Today on the Show: Is it time to pack the court and take back our democracy from an extreme minority? Also, Flashpoints Senior producer, Kevin Pina, delves into what author Robert Jensen calls an Inconvenient Apocalypse.
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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: An Indigenous take on the January 6th hearings, the Trumpian right-wing, and the expanding white supremacist movement. Also, the official cover up of the Uvalde slaughter continues. Later, we’ll take a close look at Mexico’s president.
Today on show: The explosive January 6th hearings on Trump’s failed insurrection continued to break ground today: Also Vice Chair, Liz Cheney, warns again against witness tampering by the Trump forces. And should Joe Biden run again? If not why not, and who is the alternative, Kamala Harris?
Today on the show: Finding a new language for a new way to live. Sherry Glaser joins us for a first look at Mama’s 1st Pocket Chicktionary is the first step in the rite direction. And a Special life and death update on Haiti with Flashpoints senior producer, Kevin Pina
Today on the show: The assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. We’ll examine the multiple implications of the bold assassination with noted regional expert Tim Shorrock. Also we’ve been hearing a lot about the Russian Gulag of prisons and it is bad! But how does it stack up against America’s gulag of prisons: … Continued
Today on the show: Texas Governor Greg Abbott authorizes the Texas National Guard and the Texas Department of Public Safety to engage in a policy of mass deportation from Texas, setting aside federal law. Also, Richard Silverstein examines the feeble US response to Shireen Abu Aqleh’s murder and gives us a detailed accounting of AIPAC’s … Continued
Flashpoints – July 4, 2022
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: A special report on Haiti, where US foreign policy has turned Haiti into a failed state, and the worst is yet to come. Also what’s up in Texas besides the mass murder of immigrants and the ongoing police/government cover up of an elementary school slaughter that shredded19 kids and two of … Continued
Today on the show: More on the murder of some 53 migrants by smugglers, and with the help of US policy. Also, the supreme court backs Biden’s decision to end what’s known as The Remain In Mexico policy. Are these minor changes in immigration policy meaningful or way to little and way to late? And … Continued
Today on show: Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, David Cay Johnston, on the Donald: Is it jail time or more crime for the former president and alleged insurrectionist. And extended excerpts from yesterday’s explosive January 6 hearings with Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson