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 6/30
One day before the national Mexican elections, we take a look
at the activities and the response from the Other Campaign,
through the eyes of our correspondent Alejandro Reyes; back
in the Mission district of San Francisco, we continue to look
at the response to the growing violence and gentrification
of the neighborhood and talk about how people are organizing
there; headlines from the region; an appeal to protest at
the SF Israeli consulate on Monday afternoon for the war crimes
against Palestinians; a commentary by Miguel Molina; and Flashpoints
en Espanol;
6/29
Israel kidnaps 87 members of the elected Palestinian government
and resistance leaders as the attacks continue in Gaza; we'll
speak with Ali Abunimah on the escalating crisis in occupied
Palestine; also the United States Supreme Court votes against
the Bush administration in a surprising move to give civil
rights to Guantanamo detainees; on Earth Matters, a look at
the science of glacial ice cores and climate change; and the
Knight Report;
6/28
Today on Flashpoints, Israel destroys the infrastructure in
Gaza as warplanes, tanks, and gun ships continue an amplified
siege, we’ll talk with Dr. Mona Al-Farra from Gaza City
and Barbara Lubin about the latest attacks; also a report
from Mexico City as the elections close in and resistance
to the systematic repression of workers intensifies; a look
at current California legislation that could swap public access
to information for corporate profits; and the Knight Report;
6/27
Israel begins an all-out siege in the Gaza Strip, we’ll
have an up-to-the-minute report from Dr. Mona el-Farra witnessing
the missile strikes from her home in Gaza City; also, We’ll
talk about police corruption and the drug war mess in the
Berkeley Police Department; part one of Greg Palast’s
book tour kick-off speech at the New College’s Roxie
Theater earlier this month; and the Knight Report;
6/26
Today on Flashpoints; Israeli tanks surround Gaza as Palestinians
prepare for continued attacks; also we feature a documentary
on the life of children in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied
West Bank; a report from San Salvador Atenco in Mexico in
the context of the upcoming elections; and the Knight Report;
6/23
Today on Flashpoints we pay homage to a young member of the
community shot dead in San Francisco's Mission District, we'll
talk to his friends and community leaders about youth violence;
also excerpts from a moving talk by legendary Latin American
writer Eduardo Galleano; and Flashpoints in Espanol;
6/22
National Guard Troops once again hit the streets of New Orleans
in a stepped-up campaign of repression and gentrification,
as thousands of families lose their homes to new developments
and FEMA cuts off aid; also, Greg Palast on the drowning of
New Orleans and the new class war, excerpts from readings
of his brand-new book, Armed Madhouse; news headlines from
the Palestine News Network; and the Knight Report;
6/21
Comemmorating World Refugee Day, we spend the entire hour
looking at the unraveling situation in Palestine; Israel kills
three children yesterday in a missile strike in the Jebaliya
refugee camp, the most populated area on the planet, and today,
Israeli warplanes launch a strike against a home, killing
a mother and wounding 13 children as they sit down to dinner;
also, Palestinian youth dancers on a US tour to educate Americans
about their lives; sounds from an energetic protest against
the Israeli occupation yesterday in Berkeley; we hear from
Palestinian refugee youth on visiting their ancestral villages;
and the Knight Report;
6/20
US warplanes and helicopter gunships begin their assaults
on Ramadi, we’ll have an exclusive interview with a
resident who fled the oncoming US-led seige and in-depth analysis
with our special correspondent Dahr Jamail; also, Jeff Goodell,
author of the hard-hitting new book Big Coal: The Dirty Secret
Behind America’s Energy Future, tears the lid off the
Bush administration’s quiet push for relaxed environmental
standards for coal industry profit as we face the disaster
of global warming; and the Knight Report;
6/16
We will be looking at the attempt of the California Legislature
to legalize police murder; we’ll go to the border were
a young woman is facing fifteen years in jail for saving people
from having a horrible death on the border; we will have an
update on the elections in Mexico; we’ll hear about
the attack on the teachers in Oaxaca; a report on the Mano
