Flashpoints – April 6, 2009 at 5:00pm
Colson Whitehead, author of the autobiographical novel, "Sag Harbor." about life in an upper class African-American vacation enclave on New York's Long Island, talks with host Richard Wolinsky.
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Flashpoints – April 3, 2009
A new york center for immigrant rights attacked and at least fourteen are killed: Also an immigrant rights coalition comes together to create a fair and just immigration policy and will speak to poet, author, teacher and activist Jose Montoya about the life and times of Cesar Chavez , founder of the United farm workers. … Continued
Flashpoints – April 2, 2009
African Debt Relief and the G-20:Also Schizophrenic communique from the G-20 on deregulation and reigning in the Financial Industry:We''ll here a series of calls to action fromactivists on the ground protesting the G-20 and a federal court decides in favor of the rights of a whistle-blower and the Knight Report.
Flashpoints – April 1, 2009
Thousands of protesters demonstrate at the g20 summit in London. We'll be joined by Cathrine Austin Fitts for our weekly segment,Community Business and we'll hear sounds from the protest. We'll also have a special report on the Expanding tent city in Sacramento and we speak with Flashpoints senior producer Nora Barrows Friedman on the ground … Continued
Flashpoints – March 27, 2009
A radical political analysis of US foreign policy towards Mexico; also, we hear a report on a national conference that focuses on organizing day laborers to battle for immigration reform; Francisco Herrera reports on a benefit concert, raising funds to close the School of the Americas; and Flashpoints en Espanol focuses on the Mexico-US border … Continued
Flashpoints – March 26, 2009
We broadcast an entire hour of a speech given by editor and co-founder of the Electronic Intifada, Ali Abunimah, who talks about the future for Palestine after the Gaza attacks, and why and how the international boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against the state of Israel is growing more and more effective.
Flashpoints – March 25, 2009
John Ross confronts the hype around drug wars and Mexico; also, a look at the dangers of nuclear reactors, 30 years after the meltdown at Three Mile Island; a commentary on the growing tensions between police and civilians; and Common Ground founder Malik Rahim talks about the violence of poverty and injustice in the US. … Continued
Flashpoints – March 24, 2009
Treasury Secretary Geitner leads the American public into a toxic waste-dump of worthless paper, risking the entire economy to bail out Wall Street, we speak to Catherine Austin Fitts and analyze the Treasury plan on Community Business; also, Founder of the Electronic Intifada Ali Abunimah in the Flashpoints studio gives a postmortem on Gaza and … Continued