Posted on
July 14, 2010 by
Flashpoints
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Today on Flashpoints: Suing BP for the Truth. We’ll speak to a New Orleans Based Social Policy Attorney about his law suits against the Oil Giant, on behalf of a half-dozen regional and national environmental groups. Also, we’ll continue our special Haiti coverage with an update from our special correspondent on the ground, as well look at how current history continues to undermine the democratic future of the country
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Guests:
Joel Waltzer: Social Policy Attorney
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Maryse Narcisse
Category
Corporate Crimes, Environmental justice, Haiti, Uncategorized
Posted on
July 12, 2010 by
Flashpoints
Category
Haiti, Oakland, Uncategorized
Posted on
August 24, 2009 by
Flashpoints
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Eric Holder appoints special prosecutor / via HuffingtonPost.com
Foreign ministers from seven countries arrived in Tegucigalpa today and called for the restoration of democracy, we’ll have an update from Tegucigalpa on today’s politics and resistance actions that have been taking place in the streets over the last several days; also, US attorney general Eric Holder will appoint a special prosecutor to investigate CIA contractors and interrogators; we’ll be joined by our Haiti special correspondent Kevin Pina for an update on Haiti and the expansion of the Clinton free trade policy there; and the Knight Report.
Guests:
Tim Russo, Free Speech Radio News
Stephanie Tang, World Can’t Wait
Sharon Adams, National Lawyer’s Guild
Kevin Pina, FP Haiti Correspondent
Farrah Juste, Haitian activist and musician
Category
Daily, Haiti, Honduras, Obama Administration, Torture
Posted on
August 11, 2009 by
Flashpoints
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Aung San Suu Kyi
Nobel Laureate and Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is sentenced to 18 months in a Burmese dungeon after already spending 14 of the past 20 years in detention, we’ll have a special report on the conviction; also, the situation heats up in Honduras, where marchers from all over the country are arriving in the main cities to expand their resistance of the coup; UN Special Envoy Bill Clinton brings Haiti back into the neo-liberal camp of economic development with a kick-off speech to the diaspora in Southern Florida; plus, the battles against foreclosures continue in Oakland and across the country, we’ll have a special report from Just Cause Oakland; and the Knight Report.
Guests:
Tim Russo, Free Speech Radio News
Ko Ko Lay, Director of National Council of Union of Burma
Maung Maung, General Secretary of NCUB
Kevin Pina, Flashpoints Special Correspondent
Matt Nelson, Just Cause Oakland
Category
Burma, Corporate Crimes, Daily, Haiti, Honduras, Oakland
Posted on
August 06, 2009 by
Flashpoints
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courtesy of HaitiAction.net
We continue our drumbeat coverage of the ongoing military coup in Honduras, where yesterday, riot police attacked hundreds of students protesting against the coup; also, pro-democracy activists in Haiti clash with security forces and UN forces as former President Bill Clinton gets ready to address the Haitian diaspora; Catherine Austin Fitts returns with Community Business, and a few choice thoughts on raises given to Wall Street cons at Merrill Lynch; and the Knight Report.
Guests:
Al Giordano, NarcoNews Bulletin
Kevin Pina, Flashpoints Special Correspondent for Haiti
Catherine Austin Fitts, Solari Network
Category
Corporate Crimes, Daily, Haiti, Honduras