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 1/31
We’ll go to New Orleans for an alternative state of
the union report, co-hosted with our special correspondent
JR; also, Palestinian children targeted and killed by Israeli
snipers in the West Bank and Gaza; we feature a hard-hitting
speech on Palestine, Israel and Zionism by censored historian
Norman Finkelstein; and the Knight Report;
1/30
Father Gerard Jean Juste is free at last, out of prison with
a message of thanks for the listeners of Flashpoints and Pacifica
Radio; also, an interview with the legendary author and journalist
Studs Terkel at 93 after recovering from open-heart surgery
and a broken neck; and the Knight Report;
1/27
Today on another special Friday edition of Flashpoints, we
continue our collaboration with the New College of California
in the heart of the San Francisco Mission District!!!We will
hear about the Zapatistas’ “Other Campaign”
from somebody who’s been walking their walk across Mexico;
also, a national summit to defend the rights of immigrants
and their supporters; plus music, poetry and more;
1/26
We report on the global spotlight which is now shining on
Hamas as they upstage the Fatah movement and the old guard
in occupied Palestine; we’ll speak with Flashpoints
special correspondents in the West Bank and Gaza, and Ali
Abunimah of the Electronic Intifada about the significance
of the Hamas upset; also, a new speech by Robert Fisk; and
the Knight Report;
1/25
Father Gerard Jean juste faces sure death unless he is released
from prison; We’ll hear about an international action
for his immediate release in Haiti; Also a question of Torture:
CIA interrogation from the cold war to the war on Terror;
1/24
A European investigation documents the US government and the
CIA in a wide-ranging program of rendition and third-country
torture; also, Palestinian kids sneak into Israel to visit
their stolen homeland and describe their experiences to senior
producer Nora Barrows-Friedman; we rebroadcast a recent interview
with outspoken and censored critic of US-Israel occupation
policy, Norman Finkelstein; and the Knight Report;
1/23
Israel and the United States threaten to bomb Iran, we’ll
speak with Phyllis Bennis about Israel as a nuclear renegade
and the dangers of pursuing this policy of bombing Iran; also,
Syria in the crossfire; a discussion on the Palestinian right
of return; also, in Haiti, more government related killings
and disinformation about the Lavalas movement; and the Knight
Report;
1/20
We boadcast from New College North in the heart of Sonoma
County; joining the collaboration with New College along with
sister station KBBF, the first bilingual station in the country;
we'll take a close view on how the new Sensebrenner Bill will
have an impact on a large number of people in this community;
also we take a look on the proposed school closures in Santa
Rosa; a group of workers file suit againt McDonnald's in this
county; a visit of the national known watchdog group Project
Censored; headlines from the Hemisphere, and Flashpoints en
Español;
1/19
We continue our going investigation into the National Endowment
for Democracy's subversion in Haiti and Venezuela. Also, Greenpeace
USA sues the Bush Administration for illegal wiretapping;
we'll speak to the group's executive Director about his call
for impeachment. On Earth Matters: the Abramoff bribe scandal
implicates California Representative Richard Pombo and MAXXAM
CEO, Charles Hurwitz. And the Knight Report;
1/18
The US and the West prepare for War against Iran; the Nation
Magazine outrages the Palestinian community by saying that
it doesn’t exist and the West Bank is a myth, also Nora
Barrows-Friedman reports from the West Back about the expanding
Israeli occupation of Palestine;
1/17
A live report from Haiti's killing fields where two Jordanian
peacekeepers were killed today as violent attacks on pro-democracy
advocates have continued unabated; also we'll rebroadcast
a Flashpoints original production of Martin Luther King's
historic 1965 Selma to Montgomery march; we'll hear narrations
from the street as King arrives to both cheers and jeers in
segregated Birmingham;
1/16
The States Gladiators ready the death chamber for another
public murder; Clarence Ray Allen Choctaw Cherokee Indian
will be murdered around midnight the day of his birthday;
We'll speak with AIM leader Fred Short about the treatment
of Ray Allen and other Native Americans locked down in the
