Today on Flashpoints: A special SNC edition of Flashpoints Elections Crimes Bulletin with Greg Palast. And American Indian Movement co-founder, Bill Means, speaks out against the racist dual standard by which wannabe Regas assassin, John Hinkley Jr, is freed while Leonard Peltier remains behind bars for over 40 years.
Today on Flashpoints: Is there a difference between Trump and Clinton
when it comes to Israel and Palestine? Also, a look at Iraq and
Hillary. And we’ll have several reports from the ground from the DNC
in Philadelphia.
Today on Flashpoints: Wikileaks reveals the active anti=Sanders bias on the part of the DNC. Also, will the republicans strip and flip the presidential elections in favor of Donald Trump? And a special report from Arizona on the offical brutality under the iron fist of Trump supporter, Joe Arpaio.
Today on the program we’ll feature interviews from our coverage of the Republican National Convention. We’ll also have the lastest episode of our weekly series with Greg Palast, the Flashpoints Election Crimes Bulletin
Today on Flashpoints: a special breaking news edition of the Elections Crimes Bulletin with Greg Palast. Also, a report from the people justice and peace campaign carrying forth in the streets of Cleveland, outside the republican campaign. And we take a close look at how both campaigns are dealing with or ignoring life and death issues on the environment and climate change
Today on Flashpoints We’ll look at potential US foreign policy moves under a Trump presidency. Also, a new propaganda war with Russia, fueled by the shoot down of Malaysia Airlines flight 17. An d the Flashpoints Election Protection Crimes bulletin looks at whose going to fund the Trump campaign now that the Donald is cash poor.
Today on Flashpoints:We feature special coverage of the republican nation convention, in Cleveland, Ohio. We’ll speak to Cheri Honkala
co-founder of the Kensington Welfare Rights Union and co-founder and
National Coordinator of the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights
Campaign: We’ll also be joined by Russell Mokiber, editor of the Corporate Crime Reporter. Also, Carl Dix, a founding member, and a
representative, of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA: We’ll feature an encore broadcast of one of our Election Crimes Bulletin.
Today on Flashpoints: We’ll examine the recent decision by the International Court of Arbitration on the dispute between China and the Philippines, in regards to which country controls a series of Islands in the South China Sea. Also, we’ll report on the recent decision by South Korea to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense System, which China has warned them to not deploy. And Harvey Wasserman helps us imagine as alternative new way of voting in local and national elections that both protects the vote and brings young people and older people together.
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