Flashpoints – August 6, 2024
Today on the show: Vice President Kamala Harris and Tim Walz make their debut together: And a new pesticide ban for parts of central and Northern California
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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: Governor Gav continues his violent encampment resolution that cruelly targets the homeless for massive regional evictions. We’ll look at the impact on San Francisco, where the mayor is helping to turn the screws on the homeless: We’ll also take a look at the city of Berkeley, and alternative policies for the … Continued
Flashpoints – August 2, 2024
Today on the Show: On the front lines, fighting to elect Corey Bush, a real grass-roots people’s candidate fights to keep her seat in congress: also a brief history of the violent European settler movement: from Palestine and beyond, and deadly violence continues in US Occupied Haiti.
Today on the show: Genocide Joe goes silent on Israel’s high profile assassinations of Hezbollah and Hamas Leaders. What next for the growing war in the middle east? Also progressives warn that Shapiro VP choice would fracture Democratic Unity. And did the black Dems give trump exactly what he wanted; a place back in the … Continued
Today on the Show: Israel carries out bold assassinations of Hezbollah and Hamas Leaders; what are the implications for a wider war? also Filipino Front-line Activists protest expanding defense ties with the right-wing Marcos II regime. And frontlines headlines from the electronic intifada with Nora Barrows Friedman
Today on the Show: The “No Harbor for Genocide” Campaign Targets “Ships of Death” carrying fuel Bound for Israel: also we rebroadcast last nights moving report with three frontline docs recently back from Gaza: and the growing dangers of a Nuke melt-down at Diablo Canyon
Today on the Show: A trio of Doctors report back on the ongoing slaughter and Genocide in the killing fields of Palestine: also tough Questions for VP Harris on immigration and labor rights from a senior adviser to the Latino Legislative Caucus of California:: And Gov Gavin puts the screws to the homeless in … Continued
Today on the Show: Calling Out the Democrats to Pass Legalization Legislation for millions of undocumented people. Also, fighting for Indigenous rights and turning back the illegal extractors on native lands: And our weekly Election Crimes Bulletin with Greg Palast returns with compelling new information about voter suppression in Georgia and around the US. And … Continued
On today’s show we take a closer look at the media spectacle we’re calling Mr. Netanyahu comes to Washington with our guest Richard Silverstein of the online publication Tikun Olam. Next up, Keith McHenry of Food not Bombs joins us as we cover an executive order clearing homeless encampments throughout the state issued by … Continued
Flashpoints – July 24, 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.