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Friday, June 19, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Audio links not active until 6:30pm Friday

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Thursday, June 18, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints:  UN forces open fire on a funeral for Catholic Priest and Lavalas leader Gerard Jean-Juste in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, Kevin Pina features an in-depth report; also, Robert Knight continues the discussion on turmoil in Iran following the recent elections; problems and solutions in the California budget crisis as state lawmakers seek to tax extractors of natural gas and oil amidst popular calls for clean, renewable energy instead; and the Knight Report.

01:00 Knight Report Extended Edition: Iran Continued
Robert Knight

14:00 Haiti Report: Protester Killed in
Kevin Pina, journalist, video documentarian and FP Correspondent

43:00 Music Break

44:00 California Budget Crisis; Natural Gas Tax?
Ann Garrison, SF Policy Examiner, examiner.com

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints:  The US government privatizes the profit while socializing the debt: Catherine Austin Fitts lays out what Obama's new plan for the financial system means for the American public; plus, Robert Knight discusses the Iranian elections and power politics with Muhammed Sahimi in part two of their interview; JR and the Block Report in an in-depth focus on the murder of Oscar Grant by Oakland Bart police; and the Knight Report.

01:00 Knight Report
Robert Knight

04:00 Community Business: White House Plans for Fed Regulations for Financial Institutions
Catherine Austin Fitts, solari.com

20:00 Iran Elections Continued
Robert Knight with Muhammed Sahimi, professor at UCLA, Tehran bureau

32:00 Block Report: Update on the Case of the Murder of Oscar Grant by BART Police
JR with Minister Keith Mohammed, Nation of Islam

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints:  Robert Knight with Muhammed Sahimi on the latest clashes in Iran and an in-depth look at the real workings of Islamic power politics; also, international law professor Francis Boyle analyzes Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's vision of a Palestinian state and the significance of the growing boycott movement against Israeli apartheid in Palestine; the US Congress passes a $106 billion dollar war spending bill, including billions to prop up Western European banks via the floundering IMF; plus, an update on the case to re-establish the Constitution in the face of the US Patriot Act-style domestic spying program; and the Knight Report.

01:00 Knight Report
Robert Knight

04:00  Iran Elections Continued
Robert Knight with Muhammed Sahimi, professor at UCLA, Tehran bureau

20:00  Jimmy Carter in Gaza; Netanyahu's Vision of a Palestinian State: Where Does Int'l Law Fit?
Francis Boyle, Professor of Law at University of Chicago, author

41:00  US Congress Passes $106 Billion War Spending Bill plus Bailing Out the IMF
Mark Weisbrot, Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington DC



49:00  Domestic Spying: Fighting the Patriot Act
Eric Klein with Cindy Cohn, legal director of Electronic Frontier Foundation

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Monday, Jun 15, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints:  The US Supreme Court refuses to review the case of the Cuban 5, we'll hear from Gloria la Riva about the next legal steps ahead;  also, elections in Iran: protests erupt in the streets of Tehran as Ahmedinejad is re-elected as President, Robert Knight features in-depth coverage; Former US President Jimmy Carter meets with Israeli settlers in the West Bank and promises to make some settlements permanents regardless of any peace deal, we'll go to Bekah Wolf in Beit Ommar for a full report; plus, we'll speak with Victor Agosto, a US Army soldier who is refusing to deploy to Afghanistan, joined by Camilo Mejia of Iraq Veterans Against the War; and the Knight Report.

01:00 Knight Report
Robert Knight

05:00 Cuban 5 Update: Supreme Court Decides Not to Hear Appeal
Gloria la Riva, National Committee to Free the Cuban Five – freethefive.org

12:00 Iran Elections: Protests in the Streets, Possibilities of Election Fraud
Robert Knight with Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of San Francisco

23:00 Music Break

25:00 Palestine: Netanyahu Calls for “Demilitarized” Palestinian State; Jimmy Carter Makes Friends with Settler-Colonists
Bekah Wolf, PalestineSolidarityProject.org



42:00 Music Break

43:00 US Army Soldier Refuses to Deploy to Afghanistan
Victor Agosto, US Army
Camilo Mejia, Iraq Vets Against the War

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Friday, June 12, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints:  Gloria La Riva talks about Monday's important ruling in the US Supreme Court as the Cuban 5 appeal their 11-year imprisonment;  also, we get an update from the ground in Peru a week after the police massacre of indigenous people in the Amazon; we'll talk about how the new FMLN president of El Salvador plans to support the indigenous communities in his country after decades of US-backed war and governmental repression; headlines from occupied Palestine; and Flashpoints en Espanol focuses in on Peru.

01:00 News from Project Censored
Project Censored Students

06:00 Cuban 5 Update: Supreme Court Decision on Monday
Gloria la Riva, National Committee to Free the Cuban Five – freethefive.org

13:00 Update from Peru: 1 Week After Police Massacre of Indigenous People in the Amazon
Gregor Maclennan, Amazonwatch.org


20:00 FMLN Elected in El Salvador: Mauricio Funez Inaugurated as President
Ramon Cardona, Former Alternate in Legislative Assembly, El Salvador

34:00 Headlines from Palestine
International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org

43:00 Flashpoints en Espanol
Miguel Perez

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Thursday, June 11, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints:  Sorry, no runsheet.

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Wednesday, June 10, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints:  The global movement of boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israeli apartheid in Palestine scores a victory as a French company is set to pull out of an Israeli contract due to European grassroots pressure; we'll also hear about a protest at the Caterpillar shareholders meeting in Chicago; also, Robert Knight takes a look at the momentum building for single-payer health care in Congressional hearings today; Community Business with Catherine Austin Fitts; and the Knight Report.

01:00 Knight Report
Robert Knight

05:00 Growing Global Boycott Movement Against Israeli Apartheid Scores Victory
Omar Barghouti, Palestine National Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Committee
Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
www.bdsmovement.net

19:00 BDS Movement in the US: Disrupting the Caterpillar Shareholders Meeting in Chicago
Matan Cohen, SJP, Hampshire Collage; Anarchists Against the Wall and Jewish Voice for Peace
Reporting from Chicago Ref: www.endtheoccupation.org



29:00 Health Care in Congress, Continued: Kucinich Makes the Case
Robert Knight

44:00 Community Business: Participatory Budgeting in Chicago: Model for Change or Trojan Horse?
Catherine Austin Fitts, solari.com

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Tuesday, June 9, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints:  Jordan Flaherty, editor of Left Turn Magazine, talks about taking a delegation from the Southern United States to the occupied Gaza strip, and what became clear in the context of joint struggles from New Orleans to Rafah; also, Robert Knight on a Congressional breakthrough for a single-payer health plan with hearings beginning tomorrow; the Block Report speak with the wife of imprisoned activist Imam Jamil al-Amin, formerly H. Rap Brown, about torture conditions he's suffered inside the US prison system; and the Knight Report.

01:00 From New Orleans to Gaza: Joint Struggles for Justice
Jordan Flaherty, journalist and editor, Left Turn Magazine – www.leftturn.org

21:00 Report from Palestine: Attacks in Gaza, Home Demolitions in West Bank
International Middle East Media Center – www.imemc.org

24:00 Health Care as a Human Right: Single Payer Under Obama?
Robert Fisk with Ellen Shaffer, co-director of Center for Policy Analysis

35:00 Music Break

36:00 Block Report - Imam Jamil al-Amin (H. Rap Brown): Torture in US Prisons
JR with Karima al-Amin, wife of Imam Jamil al-Amin

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Monday, Jun 8, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints:  Peruvian police open fire on unarmed indigenous people of the Amazon who protested the government's collusion with multinational corporations to exploit the land under free trade agreements, we'll go to Bagua, Peru, for a full report; also, Robert Knight speaks with David Barsamian about the outcome of Sunday's elections in Lebanon; and legendary war correspondent Robert Fisk analyzes Obama's speech in Cairo and the failure of Western media to accurately report what's happening in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Palestine; and the Knight Report.

01:00 Knight Report

• Anti-Taliban reaction in Pakistan and a Panzers movement in Afghanistan.
  

Robert Knight

05:00 Peruvian Police Open Fire on Indigenous Tribe Members: A “Bloodbath” in the Amazon
Gregor Maclennan, Amazonwatch.org

20:00 Lebanese Elections: Western-backed March 14th Coalition Declares Victory
Robert Knight with David Barsamian, author, editor and director of Alternative Radio

27:00 On Obama's Speech in Cairo; Egypt, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Palestine
Robert Fisk, war correspondent with Independent of London
Author, The Great War for Civilization: The Conquest of the Middle East

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Friday, June 5, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints:  Live from the SF Mission District to a full house. We'll be talking about a demonstration against the 42 year old Israeli military censure of Palistine. Evelyn Sanchez joins us to discuss Immigrant Rights Issues including the alternative legislation being proposed to Congress and the next steps to mobilize the Immigrant Community. We'll have news headlines from Project CEnsored in Sonoma and Flashpoints in Espanol and much more ahead.

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Thursday, June 4, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints:  Barack Obama heads to Cairo in an attempt to build unity between the West and the so-called Arab-Muslim world while US weapons fire in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine, Ali Abunimah reports from Amman, Jordan; plus, Robert Knight with Sam Husseini on Israel's ongoing nuclear program; how defenders of women's reproductive
rights are mobilizing in the aftermath of the assassination of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller in Kansas; a look at California's broken economy and the GM bailout on Community Business with Catherine Austin Fitts; and the Knight Report.

01:00 Knight Report

• President Obama addresses the Muslim world.
  

Rob Robert Knight

05:00 Obama in Cairo, Addressing the Arab-Muslim World
Ali Abunimah, founder, ElectronicIntifada.net

15:00 From Cairo to Israel's Nuke Programs, and Iran
Robert Knight with Sam Husseini, Institute for Public Accuracy

28:00 Music Break

29:00 Women's Reproductive Rights: Building a Movement After the Assassination of Dr. Tiller
Sunsara Taylor, writer, Revolution Newspaper

43:00 Community Business: California's Broke, How Do We Fix It? Plus, GM Bailout
Catherine Austin Fitts, solari.com

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Wednesday, June 3, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints:  Robert Knight continues his coverage on the breaking crisis in Pakistan as the American diplomatic team arrives on the ground; plus, an in-depth, critical look at the situation in Darfur and the Save Darfur movement with Professor Mahmoud Mamdani, author of Saviors and Survivors: Darfur, Politics and the War On Terror; and the Knight Report.

01:00 Knight Report

• Today in the Knight Report, President Obama arrives in the Middle East for a major speech on US-Muslim relations.
  

Robert Knight


04:00 Pakistan: Military vs. Humanitarian Aid
Robert Knight with Anita Weiss, Univ. of Oregon


19:00 Saviors and Survivors: Darfur, Politics and the War on Terror
Malihe Razazan and Khalil Bendib, Voices of the Middle East and North Africa with Mahmoud Mamdani,
author, Saviors and Survivors: Darfur, Politics and the War On Terror

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Tuesday, June 2, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints:  Millions of Pakistanis caught in US-backed army escalation against the Taliban in the western border with Afghanistan,  Robert Knight speaks with Pakistani attorney Ali Ahsan; also, Obama nominates a new Bush-era head of the US army as Dick Cheney admits that there is no connection between 9-11 and Iraq, Ahmed Habib reports from Doha on the current crisis on the ground and the importance of the Iraqi national soccer team; JR and the Block Report speak with the uncle of Oscar Grant, killed by a BART cop in Oakland on New Year's Day; and the Knight Report.

