Flashpoints – May 29, 2024
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
International War Crime: Israeli Attack on Rafah
On a recent episode of Hard Knock Radio, hosted by Davey D, spoke with Zeiad Abbas Shamrouch a member of the Middle East Children’s Alliance about Israeli attack on Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah. On Sunday, Israel launched an airstrike on displaced civilians sheltering in tents that killed dozens of civilians. This massacre by Israeli forces … Continued
Background Briefing – May 29, 2024
Complaints From Ukraine’s Front Lines That Big Ticket U.S. Weapons Don’t Work, Get Jammed, or Are Unsuitable We begin with reports coming from the front lines in Ukraine that a lot of the big ticket items the U.S. supplied — like Abrams tanks, HIMARS, and F-16’s — are either not working, jammed by the Russians, … Continued
Education Today – May 29, 2024
Education Today is hosted by Kitty Kelly Epstein and Jaron Epstein. It airs every week at 2:30 PM. Education news.. World news. Urban issues. Controversies and victories
Our World As We See It – May 29, 2024
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 – May 29, 2024
This series explores stories of culture, politics and nature from Oakland, Berkeley and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
For over half a century, Big Oil and the plastics industry, through their trade associations and front groups, have sold the public the false idea that plastics are recyclable. Recycling became the mantra of good ecological stewardship, promoted by the likes of city governments, school children, and environmental groups. Davis Allen lays out the mass-marketing … Continued
Addameer on Palestinian Prisoners + new TTRPG “Oceania 2084”
An interview with Talla Nasser of the Palestinian prisoner human rights organization, Addameer, about conditions in prisons in Palestine and then A-Radio Berlin’s conversation with Johan Eriksson about his table top role playing game based on Orwell’s “1984” entitled “Oceania 2084”.
Guest: Glory Liu is a lecturer in social studies at Harvard University. She is the author of Adam Smith’s America: How a Scottish Philosopher Became an Icon of American Capitalism.
Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast) – May 29, 2024
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. This hour rebroadcasts the 6am hour. For daily episode descriptions, see Democracy Now! (6am).