system; we'll hear about how a ceremony prepared for Clarence
Ray Allen was prevented by authorities at San Quintin; A letter
from the granddaughter of Clarence Ray Allen and Poetry by
and About Allen from San Francisco Poet Laurette Jack Hirshman;
1/13
We broadcast Live from New College of California in the Heart
of San Francisco’s Mission District: we’ll keep
our drum beat coverage - Going on the next planned state-sponsered
murder of Choctaw/Cherokee Indian, Clearance Ray Allen: Allen
will be murdered by the State on Monday, which will be his
77th Birthday. Also: Working families fight back for fair
housing, and take their cause all the way to the Sixth World
Social Forum in Venezuela, A report on this weekend’s
gathering of the Western Workers Labor Heritage Festival which
honor Martin luther King J in and era of war hard-times and
racism. And Renee Saucedo with a report on how immigrants
are defending themselves from racists attacks at the border
and across the country. Of course we’ll have headlines
from the region and Flashpoints in Español;
1/12
Long Time friend and editor for Stanley Tookie Williams, Barbara
Becnel, speaks out about the recent state murder of her friend
and about the planned murder of Clarence Ray Allen; also a
live report from a protest in San Francisco against the murder
of Allen; and Nora Barrows Friedman Reports from occupied
Palestine; and Tom Delay threatens to sue any stations that
run negative ads about his connections to the Abramoff corruption
scandal;
1/11
We spend the entire show with longtime death penalty foe Michael
Kroll; Last Week Kroll, who 14 years ago watched his friend
Robert Alton Harris gassed at San Quentin, was given an exclusive
interview with Clarence Ray Allen. Allen will be murdered
by the State unless pro-death governor spares his life; and
the Knight Report;
1/10
A look at the pro-torture stance taken by Supreme Court judge
Samuel Alito; also force feeding prisoners at Guantanamo Bay;
an update on the Abramoff lobbying scandal; on the Block Report
a hard hitting interview with Death Row journalist on the
Death Penalty and the killing of Tookie Williams; we meet
with Pacifica’s new Executive Director; and the Knight
Report;
1/9
The states Gladiators prepare for another public spectacle
with the murder of Native American Clarence Ray Allen. Also
the Brazilian head of the UN peace keepers in Haiti committed
Suicide; we’ll feature a report form Portau Prince;
We’ll take a look at the Abramoff / Bush Connection;
Larry Everest prepares to serve the President with impeachment
papers; On Earth matters Amanda Belerby looks into the brutal
killings of Orangutans in Borneo;
1/6
A report from New Orleans on a temporary victory as the people
restrain the bull dozers from demolishing their neighborhoods
and history. The people of the Bay Area join the people of
New Orleans in a solidarity protest against the gentrifiers.
We’ll have headlines from the region as well as. A special
Poem and commentary from Roving ProducerMiguel ‘Gavilan’
Molina. And FlashPoints in Español;
1/5
Black Residents of New Orleans turn back the bulldozers for
one more day as the battle goes back to the courts; we’ll
feature a report from the confrontation site and get a live
update; and the Knight Report;
1/4
Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff caught funding the illegal
occupation of the West Bank with money stolen from Native
Americans; also, the standoff in New Orleans continues as
the legal battle moves from the state courts to the federal
courts; more killings of pro-democracy activists in Haiti;
a reporter for the San Francisco BayView Newspaper harassed
by cops for hercoverage of police brutality; and the Knight
Report;
1/3
The bulldozers are starting to roll in New Orleans as residents
prepare to resist the destruction of their communities and
their histories; plus, republican lobbyist and powerbroker
Jack Abramoff cops a plea and his former clients run for cover;
the crackdown on immigrants intensifies as republican lawmakers
prepare to pass even more draconian legislation; and the Knight
Report;
1/2
An in-depth discussion with professor Sylvia Tiwon on the
situation in Aceh, one year after the Tsunami; and Venezuelan
attorney and author Eva Golinger talks about her book, The
Chavez Code, which documents attempts of US destabilization
of her country;
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