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Monday, June 21st 2010 0

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Flashpoints

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The Cover of David Chura's Book, 'I Don't Wish Nobody To Have a Life Like Mine: Tales of Kids in Adult Lockup'

We’ll speak to one of the coast guard commanders in charge of monitoring the BP’s Gulf Gusher; also, we’ll have a report on yesterday’s successful action to prevent an Israeli apartheid ship from unloading at the Port of Oakland; we’ll have an update on the dismal situation in Haiti as people brace for the rainy season; and we’ll have a special report on the demonization of juveniles by the criminal justice system

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Guests:

Nora Barrows-Friedman, special Flashpoints correspondent

Commander Linskey of the Louisiana Coast Guard

David Chura, author of I Don’t Wish Nobody to Have a Life Like Mine: Tales of Kids in Adult Lockup

Brian Concannon of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti

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Palestinian community activist

Heyman

Richard Becker

Labor community committee, in solidarity with the Palestinian people

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Thursday, June 3rd, 2010 1

Posted on June 03, 2010 by Flashpoints

BP's Gulf Gusher Oil Spill

A survivor of the Israeli commando attack on the main boat of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla contradicts all of Israel’s claims about their bloody attack; also, we’ll speak to our special correspondent Nora Barrows-Friedman about the implications of the recent attack, and we’ll hear an excerpt of a debate between Jeremy Scahill and former New York City Mayor Ed Koch; also, we’ll speak to Antonia Juhasz about her recent tour on the Gulf arrest for criminal trespassing at a Chevron plant; and on Community Business with Catherine Austin Fitts we’ll talk about the impending devastation of the BP under-water gusher; and our new daily feature follows: Up Front with Jesse Strauss.

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Guests:

Catherine Austin Fitts, of the Solari Network and our weekly segment Community Business

Antonia Juhasz

Nora Barrows-Friedman, Flashpoints correspondent and independent journalist

JR and the Block Report

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