Archived
Shows - Aug 2008
Friday, August 29,
2008 
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All this week: Victims of
Hurricane Katrina brace for Hurricane Gustav, fearing the worst again,
we'll feature a special report
from Malik Rahim of Common Ground, from New Orleans; also, former
Angola prisoner Robert King talks about the
treatment of prisoners during major storms; In honor of the Chicano
moratorium, we remember the life and times of Ruben Salazar,
one of the most significant Latino journalists of the 20th century, who
was assassinated by Sheriff Deputies 40 years ago;
and Flashpoints prepares to take the show on the road to Minneapolis,
in the heart of Indian country, as the Republicans
start their convention and nominate a pro-life, pro-war woman
vice-President.
01:00
Introduction: Live
Dennis, Miguel, Francisco
06:00
Report from New Orleans
Malik Rahim, Common Ground Relief
26:00
Update on the Angola 3 –
What Happens Inside the Prison During Evacuations
Robert King, former political prisoner
36:00
Song from Francisco
40:00
Chicano Moratorium and
Ruben Salazar
Dennis, Francisco, Miguel\
Olga Briseno, developing the Center for Media, Democracy and Policy
along with the Ruben Salazar Foundation
Thursday, August 28,
2008 Listen
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Audio
links to
UNconventional Convention coverage not active
until 9:30pm Thursday.
UNconventional DNC Coverage hosted by Mitch Jeserich, Aimee Allison,
and Sonali
Kolhatkar; with Larry Bensky and Davey D. Visit Pacifica Radio's 2008
Election Center
election411.org
Wednesday, August 27,
2008 Listen
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All this week:
UNconventional DNC Coverage hosted by Mitch Jeserich, Aimee Allison,
and Sonali
Kolhatkar; with Larry Bensky and Davey D. Visit Pacifica Radio's 2008
Election Center
election411.org
Tuesday, August 26,
2008 Listen
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All this week:
UNconventional DNC Coverage hosted by Mitch Jeserich, Aimee Allison,
and Sonali
Kolhatkar; with Larry Bensky and Davey D. Visit Pacifica Radio's 2008
Election Center
election411.org
Monday, August 25,
2008 Listen
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All this week:
UNconventional DNC Coverage hosted by Mitch Jeserich, Aimee Allison,
and Sonali
Kolhatkar; with Larry Bensky and Davey D.
Pacifica Radio and KPFA brings you UNconventional coverage, asking
politicians questions they don't get from other media, broadcasting
voices from the protests outside, and, of course, KPFA's own analysts.
Visit Pacifica Radio's 2008 Election Center
election411.org for blogs, photos,
audio clips, interviews, and even post your own comments.
Friday, August 22,
2008 Listen
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Today on Flashpoints: JR and the Block Report follow up on the
KPFA arrest and police beating of a graduate of the apprenticeship program; also, Peter
Phillips reports on a new censorship series at Sonoma State University
and a Truth Emergency
Survey; we'll have an update on farmworker deaths in California; a
special report from protest central in Denver at the Democratic Convention; and Flashpoints en
Espanol.
Thursday, August 21,
2008 Listen
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Today on Flashpoints:
We devote the entire show to a Black August special, produced by JR and
the Block Report. We'll look back at Attica and the murder of George
Jackson; but first, we'll hear eyewitness accounts of a police
operation inside KPFA yesterday that led to the violent arrest of a
black single mom, who was dragged out of free speech KPFA by a phalanx
of Berkeley's so-called finest.
01:00
KPFA/Pacifica Management
Send Cops Inside KPFA to Arrest and Attack Programmer
JR and the Block Report with Weyland Southon, Hard Knock Radio and
Brother of victim
19:00
Music Break
20:00
Black August
JR and the Block Report
An interview with Sundiata Tate on the of the life and death of George
Jackson, gunned down on August 21, 1971 at San Quentin prison during an
alleged
escape attempt. Jackson, a sixties US political prisoner, LA Black
Panther, and spiritual and intellectual guiding force, was a fierce
leader within the Black prison movement at San Quentin and across the
country.
www.blockreportradio.com
Wednesday, August 20,
2008 Listen
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Today on Flashpoints:
Major Drug Makers pushing new drugs down the throats of consumers that
have not been properly tested or proven to be effective. We'll feature
a special Flashpoint's Report. Also, a tribute to the late poet, writer
and potlitical activits, Grace Paley and the Knight Report.
01:00
The Knight Report
07:00
Cancer Vaccine Controversy
Peter Tucker, Parents and Citizens Committee to Stop Medical
Experimentation
Barbara Lowe Fisher Barbara Lowe Fisher ,
http://www.909shot.com/
19:00
Grace Paley
Tuesday, August 19,
2008 Listen
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Today on Flashpoints:
Outspoken author, historian and media critic, Dr.