01:00 Knight Report

• The Iraqi tail is wagging the American dog on the US Occupation Policy, and former Vice President Cheney conducts a modified limited hangout on his falsely premissed invasion of Iraq.
  

Robert Knight

06:00 Pakistan: Millions Caught in Army Escalation Against Taliban
Robert Knight with Ali Ahsan

21:00 Music Break

22:00 Report on Iraq: Corruption, Destruction and Football
Ahmed Habib, journalist and poet, freelancer for al-Jazeera
www.bigheadisms.blogspot.com, www.shakomako.net

44:00 Music Break

45:00 Block Report: Interview with Oscar Grant's Uncle about Mesherle Trial and Injustice System
JR and the Block Report

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Monday, Jun 1, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints:  Six Palestinians dead in armed clashes between a Hamas resistance group and US-trained Palestinian Authority forces in the West Bank, former PLO advisor Diana Buttu talks about how the PA is subcontracting the Israeli occupation and turning against its own people; also, an update with the Block Report on preliminary hearings in the San Francisco 8 case, as more evidence surfaces of torture tactics used against the defendants; how a Jewish-Canadian artist got dropped from a major exhibition in Toronto because of her anti-Zionist activism; and the Knight Report.

01:00 Knight Report

• A major new military offense in Pakistan and more hints of a permanent US military presence in Iraq.
  

Robert Knight

06:00 Palestinian Authority Sub-Contracts Occupation from Israel, Trained by US Counter-Terrorism
Diana Buttu, former advisor for PLO, human rights lawyer in Jerusalem

16:00 Music Break

17:00 Preliminary Hearings for San Francisco 8
JR and the Block Report with Richard Brown of the SF8

37:00 Music Break

38:00 Report from Toronto: Jewish Artist Slammed Because of her Anti-Zionism Activism
Reena Katz, visual and audio artist - www.eachhand.org
also see: apartheidweek.org, bdsmovement.net

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Friday, May 29, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints:  Taking the global battle for indigenous and environmental rights to the Chevron shareholder's meeting,  we'll talk to Mitch Anderson of Amazon Watch about the largest environmental case in history; also, Palestinian Authority quisling president Mahmoud Abbas goes to Washington as Israeli forces and settlers continue to lay siege to occupied Palestine, we'll have a report on the week's headlines; a commentary by death row journalist Mumia Abu Jamal, and Flashpoints en Espanol.

05:00 Ecuadorian Amazon Activists' Showdown with Chevron
Mitch Anderson, Amazon Watch

20:00 Music Break

22:00 News Headlines of the Week from Occupied Palestine
International Middle East Media Center – imemc.org

35:00 Music Break

36:00 Commentary by Mumia Abu Jamal
Mumia Abu Jamal, www.prisonradio.com

39:00 Project Censored's News Headlines
Stude Flashpoints en Espanol
Mitch Anderson, Amazon Watch

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Thursday, May 28, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints: Haitian community leader and fighter for justice Father Gerard Jean-Juste passes away, we'll hear from friends and colleagues who remember his life and legacy; also, how influential are the pro-Israel lobby groups in Obama's White House? We'll speak to an expert on the lobbies; plus, JR and the Block Report talk about the fight against Shell Oil in Nigeria; and the Knight Report.

01:00 Knight Report

• Military alerts are heightened along the Korean Peninsula, more bombings in Pakistan and Iran and photographic evidence of American rapes and torture in Abu Ghraib.
  

Robert Knight

06:00 Remembering Father Gerard Jean-Juste: Fighter for Justice in Haiti
Lucie Tondreau, Haitian human rights activist and friend of Father Gerard
Kevin Pina, Flashpoints special correspondent for Haiti

29:00 Music Break

30:00 AIPAC and Jinsa: Israel Lobbies and their Influence in the Obama White House
Jeffrey Blankfort, journalist

48:00 The Block Report: The Fight in Nigeria Against Shell Oil
JR with Han Shaun, Shell Guilty Campaign Coordinator, Oil Change International

