Standing Rock Chair: Obama Could Stop the Dakota Pipeline Today & Preserve Indigenous Sacred Sites; The Indigo Girls Launch #NoDAPL Boycott to Protest Pipeline Owner Who Runs Major Folk Music Festival; “I Do Not Play for Oil Interests”: Jackson Browne to His Biggest Fan, the Billionaire Behind #DAPL; Who is Kelcy Warren, the Texas Billionaire … Continued
Today on Flashpoints: a frontline update from Standing Rock and a plea for support. Also, an in-depth look at Clinton and her latest encounter with the FBI. And a strong call for the leadership in south Korea to step down. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.
Report from Standing Rock – Bay Area Native American journalist Rose Aguilar joins us by phone from near the Standing Rock encampment. Rose arrived in North Dakota on Friday, one day after water protectors were violently evicted from the Highway 1806 camp, where they were attempting to block construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline. Rose reports … Continued
The October Surprise: Michael Isikoff on the FBI’s Clinton Email Investigation That Could Jolt Race; Did #DAPL Security Worker Wielding an AR-15 Assault Rifle Try to Infiltrate Native Water Protectors? Standing Rock: Dallas Goldtooth on Suspicious Fire Near Resistance Camp & Repression of Movement; Bundys vs. #NoDAPL: Armed White Militia Leaders Walk Free as Native … Continued
The October Surprise: Michael Isikoff on the FBI’s Clinton Email Investigation That Could Jolt Race; Did #DAPL Security Worker Wielding an AR-15 Assault Rifle Try to Infiltrate Native Water Protectors? Standing Rock: Dallas Goldtooth on Suspicious Fire Near Resistance Camp & Repression of Movement; Bundys vs. #NoDAPL: Armed White Militia Leaders Walk Free as Native … Continued
Best of Flashpoints for October 28, 2016: Campaign for the Extreme Energy and Just Transition w/the Indigenous Environmental Network. Jacqueline Mosset on the perpetuation of racist, Native American stereotypes, and a report back from the water protectors at Standing Rock.
Today on Flashpoints, police violently attack protesters at Standing Rock. Noted Israeli peace activist Miko Peled turns himself in after being convicted on trumped up charges for resisting Israeli apartheid. Also, noted author Nomi Prins on America’s feeble choices for president in 2016. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.
Reports of serious police violence over the weekend at the DAPL N. Dakota site. We get a report. PLUS: thousands of inmates all across the U.S. have been on strike to call attention to deplorable conditions inside the nations prisons. AND; a new CD from the punk band The love Songs. Last Will introduces us. … Continued
Standing Rock: Police Arrest 120+ Water Protectors as Dakota Access Speeds Up Pipeline Construction; North Dakota: Water Protectors Erect New Frontline Camp Directly in Path of Dakota Access Pipeline; Actor Shailene Woodley On Her Arrest, Strip Search and Dakota Access Pipeline Resistance; Meet the Journalist Facing 45 Years in Jail for Filming Tar Sands Pipeline … Continued
Standing Rock: Police Arrest 120+ Water Protectors as Dakota Access Speeds Up Pipeline Construction; North Dakota: Water Protectors Erect New Frontline Camp Directly in Path of Dakota Access Pipeline; Actor Shailene Woodley On Her Arrest, Strip Search and Dakota Access Pipeline Resistance; Meet the Journalist Facing 45 Years in Jail for Filming Tar Sands Pipeline … Continued
