Today on Flashpoints: Fighting to expose the church of Canada and the Roman Catholic church of mass child abuse and genocide against indigenous communities. Also, we’ll get a report back from Tunisia on a conference held there to call attention to the torture of thousands of imprisoned Palestinians.
Today on Flashpoints: What you can do if your tired of holding your
nose to vote for the lesser of two evils for president. Also, a new
segment and Flashpoints podcast: The Flashpoints Election Protection
Section co-hosted by best selling author and investigative reporter,
Greg Palast. And the 10th Annual Immigrant family day in support of
pro-immigrant policies.
Today on Flashpoints: Remembering the massive meltdown at Chernobyl 30
years after. And American Nuremberg: The U.S. Officials Who Should
Stand Trial for Post-9/11 War Crimes.
Today on Flashpoints: One of the lead plaintiffs in the Flint lead poisoning class action law suit is murdered in her bed next to her one year old child. Also, on the 14th anniversary of Chernobyl, clear cutters are shipping out contaminated wood for commercial use.
Today on Flashpoints: How to steal a national election, New York style. We’ll speak to a diplomat. Also, we’ll take a look a the right wing media coup in Brazil. And we’ll feature an update on the meltdown in Venezuela.
Today on Flashpoints: We celebrate the 420 cannabis revolution toward
legalization and distribution, Is the new Pulitzer-prize winning play,
about Alexander Hamilton, a theatrical cleansing of early an early
American racism? And we rebroadcast our interview with Beverly Bell of
Other Worlds on the continuing violence against activist indigenous
communities in Honduras
Today on Flashpoints: Sub-prime queen and current Secretary of
Commerce, Penny Pritzker, gets the royal treatment at the National
Press Club: No negative questions please. Also, an investigation of the
global advocacy group Avaaz, which claims 43 million active members
online. A look at the CIA, that’s the Cocaine Importers of America: S.
Korea covered up mass abuse, killings of so called ‘vagrants’ some 30
years ago.
Today on Flashpoints: More violence in Honduras, as indigenous communities protest the murder of tow of their leaders.Also, Bernie and Hillary face off tomorrow in New York, as the media bias continues against Bernie.
Today on Flashpoints, fighting the good fight against fracking in New York State; also. and extensive update on growing hostilities between the US & N. Korea in the context of the Pacific Pivot; and some tough words for Hillary and Bernie from New York correspondent and resident comedian, Randy Credico.
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