Flashpoints – February 19, 2021
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: A powerful new short Documentary “One Eleven Taylor” that show’s extreme neglect and an attempted cover-up of a covid outbreak at the GEO GROUP’s-half-way house in the San Francisco’s poverty-wracked Tenderloin District. We’ll speak with the San Francisco’s Public Defender about the situation and about new mini-doc, that strongly supports resident … Continued
Today on the Show: We feature a brand new lecture by Palestinian Journalist/author/activist Rashid Khalidi based on his brand new book “The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine”
Today on the Show: Greg Palast with deep background on the capital siege. Also mass murder of immigrants in Mexico.
Flashpoints – February 15, 2021
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: we once again feature FlashForward a regular new roundtable segment where my guests recap and discuss major issues of the week with an eye towards what it means for progressive politics and organizing for change. My guests today are Farah Juste, a well-known activist in the Haitian diaspora who fought for … Continued
Today on the Show: Biden chats it up with Chinese leaders. Defending Oak Flat, which Apache people have described as a sacred site and their version of Mount Sinai. Also our new weekly collaboration/ the Flashpoints Bayview Report with the San Francsico Bayview national Black Newspaper
Today on the Show: Multiple migration and tragedies in Mexico at the US/Mexico border. Also, Biden blows off Julian Assange and free speech and presses ahead on US attempts to extradite the founder of Wikileaks. And according to a new poll, voters want Congress to pass the “Wall Street Tax Act,” federal legislation that would … Continued
Today on the show: We take a break from the Impeachment trial to bring you poetry. We’re proud to feature a reading from Juan Felipe Herrera and Naomi Shihab Nye, reading from Juan’s new book, Every Day We Get More Illegal,
Today on the Show: Haiti in turmoil as corrupt government tries to hang on to power after it’s term has run out. Also, a view from Wisconsin and the Mid West. photo: Tim Trad via Unsplash