Friday, May 7th, 2010 / Best of Flashpoints, Week of 5/3-5/7/2010
This week on the Best of Flashpoints, We speak to a Texas fisherwoman and an Alaskan indigenous leader about the effects of the BP oil disaster on the threats to delicate ecologies and the livelihoods of Gulf Coast communities; also, Ali Abunimah talks about the racist double-standards applied to the media frenzy of the Times Square car bomb attempt; Cindy Corrie joins artist Susan Greene and Middle East Children’s Alliance director Barbara Lubin to talk about a vivid and political art mural in Washington to bring attention to the suffering in occupied Gaza; and performer and spoken word artist Ariel Luckey talks about revealing stories from the rich histories of indigenous communities in the Bay Area.
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