Flashpoints – May 21, 2008
An in-depth history of the bursting of the housing bubble with Catherine Austin Fitts, we’ll spend the entire hour talking about the bailout and the covert side of the national economy.
An in-depth history of the bursting of the housing bubble with Catherine Austin Fitts, we’ll spend the entire hour talking about the bailout and the covert side of the national economy.
Mary Tillman, Mother of Slain Army Ranger and former NFL Star Pat Tillman, on Her Four-Year Quest to Expose the Military Cover-Up of Her Son’s Death by Members of His Own Unit. Headlines * 8 Iraqi Civilians Killed in US Attack * Iraq Boosts Purchases of US Arms * US Defends Imprisonment of Iraqi … Continued
We devote the entire show to international coverage of the 60th anniversary of the Nakba in Palestine: we’ll speak with Palestinian refugees, from communities across the global diaspora about the last six decades of ongoing ethnic cleansing and dispossession; plus, we’ll hear excerpts from a brand-new speech by Israeli historian, Ilan Pappe, author of the … Continued
The Democracy of AnimismLive from allied station KGNU in Boulder, Caroline hosts fellow KGNU host Duncan Campbell and former Episcoplian Priest, now shamanic animist Peter Calhoun May we humans recover from our hubris and to our manners of reverently experimental egalitarian cavorting cahoots and fierce dynamic reciprocal blessing with all our relations at this time … Continued
KPFA broadcasts the Winter Soldier hearing on Capitol Hill, where Iraq war veterans will speak to members of Congress about the hard realities of the US occupation of Iraq. The special hearing to the Out of Iraq Caucus will be hosted by Aimee Allison and Aaron Glantz, part of the team that recently was nominated … Continued
1968, 40 Years Later: Student, Worker Protests Sweep France, Leaving Indelible Mark on the Country and the World; Legendary Author Gore Vidal on the Bush Presidency, History and the "United States of Amnesia" Today’s Headlines * China Quake Toll Hits 15,000 * Amidst Desperate Recovery Effort, Burma Could Face New Storm * 60 Killed … Continued
1968, 40 Years Later: Student, Worker Protests Sweep France, Leaving Indelible Mark on the Country and the World; Legendary Author Gore Vidal on the Bush Presidency, History and the "United States of Amnesia" Today’s Headlines * China Quake Toll Hits 15,000 * Amidst Desperate Recovery Effort, Burma Could Face New Storm * 60 Killed … Continued
Special Election Night Coverage with Mitch Jeserich.The next chapter in the Democratic Primary will be written Tuesday night as voters in both Indiana and North Carolina go to the polls, where there will be 187 delegates up for grabs. KPFA brings you election night coverage starting at 7 pm on Tuesday night. Host Mitch Jeserich … Continued
10 Arrested at General Dynamics Protest in Vermont; Thousands of Somalis Protest Deadly US Air Strike; Autonomy Vote Threatens to Pull Bolivia Apart; Iran: Elections Under Threat; "Guantanamo’s Child: The Untold Story of Omar Khadr." Today’s Headlines * Cyclone Kills Nearly 4,000 People in Burma * Clinton Defends Statement about “Obliterating” Iran * Report: … Continued
10 Arrested at General Dynamics Protest in Vermont; Thousands of Somalis Protest Deadly US Air Strike; Autonomy Vote Threatens to Pull Bolivia Apart; Iran: Elections Under Threat; And "Guantanamo’s Child: The Untold Story of Omar Khadr." Today’s Headlines * Cyclone Kills Nearly 4,000 People in Burma * Clinton Defends Statement about “Obliterating” Iran * … Continued