deconstruct the Bush policy and the plan
for the next election steal;
5/25
An on the ground report from occupied Baghdad, where
our special correspondent investigates more torture accounts
at Abu Ghraib; fasters at the California capitol steps see
the dawn of a sixteenth day of their hunger strike for education
reform; part two of our series on the making of the feature
film Alcatraz: The Occupation; and Daniel Ellsberg and Larry
Everest help to deconstruct empire, occupation and US hegemony;
5/24
An on the ground report from occupied
Baghdad as our special correspondent investigates what happened
at the scene of the wedding massacre; We go to Nablus in the
occupied West Bank, where the Israeli colonizing forces continue
their genocidal rampage; A look at Ahmed Chalabi and the US
policy of installing puppet leaders; A conversation with noted
historian and author Rashid Khalidi in which he examines the
record of Western involvement in the Middle East;
5/21
The Israeli occupying forces continue
their attack on Rafah, we go back for an on the ground report
from the besieged city; a closer look at Bush’s renewed
assault on Cuba with updates on the trial of the Cuban Five;
and Part One in a series on the making of the feature film
Alcatraz: The Occupation;
5/20
More drumbeat coverage of the continuing genocide
in Gaza; our special correspondent on the ground in Baghdad
speaks to the family of a comatose man who was beaten and
tortured by US soldiers; and the Knight Report;
5/19
We continue to focus on the ongoing genocide of the
people inside the Gaza strip, where today Israeli helicopters
fired on peaceful demonstrators, murdering ten children; an
interview with Congressman Charles Rangle on his push for
impeaching war criminal Donald Rumsfeld; and the Knight Report;
5/18
We go to Port-au-Prince, where Flashpoints special
correspondent Kevin Pina witnessed the killing of peaceful
demonstrators; a report from Rafah refugee camp, which is
under unbelievable siege and where the situation is worsening
by the minute; an on-the-ground report from occupied Baghdad;
and the Knight Report;
5/17
A report from Rafah refugee camp where Israeli apache
helicopters are We go to occupied Baghdad where our special
correspondent met with Iraqi government officials and witnessed
more US attacks on holy sites; A look at Donald Rumsfeld the
impeachable war criminal; The education hunger strikers in
Oakland continue their battle against the Governator; A conversation
with Gore Vidal and Laura Flanders on the eve of the shock
and awe campaign last year; And the Knight Report;
5/14
A report from Rafah refugee camp where Israeli apache
helicopters are slaughtering civilians in a continued rampage;
the United States attacks holy sites in Najaf, we’ll
have a report from our special correspondent on the ground
in Baghdad; Robert Fisk contextualizes the current occupations
in the Middle East; and a speech by Dr. Mustafa Barghouti
on the terrorizing implications of the Israeli occupation
of Palestine;
5/13
Israeli colonizers continue their slaughter of Palestinians
living in the Gaza strip; we’ll talk about Donald Rumsfeld
the war criminal visiting the scene of the crime in a surprise
visit to the Abu-Ghraib prison; a look at the war profiteering
in Iraq; a new speech by Tariq Ali; and the Knight Report;
5/12
Occupied Middle Eastern countries Palestine and Iraq
continue to be engulfed in colonialist flames; we take a look
at the historical incidents of torture courtesy of the United
States; a report from Haiti on the ongoing human rights abuses;
we’ll play excerpts of an evening with Kevin Pina, Pierre
Labossiere and Congresswoman Barbara Lee discussing the situation
in Haiti; and the Knight Report;
5/11
A report from occupied Baghdad on the continuing massacres
on the ground; Activists, teachers and kids pay the price
of America's War on Education; Biddu: Roots and Resistance,
A documentary by Nora Barrows-Friedman direct from occupied
Palestine; and the Knight Report;
5/10
We go back to Baghdad where violence at the hands
of the US occupiers continues apace; We take a look at Kofi
Annan's pro-Israel stance, in the context of the growing brutal
occupation in Palestinians; We focus on the new labor struggles
in California; and a discussion on Bush's revamped approach
on Cuba, and its right to self determination;
5/7
We go back to Baghdad where violence at the hands
of the US occupiers continues apace; We take a look at Kofi
Annan's pro-Israel stance, in the context of the growing brutal
occupation in Palestinians; We focus on the new labor struggles
in California; and a discussion on Bush's revamped approach
on Cuba, and its right to self determination;
5/6
More heartache and destruction in Iraq as the US continues
it’s brutal occupation. And moving words from on the
ground in Palestine. Author David Ray Griffen asks the painful
questions on 911 and a fresh report from the flames of resistance
of U.S.occupied Haiti. And of course the Knight Report;
5/5
We celebrate the struggles and
triumphs of the Battle of Puebla AKA Cinco deMayo, historically
a festive celebration which now reclaims it’s force
as a struggle against oppression.A conversation with UC Berkeley
Professor David Montejano on the changing American landscape
and live coverage of the Cinco de Mayo actions in Sacramento.
And a Mothers day report from Colombia with Colombian filmmaker
Marta Rodriguez on the often horrific working conditions behind
those beautiful bouquets and of course the Robert Knight Report;
5/4
We continue our coverage of US sponsored torture,
rape and murder of Iraqi prisoners. We’ll feature a
special update from the ground on Baghdad; also an in-depth
history of the corrupt US policy that lead us to war and of
course the Knight report;
5/3
Wide-spread Torture, Rape and Murder of Iraqi prisoners
held by the US: We’ll feature a report from Baghdad
on how this is nothing new except the pictures: Also we’ll
look at the potential legal ramifications of US torture in
Iraq and we will hear from the families of soldiers outraged
by the war: we’ll also feature an interview on the rejection
of Sharon’s plan to leave Gaza. And of course, the Knight
Report;
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