Flashpoints – August 24, 2016
An award winning front-line investigative news magazine, that focuses on human, civil and workers right, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.
Flashpoints
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An award winning front-line investigative news magazine focusing on human, civil and workers rights, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.
Today on Flashpoints: We talk with attorney Brian Concannon of the institute for justice and democracy in Haiti about more then 10,000 victims of cholera that was brought into the country by the United Nations in 2010 and the attempts by the world body to cover it up, then we continue to coverage of Yemen … Continued
Today on Flashpoints: We take a close with Code Pink activist Medea Benjamin at the US defense industry providing arms to the Saudi government now responsible for the rise in the killing of non-combatants in Yemen including women and children, then we speak with Lara Kiswani of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center about her … Continued
Flashpoints – August 19, 2016
An award winning front-line investigative news magazine, that focuses on human, civil and workers right, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.
Flashpoints – August 18, 2016
An award winning front-line investigative news magazine, that focuses on human, civil and workers right, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.
Today on Flashpoints…we open today’s show with our regular feature the Election Crimes Bulletin with Dennis Bernstein and Greg Palast. Then we devote the rest of our program to take a closer look at the platform of the green party on the eve of CNN’s town hall special featuring presidential candidate Jill Stein and her … Continued
Today on Flashpoints: We take a closer look at former CIA director, Mike Morell’s statements on Charlie Rose’s that America should be covertly killing Russians and ranians in Syria. Then we dissect Trump’s foreign policy address in Youngstown, Ohio with Robert Parry of Consortium News
Today on Flashpoints… We speak with a community activist and Milwaukee native about the context to the recent violence following the shooting of 23 year-old Sylville Smith, then we look at how some journalists who covered the Democratic National Convention worry cell-jamming technology developed by the Pentagon in Iraq is being used in the United … Continued
Today on the program we’ll discuss Hillary the Hawk and the potential impact on the future of the endless wars being waged in our name. Also, the killer of 13 year old Andy Lopez gets a promotion. Finally, we take a closer look at the on-going protests against the Olympic Games in Brazil.
Today on Flashpoints…we devote the hour to the brutality that is the on-going war in Syria.