FLASHPOINTS

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John Pilger

The son of a leading anti-coup human rights activist in Honduras is missing and may have been kidnapped and tortured, we’ll feature a special report from San Pedro Sula on the expanding resistance in Honduras and the continuing violent crackdowns; also,we’ll feature a compelling speech by legendary film documentarian John Pilger on Obama’s endless war policy; and the Knight Report.

Guests:

Sandra Cuffe, special correspondent

Honduras information links:

- Honduras Solidarity

- Rights Action

- Habla Honduras (En Español)

John Pilger, award-winning documentary filmmaker speaking at Socialism 2009 Conference

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AWOL soldiers and Military Resisters

In our continuing coverage of the coup in Honduras and the growing resistance, we’ll feature an on-the-ground report and be joined by NarcoNews Bulletin founder Al Giordano with a breaking story on close ties between Hillary Clinton and a USAID agency corporation caught funneling money to five private contractors in Honduras; plus, the US military exposed for attempting to break the will of military war resisters through the use of draconian prison conditions; we’ll have Community Business with Catherine Austin Fitts; and the Knight Report.

Guests:

Tim Russo, Free Speech Radio News

Al Giordano, NarcoNews Bulletin

Catherine Austin Fitts, Solari Network

Sarah Lazare, Courage to Resist

Read Lazare and Dahr Jamail’s piece about AWOL soldiers here on TomDispatch

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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

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the Israeli apartheid wall in Qalqiliya, West Bank

We’ll have a live report from Honduras on the continuing repression from the coup leaders there; plus, a look at Obama care, which will cost $1 trillion dollars over ten years, and won’t even cover 37 of the 50 million Americans who need health care; also, we’ll look at what would single-payer mean as an alternative to Obama care? Plus, Flashpoints’ special correspondent Jon Elmer reports from the West Bank, and talks about the neo-liberal “model city” structure, entrenching apartheid and economic repression; and the Knight Report.

Guests:

Tim Russo, Free Speech Radio News
Russell Mokhiber, Single Payer Action

Jon Elmer, Flashpoints’ West Bank correspondent

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courtesy of the Graton Day Labor Center

We take an in-depth look at the Obama crackdown on immigrants’ rights; we’ll also hear from immigrants rights activists who are fighting back against the state’s draconian program of illegally impounding the cars of immigrant workers; AIM West director Tony Gonzales talks about the celebration of the first international Indigenous Rights Day this weekend; and Flashpoints en Espanol.

Guests:

Davin Cardenas, Graton Day Labor Center

Evelyn Sanchez, Flashpoints contributor and immigrant rights expert

Tony Gonzales, American Indian Movement West

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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

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Blackwater allegations

Resistance in Honduras grows as the coup leaders continue to crack down on protesters, educators, and radio stations who oppose the coup; also, an in-depth interview with Jeremy Scahill on sworn allegations that the founder of Blackwater murdered or conspired to murder investigators and was on a self-described crusade to wipe out Islam; plus, Community Business with Catherine Austin Fitts; and the Knight Report.

Guests:

Tim Russo, Free Speech Radio News

Jeremy Scahill, The Nation, author, Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army

http://www.blackwaterbook.com/, rebelreports.com

READ: Jeremy’s article in the Nation

Catherine Austin Fitts, solari.com

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As rain fell, Honduran police officers blocked a road last week in Jacagalpa, near Nicaragua. (Rodrigo Abd/Associated Press)

Guests:

Andres Thomas Conteris, Flashpoints correspondent and activist with Nonviolence International

Ervand Abrahamian, Distinguished Professor of History at CUNY

Kambale Musavuli, National spokesman and student coordinator, Friends of the Congo

 JR and the Block Report with Terrance Scott

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Nasser al-Ghawei, Sheikh Jarrah, occupied East Jerusalem. Courtesy Active Stills

We’ll talk to a Palestinian victim of expanding Israeli ethnic cleansing in occupied East Jerusalem; also, another teacher murdered in Honduras after the funeral of a teacher shot to death last week by Honduran forces, we’ll have a live report from Tegucigalpa; we’ll return to Caracas, where the extreme right wing is attempting to use the example of Honduras to destabilize the Chavez government; plus, South Bronx activists celebrate a people’s victory; and the Knight Report.

Guests:

Sandra Cuffe, correspondent in Tegucigalpa

Eva Golinger, author

Maher Hanoun, resident in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood – www.standupforjerusalem.org

Jaisal Noor, educator and reporter in NYC with the New York Indypendent

Rebel Diaz