Michael Parenti, in a free-wheeling discussion of the pressing issues
of our time; we'll take a look at the elections and what's going on in
Russia and Georgia; also JR and Block Report in an extended interview
with the filmmaker of
Disappearing Voices, the Decline of Black
Radio, and the Knight Report.
01:00
The Knight Report
- Things fall apart in Pakistan and Afghanistan, while Russia
dismantles Georgia's US- and Israeli-supplied attack capabilities
Robert
Knight
05:00
Michael
Parenti
Michael Parenti, author, historian and media critic, discusses US
activities in the Middle East and implications of the 2008 US
Presidential
election. His latest book is
Contrary
Notions, the Michael Parenti
Reader. Internationally acclaimed, award winning author Michael
Parenti
is one of America's most astute and engaging political analysts.
www.michaelparenti.org
26:00
Music Break Rock
the Nation
27:00
Block Report – The
Decline of Black Radio
Iyanna Jones - filmmaker of
Disappearing Voices, the Decline of
Black
Radio, written and narrated by Bob Law, and directed by U-Savior.
www.disappearingvoices.com
www.blockreportradio.com
Monday, August 18,
2008 Listen
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Today on Flashpoints:
Nobel
Peace Prize nominee Kathy Kelly talks to us during a break in her
450-mile peace walk from Chicago to St. Paul; also, a background
report on the resignation of Pervez Musharraf in Pakistan; the death
toll in Gaza reaches 237 due to the14-month Israeli blockade, we'll
have a full news roundup from occupied Palestine; and the Knight Report.
Kathy Kelly -
Peace Walk
01:00
The Knight Report
- Musharraf pulls a Nixon in Pakistan; Russia places
missles in Ossetia,
and makes Warsaw a nuclear target after the US injects part of its ABM
system into Poland
Robert
Knight
06:00
Pakistan's President
Musharraf Resigns from Office
Shahid Mahmood, editorial cartoonist for New York Times syndicate
21:00
Resisting the Continuous
US Occupation of Iraq
Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence
48:00
Headlines from Occupied
Palestine: More Gaza Patients Die from Israeli Blockade
International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org
Friday, August 15,
2008 Listen
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We broadcast live from the
Sonoma Peace and Justice Center in Sonoma County California.
Today on
Flashpoints: We welcome back our own Francisco
Herrera, Flashpoint's Friday co-host back from a special journey to El
Salvador. Francisco
will report back on the political situation there and the possibility
of the first
president from the revolutionary party of the FMLN. We'll get a report
from our North Coast
Immigrant Rights Contributor Molly Goss, just back from a confererence
in Washington
D.C. We'll have a Flashpoints in Espanol with Miguel Peres and Miguel
Gavilan Molina.
Thursday, August 14,
2008 Listen
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Today on Flashpoints:
We continue our investigation into former attorney general Alberto
Gonzales' criminal activities and potential war crimes; also, we'll
have a special report on a breaking story in the case of Canadian
rendition-torture victim Maher Arar, whose case was re-opened by the
Second Circuit Court of Appeals without either party requesting;
Kristen Ess reports from the streets of Ramallah as Mahmoud Darwish's
body is laid to rest; actor and artist Jennifer Jajeh talks about her
new one-woman play,
I Heart Hamas And Other Things I'm Afraid To
Tell You; and the Knight Report.
01:00
The Knight Report
- The lastest from Ossetia, Georgia and Russia
Robert
Knight
06:00
Court to hear case of
Canadian Torture and Rendition Victim Maher Arar
Maria LaHood, Center for Constitutional Rights
www.ccr-ny.org
Read
more about the case
17:00
Nancy Pelosi Backtracking
on Pledge to Uphold Constitution regarding Impeachment
Jason Leopold, author and investigative journalist
30:00
Sounds from Ramallah:
Continuing Coverage of Mahmoud Darwish's Funeral
Kristen Ess, Palestine correspondent and editor of Palestine News
Network
www.pnn.ps
42:00
I
Heart Hamas And Other Things I'm
Afraid To Tell You
Jennifer Jajeh, artist and actor
www.ihearthamas.com
Now playing at the NYC Fringe Festival!
Wednesday, August 13,
2008 Listen
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An analysis of the expanding
war between Russia and Georgia as the United States vows to send aid to
support the Georgian side of the conflict; also, Flashpoints' Beirut
correspondent Bilal el-Amine responds
to the decision by the Lebanese parliament to approve the use of
all force necessary to take back Lebanese
territory occupied by Israel; we go to occupied Palestine, where
thousands gathered to honor the life of Mahmoud Darwish,
in a state funeral in Ramallah; and the Knight Report.
01:00
The Knight Report
06:00 Bush Administration Vows to Support
Georgia in Caucasus Conflict
Professor Francis Boyle, University of Illinois
26:00 Music Break
27:00 Lebanese Parliament to Back
Hezbollah in Ending Israeli Occupation of Shebaa Farms
Bilal el-Amine, Flashpoints Special Correspondent in Beirut
48:00 Thousands of People Mourn
the Death of Mahmoud Darwish in Ramallah
Siham Rashid in East Jerusalem, occupied Palestine
Tuesday, August 12,
2008 Listen
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Today on Flashpoints:
Protests mark a year since nationally-revered Haitian human rights
activist Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine disappeared; we'll have special
reports from protests taking place around the world, and we'll go to
Port-au-Prince for a live update; also, we'll take a look at the new
free-speech cages the Democrats have prepared for the protesters in
Denver, and we'll speak to an activist who is suing to remove the
cages; headlines from occupied Palestine; and the Knight Report.
01:00
The Knight Report
- The latest fallout from Georgia's invasion of South Ossetia.
Robert
Knight
Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine - Abducted
8/12/07
06:00
One Year Since The Kidnapping and
Disappearing of Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine in Haiti
Kevin Pina, Flashpoints Special Correspondent
Port-au-Prince - Daniel Tillias,
Pax
Christi Haiti
London - Selma James,
Global
Womens' Strike
Los Angeles - Margaret Prescod,
KPFK
Oakland - Pierre LaBossiere,
Haiti
Action Network
Port-au-Prince - Another report from the protest
33:00
Music Break
34:00
Caged in Denver:
Suppressing Free Speech at the Democratic Convention
Deborah Sweet,
World Can't Wait
Mark Cohen,
Recreate '68,
www.recreate68.com
54:00
Headlines from Occupied
Palestine
International Middle East Media Center
Monday, August 11,
2008 Listen
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Today
on Flashpoints:
Russian troops enter
Georgia and raid several towns inside the country; also, an in-depth
analysis of slave labor in China as the Olympics continue. Noted poet
Naomi Shihab Nye remembers legendary Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish,
who died over the weekend.
01:00 Russia and Georgia, The
Israel Connection and the US' Meddling
Michael Klare, author, “Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The
Geopolitics of Energy”
19:00 China's Slave Labor
Practices
Charlie Kernigan, National Labor Council
33:00 Remembering Mahmoud
Darwish, Palestinian Poet Icon - 1941-2008
Naomi
Shihab Nye, award-winning poet With sound from Mahmoud Darwish
reading poem, “Sabra and Shatila” and music by Marcel Khalife
Friday, August 8,
2008 Listen
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Today on
Flashpoints: A special report
on the new Zapatista International Caravan with an update from Chiapas;
Also, A report from the
U.S./Mexico
border where the expanding militarization has turned the lives of
indigenous people upside down;
We'll have a report on the
anti-gang
Runner Initiative; Plus, the battle to keep an orphanage open in Haiti;
We'll also share the poetry of Al Robles, And, Flashpoints en Espanol.
01:00 Anti-gang Runner Intiative
Evelyn Sanchez, Bay Area Immigrants Coalition
09:00 Update on New Zapatista International
Caravan & Chiapas Update
Alejandro Reyes, Flashpoints
Special Correspondent
19:00 Music Break- Warm Summer Day, by Al
Robles
Curtis
Choy, documentary filmmaker
23:00 Indigenous People Against
Militarization of the Border
April Cotte, Border Rights
Activist Working with Indigenous People Against Militarization
34:00 Music Break
35:00 Closure of Haitian Orphanage
Kevin Pina, Flashpoints
Special Correspondent
Haiti Action.net
43:00 Flashpoints en Espanol
Miguel Perez, Flashpoints
Friday Correspondent, Miguel Molina- Friday co-host
Alejandro Reyes, Flashpoints
Special Correspondent
Evelyn Sanchez, Bay Area
Immigrant Rights Coalition
Thursday, August 7,
2008 Listen
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Today on Flashpoints:
The City of Berkeley challenges China on Burma; also, Cindy Sheehan
fights an uphill battle to get on the Congressional ballot; JR and The
Block Report interview Puerto Rican political prisoners; and, the week
in review from occupied Palestine.
