Flashpoints

Flashpoints – September 2, 2009

As the US State Department continues to hedge on the coup in Honduras, the resistance continues to grow, we'll have a report from Tegucigalpa; plus, we'll look at the Obama administration's decision to expand its military presence in Colombia and a 12-Nation declaration to oppose the US in the region; also, Catherine Austin Fitts talks … Continued


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Flashpoints – September 1, 2009

We continue reporting on Bush and torture as the Washington Post comes out four-square pro-torture; also, Israeli occupation forces inside a sniper tower in an illegal settlement shoot and kill a 15 year old Palestinian boy in the West Bank, we'll have a report from Palestine; and Ahmed Habib talks about the unraveling humanitarian disaster … Continued


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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.  


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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