FLASHPOINTS

Dr. Francis Boyle

Dr. Michio Kaku talks about the global nuclear state of affairs as world leaders gather at a Presidential summit in Washington; also, Francis Boyle analyzes the front-runners for possible appointment to the Supreme Court; and UC Berkeley students talk about the university’s bill to divest from companies that profit from the injustices of Israel’s occupation of Palestine.

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Guests:

Dr. Francis Boyle, International law professor

Michio Kaku, legendary physicist, author, radio and tv personality

Nairi Shrinian and Majdi Abuhamdieh, UC Berkeley undergraduates and members of Students for Justice in Palestine

ICE Raids

Please note: Best of Flashpoints not available online this week.

ICE continues to expand its crackdown on migrant workers, their families and supporters, we’ll speak with Rene Saucedo about how the Obama administration is even worse than Bush when it comes to these persecuted workers; also, a Salvadoran leader and indigenous chief talks about his return to El Salvador and his fight to protect original language and agriculture; we’ll also report on a major change just announced by the Sierra Club which has come down four-square against the US-Mexico wall; and Flashpoints in Espanol will also talk about El Salvador and the wall.

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Guests:

Francisco Herrera

Rene Saucedo

Miguel Gavilan Molina

Dan Mills, Sierra Club/No More Deaths

David Escobar

Chief Antonio Chevez

Miguel Perez

Massey Energy Complex near Montcoal, WV is seen in a Wednesday, April 6, 2010 aerial photo. A Massey executive said Thursday, April 8, 2010 that more drilling is needed to help clear a West Virginia mine of dangerous gases so that rescue teams go underground again.(AP Photo/Charleston Daily Mail, Craig Cunningham)

We’ll feature an extended report on the failure of the government and the Massey coal mining company to protect its workers; also, we’ll continue to follow the journey of a Canadian minister trying to hold the Church accountable for the genocide of the indigenous population of Canada; and we’ll also look at the recent closing of the Nummi-Toyota plant in California.

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Guests:

Steve Zeltzer, labor journalist/videographer and co-host

Barry Shepherd, labor activist and writer

Jeff Biggers, labor activist and writer

Rev. Jim Lewis, Episcopal Minister, Charleston WV

Juan Castillo, UAW2244 Executive Board member

Kevin Annett, former Minister and filmmaker

Hidden from History

Former Minister and current filmmaker and muckraker Kevin Annett goes to Rome to confront the Pope at the Vatican over its child molestation coverup; also, JR and the Block Report interview a lifer at Solano Prison in California, who talks about the lack of education inside prison and the cycle of violence within the criminal injustice system; and the Block Report also speaks with a team of Cuban-trained medical doctors just back from Haiti, who address the global politics of medicine and humanitarian relief.

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Guests:

Kevin Annett, Hidden From History

JR and the Block Report

Palestinian children, Israeli detention policies

Maoist rebels attack and kill more than 70 policemen in central India after the government unleashes a campaign to seize land and hunt down the group’s leaders, we’ll re-broadcast excerpts of an interview with legendary Indian essayist and novelist Arundhati Roy, who talks about the struggle in context; and we’ll re-play a Flashpoints investigation into expanding lethal Israeli attacks against Palestinian children.

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Guests:

Arundhati Roy, essayist, novelist

Nora Barrows-Friedman on assignment in the West Bank

Collateral Murder

A classified US military videotape shows US soldiers engaging in a massacre of unarmed civilians and and two Reuters journalists; also, we’ll have special reports on the expanding wars in Afghanistan and in Pakistan, where local militias lay siege to a US Consulate.

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Guests:

Josiah White, Iraq Vets Against the War

WATCH: “Collateral Murder” – US Classified military video leaked

Gareth Porter

Reese Erlich

Separation wall in the Israeli-occupied West-Bank

A special report from Senior Producer Nora Barrows-Friedman, just back from occupied Palestine; we’ll also have a report on the media’s pro-Israel slant on Jerusalem; plus, this week on Community Business with Catherine Austin Fitts, we’ll take a look at prisons for profit and who’s getting rich off of them; and JR and the Block Report interview KPFA producer Nadra Foster who speaks out publicly for the first time about her police beating in the basement of KPFA a year and a half ago.

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Guests:
Nora Barrows-Friedman, Flashpoints Senior Producer
Henry Norr, Bay Area activist
Catherine Austin Fitts, Solari Network
Nadra Foster, former KPFA producer

Aftermath of a drone strike in Pakistan

Today on Flashpoints, In Afghanistan, US Drone massacres and cvilian killings on the rise. Also, is the state of Texas about to kill another innocent man? And JR and the Block Report interview an anti-police violence activist facing felony charges for protesting the New Year’s Day police murder of Oscar Grant.

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Guests:
Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Dave Lindorff, Investigative journalist
JR, Block Report

Pope Benedict XVI

Today on Flashpoints, a distinguished professor of moral theology at Marquette University has called for the pope’s resignation for his role in the cover-up of rape and molestation of over 200 deaf children in Milwaukee. We’ll feature a live report on the story that could bring down a pope and put him in the dock at the Hague for crimes against childhood and humanity. Also, Flashpoints features an in-depth interview with Nativo Lopez just released from jail an hour ago and facing 8 felony charges and 6 years in jail after being set-up by political opponents.

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Guests:
Daniel C. Maguire, Professor of Moral Theology Marquette University
Nativo Lopez, Activist

Refugee camp in East Timor

Today on Flashpoints, we’ll speak to investigative reporter Alan Nairn about an Indonesian military assassination program against dissidents. We’ll also speak to Enrique Morones, founder of the Border Angels and former high level sports executive with an update of the militarization of the Mexican-American border and how he is giving out water to the people that are stranded in the desert. Then Bob Parry talks about the politics of healthcare coverage in the media.

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Guests:
Alan Nairn, Investigative journalist
Enrique Morones, Founder, Border Angels
Bob Parry, Editor, Consortium News