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Tuesday, October 30, 2007 for audio FAQ, click here Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints:  We turn our attention to Haiti once again, as two leaders of the largest political party and the Lavalas movement are disappeared, raising fears of a campaign against their leadership; also, a report from Southern California where immigrants perished as second-class citizens during the fires; our Palestine Bureau Chief Kristen Ess reports from the occupied West Bank as five more Palestinians are killed by Israeli air strikes; and Peter Dale Scott talks about his new book, The Road to 9-11.

01:00 Abductions in HaitiRoad To 9-11
Kevin Pina, FP Special Correspondent

15:00  Report from Southern California: Deportations and Fires
Enrique Morones, Border Angels

25:00  Report from Occupied Palestine: 5 Palestinians Killed in Gaza
International Middle East Media Center
Kristen Ess, Flashpoints' Palestine Bureau Chief

36:00  The Road to 9-11
Peter Dale Scott, historian, author, poet

40:00  KPFA Fund Drive
Monday, October 29, 2007 for audio FAQ, click here Listen D'load Podcast
Today on Flashpoints:  Outed covert CIA officer Valerie Plame in an in-depth interview on her new tell-all memoir, Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House; and Plame's co-author, Laura Rozen, fills in the blanks after CIA censors leave half the pages redacted.

01:00 Fair Game: The Valerie Plame Story                                                                                                                                                              Fair Game: The Valerie Plame StoryFair Game: The Valerie Plame Story
Laura Rozen, journalist, co-author of Fair Game

15:00 Valerie Plame in Her Own Words
Valerie Plame, former deep-cover CIA spy

40:00 Pitch for KPFA Fund Drive

52:00 (For affiliates only) Palestine News Report
International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org

Friday, October 26, 2007 for audio FAQ, click here Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints:  Immigrants fleeing from the Southern California fires denied assistance, turned away, attacked and deported, we'll have a special report from the ACLU in southern California; also, Cindy Sheehan speaks out against the war in preparation for tomorrow's massive protest in San Francisco; and historian Tariq Ali on the Bolivarian revolution and the impacts of President Hugo Chavez.                                                              Andrea Guerrero in S. California
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01:00 Homeland Security Attacks and Deportations
 Against Brown People in So. Cal Fire Areas

Andrea Guerrero, ACLU Southern California

17:00  Activists Prepare for March and
Rally Tomorrow Across the Country

Lacey Amode, ANSWER Coalition
Cindy Sheehan, Gold Star Mothers for Peace

26:00  Pirates of the Caribbean
Tariq Ali, historian, author, speaking at Cody's Books recently in Berkeley, CA

40:00  Pitch for KPFA Fund Drive

Thursday, October 25, 2007 for audio FAQ, click here Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints: Our special correspondent Kristen Ess reports from the occupied West Bank as two Palestinian kids are shot down in front of her; also, Israeli forces attack their own prison camp in the desert, opening fire on Palestinian prisoners and killing a detainee, we'll speak to a human rights activist who interviewed an eyewitness inside the prison camp during the attack; and excerpts from the hard-hitting documentary film about Israeli ethnic cleansing of Palestine, called Occupation 101.

01:00 Israeli Forces Assassinate Palestinian Prisoner in Detention Camp; Attacks Continue
Bekah Wolf, co-founder, Palestine Solidarity Project – www.palestinesolidarityproject.org

23:00 Palestinians Protest Israeli Attacks; Israeli Occupation Soldiers Shoot At Kids
Kristen Ess in Palestine

Occupation 101 - Voices of the Silenced Majority (www.occupation101.org) A thought-provoking and powerful documentary film on the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Unlike any other film ever produced on the conflict -- 'Occupation 101' presents a comprehensive analysis of the facts and hidden truths surrounding the never ending controversy and dispels many of its long-perceived myths and misconceptions32:00 Occupation 101
Sounds from the documentary film, a thought-provoking and powerful film documenting the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Unlike any other film ever produced on the conflict - 'Occupation 101' presents a comprehensive analysis of the facts and hidden truths surrounding the never ending controversy and dispels many of its long-perceived myths and misconceptions. www.occupation101.org

40:00 BREAK FOR KPFA FUND DRIVE
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007Beyond The Green Zone - Dahr Jamail for audio FAQ, click here Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints: Protestors from Code Pink directly confront Sec. of State Condilezza Rice with symbolic blook on their hands representing a million dead Iraqis. Also we'll get an update on the situation in Iraq with journalist Dahr Jamail and hear excerpts from a speech he made based on his newly released book: Beyond The Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq.







