FLASHPOINTS

Today on Flashpoints congressman Ed Markey admits the war in Libya is for oil. Also we find out that the lobbying firm Patton Boggs has been hired by the NATO backed libyan rebels.  We’ll get a special report on the story from Pepe Escobar in Brazil. Also we’ll have an update on the Trust Act sponsored by Tom Ammiano. And we’ll look at S-Comm; the draconian law against immigrants and immigrants rights. And we’ll hear again from the head of the United Farm Workers Arturo Rodriguez whose leading a 13 day pilgrimage from merced to Sarcramento for crucial farm worker rights.
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