FLASHPOINTS

TODAY ON A SPECIAL EDITION OF FLASHPOINTS:  Breaking the Tucson book ban: Maya vs. Arizona. We’ll devote most of the hour to a court case that many scholars and educators are calling the most important case on US censorship in decades. Also, an encore broadcast of the Biggz Beat on a big gay hypocrisy about the protests that are happening under the banner of Black Lives Matter

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Flashpoints 01-09-15

Today on Flashpoints: The zapatistas respond to the killings in Guererro and march with the parents of the missing students. Also, Bay Area environmentalists prepare for a major action in conjunction with the UN declaration of 2015 as the international year of the soil. And The Biggz Beat returns with a commentary on a big gay hypocrisy about the protests that are happening on the banner of black lives matter.

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Flashpoints 01-08-15

Today on Flashpoints: Norman Solomon reports on the up coming trial of CIA whistle blower Jeffery Sterling. Also deep background on a top secret “Kill/Capture List” used by the US to target special operations forces “night raids” in Afghanistan. And the battle to close every nuke plant in the country continues

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Flashpoints 01-07-15

Today on Flashpoints: We’ll get an update on the battle against police violence as the battle between the mayor of New York and the police department continues. Also we will celebrate the release of a new book by artist and people attorney, Osha Neumann.

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Today on Flashpoints: CIA whistleblower, Jeffrey Sterling, goes on trial this week as Obama keeps up his attacks on government whistleblowers. Also, long time anti-nuclear activists protest new plutonium experiments at UC Berkeley’s Lawrence Livermore labs. We’ll have an update on the San Francisco police killing of unarmed Alex Nieto, and the ongoing attempts to gentrify SF’s Mission District. And a new report on how US cops kill a hundred times the rate of other capitalist countries.

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Flashpoints 01-05-15