Tuesday, October 23, 2007 for audio FAQ, click here Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints: Kristen Ess reports from the occupied West Bank on the violence surrounding expanding illegal settlements near a Palestinian village; also, part two of JR and the Block Report's news-breaking interview about the police torture and murder of a black teen in Oakland; and political cartoonist and essayist Khalil Bendib live in the studio to talk about holocaust denial and other aspects of US-Israeli policy.

01:00 Report from the Occupied West Bank: Settlements and Attacks on Journalists
Kristen Ess in Palestine reports on continuing expansion of illegal Israeli settlements in violation of both international law and the "Quartet's" road map to Israeli-Palestinian peace, and the impact of the apartheid wall on the daily lives of Palestinians.

Also visit the Middle East Media Center for news and information from occupied Palestine.

October 22nd, 2007 was the 12th National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation. In Oakland, protesters converged at 1:30pm in Frank Ogawa Plaza, outside of Oakland City Hall, at 14th Street and Broadway. A march began at 2:00pm, with a rally at 3:30pm back at Frank Ogawa Plaza. A Community Feeder March demanded justice for Gary King Jr. and "No More Stolen Lives!" Gary King was killed by an Oakland Police officer on September 20th. Source - www.indybay.org12:00 Torture-Murder of Oakland Teenager Gary King Jr., Part 2
JR and the Block Report continue the investigative reporting of the Sept. 20th killing of an unarmed Oakland teenager shot in the back by Oakland PD. Gary King, father of murdered teenager Gary King, Jr. is interviewed. Part 1 aired Monday October 22, 2007
Support the King family at the protest rally Thursday Oct 25th and EVERY Thursday 12:00PM - 5:00PM on the steps of Oakland City Hall (1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, between 14th and 15th Streets at Clay Street); Sign letters to Congress and the Oakland Mayor demanding justice for Gary King, Jr.
http://blockreportradio.com/

Mission Accomplished: Wicked Cartoons by America's Most Wanted Political Cartoonist by Khalil Bendib - source www.amazon.com23:00 Mission Accomplished: Khalil Bendib, Political Cartoonist
Khalil Bendib's work is regularly featured in dozens of Muslim, Arab and African-American newspapers, and has appeared in USA Today, the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle and other major newspapers through Minuteman Media News Service that distibutes his award-winning cartoons to over 1,700 small and mid-size newspapers natiowide. Segment includes clips of speeches - www.bendib.com

40:00 BREAK FOR KPFA FUND DRIVE
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Monday, October 22, 2007 for audio FAQ, click here Listen D'load Podcast
Today on Flashpoints: Student activists organize to confront David Horowitz and his right-wing racists on college campuses; also, JR and the Block Report feature a harrowing interview with the father of Gary King, a teenager beaten, tortured and murdered by Oakland police in September; and a brand-new speech by Jeremy Scahill on Blackwater and the privatization of US proxy wars.

01:00 Confronting David Horowitz' “Islamofascism Awareness Week” on College Campuses
Student organizers, www.worldcantwait.org and www.defendcriticalthinking.org

Umar Lee Responds to Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week10:00 Torture-Murder of Gary King Jr., Teenager in Oakland
JR and the Block Report

24:00 Speech: Blackwater and Privatization of US Proxy Wars
Jeremy Scahill with Dahr Jamail, New York, 10-17-07
thanks to Jason Coppola and www.justifymywar.com

40:00 Break for KPFA Fund Drive

Friday, October 19, 2007 for audio FAQ, click here Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints:  Remembering Native American leader Vernon Bellecourt, we'll feature one of his last speeches given in the Bay Area at a peace rally; also, we'll feature excerpts from Greg Palast's new film on New Orleans; and on Flashpoints en Espanol, guest host Alejandro Reyes will be interviewing the editor of the Mexican progressive daily, La Jornada.

5:01 Intro – Honoring Vernon Bellecourt                                                                                                                                        Greg Palast Documentary
From the Big Easy to the Big Empty
Dennis, Miguel

06:00 Speech with Vernon Bellecourt and Floyd Crow Westerman

13:00 Greg Palast: From the Big Easy to the Big Empty
Sound from the documentary film

23:00 Pitch for KPFA

35:00 Flashpoints en Espanol: Interview with Editor of La Jornada
Alejandro Reyes

43:00 Pitch for Flashpoints en Espanol
50:00 Pitch for Flashpoints in English


Thursday, October 18, 2007 for audio FAQ, click here Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints: The House fails to override Bush's brutal veto of S-CHIP, leaving ten million kids to fall through the healthcare net; we'll talk with Dr. David Himmelstein, the leading advocate for the single-payer health plan; also, we'll feature excerpts from Michael Moore's hard-hitting documentary on the medical industry called Sicko.
There are nearly 50 million Americans without health insurance, and the number of uninsured is rising every year, as premiums continue to skyrocket and wages stagnate. source www.michaelmoore.com
01:00 Congress Fails to Override Bush's Veto of S-Chip Health Insurance Program
Dr. David Himmelstein, Harvard Medical School

10:00 SICKO
Documentary film by Michael Moore. There are nearly 55 million Americans without health insurance, and the number of uninsured is rising every year, as premiums continue to skyrocket and wages stagnate. www.michaelmoore.com

40:00 BREAK FOR KPFA FUND DRIVE
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007 for audio FAQ, click here Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints:  Jailtime for two priests arrested while praying against torture at Fort Huachuca in Tucson, we'll speak with Nobel Peace Prize nominee Kathy Kelly, anti-torture activists from Tucson, and we'll hear from Father Steve Kelly and Father Louis Vitale in their own words; also, the anti-war community confront recruiters on the street in front of their Berkeley, California headquarters and are assaulted by a gaggle of pro-war conservative groups on the streets; and Kristen Ess reports from occupied Bethlehem on Condoleezza Rice's visit to the Nativity Church.

01:00  Priests Arrested and Jailed for Anti-Torture Protests                                                                                                                                                 Kathy Kelly, Voices in the WildernessKathy Kelly, Nobel Prize nominee
Kathy Kelly, activist, author and Nobel Prize nominee

20:00  Actions Against Torture and Nuclear Warmongering
Felice and Jack Cohen-Jappa, Editors, Nuclear Resister

30:00  Anti-Military Recruitment Activists Confront
Pro-War Right Wing Groups in Berkeley

Rafael and Joe, World Can't Wait: Drive Out the Bush Regime

37:00  Condoleezza Rice in Bethlehem, Occupied West Bank
Kristen Ess, FP Special Correspondent

40:00 BREAK FOR KPFA FUND DRIVE
Affiliates: Naomi Klein in Oakland, CA


Tuesday, October 16, 2007 for audio FAQ, click here Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints: Two anti-torture activists facing jail sentences for speaking out about the torture training center at Fort Huachuca in Arizona; also, Flashpoints special correspondent Kristen Ess reports from the streets and a hospital room in Nablus, where she interviews a Palestinian journalist who was just shot four times in the back by the invading Israeli military this morning; plus, Bill Means remembers his close friend and comrade Vernon Bellecourt of the American Indian Movement; and Naomi Klein talks about The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism.

Jesuit Fr. Steve Kelly and Franciscan Fr. Louis Vitale, who were arrested as they approached the Fort Huachuca gatehouse on November 19, 2006, will be in court facing charges of trespass and failure to obey an officer's orders for their nonviolent witness against torture - www.tortureontrial.org01:00 Confronting Torture Policy in Tucson
Facing a year in jail for opposing US torture policy and practices, human rights activists Father Louis Vitale and Father Steve Kelley explain the legal maneuvering to prevent the defense from exposing those policies. Segment to be continued on Wednesday (Oct 17).

