Today on the show: American Indian Movement founder, Bill Means speaks out on the impending release of Indigenous leader and long time political prisoner, Lenoard Peltier. We’ll also be joined by Len Foster, spiritual adviser to Lenorad and Flashpoints senior producer, Miguel Gavilan Molina. And Call Her Freedom, a new novel based around the struggles … Continued


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Flashpoints – January 17, 2025

From Pacifica Radio in San Francisco, This is Flashpoints I’m Dennis Bernstein, Today on the Show: Angela Sombrano of the national day-laborer organizing network prepares for the second Trump Presidency, as threats of mass arrests and deportation loom large:  Also Farmworker communities in Salinas disrupt a public hearing and stage a die-in to protest  new … Continued


Today on the Show: Israel continues to use heavy US weaponry to murder Palestinians by the dozens, despite the widely reported cease fire agreement. We’ll feature a special live report from our Flashpoints State Department Contributor, Sam Husseini, who was roughed today as he attempted to question Secretary of State, Antony Blinkin, on his history … Continued


  On today’s show we speak with Dan Kovalik about the inauguration of Nicholas Maduro as the president of Venezuela over the objections of the US State Department.  Then we’ll take a closer look at the marriage between Artificial Intelligence and government surveillance and the narrowing prospects for privacy in the future.  Finally,  we end … Continued


Today on our show we speak with the plaintiffs in a class action suit filed against two California Congressmen for voting to fund the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Then we feature the latest from the Electronic Intifada with Nora Barrows- Friedman. Last up we take a look at the possible banning or forced sale to … Continued