Today on Flashpoints: We take a closer look at the controversy surrounding a new US marine base being built in Okinawa. We’ll speak with a visiting delegation from the island who are part of the resistance to the new base. Finally, we kick off our regular coverage of upcoming elections in Haiti.
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Today on Flashpoints: Portland activists continue their battle to block Shell’s ice breaker from heading out to the Arctic to commence the drilling process. Private prison owners getting rich on Obama’s massive record-breaking deportation program. And, a Palestinian-American college professor arrested and deported from Israel/Palestine for no reason and brutalized along the way.
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