Flashpoints – November 10, 2025
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
The Democrats Betray Their Constituents After Big Wins
**Hard Knock Radio: After the Blue Wave, What Now** Host Davey D welcomed Jane Kim of the Working Families Party and Ethel Long Scott of the Womens Economic Agenda Project for a grounded read on a whiplash week. The show opened with the post election lift that came from victories in New York, Virginia, New … Continued
Senate Democrats Defect to Open the Government on Republican Terms With Empty Promises | Can Trump Overcome Supporters of Israel in Congress to End US Sanctions and Stabilize Syria? | Hegseth Wants Defense Contractors on a “Wartime Footing” as He Plans to Attack Venezuela
Senate Democrats Defect to Open the Government on Republican Terms With Empty Promises We begin with eight Senate Democrats and one Independent caving to end the government shutdown with little apparent gain in their strategy to hold out on funding the government for continued subsidies for the ACA to avert skyrocketing healthcare premiums which the … Continued
Forests have long occupied a fertile landscape in the human imagination. Places of mystery and magic – of wildness and wisdom – of vision and dreaming. Yet beyond mythic realms of imagination, we’ve largely treated forests as inert physical resources to satisfy human needs and desires. The main operative science behind this commodification has been … Continued
This week on Green Street Patti and Doug talk about concerns over radiation in electric and hybrid cars (EMFs and RFR), and the Trump administration’s continuing war on science,from which government agencies may never recover. Then Tim Judson, Executive Director of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service, talks about the push for nuclear energy, the … Continued
Irish socialist feminists Camilla Fitzsimons and Isidora Duran, and DRUM Beats organizer Simran Thind
There have been two major socialist and socialist feminist victories in the last month. First was the election of socialist feminist Catherine Connolly to be president of Ireland and the other was the election of Zohran Mamdami to Mayor of NYC. But Mamdami’s election would not have been possible without the groundswell of activism by … Continued
Supporting members of the military to resist deployment has taken on a new urgency as Trump sends troops into American cities. Journalist Steve Early discusses the history of soldier organizing — including as workers — from Vietnam to the present. And Suzanne Gordon reflects on why the broad public should care about the administration’s attack … Continued
The AI Prompt That Could End the World/Nader on recent elections, Mamdani.
Ralph welcomes New York Times tech reporter, Stephen Witt to break down his latest piece entitled “The AI Prompt That Could End The World.” Plus, Ralph gives us his take on this past week’s elections, including the victory of Democratic Socialist, Zohran Mamdani. Ralph Nader talks about what’s happening in America, what’s happening around … Continued
UpFront (Replay) – November 10, 2025
UpFront delivers a mix of local, state, and international coverage through challenging interviews, civil debates, breaking updates, and in-depth discussions with authors.
Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast) – November 10, 2025
On today’s show: U.N. Climate Summit Opens in Brazil as the Phillippines is Hit by Back-to-Back to Deadly Typhoons Exposed: 5,000+ Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Got Access to U.N. Climate Talks & Helped Block Climate Action How We Got Here: Jelani Cobb on Rise of Trump & White Nationalism After Push for Racial Justice Democracy Now! … Continued