Flashpoints – October 5, 2021
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.
Flashpoints
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An award winning front-line investigative news magazine focusing on human, civil and workers rights, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.
Today on the Show: The legendary whistleblower, Dan Ellsberg, whose release of the Pentagon Papers, put the lie to the entire US justification of the Vietnam War. We’’ll have Dan as our special guest for the hour speaking out about the brutal imprisonment of Julian Assange and the power of the whistleblower.
Today on the Show: The brutal mass deportation of Haitians, post-earthquake, is taking a major toll and causing extreme suffering on the ground across Haiti: Flashpoints Senior Producer, Kevin Pina is on it:. Also, Flashpoints troubadour and contributing producer, Francisco Hererra, talks about a benefit planned to support the Haitian people under siege. And Greg … Continued
Today on the Show: The legendary whistleblower, Dan Ellsberg, whose release of the Pentagon Papers, put the lie to the entire US justification of the Vietnam War: We’’ll have Dan as our special guest for the hour speaking out about the brutal and illegal imprisonment of Julian Assange.
Today on the Show: We rebroadcast our extended interview with Oliver Stone, the Legendary Filmmaker and multiple Oscar-winning writer and director of JFK, Born on the Fourth of July, and many other works for the big screen, has a powerful new memoir: And brutal mass Haiti deportations continue unabated
Today on the Show: Biden deports over 4,000 Haitians under title 42 with no recourse or chance to make an asylum claim. We’ll have the latest edition of Food Fight, with Food Not Bombs founder, Keith McHenry. And Miguel on the march with the domestic workers, on a 12 mile trek for the rights of … Continued
Today on the show: Trump’ CIA plotted to assassinate WikiLeak’s founder, Julian Assange. And Farmworkers protest Newsome’s anti-farmworker policies in front of the Gov’s favorite French Restaurant
Today on the Show: We’ll be joined by Teresa Romano, president of the UFW, who will be marching Saturday to the Governor’s favorite restaurant, the French Laundry to protest the Governor’s abandonment of farmworkers. Also: activist and attorney, Renee Saucedo, leads a 12 mile track up north to call attention of the 12 million undocumented … Continued
Today on the Show: Leading Bay-Area Haitian-American activist, Pierre Labossiere, speaks out against the whipping, herding and mass deporting of Haitians at the US Mexico Border
Today on the Show: In the wake of the border patrol’s slave style whipping of Haitians, we’ll feature an in-depth investigation into America’s Decades long subversion of the Haitian people’s right to self-determination: And what comes next, as Haitians continue to surge at the US/Mexico border. And Greg Palast joins us for the latest edition … Continued