FLASHPOINTS

Republican Gomorrah

We continue to monitor the volatile situation in Honduras, as the President remains surrounded inside the Brazilian embassy, we’ll have a live report from Tim Russo on today’s resistance activities; and an in-depth look at the vicious new religious right, with award-winning journalist Max Blumenthal, author of Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party.

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Guests:

Tim Russo, FP Special Correspondent, FSRN

Andres Thomas Conteris, Democracy Now! en Espanol and Nonviolence International

Max Blumenthal, award-winning investigative journalist, author of Republican Gomorrah

Honduran police at Brazilian Embassy

Special Correspondent Tim Russo reports on a Funeral March for one of the first Victims of the Coup Government’s lethal crack down on the growing resistance:Also a report from Inside the Brazilian Embassy, where president Zeleya is still surrounded by heavily armed pro-coup security forces, and we’ll also feature a round-up of the various human rights violations, since the coup began three months ago.

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Guests:

Tim Russo, FP Special Correspondent and FSRN

Andres Thomas Conteris, Democracy Now! en Espanol, Nonviolence International

Grahame Russell, Rights Action

Honduran troops near Brazilian Embassy (via BBC/AFP)

We continue our drumbeat coverage from the streets and inside the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, as the situation remains tense and as Honduran forces allegedly attack the embassy building with chemical weapons; we’ll talk about the role of the  School of the Americas in the coup; also, University students maintain their militant protests against tuition hikes, budget cuts and the privatization of education in California; American Indian Movement leader Tony Gonzales reports-back on a major indigenous gathering in California and updates the case of Leonard Peltier.

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Guests:

Andres Thomas Conteris, Democracy Now! en Español, Nonviolence International

Tim Russo, Free Speech Radio News and Flashpoints correspondent

Lisa Sullivan, SOA Watch

Martin Sanchez, SF Consul General for Venezuela

Christopher Barkan, UC Santa Cruz graduate student – http://occupyca.wordpress.com/

Tony Gonzales, AIM West

Crude: The Real Price of Oil

We return to the Brazilian consulate in Tegucigalpa for a live report on the continuing standoff between President Manuel Zelaya and the illegal coup government of Roberto Micheletti; we’ll also have a report on the coast-to-coast and statewide emergency walk-outs today within the public education system, based on massive cutbacks and privatization; and Crude, a new documentary film that chronicles an epic battle to hold Chevron accountable for its systematic destruction of the Ecuadorian Amazon.

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Guests:

Sounds from the UC Berkeley Student Protest and Walk-Out Against Tuition Hikes and Privatization of Schools (recorded by Eric Klein)

Tim Russo, FP Special Correspondent and Free Speech Radio News

Andres Thomas Conteris, Nonviolence International and Democracy Now!

Dr. Juan Almendares, physician and human rights activist in Tegucigalpa

Grahame Russell, Rights Action

Joe  Berlinger, filmmaker, CRUDE: The Real Price of Oil (Opening in theaters tomorrow!)

Paul Paz y Miño, Managing Director,  Amazon Watch

Honduran Police at Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa

We continue our drumbeat reporting on the bold return of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya to Tegucigalpa yesterday, we’ll speak to our reporters standing by with President Zelaya inside the Brazilian embassy that remains surrounded by Honduran security forces; and we’ll also have a report on dozens of activists who are reporting serious human rights violations by the Honduran police and military in an all-day curfew and crackdown.

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Guests:

Tim Russo, FP Special Correspondent and Free Speech Radio News

Andres Thomas Conteris, Nonviolence International and Democracy Now!

Max Blumenthal

An in-depth look at Glenn Beck and the new extreme right with Nation writer Max Blumenthal and his new book, Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party; also, a new United Nations report accuses Israel of potential major war crimes and crimes against humanity during its recent bombing siege and attacks on Gaza, we’ll speak to the top UN investigator for human rights in occupied Palestine, Richard Falk.

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Guests:

Richard Falk, Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Max Blumenthal, award-winning investigative reporter and author of Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party

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