Today on Flashpoints: A former high level CIA analyst, Ray McGovern, talks about the release of the senate torture report. Also, Norman Solomon, just back from an international whistle blower conference in London. And protests in Berkeley & Oakland continue for a fifth day.
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Today on Flashpoints: The senate releases it’s long awaited report on CIA brutal and ruthless torture. We’ll speak with Professor Richard Falk, former UN specialist on human rights and about his latest book. We’ll also discuss last night’s protests in Berkeley. Later on we’ll feature an excerpt of a talk with music legend Carlos Santana
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Today on Flashpoints: The president of the United Farm Workers meets with Obama and speaks out on immigration reform and police violence against undocumented workers. Also, a Southern California Assembly Woman takes the President of Mexico to task on the disappearance of the 43 students in Mexico. And later we speak with the newly minted poet Laureate of LA
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Today on Flashpoints: No indictment from a New York City grand jury on the illegal police choke hold murder of Eric Garner, filmed in real time as it happened. Also, black activists outraged at Obama’s commission on ways to demilitarize local police. Ramsey is known for leading repeated bloody and abusive crackdowns on protestors when he was Washington D.C’s chief a decade ago. And we’ll get a report on what activists are doing in the capital to restrain a growing pandemic of police violence.
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Today on Flashpoints: Ferguson and beyond: Where to we go from here? We’ll be joined in studio by long time human rights activist, Walter Riley, who has been fighting against racist police brutality and violence for most of his life. Also joining us for the hour is Andrea Pritchard, founder of and long time member of Berkeley Cop Watch. And from new york City, will be joined by Randy Credico, who has been on the cutting age of the anti-stop and frisk policies, that have been brutalizing brown and black people in new york for well over a decade.
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Today on Flashpoints: The prosecutors in the Michael Brown case have a record of wrongful convictions against people of color. And the US losing to ISIS as the self proclaimed Islamic state grows in power all over the middle east.
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