Wenonah Hauter is the founder and Executive Director of Food & Water Watch.
She has worked extensively on food, water, energy and environmental
issues. She served as Director of Public Citizen’s Energy and Environment
Program. She is the author of Frackopoly: The Battle ...
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Today on Flashpoints: Will the South Korean parliament vote to impeach their
president: we'll have a special update with Flashpoints regional
correspondent Kay Jay Noh: then we spend the rest of the hour hearing some
free speech from activist Medea Benjamin.
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This Wednesday we'll be speaking with Portland activist Mike Cobb about how
bikes are keeping the Standing Rock Protest powered and connected to media
live from Standing Rock. Also joining will be Energy Bikes from NYC who are
also on site. We'll look at why alternative pow...
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Cecil and Celeste talk Standing Rock. What does the denial of the easement
by the Army Corp of Engineers mean for the fate of DAPL? Is this a
temporary victory and what effect will the looming Trump presidency have on
the decision?
Call in to discuss Standing Rock...
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His guru told him to do it.
So he listened. Thus the quest began for a hippie with a medical degree to
become a key player in helping to eradicate smallpox, the deadliest disease
in history. Larry Brilliant tells his story in Sometimes Brilliant: The
Impossible Adventur...
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Today on Flashpoints: A new anonymous red squad to police independent
journalists, points a finger at Counterpunch, Consortium News, Truth Out and
dozens of other so called phony new websites.
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Today on Flashpoints: We devote the entire show to an update on Standing
Rock: We'll speak to Bill Means, who is advising the Elders regarding local,
state and international law: And well speak to several of the
Water-Protectors on recent actions and what comes next in t...
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Steven Rosenfeld covers national political issues for
AlterNet.org including America's democracy and voting rights, campaigns and
elections, and many social justice issues. He is the author of "Count My
Vote: A Citizen's Guide to Voting." He'll discuss the issues involv...
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