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Today on the show: A special report from the Gaza flotilla to break the Israeli embargo. Also, Flashpoints special correspondent, Sam Husseini, questions the state department on the IDF’s use of the sounds of children pleading for help to lure Palestinians into a deadly crossfire: also distinguished international law scholar, Francis Boyle, returns to discuss Nicaragua’s decision to take Germany to the World Court for Enabling Israel’s Genocide. And Immigrant Rights Organizations Pushing for Passage of the Pending “Registry Bill.  We’ll be joined by attorney/activist Renee Saucedo to talk about the plans for long walks in support of crucial bill
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Today on the show, A tribute to the late poet and Founder of Poetry for the People, June Jordan: Also Ex-US military men heading to Gaza by Flotilla to break the deadly Israeli Blockade: And Teachers and Parents Fight Israeli Lobby Smears on the schools and teachers in Berkeley California: we’ll feature a segment from the Electronic Intifada with a lawyer and a middle school teacher about the struggle to teach the truth about Palestine, Hosted by Nora Barrows Friedman
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An award winning front-line investigative news magazine, that focuses on human, civil and workers right, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.
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Today on the Show: A special showing of American Homeboy, a documentary that explores the complex origins of Pachuco and Cholo culture which sprouted from American soil in response to wartime sentiment, social alienation, and government discrimination only to become a cultural phenomenon. And, signa of our times on the bus stops of Washington DC. Instead of selling soap powder, they are calling for an end to the US Israeli genocide in Palestine
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Today on the show: A Palestinian American law student at the U.C Berkeley accuses a professor of assaulting her during a backyard dinner held at the home of the school’s dean, Erwin Chemerinsky.  Also, a brief history on the illegal and violent occupation of Palestine. And a landmark law suit on the safety and dangers of keeping Diablo Canyon Nuclear Reactor on line. opponents say its a major disaster waiting to happen.
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