FLASHPOINTS

Naomi Klein

Our special correspondent Kevin Pina continues his drumbeat reports from the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince as thousands of Lavalas supporters flood the streets, demanding reparations and restitution from France as the French President Nicolas Sarkozy makes a visit; also, acclaimed economist and author of the Shock Doctrine, Naomi Klein, talks about disaster capitalism in a speech she gave last fall at the Mario Savio Memorial Lecture at UC Berkeley.

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Guests:

Kevin Pina

Naomi Klein, speaking at Mario Savio Memorial Lecture at UC Berkeley, Fall of 2009

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

We continue our drumbeat reporting from the streets of Tegucigalpa and inside the Brazilian Embassy, where a military coup standoff continues in Honduras; also, author and journalist Max Blumenthal dissects the inner workings of the religious right wing in his new book, Republican Gomorrah; and Jimbo Simmons of the American Indian Movement talks about the ongoing fight for indigenous rights in North America.

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Censored 2010

Special correspondent Tim Russo reports from the major military crackdown in the streets of Tegucigalpa, Honduras; we’ll also have a report from the Brazilian embassy, where President Manuel Zelaya remains surrounded by security forces; also, on Community Business, we’ll have an expose on Andrew Cuomo and his role in the subprime meltdown; and Peter Phillips briefs us on the new 2010 Project Censored Yearbook.

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Guests:

Tim Russo, FSRN and Flashpoints Special Correspondent

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

Peter Phillips, Project Censored

Catherine Austin Fitts, Solari Network

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

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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