Flashpoints – April 19, 2023
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 the show: The Fox News defamation case resolved abruptly today, ending a long-running dispute over misinformation in the 2020 election. Also, Germany shuts down it’s last Nuclear [plants and goes nuke free. And a new investigation found that arrests of environmental justice and police accountability activists have been tied to “critical infrastructure” laws, … Continued
Today on the show: We speak with the celebrated playwright and creator of Culture Clash, Richard Montoya about a powerful new book, Jose Montoya’s Abundant Harvest that features the work of his father, Jose Montoya, artist, poet, and visionary. We’ll also feature an extended report on Palestine with Ziad Abbas and the Middle East Children’s … Continued
Today on the show: We celebrate KPFA’s 74th Birthday with the release of a brand new Book of poems, Notebook 19, by Flashpoints Executive Producer, Dennis J Bernstein. Flashpoints Senior Producer Kevin Pina interviews Bernstein about his new book of poems, and about the role of poetry in the spiritual life of a frontline investigative … Continued
Today on the Show: Flashpoints global troubadour, Francisco Herrera, was in Sacramento California today, fighting for brown worker and immigrant rights from the bottom up. Also in her new podcast, “The Brief: Tracking the empire, Nora Barrows Friedman exposes the latest violence of Israeli occupiers and the growing resistance to the latest Israeli occupation
Today on the Show: What do all those leaked pentagon and state department documents have to do with Haiti? Everything says Flashpoints Senior Producer, Kevin Pina. Also do Palestinians have the right to bear arms and fight back against illegal settlers armed or not?
Today on the Show: Global protests against the largest ever US led military exercises in the Philippines. We to talk to the organizers of the actions here in San Francisco. Also, Australia speaks up even as the U.S. and U.K. seek to silence Julian Assange and the free press. And are growing attacks on the homeless … Continued
Flashpoints – April 10, 2023
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: Israeli occupation forces attack Lebanon and the locked down Gaza strip. We’’ll be joined by Ziad Abbas, Executive Director of the Middle East Children’s Alliance, based right here in the Bay Area. Ziad knows first hand what it means to grow up under Israeli Apartheid. Also we rebroadcast yesterday’s segment on … Continued
Today on show: Israel’s neo-fascist government continues its violent and deadly crackdown on Palestinians, and dozens of rockets are fired from Lebanon into Israel for the first time since 2006 in response: And the Pentagon announces the partial release of the after-action reports from the deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan.