Today on Flashpoints: We’ll spend the entire hour talking about the future of US/Cuban relations and we’ll feature an update on Venezuela w/Gloria La Riva.
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Today on Flashpoints: Obama vetoes the tar sands pipeline but continues his cheer leading for fracking and related oil infrastructure adventures. Also, we have a visit with longtime peace activist and attorney for the poor, Osha Newman. And, we’ll speak to Tony Diaz on the fight against the banning of books and ethnic studies in Arizona and Texas.
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Today on Flashpoints: The real American exceptionalism and its roots in Nazi Germany and the Third Reich cheerleader, Carl Schmitt. Also, the national mobilization of nonviolent resistance to shut down killer drone operation everywhere. And, Miguel Gavilan Molina takes on Sean Penn’s blatant racism at the Academy Awards.
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Today on Flashpoints: Rolling Jubilee erases over $13 million of student debt as 15 former students of Corinthian colleges launch the first ever student debt strike. We’ll talk to the debt strikers and the organizers. Also, Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies A People. And, new revelations about earthquake dangers shake the future of California’s Diablo Canyon nukes.
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Today on Flashpoints: Remembering Malcolm X, fifty years after his assassination. Also, American and British spies hacked into the internal computer network of the largest manufacturer of SIM cards in the world, stealing encryption keys used to protect the privacy of cellphone communications across the globe.
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