Today on a Flashpoints…native people’s activist Winona Laduke provides an update of the ongoing protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline on the land of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, then we go to the situation in Brazil where president Dilma Rousseff was impeached today in what is being called a constitutional coup, next we look at the possible end of nearly five decade armed struggle in the Philippines with negotiations underway in Oslo, Norway, finally we go back to the situation in Haiti where a DEA fugitive wanted for drug trafficking and money laundering has been cleared by the election council to run for the Senate.
Today on Flashpoints… we go to Haiti where tens of thousands took to the streets of Port au Prince yesterday led by former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide in support of Lavalas family presidential candidate Dr. Maryse Narcisse, then we feature a look at propaganda and the war in Syria, finally we take a closer look at an upcoming peace conference in September: No War 2016: Real Security Without Terrorism
Today on Flashpoints…activists critical of Israel’s brutal occupation of Palestine speak out about the move to silence them in State Legislatures across the country with the latest attack against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement underway in California, Fadi Saba of the Defending Dissent Foundation joins us, then we speak with author Dave Gillespie about Duopoly in the United States and how the Democrats, Republican and the media are stifling democracy, finally Sam Husseini of votepact.org presents a unique alternative for those wanting to break out of the traditional two-party rut
Today on Flashpoints…we take a closer look at the Kurds in Syria with New York Times Magazine author Robert F. Worth, then we continue our coverage of Yemen with a closer look at the role of the U.S. in support of a deadly air campaign lead by the Saudis and responsible for the death of thousand including women and children, final we feature our regular segment the Election Crimes Bulletin with Dennis Bernstein and Greg Palast.
Today on Flashpoints: We talk with attorney Brian Concannon of the institute for justice and democracy in Haiti about more then 10,000 victims of cholera that was brought into the country by the United Nations in 2010 and the attempts by the world body to cover it up, then we continue to coverage of Yemen with Andrew Cockburn the Washington editor for Harpers magazine, finally we feature a broad discussion about how we take care of our own in these good United States with author and historian Felica Kornbluh.
Today on Flashpoints: We take a close with Code Pink activist Medea Benjamin at the US defense industry providing arms to the Saudi government now responsible for the rise in the killing of non-combatants in Yemen including women and children, then we speak with Lara Kiswani of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center about her recent trip to the West bank in Palestine, finally we discuss the findings and impressions of a recent fact-finding delegation to Syria with Henry Lowendorf of the US Peace Council.
Today on Flashpoints: We feature a debriefing from last night’s CNN green party town hall with David Cobb who ran for president on the green party ticket in 2004, then we go to Flashpoints special correspondent Syrian journalist Alaa Ebrahim in Damascus Syria for and update, we also talk with journalist Paul Gottinger about U.S. humanitarian and military aid in Syria, finally we are joined by Matthew Cardinale who is taking on the Koch brothers with his organization SmartAlec.
Today on Flashpoints…we open today’s show with our regular feature the Election Crimes Bulletin with Dennis Bernstein and Greg Palast. Then we devote the rest of our program to take a closer look at the platform of the green party on the eve of CNN’s town hall special featuring presidential candidate Jill Stein and her VP running mate Ajamu Baraka.
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Today on a Flashpoints…native people’s activist Winona Laduke provides an update of the ongoing protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline on the land of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, then we go to the situation in Brazil where president Dilma Rousseff was impeached today in what is being called a constitutional coup, next we look at the possible end of nearly five decade armed struggle in the Philippines with negotiations underway in Oslo, Norway, finally we go back to the situation in Haiti where a DEA fugitive wanted for drug trafficking and money laundering has been cleared by the election council to run for the Senate. 
