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D'load Today on Flashpoints: A frontline report from Haiti's US-sponsored killing fields; Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez recognizes Jean Bertrand Aristide as the legitimate leader of Haiti and offers him sanctu
ary in Venezuela;
Remembering Rachel Corrie, we'll feature
excerpts from an interview we did with members of her family after she
was killed; the mayor of Santa Cruz proclaims today Rachel Corrie Day
in her honor; We'll speak to Brian Avery who was shot in the face while
standing in solidarity with the Palestinian people in the West Bank;
and a poem by Aurora Levins-Morales dedicated to Rachel Corrie; and
from New York City, The Knight Report01:00 The Knight Report: Jamaica rejects Haiti's post-coup government; Venezuela joins Jamaica in offering Aristide asylum; Spain's former Prime Minister is accused of a cover-up; and Israeli death squads hit the Gaza Strip with promises of more to come
"... a majority of people living in Jordan, Morocco, Pakistan and Turkey say they believe the United States is conducting its campaign against terror to control mideast oil and dominate the world" according to an international Pugh Global Attitudes Project poll released today, which concluded that "people in France, Germany and Russia also have those suspicions about the Bush Administration's so-called campaign against terror"
06:00 Independent Journalist John MacDonald reports from Port-au-Prince on the killings in Haiti. Convicted criminal Guy Philippe roams freely and heavily armed, under the gaze of international forces while they carry out house-to-house searches targeting the poor
16:00 Al Giordano, Executive Director of Narco News, discusses Hugo Chavez's press conference today and Venezuela's offer to help the installed government of Haiti reopen hospitals. Also discussed are recently released documents revealing National Endowment for Democracy funding of over a million dollars to opposition groups in Venezuela leading up to the 2002 attempted coup. Also see Al Giordano's article about expert Brian Freeman's translation of Aristides alleged resignation letter and see a pdf image of that document. Dennis also discusses the drug connection and the groundless accusations against Aristide. Read the April 1994 Human Rights Watch report condemning the CIA for its shameless illegal activities in creating and corrupting the Haitian National Intelligence Service (SIN) which "was engaged in political terrorism and drug trafficking" (see pages 43-44 Role of the Central Intelligence Agency in this 51 page pdf document)
26:00 John MacDonald describes the two distinct reactions to Aristide's arrival in Jamaica, and the installation of a clearly anti-Lavalas government, and sadly the abolishment of the Ministry of Literacy
29:00 Musical Break - Caterpillar Man
31:00 An excerpt of an interview with Rachel Corrie's family after she was killed by an Israeli bulldozer on March 16, 2003 trying to protect a Palestinian family
38:00 Santa Cruz Mayor , Scott Kennedy, announces the city council's proclamation of March 16, 2004 as Rachel Corrie Day, calling on the US government to investigate her death
43:00 Kaddish for Rachel Corrie by writer-poet-visionary Aurora Levins-Morales
49:00 Brian Avery, international human rights worker, who was shot in the face while investigating Israeli patrols in Jenin on April 5, 2003, describes his ordeal and reconstructive surgery. Dennis also interviews Paul LaRudy of the International Solidarity Movement