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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: Putin’s drone hit on Chernobyl sends us all an atomic message. Also, the Palestinian Youth Movement plans to take their fight against genocide to the streets again; stay tuned for the details: And We celebrate the 86th birthday of Bay Area luminary, and long-time human rights attorney, Osha Neuman. We’ll reflect with Osha about the nature of Justice under America’s first dictator in waiting: and we begin a new weekly report from L.A./the baca Report with Gara Baca
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Today on the Show: Hostage exchange back on track/looks like the Bibi blinked when Hamas called his bluff. Also we’ll feature our weekly frontline news report from the Electronic Intifada with Nora Barrows Friedman. And Food Not Bombs faces off with the powers that be in Santa Cruz, California, over claims of violent sweeps and unfair confiscations of people’s property: We’ll go live to a protest with Keith McHenry in Downtown Santa Cruz
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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.
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Today on show: A frontline medical update on the Gaza genocide, as Trump continues to advocate for the complete ethnic cleansing of Gaza. Also, Poet Anita barrows returns as she continues to keep track of the Gaza slaughter poem by poem, and day after murderous day. Today she documents the 23rd day of the ceasefire. We’ll feature A commentary by Caitlan johnstone, “The Gaza Ceasefire Is Being Sabotaged By Israel, By Trump, and The Media:”. And Gavin Newsom turns his back on solar energy
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Today on the Show: Flashpoints senior producer, Kevin Pina, reports on expanding violence in the US destabilized Killing Fields of Haiti, now with Trump 2.0 calling the shots. Also, an update on an unprecedented class-action law suit filed against members of congress for illegally abusing their Tax and Spend authority by funding a genocide in Gaza. And a DACA student-activist speaks out against the possible deportation of thousands of DACA students now staring down the double barrel of trump’s deportation policies.
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From Pacifica Radio in San Francisco, This is Flashpoints I’m Dennis Bernstein, Today on the Show: The speaker of the House kisses Netanyahu’s ass: also the people of San Francisco’s Historic mission District unite to stop a luxury Housing Complex: Also Keith McHenry of Food Not Bombs on a massive spike in homelessness, and on the dangerous clean up of the toxic battery fires at the world’s largest battery storage plant located in Northern California: you may remember: A recent accident at the battery plant sent plumes of toxic smoke into the atmosphere, leading to the evacuation of up to 1,500 people.
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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.
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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.
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Today on the show: The San Francisco Bay Area says no to mass deportations. Communities organize and unite to take Trump on head on. We’ll talk to Answer Coalition co-founder Dick Becker about the emerging plans for resisting fascism in America. Also, we’ll speak to a leading voice in Ethnic Studies at the University of California, about the ongoing attempt by the Trump administration to snuff out Diversity/Equity and inclusion programs. And Bibi’s back in Washington to beg the Donald for more support for Israel’s genocide in Palestine
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Today on the Show: Will Trump take action on his executive order to prepare Guantanamo Bay Naval Base to detain 30 thousand of what he labels as “the worst” undocumented immigrants we have? And High School Students in Northern California did not attend school today in response to the national call for “A Day Without Immigrants.
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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.
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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.
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Today on the Show: Indigenous rights in the age of Trump. We’ll feature a front line interview with Andrea Carmen, Executive Director of The International Indian Treaty Council. Also, Trump signs an executive order to prepare Guantanamo Bay Naval Base to detain tens of thousands of what he labels as “the worst” undocumented immigrants. And, the deadly politics of the great game for oil. We talk with investigative reporter and attorney, Charlotte Dennett, about the devastating impactf of the oil wars have on Palestinian self-determination and permanent peace in the Middle East.
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Today on the Show: We’ll feature a Gaza Update from Ziad Abass, executive Director of the Middle East Children’s Alliance: Ziad will Address Gaza and the violently occupied West Bank where he grew up: And the L.A. Fires and the Future of Renewable energy
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Today on the Show: Racist sweeps continue against undocumented children, women and men. Meanwhile, Trumps weighs his options for seizing the Panama canal down south and Greenland in the extreme north. And what is the real significance behind the Release of the Kennedy Assassination documents
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Today on the show: Ice raids commence across the country. US citizens taken into custody during raids in New Jersey. Meanwhile, refugee rights activist mobilize to counteract the ICE attacks. Well spend the hour on the mobilization to fight back against the attacks
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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.