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Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints: After years of racist railroading by Federal prosecutors, a Texas court sentences five Arab-Americans on a combined  69 counts for their charitable work serving Palestinians, we'll speak to one of the defense attorneys whose client was just sentenced to 65 years in prison; also, Dr. Mads Gilbert, who treated and documented victims of US weaponry in Israeli attacks in Gaza talks about the brutal humanitarian situation for hundreds of thousands of internally-displaced Tamil people in Sri Lanka; Catherine Austin Fitts discusses participatory budgeting and financial permaculture on Community  Business; plus, JR and the Block Report talks with the editor-in-chief of New York City's largest Black newspaper about the volatile newspaper industry and how it could impact Black media; and the Knight Report.

01:00 Knight Report

• A major bombing, a legal rehearsal and a refugee crises in Pakistan.Nuclear and Naval brinkmanship in the Korean Peninsula and a farewell to British Arms in Iraq
  

Robert Knight

06:00 Sentencing of Palestinian-American Charity Organization Leaders: The Holy Land Five
Nancy Hollander, defense attorney for Shukri abu-Baker
www.freedomtogive.com – website for support committee

















19:00 Sri Lankan Government Restricting Access to Humanitarian Relief Committees in Tamil Eelan
Dr. Mads Gilbert, physician and human rights activist, worked with Tamils

32:00 Community Business: Participatory Budgeting and Financial Permaculture
Catherine Austin Fitts, www.solari.com

48:00 The Block Report: Black Newspapers and Community Journalism
JR with Elinor Tatum, Editor-in-Chief of Amsterdam News newspaper, NYC

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Tuesday, May 26, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints: The California Supreme Court upholds the discriminatory and draconian Proposition 8, continuing the ban on gay marriage,  we'll talk to a gay pastor risking arrest as demonstrators hit the streets of San Francisco in protest of the ruling; also, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approves the construction of a new illegal colony in the Jordan Valley while offering Obama a deal to take down only a handful of the illegal outposts, we'll speak to Jamal Jumaa in the West Bank about what this means for the so-called peace process; and Chris Hedges in a riveting speech about collateral damage in US-occupied Iraq; and the Knight Report.

01:00 Knight Report
Robert Knight

06:00 Proposition 8 Upheld in California Supreme Court:
Protesters Hit the Streets
Pastor Will Scott, Grace Cathedral

17:00 Netanyahu Plans More Colonies in the West Bank;
What Will Obama Do for Palestinians?
Jamal Jumaa, Director, Stop the Wall Campaign in the West Bank
www.stopthewall.org, www.bdsmovement.net

36:00 Collateral Damage: America in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Palestine
Chris Hedges, author, journalist, in an event with Laila al-Arian and George Galloway
in Berkeley, 5-20-09

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Monday, May 25, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints: Today on a special Memorial Day edition of Flashpoints, We re-broadcast the full hour of death row prisoner Kevin Cooper, in an in-depth interview about his case, and the criminal injustice system.

01:00 Kevin Cooper: From Death Row
With Dennis Bernstein and Leslie Kean

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Friday, May 22, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints: A Fund Raising Special. Adam Curtis's "The Trap: What Happened  To our Dream of Freedom".  Under George Bush senior, America has lid into depression and Clinton has promised he would use the power of the presidency  to rescue the nation. "It's time to change America. George Bush, if you won't ue your power to help America, step aside I will" said Bill Clinton.  Clinton promised to use the power of the state to reform America's health car, extend welfare, and invest in jobs. And above all reducing inequalities that had risen up under President Reagan. At the end of 1992 he was triumphantly elected.

A few days before his innaugaration, two leading members of the financial world came to see Clinton in Washington. One was Alan Greenspan, the head of the Federal Reserve. The other was Clinton's economic adviser Robert Rubin, the head of Goldman Sachs. What they told the President was dramatic. His political plans were impossible. He was inheriting a huge government debt. If he borrowed anymore money to pay for his politital promises, interest rates would rise, people would stop borrowing and spending and there would be an economic disaster...