Steve Kelly, human rights activist
Father Louis Vitale, human rights activist
Visit www.tortureontrial.org for more details
A video interview with Fr Vitale can be seen here (truthout.org)

08:00 Report from Under Siege in Occupied Nablus, Palestine
A shocking on-the-ground report from Kristen Ess, FP Special Correspondent

17:00 Live Report from Vernon Bellecourt Memorial (rescheduled to Wednesday Oct 17)
Bill Means, American Indian Movement

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein www.naomiklein.org explodes the myth that the global free market triumphed democratically. Exposing the thinking, the money trail and the puppet strings behind the world-changing crises and wars of the last four decades, The Shock Doctrine is the gripping story of how America’s “free market” policies have come to dominate the world-- through the exploitation of disaster-shocked people and countries.19:00 The Shock Doctrine: Naomi Klein
Speech by author Naomi Klein recently in SF Bay Area

Get a copy of the book, the film, and other premiums, and help KPFA and Flashpoints too. Pledge your support for independent listener-supported free speech radio in the 2007 Fall Fund Drive.
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Monday, October 15, 2007 for audio FAQ, click here Listen D'load Podcast
Today on Flashpoints:  The Burmese military continues its bloody crackdown against Buddhist monks and pro-democracy activists; also, Ali Abunimah deconstructs Condoleezza's vision for a Palestinian state; we'll have an update on the human rights nightmare now facing four million Iraqis on the run; JR and the Block Report celebrate the 41st anniversary of the founding of the Black Panthers with an interview with one of the SF Eight; and the Knight Report.

01:00 The Knight Report 41st Anniversary of the The Black Panthers
Robert Knight

06:00 Update on Burma Attacks
Jeremy Woodrum, director, US Campaign for Burma

15:00 Condoleezza Rice Back in Palestine
Ali Abunimah, ElectronicIntifada.net, author, One Country

29:00 Four Million Iraqis on the Run From US Occupation Fallout
Raed Jarrar, political analyst and consultant, American Friends Service Cmte

43:00 41st Anniversary of the Black Panthers
JR and the Block Report


Friday, October 12, 2007 for audio FAQ, click here Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints:  We will go live to Sonora, Mexico, where Flashpoints correspondent John Gibler is covering the second annual Zapatista indigenous gathering; also, Latino law students in the fifth day of a hunger strike to call attention to deadly anti-immigrant policies; we’ll also hear about a series of actions being taken along the Texas-Mexico border to protest the billion-dollar, 700-mile separation fence; plus, live hip hop with members of the Arab Summit; and Flashpoints en Espanol.

01:00     Introduction
Dennis, Francisco

03:00   Report from Sonora , Mexico – Traveling with the Zapatistas
John Gibler, Global Exchange Human Rights fellow

13:00   Law Students Hunger Strike at Texas Southern University
Daney De La O, Victoria Nieave, Marco De Luna
Students at Thurgood Marshall School of Law

20:00   No Wall Campaign   
Ruben Solis, Co-director of Southwest Worker’s Union
Che Lopez

30:00  Live Music featuring the Arab Summit !
Live Arab Summit hip hop

39:00    Commentario with Miguel Molina

43:00     Flashpoints En Espanol


Thursday, October 11, 2007 for audio FAQ, click here Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints: Holocaust denier George W Bush opposes the recognition of the Armenian genocide; also, an update on the continuing roundup, torture and slaughter of Burmese monks and pro-democracy leaders; Kristen Ess reports from the West Bank on Israeli occupiers who attack Palestinian children with tear gas and dogs; and the Block Report features an interview with Martina Davis, the sister of Georgia Death Row prisoner Troy Anthony Davis.
Myanmar - photo The Irrawaddy, an
 independent publication reporting on
Burma from Chiang Mai, Thailand

Myanmar military - source www.irrawaddy,orgAlso visit www.uscampaignforburma.org
Protest in SF Bay Area on Friday October 12 at Indian Embassy
540 Arguello Blvd, San Francisco (2-3PM Meditation & Silence Protest; 3-5PM Rally)
More information: www.badasf.org

11:00 Denial of the Armenian Holocaust and US Policy Toward Turkey's Responsibility
Reuben Adalian, Director of the Armenian National Institute

32:00 Report from Occupied Palestine: Children Under Attack
Kristen Ess, FP Special Correspondent

45:00 Troy Davis on Death Row
JR and the Block Report

Wednesday, October 10, 2007 for audio FAQ, click here Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints: Nancy Pelosi attacks her own base, we'll speak to activists who are fed up with Democratic party inaction and centrist politics; also, dragonflies with a byte: we'll take a look at the new spy insects being used to surveil antiwar protests across the country; plus, David Horowitz and his right-wing racist groups expand their attack against Muslims and Arab-Americans on university campuses; Israeli occupation squads extra-judicially assassinate a Palestinian in the West Bank, we'll have a news report from the ground; and the Knight Report.
“Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week” brought to you by David Horowitz, Ann Coulter and Rick Santorum.
01:00 The Knight Report
Robert Knight

