Today on Flashpoints: The battle to turn back the clock on the dot com folks who are destroying San Francisco’s Latino Mission district. Also, the fight for affordable housing for brown people in the city of San Rosa, California. And, Bay Area residents hoping to score a knock out against big oil and fracking.
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Today on Flashpoints: Portland activists continue their multi-day protest on land and sea to block Shell Oil’s ice breaking ship from heading out to the Arctic. Also, we remember the life and times of radical environmentalist and ‘Earth Firster’, Judi Bari.
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Today on Flashpoints: Endless war in the middle east. Turkey enters the fray and opens hostilities between the Turks and the PKK, We’ll take an in=depth look at the region with a noted expert in the field. Where is this US driven policy going and what’s next for the millions of Kurds in Iraq, Turkey and Iran. Also, attack on those fighting to have Vietnamese and Arabic taught in K-12 schools. Finally, Nora Barrows-Friedman and the Electronic Intifada returns with their latest podcast on occupied Palestine.
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Today on Flashpoints: A Palestinian dad fighting to get justice for slain 17 year old son, who was cut down by Israeli forces last May, during a West Bank protest in support of prison hunger strikers. Also, we follow up with our coverage on the battle against expanding US hegemony in the Philippines.
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Today on Flashpoints: The US Government continues to withhold information on the shoot down of Malaysia flight 17 over the Ukraine, killing 298 people a year ago. We’ll speak to former high-level CIA analyst, Ray McGovern about it. Also, an in depth update on the battle to make pot, legal, safe and affordable
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Today on Flashpoints: The government of Cuba opens up shop in Washington D.C. after a 50 year US CIA driver boycott. We’ll be joined by Gloria LeReva just back from D.C., where she was an invited guest for the Cuban government. Also, an update on Haiti politics, and on the horrific ongoing nightmare of the expelling of tens of thousands of ethnic Haitians from the Dominican Republic, who have lived there their entire lives. And a victory by those fighting to keep the post office public and to keep some of the key land mark buildings owned by the PO in the hands of the people
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Today on Flashpoints: A congresswoman in the Philippines is prevented from coming to the US, based on her outspoken work on political prisoners in her homeland. Also, a Jewish Voices for Peace member, Rabbi Lyn Gottlieb, remember the Israeli slaughter in Gaza, one year ago this week, that killed over 2100 Palestinians, mostly women and children.
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Today on Flashpoints: We devote the entire hour to our recent coverage on Greece. We’ll start with a rebroadcast of our interview with noted radical filmmaker John Pilger on the last-minute betrayal of the Greek people by their own government. Then we’ll be joined by professor Harry Konstantinidis to talk about the impact of austerity on the people of Greece. And finally we’ll hear from Greg Palast on the history and impact of the Euro on Greece and other countries
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Today on Flashpoints: The entire US government and corporate press corp continue their silence on Israel’s renegade nuclear program. Also, should the Israeli Prime Minister be prosecuted for smuggling secret nuclear weapons related technology out of the US? And we take a personal look at the implications of the Iran deal for Iranians in the US and Iran
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Today on Flashpoints: Celebrated journalist and filmmaker, John Pilger, on the last minute flip flop and betrayal of the Greek people, by their own government. Also, Wisconsin governor, Scott Walker, formally announces his bid for the White House on the republican ticket. And an in=depth update on the US expanding militancy in the Koreas and the China sea, known as the pacific pivot.
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