When the US goes to war, its leaders hope and expect Hollywood to make movies that promote war culture and national unity. However, in the wake of 9/11, a number of filmmakers challenged the values and ideology of the US wartime state. Lary May attributes this to the emergence of Hollywood as a global industry catering … Continued
Obama Gives Shell Final Approval to Drill in Arctic Despite Protests & Pledge to Cut Emissions; Snowden Documents Reveal AT&T’s “Extreme Willingness to Help” NSA Domestic Spy Program; Meet the Whistleblower Who Exposed the Secret Room AT&T Used to Help the NSA Spy on the Internet; As Chelsea Manning Speaks Out on Trans and Prison … Continued
Today on Flashpoints, we begin with a discussion of campaign finance. Where Billionaire candidate Donald Trump has become an unlikely champion of reform We then continue our coverage of haiti as we get closer and closer to the expected announcement of the results of the recent election there. Then we turn to breaking news in … Continued
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Davey D speaks to Ricky L. Jones, Chair, Pan-African Studies Department at the University of Louisville about the life of Julian Bond
As the issue of Same Sex marriage is covered widely in the media “Beyond Gay Marriage” takes an a critical look at the Gay Marriage movement and asks : Why is gay marriage the primary issue of the Gay Community ? And is Same Sex marriage really the issue most LGBT people are interested in … Continued
Julian Bond (1940-2015): Remembering Civil Rights Freedom Fighter Who Chaired NAACP, Co-founded SNCC
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Sesión en vivo con Los Inmortales S. A. desde los estudios de KPFA. Hosted and Produced by Miguel Guerrero. Engineered by Michael Yoshida Co-Produced by Kaden Owens
In the first hour Marion Nestle, Professor of Nutrition at NYU, goes on the attack with “Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda and Winning”. In the second hour, Phyllis Bennis, fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, discusses her latest book, “Understanding ISIS and the Global War on Terror, A Primer”.
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Featuring music from Dead Sullivan out of Denton, Tx. Eagles of Death Metal from Palm Desert, CA. Vinyl Williams from Los Angeles, CA. Acid Ghost out of San Francisco, CA. Death From Above 1979 based out of Toronto, Ontario. Small Black from Brooklyn signed to Jagjaguwar and Francisco The Man signed to Fat Possum Records. … Continued
OPD Shooting Nathaniel Wilks. That’s the name of the 24-year-old black man who was shot and killed by Oakland Police Officers this Wednesday at the intersection of 27th and Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Oakland. The shooting took place after police chased him across town by car. Wilks crashed his car, and from there … Continued
