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 2/28
An extended interview with award-winning Middle East correspondent
Robert Fisk on the escalating bloodbath in occupied Iraq;
also, it's Fat Tuesday in New Orleans, but only the rich are
getting fatter; and the Knight Report;
2/27
A special investigation by the Independent of London confirms
a wide-ranging program of torture and assassination being
carried out under the auspices of the Shia-led and US-supported
Iraqi Interior Ministry; also, Russians agree to enrich uranium
for Iran, but the US continues the saber-rattling for war;
NPR reporter Amelia Shaw drops her VOA label but not the propaganda
line on Haiti; and the Knight Report;
2/24
In a major national protest, the National Day Laborer Network
has organized a historical cross-country run to call attention
to the abuses against immigrant workers in this country; we’ll
also be talking about a major rally in Oakland on immigrant
and refugee rights; Professor Armando Navarro from the National
Alliance for Human Rights will speak about the fight to defend
immigrant rights and about the backlash activists now face
in taking up this cause; also, ancient Mayan translations
of poetry with John Curl; headlines from the region; and Flashpoints
en Español;
2/23
Israeli occupiers kill 8 more Palestinians in a brutal raid
on the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank - we'll have a
report from that camp; also, more damaging news on the NPR
- Voice of America collaboration; and a new EPA rule turns
humans into lab rats for the pesticide industry; and the Knight
Report;
2/22
Non-stop retaliation has followed on the heels of what appears
to be a Sunni attack on one of the most holy Shia sites in
the world; Independent journalist Anthony Fenton talks about
the State Department Infiltration on USA Today; also, award-winning
poet and essayist Suheir Hammad reads from her new book and
responds to the US global war of terror; on Earth Matters,
Amanda Bellerby covers the torture and slaughter of Yellowstone
Park's last wild buffalo; and the Knight Report;
2/21
Murderer's Row at San Quentin set to kick back into gear at
7:30PM Pacific Time with the state-sponsored homicide of Michael
Morales; also Starhawk reports back from the Lower 9th Ward
in New Orleans, where the community stands against government
attempts at ethnic cleansing; plus Israeli occupiers step
up their program of collective punishment and serial murder,
killing 31 Palestinians in the last month; and on the Knight
Report, Robert Knight focuses on the death needle at San Quentin;
2/20
The state of California prepares to murder Michael Morales
at San Quentin tonight; also, an extended interview with award
winning poet and essayist Jane Hirshfield about Poetry in
a time of War;
2/17
Today, we’ll have an update on the situation in Colombia
where human rights activists, unionists, and indigenous farmers
face sure death if they resist the US-supported military and
their associated death squad paramilitaries; also, here in
the wine capital of the country, the spigots are flowing but
those who pick the grapes are facing repression both where
they work and where they live; headlines from the region;
and Flashpoints en Español;
2/16
Voice of America infiltrates National Public Radio’s
flagship show, Morning Edition, regarding the situation in
Haiti; also, invoking language reminiscent of the Nazis, Israel
announces they will be putting millions of occupied Palestinians
on a “diet”; part two of our searing interview
with Alfred McCoy on the United States’ use of torture
over the last 50 years; and the Knight Report;
2/15
The US embassy continues to call recent elections in Haiti
free and fairwhile the US media blame the current violence
on presidential frontrunner Rene Preval; also, an Israeli
sniper shoots a young disabled Palestinian boy in the chest,
killing him, the latest in a series of vicious shootings in
the West Bank and Gaza; Lawyers Guild President-elect Marjorie
Cohn responds to the latest torture pictures from Abu Ghraib;
plus, the Block Report on alcohol and the Black Muslim community
in Oakland; and the Knight Report;
2/14
A leaked UN report calls for the US to close its torture center
at Guantanamo Bay; also, Haiti Presidential frontrunner Rene
Preval says there was massive fraud in last week’s election;
Alfred McCoy on the US government’s use of torture for
the last 50 years; and the Knight Report;
2/13
The US coup government in Haiti moves to steal the election,
meanwhile, UN forces open fire on protesters who have now
taken to the streets all over Port-au-Prince; also, an in-depth
analysis of the Palestinian political situation as the Israeli
occupation expands and deepens; and the Knight Report;
2/10
We spend the hour featuring the hard-hitting documentary Poison
Dust, which dives into the untold story of depleted uranium
as it’s being used in occupied Iraq; and headlines from
the region;
2/9
We'll have a report from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on the apparent
victory of Aristide frind and protege, Rene Garcia Preval;
also 15 Palestinians killed by Israel in the last two weeks
- we'll feature a report by Laila El-Haddad in Gaza; a look
at the exploding Middle East and South Asian region with an
area expert, blogger Rahul Mahajan; we continue with the excerpts
from David Ray Griffin's hard-hitting speech on '9/11' and
the coverup; and the Knight Report;
2/8
We focus on the upcoming July presidential elections in Mexico
as well as ananalysis of the recent progressive victories
in Bolivia, Chile, Brazil and of course Venezuela; also, we’ll
feature a hard-hitting speech by David Ray Griffin on his
9/11 analysis and the attacks which he is now suggesting may
have been an inside job;
2/7
US-designed elections in Haiti undermine the poors' ability
to vote and immediately taint the elections - we'll have a
live report from Kevin Pina in Port-au-Prince; also the deadly
untold story of depleted uranium used in Iraq - we'll feature
an interview with DU expert Major Doug Rokke; and we'll broadcast
exerpts of a hard-hitting new documentary Poison DUst, a close
look at the dangers of radioactive DU; and the Knight Report;
2/6
Report from Port-au-Prince as US-designed elections are scheduled
and government violence is expected; also, our next installment
on the National Endowment for Democracy’s infiltration
into social groups in Haiti; a report from our special correspondent
in New Orleans, where the Louisiana government was greeted
by jeers and questions from forgotten residents about the
future of their neighborhoods; a speech by Robert Fisk; and
the Knight Report;
2/3
Our special correspondent Kevin Pina gets an interview with
the most wanted man in Haiti; President Hugo Chavez throws
the US Naval Attaché out of Venezuela for his involvement
in espionage against the Chavez government; also, the Revolution
Will Not Be Televised: a ground-breaking documentary about
the 2002 attempted coup of Hugo Chavez; and headlines from
the region;
2/2
How the Associated Press and other major US news organizations
deliberately censor the facts on the ground in occupied Palestine,
we’ll have a lively discussion with journalist and media
analyst Alison Weir; also, Israeli dissident historian and
author Dr. Ilan Pappe on the continued dispossession and colonization
of the Palestinian people; and the Knight Report;
2/1
Renowned Native American leader and co-founder of the American
Indian Movement Dennis Banks talks about the new run for life,
across the country from San Francisco to Washington DC; also,
Dahr Jamail reports from the Al-Jazeera conference on media
responsibility in a time of war and occupation; Palestinian
refugee youth visit their original villages inside Israel;
and the Knight Report;
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