Flashpoints – March 1, 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 show: A brand new report from the Oakland institute calls on Biden to put an end to the H-2A worker program that has created a captive labor force, a hairline above modern day slavery. Also the Senate confirmation hearing for Deb Haaland, nominated to become the first Native American interior secretary, morphed this … Continued
Today on show: Courageous anti-police-violence activists in Colorado facing major charges for holding the cops accountable. And the immigration nightmare continues for those seeking asylum and shelter during the storm.
Apartheid & Ethnic Cleansing During A Pandemic
Today on show: Apartheid and ethnic cleansing during a pandemic; Israel plows ahead immunizing Jews at one of the highest percentage rates in the World, but refusing to vaccinate those living in occupied Palestine.. Also fighting for a robust ethnic studies program in California Pubic Schools that includes Arab ethnic studies. And Roots Action … Continued
Today on show…we speak to the national organizer for NDLON(National Day Laborer Organizing Network), And KPFA Poetry Shepherd, Jack Foley, remembers Lawrence Ferlinghetti who passed away yesterday
Today on the Show: We remember Sister Dianna Ortiz, the courageous peace worker, who devoted her life in the fight for human rights and the poor, and who was kidnapped, tortured and raped in Guatemala by US trained and supported death squads.
Flashpoints – February 19, 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.
Today on the Show: A powerful new short Documentary “One Eleven Taylor” that show’s extreme neglect and an attempted cover-up of a covid outbreak at the GEO GROUP’s-half-way house in the San Francisco’s poverty-wracked Tenderloin District. We’ll speak with the San Francisco’s Public Defender about the situation and about new mini-doc, that strongly supports resident … Continued
Today on the Show: We feature a brand new lecture by Palestinian Journalist/author/activist Rashid Khalidi based on his brand new book “The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine”
Today on the Show: Greg Palast with deep background on the capital siege. Also mass murder of immigrants in Mexico.