Flashpoints – August 20, 2025
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: How Trump’s plan to kill FEMA will drown small town America A special report by award-winning investigative reporter Greg Palast. Also will Trump’s quest to end balloting by mail marginalize millions of brown and black voters in America. And satirist and radical radio host, Randy Credico, back on the road to … Continued
Today on the show: Two new damning human rights reports on the expanding slaughter in Gaza as the program of forced hunger and starvation continues: special correspondent, Jennifer Lowenstein reports. Also Richard Becker of Answer Coalition reflects on the pro-trump groveling in D.C. as a parade of presidents from Europe, join Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in … Continued
Flashpoints – August 15, 2025
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: The government of Haiti, Big Business, and the blossoming illegal drug trade: Flashpoints Senior Producer Kevin Pina reports about how one businessman refuses to play ball with the traffickers and risks his life in the process. And we’ll feature our weekly news report from the Electronic Intifada with Nora Barrows Friedman: … Continued
Today on the Show: What Kind of Bird Can’t Fly, A new book by prison survivor, Dorsey Nun. Also soldiers in the streets of Washington D.C. Are we headed toward Marshall Law for the nation’s capital? And remembering Palestinian journalist Anas Al Sharif, assassinated by Israel in Gaza
Today on the Show: A special report on the disturbing similarities between Hitler’s handling of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and Netanyahu’s handling of Gaza. Also an update on the Genocide and starving of Palestinians in Gaza: And a poem for every day of the Genocide: Anita Barrows joins us for a another reading of her … Continued
Today on the show: Israel using starvation and mass murder of journalists in their US armed and supported genocide in Gaza. We’ll be joined by Ziad Abbas from the Middle-east children’s alliance and Hani Almadhoun Senior Director at UNRWA USA
Today on the Show: An update on Leonard Peltier back home in Indian Country and healing. Also fighting back against Trump’s shock troops and growing number of violent street arrests: organizing the resistance to the Trump plan to turn Alcatraz back into a high security prison for mass deportation: and the fast for Justice in … Continued
Today on the show: Noted refugee rights advocate, Juan Jose Gutierrez, speaks to us from Los Angles about the expanding sweeps through the streets of Los Angeles and parts south. Also The genocidal slaughter in occupied Palestine continues a pace as we feature our weekly FRONTLINE news report from the Electronic Intifada with Nora Barrows … Continued