Flashpoints
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An award winning front-line investigative news magazine focusing on human, civil and workers rights, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.
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
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
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
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
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
Flashpoints – September 28, 2009
Honduran President Manuel Zelaya responds to the coup government's ultimatum to the Brazilian government to hand over Zelaya or lose diplomatic standing. We also speak to Andres Conteris who is in the Brazilian embassy with Zelaya. Adriel Bettelheim, White House correspondent with Congressional Quarterly talks about health care and Afghanistan. Pulitzer prize winning economic journalist … Continued
Flashpoints – September 24, 2009
We return to the Brazilian consulate in Tegucigalpa for a live report on the continuing standoff between President Manuel Zelaya and the illegal coup government of Roberto Micheletti; we'll also have a report on the coast-to-coast and statewide emergency walk-outs today within the public education system, based on massive cutbacks and privatization; and Crude, a … Continued
Flashpoints – September 23, 2009
The Honduran coup government continues to crack down, re-instituting martial law today at 5pm local time, we'll follow Tim Russon on a demonstration in defiance of the coup government and we'll speak to a leading human rights doctor about the killings and other human rights violations that have taken place in the last 72 hours … Continued