Flashpoints – November 20, 2015
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.
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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 Flashpoints: How Saudi gulf money fuels international terror. Also, the French government cancels 350 march against climate change, long planned to coincide with upcoming climate talks in Paris. Bernie Sanders at Georgetown explains his brand of Socialism, Later, an encore presentation of Flashpoints poet on assignment, Aurora Levins Morales, Questions for the Corporate … Continued
Today on Flashpoints: Is US and western terrorism in the middle east the driving force behind growing acts of terrorism against the west? Also FEDS and prison officials cancels art exhibition by Native American Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier, citing national security concerns. Flashpoints poet in residence, Aurora Levins Morales, remembers the victims of the recent … Continued
Flashpoints – November 13, 2015
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 Flashpoints: ISIS claims multiple suicide bombing in Beirut, killing over 40 and seriously wounding over 200. We’ll feature a report from the ground in Beirut on the deadly bombing. Also, Dr. Mads Gilbert on treating the victims of two murderous Israeli assaults on the Gaza strip. And we’ll be joined by our own … Continued
Today on Flashpoints: Fighting racist police violence and homelessness in Salinas California. Also, was the pro pot vote stolen electronically in Ohio last Tuesday? And Pappy Bush spills the beans, sort of, on his son’s huge blunder into Iraq in 2003.
Today on Flashpoints: Historic elections in Burma. Also, low wage fast food workers walk out in support of a 15 dollar an hour minimum wage. And we’ll have an update on the recent presidential elections in Haiti
Today on Flashpoints: The Neoconservative American Enterprise institute honors Israeli prime minister, Netanyahu in DC this evening. We’ll talk about the visit of the Israeli PM and have a report on a protest happening in response. Also we’ll feature an encore of an excerpt of a recent speech on Israel’s ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestine. … Continued
Flashpoints – November 6, 2015
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 flashpoints: The devil is definitely in the details when it comes to the TPP. We’ll take an in depth look at those devastating details that deepen corporate power. And further threaten free speech thought and every aspect of free expression. Also remembering the life and times Union powerhouse, Joe Hill, killed by the … Continued