06:00  Nancy Pelosi Attacks Her Constituents
Cindy Sheehan, Gold Star Mom

16:00  New Spy “Insects” at Protests and Demonstrations
Dick Becker, International ANSWER Coalition
Ian Thompson, attorney and co-coordinator of ANSWER

41:00  Counter-Demonstrations Planned for Right Wing “Islamofascist Awareness Week”
Raphael, World Can't Wait: Drive Out the Bush Regime

52:00  Music Break

53:00 News from Occupied Palestine
International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org


Tuesday, October 9, 2007 for audio FAQ, click here Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints: The Bush administration intimidates Costa Rica into passing CAFTA, we'll have a special report on the implications of the latest free trade debacle; also, an exclusive interview with the editor of the Oakland Post on the killing of journalist Chauncey Bailey and the misreporting in the mainstream press; and the Knight Report.

01:00 The Knight Report
Robert Knight

Spreading free trade - NAFTA coming to Peru? source www.citizen.org05:00 Free Trade and US Foreign Policy in Costa Rica
Todd Tucker, Research Director of Public Citizen, discusses the threats and scare tactics used to squeeze CAFTA into Costa Rica, the results of 13 years of NAFTA  in Mexico, and the tragic poverty these agreements force upon unsuspecting small farmers unable to compete with highly subsidized US agricultural exports.
(interviewed by Dennis Bernstein)

24:00 On the Assassination of Oakland Post Editor Chauncey Bailey
Post News Group publisher Paul Cobb describes the morning of Chauncy Bailey's murder and the Oakland PD investigation and media coverage. Legal council Walter Reilly is also interviewed, and describes his observations that Thursday morning in August 2007. (interviewed by JR of the Block Report)
postnewsgroup.com
www.blockreportradio.com

Monday, October 8, 2007 for audio FAQ, click here Listen D'load Podcast
 Today on Flashpoints: We'll feature a news-breaking update on the situation in Burma, including an eyewitness account from an international activist who spent the last year in the country; we'll also be joined by a leading member of the Burmese pro-democracy movement in the United States; plus, Israeli airstrikes pound the Gaza strip as Israeli officials continue to seize control over Jerusalem, we'll have news headlines and an on-the-ground report from Kristen Ess in the West Bank; and the Knight Report.

01:00 The Knight Report Mayanmar (Burma) Map Robert Knight

05:00 Update on the Burma Massacres and Foreign Policy
Nyunt Than and Marco Simons, Earth Rights International

43:00 Palestine Report: Headlines and Checkpoints
News report by International Middle East Media Center
Radio piece by Kristen Ess, FP Special Correspondent


Friday, October 5, 2007 for audio FAQ, click here Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints: Immigrants Rights activists prepare for a national boycott next week; also, we’ll have a report from El Paso on the militarization at the US-Mexico border and the fight against the 700-mile apartheid wall; plus, immigrant workers fired and beaten by ICE and Homeland Security fight back; we’ll have a report on the solidarity gatherings on Indigenous Peoples’ Day at Alcatraz Island; and Flashpoints en Espanol.

01
:00     Introduction
Dennis, Francisco, Rene Saucedo


05
:00     Militarization and the Fence-Building Project at the Border
Fernando Garcia, Border Network for Human Rights in El Paso


12
:00     October 12th Boycott for National Immigrant Rights
Nativo Lopez, Mexican-American Political Association

Juan Jose Gutierriez, Latino Movement USA


22
:00     ICE Attacks on Immigrant Janitor Activists
Jaqueline Ramirez, organizer

Luis Alvarez and Terecita Navarro, workers with Local 87 San Francisco


32
:00    Music Break  

33:00    Alcatraz Ceremonies on Indigenous People's Day
Jimbo Simmons, American Indian Treaty Council


43:00     Flashpoints En Espanol

Rene Saucedo, Francisco Herrera with Nativo Lopez and Fernando Garcia


Thursday, October 4, 2007 for audio FAQ, click here Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints: Private contract torturers for the US Government go on trial for their alleged atrocities at Abu Ghraib; also, Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney in a freewheeling discussion on politics, war, peace and social justice; and the Block Report talks about continuing police terrorism against the Black community.
Cynthia McKinney - source www.ibabuzz.com
01:00 Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney on War, Peace, Social Justice and Politics
Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, D-GA (former), interviewed by Dennis Bernstein and Davey D of Hard Knock Radio, discusses the need and the means to change the political landscape in the context of rising racial injustice.

