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Wednesday, May 14, 2008 Listen D'load Podcast 
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints: 1.5 million Burmese still facing epidemics and death as Burma's narco-dictatorship continues to stonewall against foreign aid; also, the street battles in Lebanon move to the northern city of Tripoli, we'll have special report on the ongoing violence; Kristen Ess interviews Palestinian elders as they remember 60 years of dispossession and expulsion from their homes; and sounds from the Free Palestine Peace and Solidarity concert, with two songs from the Arab Summit.
01:00 Millions in Crisis in Burma
Htun Aung Gyaw, former Burmese Pro-democracy leader in exile, interviewed by Dennis Bernstein, describes the governments tactics to stifle both internal and foreign aid for cyclone victims.

Visit Democratic Voice of Burma for more news and information

Read the BBC article Two disasters, contrasting reactions about responses in Burma and China

18:00 Fighting Continues in Lebanon
Rania Masri, professor of Environmental Sciences in Beirut

28:00 Mini-break for KPFA 2008 Spring Fund Drive
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39:00 Refugees Remember al-Nakba in Palestine
Kristen Ess, Palestine Bureau Chief

50:00 Sounds from the Nakba 60 Concert in San Francisco, May 10, 2008
Ragtop, Arab Summit

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Monday, May 12, 2008 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints:  1.9 million people in grave jeopardy in Burma as the narco-dictatorship continues to stonewall on international humanitarian aid, we'll speak to prodemocracy leaders about the devastation and the tens of thousands of exiled Burmese who cannot locate their relatives; also, the battle in Beirut moves to the mountains, we'll have a report from our special correspondent Bilal el-Amine; and we'll feature excerpts from The Eleventh Hour, a stirring documentary film on climate change and the future of our planet.

01:00 Update on Burma Disaster
Ko Ko Lay, director of the National Council of the Union of Burma
Allan Clements, founder of World Dharma and author of Aung San Suu Kyi: The Voice of Hope

14:00 Fighting Continues in Lebanon
Bilal el-Amine, FP Special Correspondent in Beirut

26:00 The 11^th Hour (Film Documentary)

40:00 Break for KPFA Pitch
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Friday, May 9, 2008 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints:  Sorry, no runsheet writeup for this program.

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Thursday, May 8, 2008 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints: Over a million and a half Burmese in life-threatening conditions as the narco-dictatorship refuses outside aid; also, we get a report under fire from the streets of Beirut, where six people have been killed in violent political clashes; plus, the US occupation military seals off Sadr City in preparation for a wide-scale assault, we'll speak with Dahr Jamail; Kristen Ess reports on Israeli attacks in occupied Palestine as Palestinians commemorate 60 years of ongoing expulsion and ethnic cleansing by Israel; and we'll air moving excerpts of dramatic readings of Rachel Corrie's journals.

01:00 Update on Burma Disaster
Htun Aung Gyaw, former student leader exiled after being tortured in Burma

Also visit the US Campaign for Burma website and join the Burma Can't Wait 1 Million Voices for Burma campaign

08:00 Clashes Erupt in Beirut Streets
Matthew Cassel, editor, ElectronicLebanon.net, ElectronicIntifada.net


16:00 US Occupation Forces Seal Off Sadr City in Preparation for an Assault
Dahr Jamail, FP Special Correspondent, author, Beyond the Green Zone, www.dahr.org

24:00 Palestine: 60 Years of Ongoing Expulsion and Attacks by Israel
Kristen Ess, FP Palestine Bureau Chief

  Saturday May 10, 2008
Nakba-60, FREE Palestine, Peace and Solidarity Festival

On Saturday, May 10 from 12-6pm, The Local Nakba Committee and Palestine Right to Return Coalition present The Nakba-60, Free Palestine, Peace and Solidarity Festival. This FREE concert features the world renowned Hip Hop group from Palestine, Dam, and a phenomenal line up of local artists.

The festival will be held at the
For more info, visit www.araborganizing.org or call 415-861-7444.

