FLASHPOINTS

Today on Flashpoints: We revisit the issue of police brutality as tension grows, following the one year anniversary of Michael Brown’s murder in Ferguson, Missouri. Next, we cover protests in Japan, following a decision by the Japanese government to reactivate the first nuclear power plant, since the Fukushima disaster in 2011. Then, as Secretary of State John Kerry heads to Cuba to open the US embassy there, we discuss the future of US/Cuba relations. Finally, we continues our coverage of Syria’s talks between Russia and Saudi Arabia, take a new turn due to the disputes over the future of Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad

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Flashpoints 08-11-15

Today on Flashpoints, we discuss Haiti’s long awaited parliamentary elections, which just wrapped up yesterday. Next we talks with an organizer of the boycott against Driscoll berries in response to the terrible working conditions in the field of Baja California.  Then, we’ll take a look at controversy surrounding Bernie Sanders with the backlash he’s received from the #blacklivesmatters movement.  Finally we return with Harvey Wasserman with a update on efforts to close the last nuclear reactors in California at Diablo Canyon.

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