35:00 Private Contract Torturers for the US Government Go On Trial
Susan Burke, coordinating attorney with Center for Constitutional Rights
Read the latest revelations of ongoing US government-supported torture and CCR actions to hold officials accountable.
Center for Constitutional Rights - www.ccr-ny.org

46:00 Police Terrorism Against the Black Community
JR and the Block Report

Wednesday, October 3, 2007 for audio FAQ, click here Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints:  An in-depth look at Hilary Clinton's corporate-based health plan; also,
US plans for full-spectrum dominance in space; three Palestinians killed in Gaza, we'll have a report from the ground; Labor activists protest violent racist attacks by police at the Sacramento docks; and the Knight Report.Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space

06:00 Full-Spectrum US Dominance in Space
Bruce Gagnon, coordinator of the
Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space

22:00 Music Break

24:00 Three Palestinians Killed By Israeli Air Strikes in Gaza
Amjad Shawa, Palestinian NGO Network Coordinator in Gaza

34:00 Hilary Clinton's Corporate Health Plan Scam
David Himmelstein, Harvard Medical School associate professor,
Physicians for a National Health Plan

49:00 Music Break

51:00 Racist, Violent Attacks at Sacramento Docks
Jack Hayman, Union Activist



Tuesday, October 2, 2007 for audio FAQ, click here Listen D'load Podcast 

Today on Flashpoints: The US Supreme Court weighs in on the racist crack-powder cocaine sentencing guidelines, we'll speak to the former legislative aide who wrote the law and has spent the rest of his life trying to unwrite it; also, we'll speak to Reese Ehrlich about US threats to go to war against Iran; a new story from Bob Parry on secret US sniper death squads in Iraq and Afghanistan; and the Knight Report.


01:00 The Knight Report
Robert Knight

The Iran Agenda: The Real Story of U.S. Policy and The Middle East Crisis by Reese Ehrlich. source - http://www.p3books.com/books/theiranagenda_author.html06:00 Will the US Go to War Against Iran?
Reese Ehrlich, author The Iran Agenda: The Real Story of U.S. Policy and The Middle East Crisis
Read more at PoliPointPress

 Neck Deep: The Disastrous Presidency of George W. Bush. With each sale, $5 is rebated to help help consortiumnews.com continue its groundbreaking investigative work. Visit http://www.neckdeepbook.com/20:00 Secret US Military Death Squads
Bob Parry, investigative journalist
www.consortiumnews.com

Neck Deep: The Disastrous Presidency of George W. Bush is the first book to offer a critical examination of the entire presidency of George W. Bush – from the electoral chicanery at the start through the cascade of catastrophes that have followed - from the editors of Consortiumnews.com 

33:00 News headlines from occupied Palestine

36:00 Crack vs. Powder Cocaine in the US Supreme Court: Racism and Drug Laws
Eric Sterling, President of The Criminal Justice Policy Foundation


Monday, October 1, 2007 for audio FAQ, click here Listen D'load Podcast
Today on Flashpoints: We'll feature an in-depth interview with Dr. Sein Win, the Prime Minister in exile of Burma and a first cousin of Nobel Laureate Aun San Suu Kyi; we'll also feature an eye witness account from the streets of Burma's capitol by a Salvadoran human rights activist who witnessed the junta's crackdown; also, a report from occupied Palestine on the continued confiscation of landsaround Jerusalem; JR and the Block Report updates the case of the Jena 6; and the Knight Report.Free The Jena Six

01:00 The Knight Report

06:00 Unraveling Crisis in Burma
Dr. Sein Win, Prime Minister in Exile
Carlos Mauricio, eyewitness

34:00 Music Break

36:00 Report from Occupied Palestine:
Focus on Jerusalem Land Confiscation

Kristen Ess, Flashpoints Special Correspondent

49:00 Music Break

51:00 Block Report: Update on the Jena 6
JR and the Block Report with Melissa Bell