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 2/28
Haitian National Police open fire on a peaceful lavalas demonstration
calling for the return of Jean Bertrand Aristide. We’ll
feature an eye witness account of the melee. Also, activists
worry for the safety of the Haitian prime minister Evan Neptune,
who’s where abouts are unclear at this time. We’ll
take a look at the unraveling situation in the middle east
– where Syria hands over the half brother of Saddam
Hussein and the Lebanese government resigns. And Father Roy
Bugois talks about John Negraponte and the training of death
squads by the U.S. Military. And of course the Knight report;
2/25
An exclusive story on Saturday’s phony prison break
in Haiti and the former soldier who now claims he was paid
by a member of the Latorture government to assassinate Prime
Minister Yvonne Neptune. Also, Flashpoints Special correspondent
Dahr Jammail in Studio and in Oakland tonight, also Nora Barrows
Friedman from the Dheisheh refugee camp;
2/24
A special report from the Martyrs Cemetary in the West Bank
in Palestine with Nora Barrows-Friedman and Bobak Tondre.
Also powerful voices from the World Social Forum, a new alternative
global meeting place for activists trying to make a difference.
Among the most powerful of these voices, Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez;
2/23
Former priest and Aristide supporter Ron Voss arrested in
Haiti while UN so-called "peacekeeping" forces remain
free amid allegations of rape in Gonaives - a breaking story
from Flashpoints Special Correspondent Kevin Pina. Also we
bring you a classic speech from activist and author Michael
Parenti, and the Knight Report;
2/22
Flashpoints Senior Producer Nora Barrows-Friedman is on the
ground in the Dheisheh refugee camp in occupied West Bank.
She brings us her first report with the voices of the Palestinian
refugees. Also we continue with the documentary, Dispatches;
The Killing Zone, ISM activists killed by Israelis, and the
Knight Report;
2/21
Violence and heartache continue to explode in Haiti as the
anniversary of the kidnapping of President Jean Bertrand Aristide
nears, a conversation with Kevin Pina and Tom Griffin on the
latest of Regimes Human Rights abuses; also an evening with
Naomi Klein as we excerpt her talk on “War, Fleece I’m
Dennis Bernstein with Solange Echeverria, all this straight
ahead on Flashpoints;
2/18
Locked out workers in Argentina take back their jobs and their
dignity. We talk with activist film maker Avi Lewis on his
new documentary. We celevrate the life and times of Howard
Zinn author of "You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train";
2/17
Right wing talk show hosts call for the execution of Native
American activist Ward Churchill: we'll feature part two of
our interview with Churchill on his new book and the growing
call for his sacking, also "the Forest for the Trees,
Judi Bari vs. the FBI, a new documentary about the life and
times of the radical EARTHFIRSTER;
2/16
A filmmaker just back from Fallujah with original footage
has his hotel room and car broken into simultaneously and
his footage stolen, and Native American scholar and activist
Ward Churchill under fire for telling the truth about 9/11
and the Knight report;
2/15
A report from Beirut on the car-bombing assassination of the
former Prime Minister; plus token gestures and empty promises
by the occupying Israeli government, as Palestinians continue
to suffer; the US-installed government uses the former brutal
military to justify slaughter of Aristide's popular Lavalas
movement in Haiti; and the Knight Report;
2/14
Radical independent folk-rocker and visionary Ani DiFranco
speaks on politics, music and finding hope in these times,
we’ll hear from her new CD, Knuckle Down; plus, excerpts
from the hard-hitting documentary The Corporation, which charts
the spectacular rise of institutions aimed at achieving specific
economic goals as it also recounts victories against this
apparently invincible force;
2/11
House democrats unite with right-wing republicans to pass
anti-immigrant legislation that prevents workers from getting
a drivers license; celebrating the new grassroots journalism
remembering those who died trying to tell the world about
the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians;
2/10
Noted human rights activist and defense attorney Lynne Stewart
found guilty on trumped-up terrorism charges. We'll hear from
Lynne Stewart, speaking right after the guilty verdict, and
an interview Mumia Abu Jamal did with Lynne Stewart about
her case; we'll also speak with members of the defense committee
about the appeal; and, as North Korea announces that it has
nuclear weapons and it's willing to use them, just like the
US, we'll feature a brand-new documentary and book by internationally-renowned
anti-nuclear activist Helen Caldicott;
2/9
As the world focuses on the potential for peace in Palestine,
the killing goes on in the Gaza strip. Today, we kick off
our Truth on Palestine series with a hard-hitting documentary
Dispatches: From the Killing Zone, hosted and narrated by
Sandra Jordan. From the Killing Zone tells the story of life
in Gaza and the murders of ISM members Rachel Corrie and Tom
Hurndall and cameraman James Miller, all assassinated by Israeli
occupiers in the same month; and the Knight Report;
2/8
As the world focuses on the potential for peace in Palestine,
the killing goes on in the Gaza strip. Today we kick off our
"Truth on Palestine" series with a hard-hitting
documentary Dispatches: The Killing Zone, hosted and narrated
by Sandra Jordan. The Killing Zone tells the story of life
in Gaza and the murders of ISM members Rachel Corrie and Tom
Hurndall, and cameraman James Miller - an extraordinary documentary
about all three of these people, assassinated by Israeli occupiers
in the same month. Also we'll have the Knight Report;
2/7
Rice goes to Jerusalem, but peace remains a pipe dream for
Palestinians, we’ll speak with Phyllis Bennis of the
Institute for Policy Studies and Adam Shapiro of the International
Solidarity Movement about the prospects for peace in the Middle
East and the real dangers of continuing occupation; a spokesperson
for President Aristide speaks out at the World Social Forum;
and the Knight Report;
2/4
A report from Dahr Jamail in Baghdad on the continuing bloodshed
in a post-election Iraq; Helen Caldicott speaks on the new
nuclear danger on our new environmental segment, Earth Matters;
voices from the World Social Forum held recently in Brazil;
Moh Alileche, Algerian Berber musician in the Flashpoints
studio; and Flashpoints en Espanol;
2/3
Violence continues unabated in occupied Iraq. We'll speak
with Dahr Jamail on Iraqi reaction to Bush's State of the
Union speech and the increasing civil tensions. Plus, we'll
talk about how to divest from Israel; how student groups,
religious institutions and the general public are getting
involved in the economic fight against US-supported Israeli
militarism and the occupation of Palestine. And of course,
the Knight Report;
2/2
No show aired due to W Bush's speech
2/1
Israeli snipers shoot and kill a 10 year old Palestinian schoolgirl
in Gaza, we'll talk about the psychological trauma that follows
these kinds of attacks; plus, racist violence escalates against
immigrant workers; an investigation into new facts on global
warming; and the Knight Report;
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