Today on Flashpoints: As Israel tightens its grip on occupied Palestine and strikes up its torture machine for another round, we rebroadcast a recent speech by electronic Intifada founder, Ali Abunimah: The “Turning Point for the Palestine Solidarity Movement: Can Israeli Apartheid Really Be Defeated?”


Today on Flashpoints: Did president Trump withhold key information from the public regarding recent allegations that the Syrian government used sarin gas against it’s own people. We’ll spend the hour with the George Polk awarding winning investigative reporter Robert Parry, founder and editor of consortiumnews.com: we will also open the phone for this important discussion


Today on Flashpoints: US carrier group heading for the Koreas as Trump raises the noise of his saber rattling against the north. Also, we’ll preview, “Thirty Seconds to Midnight” a new film by Regis Tremblay, which traces US and Western European history from the 15th century onwards tracing American exceptionalism, manifest destiny, capitalism, the neocons, … Continued