Flashpoints

Flashpoints – October 14, 2009

Internationally-renowned, award-winning journalist Robert Fisk talks about the recent takeover of central military headquarters in Pakistan, the recent corrupt elections in Afghanistan, and the situations in Iraq and Iran; also, on Community Business with Catherine Austin Fitts, we'll continue our discussion of the financial coup d'etat in Washington and on Wall Street; and the Knight … Continued


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Flashpoints – October 13, 2009

Award-winning reporter and author Dahr Jamail talks about the expanding wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the growing GI resistance movement; also, we'll have a report from the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, with Andres Conteris; plus, we focus on the Arab Film Festival in the Bay Area, we'll speak to the director of the … Continued


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Flashpoints – October 7, 2009

We spend the hour looking at the environmental justice movement, the wins, the losses and the long fights ahead; we speak with Dean Kuipers, author of a brand-new biography on Rod Coronado, the legendary eco-rights and animal-rights activist; also, we'll hear from longtime activist Mike Roselle and talk about his new book documenting his life … Continued


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Flashpoints – October 6, 2009

Blood and Politics: An in-depth look at the white supremacists and neo-Nazi movement with one of the leading experts in the field; also, a new report documents a trail of human rights violations against immigrants and undocumented workers; and activists planning major protests across the country tomorrow against the expansion of the war in Afghanistan. … Continued


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Flashpoints – October 5, 2009

Dozens of anti-torture activists arrested in Washington today, in a protest against the expanding war in Afghanistan, we'll speak to Kathy Kelly and a student leader arrested at the protest; also, reactionary elements within the Palestinian Authority continue to collaborate with Israel in suppressing the Goldstone report, we'll speak with Ali Abunimah for a full … Continued


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Flashpoints – October 2, 2009

Another teacher killed in Honduras resisting the coup government, we'll have a report from the funeral which is beginning at this hour, and we'll go back to the Brazilian Embassy to get a response from President Zelaya on the murder of another educator standing up for democracy; also, we'll speak to several leading activists in … Continued


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Flashpoints – September 28, 2009

Honduran President Manuel Zelaya responds to the coup government's ultimatum to the Brazilian government to hand over Zelaya or lose diplomatic standing.  We also speak to Andres Conteris who is in the Brazilian embassy with Zelaya.  Adriel Bettelheim, White House correspondent with Congressional Quarterly talks about health care and Afghanistan.  Pulitzer prize winning economic journalist … Continued