Flashpoints

Flashpoints – September 9, 2009

An exclusive report from a militant anti-coup protest and march through the poor neighborhoods through Tegucigalpa; also, an update on the case of Bay Area activist Tristan Anderson, who was shot in the head with a tear-gas canister by Israeli occupation forces six months ago; plus, the Cuban Five file suit in Federal Court against … Continued


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Flashpoints – September 8, 2009

Venezuela and the United States nose-to-nose on regional and hemispheric policies, we'll speak to the Consul General to San Francisco from Venezuela; plus, the Israeli government starts issuing hundreds of new building permits in illegal settlement colonies in the West Bank as the “settlement freeze” becomes meaningless; a leading war resister decides to run for … Continued


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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