FLASHPOINTS

We continue our drum-beat reporting on Haiti: We'll have a
live, in-depth  report from Kevin Pina on the ground Port Au Prince: Also The legal
architects of the Bush Torture are program given a pass by the Obama Administration:
We'll speak to the president of the National Lawyers Guild about it: And will have
an update on the the uphill battle by UC and community college students fighting
the deep cut backs in education.
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Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove

Kevin Pina reports from Port-au-Prince on the growing needs of Haitians and the secondary wave of death and suffering resulting from a lack of speedy distribution of essential medicines and foods; also, we continue to remember Howard Zinn with his longtime friend and co-author, Anthony Arnove; plus, we’ll continue our discussion of the bailout and the President’s speech on Community Business with Catherine Austin Fitts; and the Block Report investigates a travesty of justice for a pair of sisters serving heavy jail sentences for no proven crime.

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Guests:

Kevin Pina

Catherine Austin Fitts, Solari Network

Anthony Arnove, editor, co-author of Voices of a People’s History of the United States with Howard Zinn

JR and the Block Report

Howard Zinn

We’ll remember legendary radical historian Howard Zinn, who passed away earlier today in Santa Monica at age 87; also, Kevin Pina continues his on-the-ground reporting from Port-au-Prince, as hundreds of thousands of Haitians still search for proper food, water, shelter and medical care; and on another edition of Community Business, Catherine Austin Fitts addresses the bailout and the hearings taking place in Washington DC.

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Guests:
Kevin Pina

Catherine Austin Fitts,  Solari Network

Barbara Lubin, Middle East Children’s Alliance

Exiled Honduran President Manuel Zelaya

Kevin Pina continues his drumbeat reporting from Port-au-Prince, where tens of thousands of Haitians still wait for food, water and shelter, as thousands more who could have been saved die from a lack of support; also, internationally-renowned peace activist Kathy Kelly joins us to talk about the Peaceful Assembly campaign, a series of actions to hold the Obama administration accountable for promises made and broken; and we’ll hear from Andres Thomas Conteris, who prepares to leave the Brazilian Embassy in Honduras after spending 129 days with exiled President Manuel Zelaya.

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Guests:

Kevin Pina

Andres Thomas Conteris, Nonviolence International and Democracy Now!

Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence

Corporate Courting

Kevin Pina reports live from Port-au-Prince on the ongoing suffering in Haiti and the decision by the US government to put military security before saving lives; also, Greg Palast talks about the recent Supreme Court decision that empowers corporations to fully control the electoral process; and we continue our discussion on the politics of food.

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Guests:

Kevin Pina

Pierre Labossiere, Haiti Action Committee

Greg Palast, investigative reporter, author and filmmaker

Anuradha Mittal, Oakland Institute

Lilian Autler, Grassroots International

US military personnel "monitor traffic" at Port-au-Prince airport (Courtesy of AFP)

A survivor and eyewitness to the Haiti earthquake talks about his experiences and reports on the response by the Haitian diaspora in New York; also, noted international scholar and law professor Francis Boyle files a complaint in the International Criminal Court against high officials of the Bush administration, including Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld, for their criminal policy of extraordinary rendition; plus, anti-torture protesters arrested in Washington DC, protesting Obama’s failure to shut down Guantanamo; and news headlines from Project Censored.

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Guests:

Yvon Kernizan, Haitian activist and organizer with the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund

Dr. Francis Boyle, professor of International Law at University of Illinois

Matt Deloisio, Witness Against Torture

Project Censored

A Peruvian peacekeeper screams as he tries to control a crowd during food distribution for earthquake survivors at a warehouse in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

We’ll speak to a medical doctor who set up a makeshift clinic in her backyard to treat dozens of wounded victims from the earthquake in Haiti; we’ll also speak to Sister Maureen, co-founder of the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund; our own Kevin Pina, on his way to Haiti to work with the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund; and a discussion of the real politics behind the US government’s decision to turn a rescue mission into a military operation.

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Guests:

Dr. Yolene Surena, Haitian medical doctor in Port-au-Prince

Sister Maureen, co-founder of Haiti Emergency Relief Fund

Kevin Pina, FP Special Correspondent

Ira Kurzban

We devote the entire show to the continuing tragedy in Haiti, where a 7.0 earthquake destroyed much of the country last week; we’ll feature a special report from on the ground in Port-au-Prince, we’ll speak with Bill Quigley, legal director of the Center for Constitutional Rights about the continuing human rights and political tragedy enhanced by US colonial policies; and we’ll feature a discussion of the role that President Aristide could play if he were allowed by the US to return.

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Guests:

Laura Flynn, Aristide Foundation

Daniel Tillias, journalist and activist in Port-au-Prince

Bill Quigley, Legal Director for Center for Constitutional Rights

Kevin Pina, FP Special Correspondent

The morgue has been largely cleared of corpses. But one remains. Without effective aid, more will come. (Sharif Abdel-Koddous, Democracy Now)

Bay Area-based civil rights attorney Walter Riley reports back from his days in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, during and after the earthquake hit; also, we’ll hear from Ira Kurzban, former special counsel to Haiti under President Aristide; and an in-depth interview with cartoonist/reporter Joe Sacco, author of Footnotes in Gaza.

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Guests:

Walter Riley

Ira Kurzban

Joe Sacco

Girls collect water from a broken pipe in the ground to take back to their families who are camped in vacant lots in Port au Prince, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

We broadcast live from San Rafael’s Canal Welcome Center for the indigenous immigrant community; we’ll continue our reporting on Haiti with a devastating report from Bay Area attorney Walter Riley, who spent the last three days digging out bodies and treating the wounded in Port-au-Prince; plus, we’ll be joined by Evelina Molina, just back from the Global Climate Summit, we’ll be joined by the director of the Center, Douglas Mundo, Norman Solomon will be with us to talk about the fight to save the earth; and on Flashpoints on Espanol, Evelina Molina will talk about the Green Summit and green jobs with Douglas Mundo.

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Guests:

Walter Riley, Bay Area-based Civil Rights attorney and board member of Haiti Emergency Relief Fund

Kevin Pina

Norman Solomon

Evelina Molina

Davin Cardenas