01:00
Burma
Update
Kenneth Wong, Flashpoints Special Correspondent, author,
A Prayer
for Burma
burmarelief.blogspot.com
Nyunt Than, Burmese Human Rights Activist
16:00
Musical Break
17:00
Sheehan Uphill Fight to
Get on Ballot
Cindy Sheehan, Gold Star Families for Peace, Anti-war Activist
www.cindyforcongress.org
San Francisco voters can
sign the petition at 1260 Mission before 5PM Friday
Call (415) 621-5027 for information
Cindy Sheehan (source: cindyforcongress.org)
24:00
Musical Break - The
Welfare Poets
26:00
The Block Report: Puerto
Rican Political Prisoners
JR and The Block Report
www.blockreportradio.com
The Welfare Poet, Puerto Rican political activists
www.welfarepoets.com
Puerto Rican
political prisoners (L-R) Oscar López, Haydee Beltrán,
Carlos Alberto Torres, and Anvelino González Claudio
41:00
Musical Break
42:00
Palestine Week In Review:
Actions Against the Gaza Siege
Kristen Ess, Flashpoints Palestine Bureau Chief
www.pnn.ps
Read the
op-ed on Electronic Intifada -
electronicintifada.net
Wednesday, August 6,
2008 Listen
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Today on
Flashpoints: Hundreds of Muslim protesters clash, for a
second day, with government forces in Indian Administered Kashmir;
Ali Abunimah reports on Israel's expanding crackdown on Gaza and the
possibility of a new extreme right wing Prime Minister
who is calling for war with Iran; And we'll feature an expanded debate
between Norman Solomon and Larry Everest on the differences between
Obama and McCain;
And the Knight Report.
01:00
The Knight Report
05:00
Kashmir Update
Angana
Chatterji, Co-convener of International People's Tribunal on Human
Rights and Justice in Kashmir, professor at CIIS in San Francisco
http://www.ciis.edu/faculty/chatterji.html
13:00
Olmert Resigns, Gaza
Violence Flair: Middle East Update:
Ali Abunimah, journalist, co-founder
Electronic Intifada
24:00
The Obama Debate
Larry Everest, author,
Oil, Power & Empire: Iraq and the US Global Agenda
Norman Solomon,
nationally syndicated columnist, author
Tuesday, August 5,
2008 Listen
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Today on Flashpoints:
Torture survivors and a former interrogator denounce John McCain for
his support of torture; also, injured workers testify about the
collapse of Cal/OSHA and the deregulation of workers' compensation,
labor journalist Steve Zeltzer reports; plus, headlines from occupied
Palestine; and we'll have a special report from Robert Knight,
Will
the
cordite fumes of Ron Suskind's smoking gun overwhelm Nancy Pelosi's
impeachment
Airwick?
Monday, August 4,
2008 Listen
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Today on
Flashpoints: We'll have a
live report from Chiapas on
an emerging coffee cooperative and continuing attacks on community
broadcasters. Flashpoints
Special Correspondent Kevin Pina offers background on the new prime
minister of Haiti and the resurgence of the dreaded Haitian military.Project Censored's Peter Phillips about
the 2009 Most Censored Story: A Million Iraqi's Confirmed Dead; And the
Knight Report.
01:00
The Knight Report
05:00 Chiapas Update: The Importance of
Coffee Cooperatives and Attacks on Community Radio
John Gibler,
Flashpoints Special Correspondent, Global Exchange Fellow,
journalist
Chiapas
Coffee Cooperative
2008
25:00
Music
Break
27:00 Military Back in Haiti
Kevin Pina, Flashpoints
Special Correspondent, independent journalist
www.haitiaction.net
44:00 Music Break
46:00 Number One Project Censored Story of
2009: 1 Million Dead Iraqi's
Peter Phillips, Project Censored Founder
Friday, Aug 1,
2008 Listen
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Today on Flashpoints: Presidential candidate Ralph Nader talks
about immigrants rights and the militarization of the U.S/Mexico
border; Also, a youth
speak out by undocumented students; Plus, the Salvadorian Congress
takes action in support of U.S. Immigrants; And Flashpoints en Espanol.
01:00 Introduction
Dennis Bernstein, Rene
Saucedo, Francisco Herrera, Miguel Molina
02:00 Hopes and Dreams of the Undocumented
Community
Ralph
Nader, Presidential
candidate Independent,
12:00 Undocumented Students Speak Out
Juan Carlos, student and
student organizer
27:00 Music Break
Francisco Herrera
29:00 Salvadorian Congress Takes Action for
U.S. Immigrants
Dinora Aldama, Salvadorian
Congresswoman
43:00 Flashpoints en Espanol
Miguel Perez, regular co-host,
on-site coordinator Immigrants Rights Coalition