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Thursday, May 21, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints: A Fund Raising Special. Economist Richard Wolf, University of Massachusetts at Amherst who uses a blend of Marxist and Keysian economics to undersnad whats going on in the world.  He sees the economy and economics crises as a problem that is a marriage of political problems and economic problems.  Its not just policy but the people who are making the policy. A sense of what is going on in both American economy and around the world, since the US plays such an enormous role in the world economy. How did we get into this situation and gives some help in navigating where we go from here. If this suggests that you yourself will have to play some sort of role, then he has gotton his message across.

45:00 KPFA 2009 Spring Fund Drive
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints: An expose on Penny Pritzker, former finance chair for Barack Obama and now the leader of a movement against the Emloyee Free Choice Act. Also we speak to Katherine Austin Fitts on community business about the cleansing of debts against Bank of America and Goldman Sachs and much more.

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Tuesday, May 19, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints: Bill Clinton, a consistent enemy of the people's Lavalas movement of Haiti, named as UN envoy, we'll feature a special report on the implications and a remembrance on UN and US slaughters in 2004 and 2005; also, the Block Report interviews Martina Davis on an international day devoted to saving the life of her brother, death row prisoner Troy Anthony Davis; and Chris Hedges and Laila al-Arian talking about their book, Collateral Damage.

01:00 Report on Haiti: Haitian Flag Day
Kevin Pina, FP Special correspondent

21:00 Global Day of Action: Stopping the Execution of Troy Anthony Davis
JR and the Block Report
www.blockreportradio.com
www.troyanthonydavis.org

May 19, 2009, Paris, France
Global Day of Action for Troy Davis, www.troyanthonydavis.org

30:00 Collateral Damage
Authors Chris Hedges and Laila al-Arian discuss the book.

EVENT ALERT: George Galloway to appear with Chris Hedges and Laila al-Arian! George Galloway is an outspoken, brilliant, witty Scottish socialist, anti-Zionist, member of the UK Parlaiment, and Founder of Viva Palestina.

May 20, 2009 7:00-9:00PM Martin Luther King Middle School 1781 Rose Street Berkeley, CA 94702 Tickets available from the Middle East Childrens Alliance, www.mecaforpeace.org

41:00 KPFA 2009 Spring Fund Drive
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Monday, May 18, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints: According to eleven Federal judges, the State of California is one step away from murdering an innocent Black man; an exclusive interview with death row prisoner Kevin Cooper.

01:00 From Death Row: Kevin Cooper Faces Murder by State of California
Kevin Cooper, death row prisoner, with Dennis Bernstein and Leslie Kean


45:00 KPFA 2009 Spring Fund Drive
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Friday, May 15, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
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Thursday, May 14, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints: On the 61st anniversary of the expulsion of Palestinians from their land, ethnic cleansing continues apace in occupied Palestine. We spend the hour listening to excerpts from the hard-hitting documentary film, Occupation 101, which takes viewers through the brutal chronology of dispossession, exile and military occupation in Palestine even before 1948 and the creation of the state of Israel.

01:00 Occupation 101: Voices of the Silenced Majority
Occupation 101, produced by Sufyan and Abdallah Omeish
www.occupation101.com

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 misconceptions.

The film also details life under Israeli military rule, the role of the United States in the conflict, and the major obstacles that stand in the way of a lasting and viable peace. The roots of the conflict are explained through first-hand on-the-ground experiences from leading Middle East scholars, peace activists, journalists, religious leaders and humanitarian workers whose voices have too often been suppressed in American media outlets.

Occupation 101 covers a wide range of topics, including the first wave of Jewish immigration from Europe in the 1880's, the 1920 tensions, the 1948 war, the 1967 war, the first Intifada of 1987, the Oslo Peace Process, Settlement expansion, the role of the United States Government, the second Intifada of 2000, the separation barrier and the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, as well as many heart wrenching testimonials from victims of this tragedy.

