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 3/31
A wide-ranging interview with London Independent reporter
Robert Fisk on the volatile situation in Lebanon; also tensions
between pro-democracy activists and UN forces in Haiti at
an all-time high as the US-installed Prime Minister calls
for the liftinf of the arms embargo there; also remembering
Cesar Chavez with a report from the United Farm Workers Union;
and the Knight Report;
3/30
The US General formerly in charge of Iraq accused of signing
off on torture; we’ll also feature an update on the
violent situation Palestinians are facing as illegal West
Bank settlers become more vicious and frequent; we’ll
meet a young Palestinian who sings about the theft of his
country; also, a wide-ranging interview with Dora Maria Tellez,
a leading Nicaraguan intellectual who has been refused a visa
to teach at Harvard based on US claims that she is a terrorist
for overthrowing Somosa; and the Knight Report;
3/29
UN forces prevent pro-democracy demonstrators from protesting
in Haiti, and open up on Haitian activists with tear gas and
rubber bullets. We'll have special reports from Father Gerard
Jean Juste in Port-au-Prince and Anthony Fenton in Vancouver,
BC. Also Guatemalan courts cut ten years off the sentences
of soldiers convicted in the bloody bludgeoning murder of
Bishop Gerardi. And the Knight Report;
3/28
We’ll go live to Port au Prince to update the situation
around the attempted assassination of leading Haitian pro-democracy
activist and liberation theologist Father Jean Juste, also
a report on the renewal of military to the brutal Indonesian
Military, we’ll also take a look at the 8.7 earthquake
that hit Sumatra, we’ll also update the situation in
Guatemala where the US has reinstituted financial aid to the
Death Squad military;
3/25
Bullets fly as US backed assassins attempt to kill Haitian
pro-democracy leader Father Jean Juste, a heart stopping report
on the ground. Also Palestinian Noted Poet talks about her
work bringing young Jews and Palestinians together, and Flashpoints
en Español on the re-instatement of US aid to Guatemalan
Death Squads;
3/24
An extended interview with former CIA officer Philip Agee
on the US program to destabilize the government of Hugo Chavez
in Venezuela. Also, remembering Archbishop Oscar Romero 25
years after his assassination by US-supported killers. We'll
also take a look at El Salvador's economy on the verge of
collapse. We'll feature our weekly environmental segment,
Earth Matters which hones in today on the slaughter of wolves
in Alaska. And the Knight Report;
3/23
Poetry In a time of War, the work of the great German Poet
Rainer Maria Rilke with Special guests Joanna Macy and Anita
Barrows. Nora Barrows Friedman reports back from Palestine;
3/22
We pay special attention to the Southern Hemisphere as Washington
DC neo-conservatives gear up to invade the region with Unfair
Trade Agreements and military intervention;
3/21
Hindu protests flare up in Gujarat and other parts of India
in response to the state departments barring the visit of
Nurandra Modie, Chief Minister of Gujarat and the architect
many believe of the 2002 massacre. Greg Palest exposes the
battle between BIG OIL and the Neo-Cons, and what it means
for the future of Iraq. Meanwhile Bush appoints another extreme
rightwing Neo-con to be the new ambassador to Iraq to replace
Negraponte. And the Knight Report;
3/18
An update on attempts to jail the popular mayor of Mexico
City, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the leading contender for
the Mexican presidency. Also the price Mexico pays for the
war against Iraq, a small victory fighting to call attention
to the slaughter in the Indian Province of Gujarat, and Flashpoints
en Español also hones in on Mexico;
3/17
Nuclear Whistle Blower Mordechai Vanunu is indicted today
for granting interviews to KPFA's Flashpoints show and other
international media: We'll feature a follow-up interview with
Vanunu in which he again uses Flashpoints as a platform to
defy Israel's restrictions on his free speech; also Nora Barrows-
Friedman documents the accelerated building of the Apartheid
Wall on the Occupied West Bank. The wholesale purge of the
Lavalas pro-democracy movement in Haiti continues unabated.
