Flashpoints – September 21, 2023
An award winning front-line investigative news magazine, that focuses on human, civil and workers right, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.
An award winning front-line investigative news magazine, that focuses on human, civil and workers right, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.
We speak with sportswriter Dave Zirin about his book, The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World. Later we explore his film, Behind The Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL. Hard Knock Radio is a drive-time Hip-Hop talk show on KPFA (94.1fm @ 4-5 pm Monday-Friday), a community radio station without corporate … Continued
A Member of a Delegation of Australian Politicians in Washington Urging the US Not to Extradite Julian Assange We begin with a delegation of six Australian politicians from across the political spectrum delivering a message from 63 members of the Australian parliament that the vast majority of the Australian population feel strongly the Wikileaks founder … Continued
anarcho*entheo*Astro*animism! Live from WDRT in Viroqua, Wisconsin to KPFA, to all; Caroline hosts Eddy Nix and Christopher Robin, Viroqua Community Citizen denizens, as we all be stepping into the Equinoctial still center of the storm – to dance all falsely estranged, (as a mean trick of the Reality Police) Back into dynamic harmonious equilibrium. Honoring … Continued
Aaron Benenav, sociologist and frequent contributor to New Left Review, and Seth Ackerman, an editor at Jacobin and author of this article, discuss the long-term health of capitalism: is stagnation really the problem?
The richly diverse and fascinating world of culture and politics of the Middle East and North Africa, co-hosted by Khalil and Malihe.
Guest: Dr. Cornel West is a renowned philosopher, author, and activist who is running to be the U.S. Green Party Presidential Candidate. He is a professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York. Dr. West is known to be an outspoken advocate for social justice in the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Abraham … Continued
On Today’s Show: Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Ukraine, Palestine & Why Latin America Rejects Western Hypocrisy World Must Decarbonize Before “Point of No Return” on Climate Crisis: Colombian President Gustavo Petro Lift the Blockade on Venezuela & Cuba: Colombian President Petro Warns U.S. Sanctions Are Driving Migration Colombian President Gustavo Petro Denounces U.S. Intervention … Continued
On today’s show, we hear from Naomi Klein, speaking from the Socialism 2023 conference about her new book, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World, where she discuses the ways that conservatives have taken shortfalls of left movements and turned them against us in the form of conspiracies. We’ll learn that the real conspiracy is capitalism. … Continued
0:08 — Jade Begay, director of policy and advocacy at NDN Collective, and Biden appointee to the first-ever White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council. This talk is entitled “Strengthening Indigenous Leadership During Collapse” 0:33 — john a. powell, professor of law and of African American studies at UC Berkeley, where directs the Othering and Belonging … Continued