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Amanda Bellerby
Part two of an interview with former Sinn Fein representative for North Belfast, Bobby Lavery, and former Long Kesh H-Block Blanketman Terry Kirby, one of 38 men to escape Long Kesh in the largest prison break in British penal history, and one of the H-Block Four. Bobby Lavery lost his young son and brother to loyalist death squads in Belfast. mp3, 15:19 mins
In this segment, Bobby Lavery and Terry Kirby discuss racism, sectarian violence, the use of torture in the prisons of occupied territories from the North of Ireland to Abu Ghraib; they also compare the military occupations of Ireland and Palestine.
Music break: "Time to Go" by Black 47
"Flashpoints" is a syndicated investigative news show on Pacifica radio, KPFA, 94.1 fm, Berkeley.
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