And the Knight Report;
3/16
Iraqi Veterans speak out against the war: A front line doctor
speaks out about the medical horrors on the Gaza Strip; also
a look at the Rumsfeld terrorism solution: that’s all
war all the time. And a benefit toRemember Rachel Corrie on
the second anniversary of the bull-dozer murder by Israeli
occupiers. And of course The Knight Report;
3/15
Iraq veterans speak out against the war; a front-line doctor
speaks out about medical horrors facing Palestinians who live
on the Gaza strip; also we'll look at Rumsfeld's terror solution,
Perpetual War; a benefit commemoration for Rachel Corrie on
the second anniversary of her bulldozer murder by Israeli
occupiers; and the Knight Report;
3/14
We spend the entire show in the Gaza Strip, with senior producer
Nora Barrows Friedman and Pacifica team. Nora takes us to
burned upneighborhoods and the devastating Rafah refugee camp.
We’ll also visit the site were Rachel Corey was executed
two years ago by a US made Israeli Bulldozer. And of course
The Knight Report;
3/11
Piece, Propaganda and the Promised Land , a brand new documentary
on the US media coverage of the Israeli Occupation of Palestine.
We’ll feature an interview with the film maker and excerpts
from the film; also, our weekly commentary with Roving Producer
Miguel Molina And Flashpoints En Español on the one
year anniversary of the terrorist bombings that rocked the
people of Madrid and the Spanish Elections;
3/10
We spend the hour with Dahr Jamail, Flashpoints special correspondent
back from Iraq, reading from his journals, and in conversation
with Dennis Bernstein and an audience in Oakland California;
3/9
Grass roots activists continue to rook the government of Bolivia:
we’ll have reports from La Paz and Los Altos. Aso Flashpoints
Senior Producer Nora Barrows-Friedman on a special mission
of mercy in the Gaza Strip; Earth Matters, our weekly environmental
report, hones in on Global Warming in Nepal. And of course
The Knight Report;
3/8
Congresswoman Maxine Waters pleads for the life of Haitian
Prime minister Yvon Neptune, now on a second week of a life
or death hunger strike in Haiti's national penitentiary. We'll
speak with the congresswoman just back from Haiti, and with
an attorney for the Artistede government, who was prevented
from entering the country. Also, we celebrate international
womens day with reports on Kenya, Bolivia, and India;
3/7
Bush nominates a UN-hater to be the US Ambassador to the United
Nations; also a report on the killing of a 70 year-old environmentalist
and church worker in the Brazilian rain forest; armed settlers
lay seige to the old Palestinian city of Hebron; and noted
author and radical thinker Michael Parenti talks about Social
Security and the domestic impacts of war; and the Knight Report;
3/4
A seasoned covert officer for the CIA defends Negroponte and
claims to be a critic of the agency, but is she really? Or
she is still working for the Company?And on Flashpoints en
Español we continue with our recorded reports from
the recent World Social Forum in Brazil;
3/3
Israel moves to confiscate another chunk of the West Bank
for illegal occupation, despite the peace talks. We'll have
a special report from Flashpoints Senior Producer Nora Barrows-Friedman.
Also the two main parties in Mexico collaborate to illegally
arrest, prosecute and jail a key opponent in next year's Presidential
Election. We'll have an update on the bloody situation in
Haiti. We'll feature an interview with pro-democracy leader
and Aristide friend, Father Gerard Jean-Juste. And the Knight
Report;
3/2
US continues to pressure Syria to pull out of Lebanon in the
wake of the resignation of the Lebanese Government, also,
growing resistance among military families to the Iraqi War.
A look at the impact of US imposed democracy in El Salvador,
our weekly environmental report Earth Matters investigates
mountain top decapitation in Tennessee, And of course the
Knight report;
3/1
Defense secretary Rumsfeld is sued by the ACLU in Federal
Court for torture and abuse. We'll feature an interview with
the lead attorney on the case. Also new leftist president
Tabare Vasquez sworn into office in Uruguay as Hugo and Fidel
look on. A report from the Flashpoints team from the West
Bank on the so-called peace process, and a critical look at
how the US media mis-reports on Palestine. And of course the
Knight Report;
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