5:00 PM Pacific Time: Mondays To Fridays
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.
We'll have Francisco Herrerra our Troubadour Cultural worker and Co-Host joining us as we focus on recent developments in Mexico. And a live report from Mexico City on the recent federal indictments against members of the Zapatistas with Alejandro Reyes our foreign correspondent. We'll also listen to a speech by John Gibler author of the … Continued
US airstrikes in Afghanistan kill an estimated 130 civilians, including many women and children, as the Pentagon scurries to cover up the massacre and Obama prepares to send 21,000 more troops to occupy the country; also, excerpts from the Pacifica Radio documentary, the Ballad of Pete Seeger, which chronicles the life and times of the … Continued
We spend the hour listening to a speech by author and co-founder of the Electronic Intifada, Ali Abunimah, as he discusses Israel's siege on Gaza and the growing boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israeli apartheid.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and social justice activist Alice Walker talks about her recent trip to occupied Gaza after the latest massacre of Palestinians by the Israeli military; an in-depth discussion with Iraqi writer, journalist and spoken word artist Ahmed Habib about the continued destruction of that country by US occupation forces and the continued resistance … Continued
Environmental justice activist Mike Roselle talks about a legal victory for activists in court against Massey Energy, a leading corporation responsible for mountaintop removal and toxic coal mining; also, we re-broadcast a special Flashpoints investigation into how Palestinians are employing permaculture farming practices as a tool of resistance under occupation; a commentary by journalist and … Continued
