Flashpoints

Flashpoints – October 16, 2009

As we go to air, ours sources tell us that a deal may have been struck to  to restore deposed Honduran Presidient  Maunel ZelaIa to power; we'll have a report from inside the besieged Brazilian Embassy, where the president is still surrounded by heavily arm security forces loyalto the coup government: Also will speak two  … Continued


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Flashpoints – October 15, 2009

Greg Palast talks about healthcare and the corporations that are trying to kill it; also, a report from a protest in Santa Clara, California, against Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano and the continuing draconian policies against undocumented workers and their families; we'll also go to the devastated Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans where President … Continued


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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 8, 2009

Fifteen members of the OAS meet with President Zelaya and the coup government in Honduras, but no real solution in sight, we'll get a report from the Brazilian Embassy, where the President is still holding out; also, we'll speak to 9-11 investigation expert David Ray Griffin about his new book that focuses in on 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