30:00 Dramatic Readings of the Journals of Rachel Corrie
From a KPFA-sponsored April 08 event in Berkeley

40:00 Break for KPFA Fund Drive
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Wednesday, May 7, 2008 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints:  Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert faces corruption and bribery charges, as Palestinians continue to face the brunt of his ethnic cleansing policies, Kristen Ess reports from the occupied West Bank; also, in a special expanded edition of Community Business with Catherine Austin Fitts, we'll explore the darker side of secret government and also how communities can take back their own wealth.

01:00 Israeli Prime Minister/ War Criminal Ehud Olmert To Resign; Palestinians Face Continued Attacks
Kristen Ess, Flashpoints Palestine Bureau Chief

11:00 Community Business Report
Catherine Austin Fitts, Solari.com

40:00 Break for KPFA Fund Drive

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Tuesday, May 6, 2008 Listen D'load Podcast
Today on Flashpoints: Twenty-two thousand dead, forty thousand missing, and a million on the run in Burma, we'll have an update on the wake of the cyclone that devastated the country over the weekend; also, ICE raids all over the Bay Area, we'll talk with Flashpoints special co-host Evelyn Sanchez about the latest roundups and terror; and we'll be joined by one of the organizers of the recent Winter Soldier testimonials, former Marine Sergeant Adam Kokesh, who is on a national tour speaking out against the continuing US occupation of Iraq.

01:00 ICE Raids in Berkeley and Oakland
Evelyn Sanchez, Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition
Know Your Rights toolkit
06:00 Tens of Thousands Killed and Missing, Millions Displaced by Cyclone in Burma
Ko Kolay, director of National Council of the Union of Burma
Link to BBC video of the cyclone's destruction

14:00 Former US Marine Speaks Out Against Bush's Illegal Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
Adam Kokesh with Phil Aliff, members of the Board of Directors of Iraq Veterans Against the War – www.ivaw.org
Visit Adam's blog for Speaking Tour details
Also visit Stop-LossCongress.org to pressure congress to uphold the will of the people

30:00 Winter Soldier Testimonies
Sound from recent Winter Soldier Hearings near Washington DC

40:00 Break for KPFA Spring Fund Drive

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Monday, May 5, 2008 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints: Public citizens speak out against oil price gauging and the Bush Administrations support for Big Oil. Also, award winning activist and author Michael Parenti dissects the plan to aerial spray the people of Northern California with pesticides to benefit Big Ag. And on the Block Report Fred Hampton Jr speaks about political prisoner Aaron Patterson and why the Feds moved him from Illinois to Kentucky.

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Friday, May 2, 2008 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints:  Labor activists and union organizers reflect on yesterday's international May Day actions and protests, as workers continue their struggles for justice, from the post office to the biotech industry; also, JR and the Block Report feature an interview with the parents of a 15 year old Oakland boy shot in the back by cops; and a weekly wrapup of news headlines from occupied Palestine, as Israeli forces continue to kill Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip.

01:00 May Day Wrapup and Continuation of Worker's Rights 
Steve Zeltzer, labor activist
Carl Bryant, Letter Carriers Union
Allen Bradley, Freightliner Five

17:00 Update on Sean Bell Murder Case
JR and the Block Report

39:00 Weekly Report from Occupied Palestine
International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org

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Thursday, May 1, 2008 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on a Special Edition of Flashpoints: We broadcast live from the San Francisco Civic Center Plaza, where workers and immigrants rights activists, students, teachers, and antiwar coalitions have converged on this May Day!

  Direct Action to Stop the War (DASW)

  Calls for End to the Targeting of Immigrants and
   Latinos to Enlist - source www.indybay.org

01:00 Live Broadcast from SF Civic Center: May Day, Worker's Rights and Immigrant Rights
With Dennis Bernstein, Miguel Molina, Evelyn Sanchez, Evelina Molina, Rene Saucedo, Juan Jose Gutierriez, and many others!!!
Photos: 1 | 2

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