Flashpoints

Flashpoints – August 12, 2009

In our continuing coverage of the coup in Honduras and the growing resistance, we'll feature an on-the-ground report and be joined by NarcoNews Bulletin founder Al Giordano with a breaking story on close ties between Hillary Clinton and a USAID agency corporation caught funneling money to five private contractors in Honduras; plus, the US military … Continued


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Flashpoints – August 7, 2009

We take an in-depth look at the Obama crackdown on immigrants' rights; we'll also hear from immigrants rights activists who are fighting back against the state's draconian program of illegally impounding the cars of immigrant workers; AIM West director Tony Gonzales talks about the celebration of the first international Indigenous Rights Day this weekend; also, … Continued


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Flashpoints – August 6, 2009

We continue our drumbeat coverage of the ongoing military coup in Honduras, where yesterday, riot police attacked hundreds of students protesting against the coup; also, pro-democracy activists in Haiti clash with security forces and UN forces as former President Bill Clinton gets ready to address the Haitian diaspora; Catherine Austin Fitts returns with Community Business, … Continued


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Flashpoints – August 5, 2009

Resistance in Honduras grows as the coup leaders continue to crack down on protesters, educators, and radio stations who oppose the coup; also, an in-depth interview with Jeremy Scahill on sworn allegations that the founder of Blackwater murdered or conspired to murder investigators and was on a self-described crusade to wipe out Islam; plus, Community … Continued


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Flashpoints – August 3, 2009

We'll talk to a Palestinian victim of expanding Israeli ethnic cleansing in occupied East Jerusalem; also, another teacher murdered in Honduras after the funeral of a teacher shot to death last week by Honduran forces, we'll have a live report from Tegucigalpa; we'll return to Caracas, where the extreme right wing is attempting to use … Continued


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Flashpoints – July 29, 2009

We continue our coverage of the expanding resistance in Honduras to the coup government in the face of martial law and state of siege tactics, we'll have a special report from the border between Honduras and Nicaragua, where new pro-democracy camps have popped up to support the re-entry of the President; also, Secretary of Defense … Continued