Dura implemented by the Salvadorian government and headlines
from the region;
6/15
Legendary filmmaker John Pilger talks about the wars and occupations
in Iraq and Palestine, and the pathetic state of Western journalism;
also, a report on the brutal free trade zones in Jordan, where
raping and beating slave wage workers is not uncommon; an
update on Paul LaRudee, a piano tuner, human rights activist
and friend of Flashpoints being detained by Israeli officials
in Tel Aviv; and the Knight Report;
6/14
Human Rights Watch rejects Israel’s claim that Hamas
was responsible for the Israeli shelling that killed 7 members
of the same family last Friday in Gaza, we’ll speak
with the investigator; also, as 75,000 US and Iraqi security
forces crash down on Baghdad, USforces prepare to raze the
city of Ramadi; an update on the First US Army Lieutenant
to refuse active duty in Iraq; and the Knight Report;
6/13
Israelis kill 11 more Gazans, including 2 children and 2 ambulance
drivers; meanwhile, we counter Israeli claims that Hamas was
responsible for Friday's beach massacre - we'll talk to the
doctor who treated the wounded and observed the dead; also,
how the AFL-CIO might better be named CIA in Haiti and Venezuela;
Karl Rove makes a narrow escape for the time being; South
Central farmers get evicted after being betrayed by the new
progressive mayor of LA; and the Knight Report;
6/12
We speak with a doctor who treated the victims of Israel's
crowded beach attack last Friday, which wiped out a picknicking
family of seven; also, Patrick Cockburn reports on the situation
in Iraq; Michael Berg blames the US government for the beheading
of his son, Nick; Michael Ratner of the Center for Constitutional
Rights talks about the suicides of three of his clients at
Guantanamo Bay torture center; and the Knight Report;
6/9
Israelis kill 15 Palestinians, including three children and
an official of the new Hamas government, in Gaza over the
last 24 hours; the occupiers also detain a volunteer with
the International Solidarity Movement, we’ll hear a
statement he made from detention; also, an Iraqi-Kurdish American
woman harassed and death threated after trying to vote last
Tuesday; the ongoing struggle against gentrification in BayView-Hunter’s
Point; and update from Haiti with Kevin Pina; headlines from
the region; and Flashpoints en Espanol;
6/8
The killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi aids and abets the US
killing fields in Iraq; the Center for Constitutional Rights
sues a former high-level Israeli official for war crimes and
human rights violations; on Earth Matters, Karen Pickett of
Earth First! talks about the Green Scare, the latest FBI witch
hunt for environmental activists; and the Knight Report;
6/7
Another victim of the attack on the people of San Salvador
de Atenco dies after going into a coma; also, we’ll
feature a special report on the first Army lieutenant to refuse
service in Iraq; veterans and human rights activists educate
the public on the real story in Iraq; updates on the cases
of death row prisoners Mumia Abu Jamal and Kevin Cooper; and
the Knight Report;
6/6
Mahmoud Abbas continues to knuckle under Western pressure
and democracy in Palestine pays the price, we’ll hear
from Ali Abunimah on the latest internal political chaos;
also, an in-depth look at the militarization of the US-Mexico
border as National Guard troops head South; a special report
from the Arizona border; and the Knight Report;
6/5
Utah governor sends troops to the Arizona border, we’ll
have a reportfrom Tucson; also, an international human rights
group condemns the Mexicangovernment for their bloody attacks
on the people of San Salvador De Atenco; Mahmoud Abbas sets
up death squads as US and Israel continue their ethnic cleansing
of Palestine; Flashpoints celebrates the internationalrelease
of Greg Palast’s new book, Armed Madhouse; and the Knight
Report;
6/2
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6/1
Today on a special May Day edition of Flashpoints, millions
of people gather from coast to coast in a massive show of
support for immigrants’ rights; Flashpoints will feature
interviews with some of the key organizers of the march in
San Francisco and talk about the new civil rights movement
that is rocking the US; we’ll hear sounds from the streets
from students and workers, mothers and daughters and grandfathers,
whole families who joined together to demand their rights;
and the Knight Report features a summary of activities across
the country;
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