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Today on the Show: Biden’s 8 billion buck weapons package to Israel’s Genocidists on the way out of office, is now being used to turn the Occupied West Bank into another Gaza. Also, families and young undocumented students living in fear of Trump-sweeps, planning for the worst. And Is the massive lithium battery fire outside of Santa Cruz endangering America’s vegetable supply? Keith McHenry continues his drum-beat reporting on the multiple impacts from the fires burning at the world’s largest battery storage plant in Northern California sending plumes of toxic smoke into the atmosphere
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Today on the show: American Indian Movement founder, Bill Means speaks out on the impending release of Indigenous leader and long time political prisoner, Lenoard Peltier. We’ll also be joined by Len Foster, spiritual adviser to Lenorad and Flashpoints senior producer, Miguel Gavilan Molina. And Call Her Freedom, a new novel based around the struggles in Kashmir by activist, filmmaker and former Flashpoints contributor, Tara Dorabji
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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.
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From Pacifica Radio in San Francisco, This is Flashpoints I’m Dennis Bernstein, Today on the Show: Angela Sombrano of the national day-laborer organizing network prepares for the second Trump Presidency, as threats of mass arrests and deportation loom large: Also Farmworker communities in Salinas disrupt a public hearing and stage a die-in to protest new regulations regarding cancer-causing pesticides they claim are racist: also We welcome back Roberto Hernandez, mission district activist, with plans and actions planned to resist Trump when the time comes: also KPFK producer Gary Baca joins us for an update on the deadly fires in LA. and Keith McHenry of Food Not bombs reports on the latest And Keith McHenry reports on the fires this time at the world’s largest battery storage plant in Northern California sending plumes of toxic smoke into the atmosphere, leading to the evacuation of up to 1,500 people.
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Today on the Show: Israel continues to use heavy US weaponry to murder Palestinians by the dozens, despite the widely reported cease fire agreement. We’ll feature a special live report from our Flashpoints State Department Contributor, Sam Husseini, who was roughed today as he attempted to question Secretary of State, Antony Blinkin, on his history of support for the Israeli/Zionist cause. Also we feature our weekly frontline news report from the electronic intifada with Nora Barrows Friedman. Randy Credico, noted satIrist and radio host of Live On The Fly, talks about confronting the Israeli Genocide with giant mobile broadsides based on the killing fields of gaza, transported by platform trucks and parked in key locations for maxim viewing during rush hours in NYC. And we’ll tell you about a compelling panel on “Media in the age of war and resistance” happening tonight here in Berkeley, where were broadcast from: The panel will feature Nora Barrows-Friedman OF EI and myself, and hosted by the producers of the powerful and highly informative Green and Red Podcast co-hosts Prof. Robert Buzzanco and Scott Parkin
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Today on show: Electronic Intifada co-host Nora Barrows Friedman responds to the alleged ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians, meanwhile Palestinians still being murdered daily, by the dozens. Also, the United Farm Workers on the alert for raids by the border patrol in Kern County and elsewhere, even as the So-Cal fires continue to burn out of control. And More violence in Haiti as a result of long time US destabilization policies in the region
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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.
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Today on show: Burned by the flames of racism: Culture Clash Founder, Richard Montoya, fighting the fires and the politics behind the faltering response. And the poetry of genocie: Poet Anita Barrows Returns as she continues keeping track of the genocide day by bloody day.
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On today’s show we speak with Dan Kovalik about the inauguration of Nicholas Maduro as the president of Venezuela over the objections of the US State Department. Then we’ll take a closer look at the marriage between Artificial Intelligence and government surveillance and the narrowing prospects for privacy in the future. Finally, we end with a conversation with the renowned historian and sociologist Michael Mann whose work includes the 4 volume series The Sources of Social Power, and books such as Incoherent Empire, The Darkside of Democracy and his latest entitled On War.
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Today on our show we speak with the plaintiffs in a class action suit filed against two California Congressmen for voting to fund the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Then we feature the latest from the Electronic Intifada with Nora Barrows- Friedman. Last up we take a look at the possible banning or forced sale to a US corporation of TikTok and whether its role as a social media platform for Palestinians to inform the world with real time streaming of the devastation in Gaza has been a factor.