45:00 KPFA 2009 Spring Fund Drive
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints:  Award-winning independent journalist Dahr Jamail explains the accelerated collapse of security and infrastructure in US-occupied Iraq,  as President Obama seeks to refuse to allow the public release of new torture photographs from US-run prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan; and as Palestinians mark 61 years of dispossession since their expulsion from historic Palestine in 1948, Israel uses an entrenched  system of apartheid to continue to deny them human rights, we'll re-broadcast an important interview on the anatomy of Israeli apartheid.

01:00 Obama Policy in Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan: Bombings and Occupations Continue
Dahr Jamail, FP Special Correspondent – www.dahr.org

22:00 Anatomy of Israeli Apartheid in Palestine
Hazem Jamjoum, Communications Officer, BADIL Resource Center – www.badil.org
(re-broadcast from 4/29/09 show)

45:00 KPFA 2009 Spring Fund Drive
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints: Torture is still happening under the Obama administration, we'll talk about why activists are gearing up to launch major protests around the country; also, JR and the Block Report talks about an innocent man who did 18 years in prison, and legal loopholes that prevent him from receiving compensation from the state; and a riveting speech by Dr. Vandana Shiva on Sustainability and the World Food Crisis.

01:00 Torture under Bush; Obama Continues the System
Stephanie Tang, World Can't Wait
On May 28th, the US government is releasing 2000 photos of detainee abuse between 2001-2006. World Can't Wait is planning non-violent civil resistance, programs, film showings, etc. in communities around the country all demanding prosecution of the Bush era war criminals and highlighting the relationship between the illegitimate occupations and torture in pursuing the "war on terror."

11:00 The Block Report: 13 Years in Prison, Exonerated, then Denied Justice
JR and the Block Report, blockreportradio.com

26:00 Dr. Vandana Shiva: Sustainability and the World Food Crisis
Produced and recorded by Global Voices for Justice
Every day 25,000 people die of hunger and poverty. One in 6 women will be sexually assaulted in her lifetime. 214,000 acres of rainforest (an area larger than New York City) are destroyed every day. With all of these issues facing our world today, is there anything we can do? Are the solutions to these problems related?

In this talk, Dr. Shiva speaks on agribusiness versus organic farming and nutrition, back yard vegetable gardening, fighting GMO by supporting local farming, and other related topics.

Dr. Vandana Shiva is a leading ecofeminist specializing in the effects of global trade on agriculture and culture. As one of the prime figures of the alter-globalization movement, Dr. Shiva is uniquely positioned to comment on the specter of a global food crisis, backed by her numerous publications both as an author and a scientist. Dr. Shiva is also a vocal proponent for womens' rights, particularly in developing nations. She is on the Board of International Forum on Globalization and World Future Council and she is the Vice President of the global movement Slow Food International.

45:00 KPFA 2009 Spring Fund Drive
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Monday, May 11, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints: In Gaza, Palestinian patients interrogated or blackmailed as Israel attempts to trade their access to medical care across the border in exchange for becoming informants for the state, we get a full report from the Gaza Strip with al-Jazeera correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin; plus, British member of Parliament George Galloway talks about his recent 100-vehicle convoy to Gaza with medical aid and supplies, and what needs to be done to hold Israel and the US accountable for its crimes in Palestine.

01:00 Report from the Gaza Strip: Continued Blockades and Humanitarian Disaster
Ayman Mohyeldin, correspondent, al-Jazeera English
also: follow Ayman and al-Jazeera on Twitter! www.Twitter.com/Ajenglish and www.twitter.com/AymanM

21:00 Busting the Israeli Siege: MP George Galloway Speaks in Santa Clara
MP George Galloway, speaking at MCA in Santa Clara, California
www.vivapalestina.org

45:00 Break for KPFA Spring Fund Drive

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Friday, May 8, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints: We'll have Francisco Herrerra our TroubadourCultural worker and Co-Host joining us as we focus on recent developments in Mexico. And a live report from Mexico City on the recent federal indictments against members of the Zapatistas with Alejandro Reyes our foreign correspondent. We'll also listen to a speech by John Gibler author of the book Mexico Unconquered “Chronicles of power and revolt.”

