FLASHPOINTS

Today on flashpoints Vermont takes a couple of baby steps towards single payer health care. We’ll talk about the new health plan in Vermont and also what it’s missing.  Also we’ll hear about a anti US drone protest happening in Karachi, Pakistan. Also we’ll hear about a day of global actions against Chevron’s destruction of communities in Angola, Ecuador, Indonesia, Texas and many other communities.

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Guests: Dr. Nasrullah Khan of the Pakistan movement for Justice (PTI Party). Antonia Juhasz, Activist and author of “Black Tide: The Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill.” Dr. David Himmelstein Co-founder physicians for a national health program.