Flashpoints – August 9, 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.
Featured Episode
Davey D Speaks with Sir Mix-a-Lot about his career and Hip-Hop turning 50.
Background Briefing – August 9, 2023
The Power Grab by Ohio Republicans Behind Today’s Election We begin with the important vote today in Ohio to stop a cynical Republican power grab aimed at heading off a November referendum for abortion rights that has majority support which the gerrymandered Republican-controlled legislature is trying to do and end run around by changing the … Continued
Education Today – August 9, 2023
A conversation about parent organizing and parent-teacher relationships.
Our World As We See It – August 9, 2023
A weekly talk show produced by Oakland School for the Arts high school broadcast students, Our World As We See It will focus on local and world issues giving a fresh youthful perspective on how to create change.
East Bay Yesterday – August 9, 2023
This series explores stories of culture, politics and nature from Oakland, Berkeley and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
What makes one group of people show up and stand up for another group’s interests? Manijeh Moradian describes how what she calls affects of solidarity spurred Iranian student leftists in the U.S. to become active in Black liberation, Palestine liberation, and other radical movements and struggles of the 1960s and ‘70s. Manijeh Moradian, This Flame Within: Iranian Revolutionaries … Continued
It’s Going Down – August 9, 2023
Featuring interviews with participants in social movements, struggles, rebellions, projects, thinkers, and organizers.
Guest: Peter Gleick is an environmental scientist and expert on issues related to water and the environment. He is the co-founder of the Pacific Institute in Oakland, California and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and is the author of The Three Ages of Water: Prehistoric Past, Imperiled Present, and a Hope for the Future.
Democracy Now 9am – August 9, 2023
On Today’s Show: Nina Turner: Ohio Voters Have Rejected GOP Power Grab in Victory for Democracy & Abortion Access “Horrendous”: Black Men Tortured by White Mississippi Police “Goon Squad” React to Guilty Pleas Meet Porcha Woodruff, Detroit Woman Jailed While 8 Months Pregnant After False AI Facial Recognition