01:00 Music
Miguel Molina and Francisco Herrera

04:00 Project Unconcerned

09:00 Music
Intro: LIVE

12:00 Report from Mexico City on the recent federal indictment against members the Zapatistas from Chiapas
Alejandro Reyes from our Mexican corespondent

19:00 John Gibler author of the book Mexico Unconquered “Chronicles of power and revolt.”

39:00 KPFA 2009 Spring Fund Drive
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Miguel Molina, Evelyn Sanchez and Gary Juan Baca

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Thursday, May 7, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints: US airstrikes in Afghanistan kill an estimated 130 civilians, including many women and children, as the Pentagon scurries to cover up the massacre and Obama prepares to send 21,000 more troops to occupy the country; also, excerpts from the Pacifica Radio documentary, the Ballad of Pete Seeger, which chronicles the life and times of the revolutionary folk musician and social justice hero.

01:00 Obama Administration Orders Airstrikes in Afghanistan that Kills Over 100 Afghan Civilians
Colonel Ann Wright, ret. Army; antiwar activist

12:00 The Ballad of Pete Seeger: A Pacifica Radio Documentary


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Wednesday, May 6, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints: We spend the hour listening to a speech by author and co-founder of the Electronic Intifada, Ali Abunimah, as he discusses Israel's siege on Gaza and the growing boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israeli apartheid.
01:00 Ali Abunimah: What Next for Palestine After Gaza 2009?
Ali Abunimah, co-founder, Electronic Intifada, in Berkeley, March 2009
www.electronicintifada.net

Thank you to the Middle East Children's Alliance – www.mecaforpeace.org


45:00 KPFA 2009 Spring Fund Drive

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Tuesday, May 5, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints: Pulitzer Prize-winning author and social justice activist Alice Walker talks about her recent trip to occupied Gaza after the latest massacre of Palestinians by the Israeli military; an in-depth discussion with Iraqi writer, journalist and spoken word artist Ahmed Habib about the continued destruction of that country by US occupation forces and the continued resistance by the Iraqi people; and a commentary on Cinco de Mayo with Miguel Gavilan Molina.
01:00 Commentary: Cinco de Mayo
Miguel Gavilan Molina

06:00 Iraq: Descending into Chaos, Destroyed by the US
Ahmed Habib, writer, journalist, spoken word artist www.shakomako.net
www.bigheadisms.blogspot.com

33:00 Alice Walker: On the Misery in Gaza
Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and activist

Alice Walker

45:00 Break for KPFA Fund Drive

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Monday, May 4, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints:Environmental justice activist Mike Roselle talks about a legal victory for activists in court against Massey Energy, a leading corporation responsible for mountaintop removal and toxic coal mining; also, we re-broadcast a special Flashpoints investigation into how Palestinians are employing permaculture farming practices as a tool of resistance under occupation; a commentary by journalist and political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal; and the Knight Report.

01:00 Knight Report

• President Obama meet this week with the leaders of his new war fronts in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
  

Robert Knight

05:00 Mountaintop Removal in Court: Activists Secure Legal Victory Against Massey Energy
Mike Roselle, environmental justice activist, co-founder, Earth First!
www.ilovemountains.org

25:00 News from Palestine
International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org

28:00 Permaculture Under Occupation in Palestine
Nora Barrows-Friedman on assignment in Palestine (re-broadcast from Earth Day)

53:00 Commentary by Mumia Abu Jamal
Mumia Abu Jamal – www.prisonradio.org

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Friday, May 1, 2009 Listen D'load Podcast 
Today on Flashpoints: A rebroadcast of a special noon day celebration day show live from the San Francisco Mission Distict. Garay Bacco, Miguel Molina and Dennis in a May Day Broadcast. A new People's Union  and Francisco Herrera.

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