Flashpoints

Flashpoints – September 17, 2009

An in-depth look at Glenn Beck and the new extreme right with Nation writer Max Blumenthal and his new book, Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party; also, a new United Nations report accuses Israel of potential major war crimes and crimes against humanity during its recent bombing siege and attacks on Gaza, … Continued


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Flashpoints – September 16, 2009

A special report by Robert Knight on the recent US bombing and extra-judicial assassinations in Somalia; also, Temple University professor and Mumia Abu Jamal expert Linn Washington updates the case of Mumia and reveals further government misconduct; and our regular weekly segment, Community Business with Catherine Austin Fitts.  


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Flashpoints – September 14, 2009

We'll update parallel legal investigations into Bush administration torture, one being carried out by a special prosecutor of the US, and another investigation coming out of Spain; also, the battle for health care continues as the extreme right wing dominates the dialogue, we'll speak to a powerful advocate of single-payer; plus, young Israeli women talk … Continued


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Flashpoints – September 11, 2009

We broadcast live from the heart of San Francisco's Mission District at the International Answer Coalition, and we devote the entire hour to the battle for immigrants rights; we'll be joined by Pablo Alvarado, the executive director of the National Day Labor Organizing Network, and other key national leaders in the struggle for immigrants' rights; … Continued


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Flashpoints – September 10, 2009

We continue our focus on the resistance to expanding mountaintop removal in Appalachia, we'll speak to Mike Roselle of Climate Ground Zero; also, an in-depth investigation into Canada's role in the occupation and colonial-privatization of Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine; ongoing Israeli settler attacks in the occupied West Bank, we'll have news headlines from Palestine; Community … Continued


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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