With the 52nd anniversary of the JFK assassination recently past, Peter and Mickey present a rebroadcast of a November 2013 interview with Mark Lane, part of the observance of the 50th anniversary of the assassination. Mark Lane is an author, attorney and independent researcher into the killing of JFK. He was one of the … Continued
Ta-Nehisi Coates on Police Brutality: “The Violence is Not New, It’s the Cameras That are New”; “Between the World and Me”: Ta-Nehisi Coates in Conversation on Being Black in America.
Juan González on How Puerto Rico’s Economic “Death Spiral” is Tied to Legacy of Colonialism.
Notions of racial hierarchy abounded in the early nineteenth century as missionaries tried to convert Native Americans, federal officials sought to seize Indian lands, and Indians in the southern US bought, sold, and owned black slaves. Barbara Krauthamer relates what happened when people of different races, agendas, and social status encountered one another in the shadow … Continued
Nigeria has seen a rash of suicide bombings carried out by teenage girls on behalf of Boko Haram, a home-grown insurgency that is now formally affiliated with the Islamic State — we talk to Ajamu Baraka and Dr. Amina Mama about the roots of the conflict. Plus: the FDA has approved the first genetically-modified animal … Continued
Chicago Police Officer Charged With Murder After Video Shows Him Shooting Laquan McDonald 16 Times; Eyewitness Recalls Shooting by Alleged White Supremacists at Minneapolis Black Lives Matter Protest; US Rep. Keith Ellison Demands Transparent, Aggressive Investigation of Police Killing of Jamar Clark; First Muslim Member of U.S. Congress: Restrictions on Syrian Refugees Driven by Fear, Xenophobia. … Continued
Today on Flashpoints: The real truth about Trump’s big lie. Was there cheering after 911? And if so who was doing the alleged cheering from New Jersey? Also, Bernie Sanders pro-war foreign policy leaves a great many open questions and a lot fo be desired. We’ll have an update on what many are calling stolen … Continued
Commentary: what is behind the terrorist movement in the Islamic world? Topic: Nuclear weapons accidents.
Turkey shot down a Russian warplane it claims had crossed its border, the first time a NATO country has downed a Russian plane since the beginning of the cold war. Now Vladamir Putin’s lashing out, and Turkey has called a NATO meeting: we talk about what’s behind the conflict, and where it’s headed. Plus: interfaith … Continued
Journalist on Shooting of Laquan McDonald By Chicago Police Officer: “It Was An Horrific Execution”; Chicago Activist: City’s Call for Peace over Laquan McDonald Video Does Not Extend to Police Dept.; “Nativist Hysteria” Against Syrian Refugees Echoes U.S. Rejection of Jewish Refugees in 1930s.
