Archive for June, 2014
Wednesday June 25th 2014 0
Today on Flashpoints: An exclusive report from Beirut, Lebanon on yesterday’s bombing, as people were watching the World Cup. Also, Andy Lopez attorney, Jonathan Melrod, just appointed to the US Justice Department’s Civil Rights Commission for Northern California. And we’ll replay our mini-documentary of the police killing of 18 year old Yanira Serrano in Half Moon Bay
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Tuesday June 24th 2014 0
Today on Flashpoints: An in-depth look at Egypt under its newly minted president, a member of that country’s old guard. Also, we’ll take a close look at continuing violations of international law regarding US war policies in Iraq and the region. And we’ll have a deep background on the 2010 drone memo released this week by the Obama Justice DepartmentĀ
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Monday June 23rd 2014 0
Today on Flashpoints: Hunkered down In Baghdad:we’ll feature a frontline report from a seasoned human rights worker in Iraq. Also, a look back at destructive and failed US policy that brought about the current situation in Iraq. And life under siege in the Gaza Strip.
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Thursday June 19th 2014 0
Wednesday June 18th 2014 0
Today on Flashpoints: Middle East expert Phyllis Bennis joins us for an update and deep background on the situation in Iraq. Also will Obama be using the same tired neo-con war policies to try and quell the situation in Iraq. Israeli occupiers on the warpath, arresting hundreds of Palestinians in the West Bank, including many children. And we’ll have our regular back and forth with Mark Karin at Buzz Flash at Truth Out.
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Tuesday June 17th 2014 0
Today on Flashpoints: We continue our drumbeat coverage of the expanding fighting in Iraq. Also, peace activists will gather on Saturday around the country to oppose USĀ involvement in the war. And we will rebroadcast excerpts of a powerful forum recorded recently in San Francisco on the Battle Against Israeli apartheid rule in Palestine.
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Monday June 16th 2014 0
Today on Flashpoints: We’ll feature a live report from Iraq on the exploding war there and it’s multiple implications for the region and the rest of the world. Also, we’ll continue our drumbeat coverage of the abuse of tens of thousands of migrant children by US authorities. And we’ll feature a mini documentary on the gunning down in cold blood of a 18 year old Latina woman, suffering from a mental illness.
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Thursday June 12th 2014 0
Today on Flashpoints: We continue our coverage on the thousands of central American migrant kids now be housed and brutalized in Nogales Arizona. Also, we play part two of the recent press conference held in Washington D.C. This week by Exposefacts.org and their new whistle-blower support group. We’ll have commentary from Mark Karlin at Buzzflash at Truth Out. And the Biggz Beat returns.
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Wednesday June 11th 2014 0
Today on Flashpoints: Is Lyme disease becoming a major issue for women world wide? We’ll feature and exclusive, in-depth interview with Sini Anderson, director of “The Punk Singer”, about feminist icon, Kathleen Hanna. This film reveals Hanna’s battle with Lyme disease. Also, hundreds, if not thousands of migrant children, as young as five, being warehoused and brutalized, without representation by ICE and border authorities in Nogales Arizona. Also, the Asian Law Caucus files multiple claims against the Sacramento California Sheriff’s Department for violations of the Trust Act
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