FLASHPOINTS

cartoon by Khalil Bendib

We continue our reporting on the multiple impacts of Obama’s war policy; we’ll speak to an anti-war veteran on the 26th day of a hunger strike in front of the White House; we’ll revisit with a Native American anti-war mom and hear about her son’s struggle against a devastating case of PTSD; also, we’ll talk to a radical comedian who is challenging Charlie Schumer for the US Senate seat in New York; we’ll have a preliminary report on the sentencing of the Cuban Five in Miami; and we’ll also hear about the victory of a local activist who was beaten, arrested and indicted on felony charges for standing against the endless wars; and the Knight Report.

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Guests:

Thomas Mahaney, Veteran

Georgia Stillwell Bissionette, anti-war mom

Stephanie Tang, World Can’t Wait

Walter Riley, attorney

Randy Credico, New York Senate Candidate

Gloria La Riva, Free the  Cuban Five

Aoki: The Film

On Veteran’s Day, Military Families Speak Out against the expanding war in Afghanistan; also, a remembrance about the bee that saved my veteran father’s life; the AFL-CIO expands its involvement in representing migrant day laborers; plus, a new film documentary about the only Japanese-American to rise through the ranks of the Black Panthers; and the Knight Report.

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Guests:

Nancy Lessin and Charlie Richardson, Military Families Speak Out

Eddie Acosta, AFL-CIO

Ben Wang, Director, AOKI

Music by: Jim Page, Matthew Owens and Adam Kathman

Capitalism

Part three of our multi-part series on the Anatomy of a Financial Coup D’Etat with Catherine Austin Fitts, today, we’ll look at the role of banks and financial institutions, raiding agencies and various US government bodies; also, we’ll take an in-depth look at the logic and apparent racism that surrounded the Judge’s decision to change the venue for the trial of the police murder of Oscar Grant.

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Guests:

Larry Everest, author, historian and civil rights activist

Catherine Austin Fitts,  Solari Network