Flashpoints

Flashpoints – August 31, 2009

A special report on Mexico: teetering on the economic brink; also, expanding resistance andrepression in Honduras, we’ll feature a live report; syndicated columnist Norman Solomon reports on destruction and refugee camps in Kabul; plus, the Democrats: spineless corporate rats on health care; and the Knight Report.  


Flashpoints

Flashpoints – August 27, 2009

In our continuing series on New Orleans, four years after Katrina, we speak with Common Ground Relief founder Malik Rahim about his battle to rebuild the lower Ninth ward of the city; also, JR and the Block Report interview Martina Davis about recent decisions by the Supreme Court to allow crucial information in the death … Continued


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Flashpoints – August 26, 2009

The first in a series of special reports on New Orleans, four years after it was demolished by hurricane Katrina; also, former high-level CIA analyst Ray McGovern talks about the potential to jail Bush administration officials for torture and kidnapping; plus, on our regular segment, Community Business, we'll look at the ongoing corporate bailout and … Continued


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Flashpoints – August 25, 2009

A special report from Honduras on the ongoing investigation of the coup leaders by the Spanish judge who indicted Pinochet; plus, Israel bombs southern Gaza, killing at least three, we'll speak with Ali Abunimah about the attacks and Obama's declaration in support of a “necessary war” in Afghanistan; also, we'll have a special report from … Continued


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Flashpoints – August 24, 2009

Foreign ministers from seven countries arrived in Tegucigalpa today and called for the restoration of democracy, we'll have an update from Tegucigalpa on today's politics and resistance actions that have been taking place in the streets over the last several days; also, US attorney general Eric Holder will appoint a special prosecutor to investigate CIA … Continued


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Flashpoints – August 20, 2009

An in-depth interview with former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney; we'll speak with her about her recent trip on the Gaza boat and the arrest by Israeli authorities, and Obama's expanding war policies throughout the Middle East; also, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges warns about the dangers of the expanding war and occupation policy; JR and the … Continued


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Flashpoints – August 18, 2009

We'll have a live report on the latest struggle from the resistance movement in Honduras; also, we'll take a look at the expanding war in Afghanistan and the involvement of high-level officials in the expanding drug trade; we'll have an update on mountaintop strip mining, where protesters are battling with federal officials in Virginia and … Continued