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 8/31
Immigrant Arnold Schwarzenegger thrills the crowd as he closes
the door on immigrant rights. Also people arrested in a die-in
at ground zero. Eve Ensler, creator of The Vagina Monologues
talks about womens resistence to the Bush wars. We'll feature
a piece on exhibits called Eyes Wide Open which features shoes
and boots of the dead, and much much more. And the Knight
Report;
8/30
We go to the Republican National Convention, we'll feature
interviews with Michael Franti, Michael Moore, Danny Glover
and Eve Ensler. We present Salem Salebs report from on the
ground in Iraq. And the Robert Knight Report;
8/27
An on the ground report from Baghdad, on the Iraqi reaction
to the so-called peace deal; We head to the Republican National
Convention in the police state of New York City, we'll talk
about the coverage you can expect next week; plus, part one
of a two part series with activists from the International
Solidarity Movement, talking about recent Israeli tactics
of intimidation and detention of internationals; Flashpoints
en Español; and the Knight Report;
8/26
The latest news from a beseiged Iraq, where today at least
74 died in twin attacks outside of Najaf hours before a ceasefire
deal was brokered between al-Sistani and al-Sadr; we'll speak
to UK Guardian correspondent Luke Harding who was outside
of al-Sistani's house when the deal was announced; and we'll
go live to our correspondent in Baghdad; plus, more developments
in the Abu Ghraib torture and cover-up scandal; and we continue
to track the crisis in Sudan;
8/24
US occupation forces continue their assault on the Imam Ali
shrine in Najaf. We'll have a full report from the ground.
We take a look at the Pentagon-appointed so-called independent
investigation into the crimes at Abu Graib and Guantanomo.
Plus, we'll have a discussion on the story of women raped
and attacked in India who are fighting back. And the Knight
Report;
8/23
Iraq under siege, we’ll have two reports from the ground
on the ongoing bloody occupations in Baghdad, Kufa and Najaf;
plus, protesters and police gear up for the Republican National
Convention in New York City as civil rights activists battle
the New York Courts for the right for free speech and assembly;
and from New York the Knight Report;
8/20
Violence continues to explode in and around Najaf and Fallujah
as US forces continue to try and break the spirit of the Iraqi
people. We’ll speak with Asad Abu Khalil on the current
blood shed of this illegal invasion, also, updates on Mumia
Abu Jamal’s death row incarceration and for Flashpoints
en Español on the crippling affect of the US embargo
against Cuba;
8/19
Iraqis and Palestinians under Occupation - We spend the entire
hour on the two countries under militarized regimes of colonization
and illegal occupations. We speak with author Rahul Mahajan
for analysis on up-to-the-minute reports comming from a beseiged
Najaf. Members of the Middle East Childrens Alliance in the
studio to talk about their recent experiences in the occupied
West Bank and Gaza;
8/18
We focus on Hemispheric Crises and Revolution. We'll speak
to members of a delegation just returning from Haiti. We'll
speak with Doug Spalding and Casey Corbett from the Haiti
Action Committee , about the ongoing U.S. sponsored bloodshed.
Plus landless workers in Brazil fight for self determination.
And we'll rebroadcast of an interview with David Ray Griffin,
author of the newly-updated The New Pearl Harbor, Disturbing
Questions about the Bush Administration and 9/11. And The
Robert Knight Report;
8/17
War, children and media: Iraq at the boiling point in Najaf
and Baghdad, we'll have deep analysis of the current crisis
and media shut-out in Iraq, and we'll go to Baghdad for a
look on how this war is affecting children in particular;
plus, we'll hear from a member of the United Nations Office
of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on the massacre
in Burundi; we'll play excerpts from the radically uncompromising
film documentary Hijacking Catastrophe; and the Knight Report;
8/16
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez seems poised to win in a
landslide victory against the recall effort by the right-wingo
pposition, we’ll talk to the Venezuelan Ambassador about
what this means for the Chavez government and the people of
Venezuela; plus, over 7,000 Palestinian prisoners begin a
hunger strike from behind bars as Israeli occupying forces
kill more in Gaza and the West Bank; also, we’ll play
excerpts from the hard-hitting documentary Outfoxed: Rupert
Murdoch’s War on Journalism; and the Knight Report;
8/13
The Lavalas movement stages a resistance caravan - we'll have
reports from the route in Haiti, and in the studio; plus depleted
uranium continues to kill US Veterans and Iraqi citizens -
we'll talk to an expert and a journalist breaking the latest
stories on DU; and Flahpoints en Español on the upcoming
referendum vote in Venezuela;
8/12
Najaf under siege by US occupiers. We’ll talk about
the ongoing violence and the implications if US forces destroy
the Imam Ali Mosque. Activists descend on Kerry’s Chicago
Campaign Headquarters demanding he issue a statement on the
crisis in Najaf. Venezuela readies for referendum on the policies
of Hugo Chavez. We’ll speak to a nun and activist just
back from Venezuela and play an excerpt from the radical documentary
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. And the Knight Report;
8/11
More violence reaching critical mass in Iraq as the US bombs
holy sites in Najaf, we’ll have a report from Baghdad
on the ongoing bloodshed; Temperatures rise in Venezuela as
the Bolivarian revolution and Hugo Chavez fight for the people;
Greg Palast on the election Steal of Latin America: How ChoicePoint
and John Ashcroft plan to Floridize the upcoming elections
in the Americas; and the Knight Report;
8/10
All hell breaks loose in Iraq, as terror by air strikes and
torture continue unabated. We'll be joined by Robert Knight
for some deep analysis, along with today's Knight Report.
Robert Knight, Executive Producer Dennis Bernstein and Roving
Producer Miguel Molina respond to listener call-ins. We'll
also feature the next installment of our series on the US
international torture circus;
8/9
Center for constitutional rights documents wide spread torture
at Guantanamo; also the defense at the Fort Bragg torture
hearings attempts to subpoena Rumsfeld and Cheney. Activists
take to the streets to commemorate victims of nuclear warfare
and to take back our education for our children;
8/6
While Bush builds new nuclear bombs, grassroots activists
stand up for books instead. Two documentaries expose the role
that two generations of Bushes have played in creating killing
fields in this hemisphere;
8/5
Israel's occupation forces kill 5 in Gaza, including a 12
year-old, and a 60 year-old, and continue their fierce attacks
and demolitions in the Dheisheh refugee camp in the occupied
West Bank; also, a new hard-hitting documentary Peace, Propaganda
and the Promised Land: US Media and the Isreali-Palestinian
Conflict;
8/4
We broadcast two powerful new fight-back documentaries on
war, peace and the mainstream media. First, you’ll hear
excerpts from the Empowerment Project’s new, hard-hitting
film Waging Peace, and then Outfoxed: how to turn the clock
back on Fox and fight the right wing;
8/3
Prying the lid off the 9/11 coverup - an in-depth interview
with David Ray Griffin, author of the newly-updated The New
Pearl Harbor, Disturbing Questions about the Bush Administration
and 9/11 reveals a lot of new information; plus a new investigative
documentary on the use of electronic voting machines and their
inherent dangers to democracy; and the Knight Report from
ground-zero lockdown in New York City;
8/2
Iraq’s Christian community living in fear after a series
of car bomb attacks on churches, we’ll speak with Robert
Fisk for an update on the situation in Iraq and for an analysis
of US election politics; we’ll air excerpts from a powerful
new documentary, Hijacking Catastrophe; and the Knight Report
from Ground Zero in New York lockdown;
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