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Today on our show, first up, we speak with Canadian activist and author Yves Engler about US/Canadian relations and foreign policy following Trump’s recent statements that Canada should join the US as the 51st state. Then we’re joined by journalist Alan McCleod who has been trolling mainstream media by pointing out ludicrous headlines and reporting about Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. Finally we get an update on the situation in Haiti direct from Port au Prince
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Today on the show: The House of Reps passes a bill that would target for deportation of undocumented immigrants charged with nonviolent crimes, a part of Trump’s promised crackdown at the border; Camilo Perez Bustillo will explain and respond. Also Jake Sullivan and Tony Blinkin talk peace but make war: 8 billion more in aid for the Israeli Genocide. And On Deconstructing War Landia, Arun Gupta, deconstructs some of the Donald’s verbal threats after his first major national press conference as president elect.
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Today on the show: The role of Zionism in modern Israel and how it fuels and justifies the current genocide. Also, how biased corporate journalism in the US continues to play a key roll in sustaining the genocidal Legacy of Joe Biden. For his part, Biden just signed on to another 8 billion to Israel for the genocide. And, a protest by medical staff at San Francisco General hospital against the torturing and killing of doctors and medical staff in Gaza.
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Today on the Show: Flashpoints Troubador, human rights activist Francisco Herrera, preparing to fight the power and the Washington racists: also We welcome back Roberto Hernandez, who many call the honorary mayor of San Francisco’s legendary and historic mission district; we’ll review a new plan to formally expand and totally occupy Gaza through an expanding genocide now in progress.
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Today on the Show: Remembering Jimmy Carter; the good, the bad and the presidential. Also Nora Barrows Friedman reports from the electronic Intifada about some of the latest acts of mass murder being carried out by the US armed IDF in occupied Gaza. And we’ll feature a new commentary by Caitlin Johnstone: Awakening From The Empire Propaganda Begins With One Small Act Of Heresy
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Today on the Show: We’ll feature a Frontline report back from the occupied West Bank, with international Solidarity activist and Novelist Kate Raphael. Also, Norman Solomon joins us to talk about a new class action law suit, regarding the Illegal US funding of the Israeli genocide in Gaza. And Christmas time for the homeless, as massive regional evictions and abuse against the Homeless and un-housesed continues a pace.
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Today on Flashpoints:
We devote the entire hour to Haiti. First up we speak Haitian activist Jean St. Vil in Ottawa Canada about the role and culpability of the so-called CORE group in Haiti. Then we feature another clandestine interview from the heart of Haiti’s capital Port au Prince.
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Today on the Show: Palestinians and Palestinian-Americans file a federal lawsuit against Secretary of State Antony Blinken, accusing him and the US state department of violating a law that prohibits the US from sending military aid to foreign security forces committing gross violations of human rights. Also a new group “Organized Power in Numbers” forms to fightback and take on Trump head on. And the State of California announces a new precedent-setting regulation requiring advance notice of agricultural pesticide use
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Today on the Show: National Book Award Winning poet, Martin Espada, reads and speaks out on the Trump promise to deport a million brown and black people, forcibly if need be: also we’ll look at Justice Robert Jackson’s dissent in the Korematsu case regarding the brutal internment during World War Two of thousands of Japanese Americans And Israel’s bloody genocide continues to target children and medical centers across gaza. Nora Barrows Friedman documents another week of the US armed violence and mass murder
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Today on the Show: Long time peace activist Kathy Kelly talks about her work with Global Solidarity for Peace in Palestine, a network of over 100 international peace organizations that has just sent a series of letters calling on the UN General Assembly to “fulfill obligations imposed by international law.” The letter goes on to state: “Israel has demonstrated its specific intent to physically destroy Palestinians. No one should be allowed to commit genocide and remain unpunished! 500 federal taxpayers across 10 Northern California counties will file an unprecedented class action lawsuit against their Congressional Representatives And flashpoints senior producer, Kevin Pina, reports on more violence in the US destabilized Killing Fields of Haiti
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Today on the show: Breaking new on an unprecedented class action lawsuit that will be filed against Northern California members of Congress. The lawsuit will charge that Rep. Huffman and Rep. Thompson illegally abused their Tax and Spend authority when they voted to allocate $26.38 billion in military aid to Israel. Also Flashpoints contributor, Jennifer Lowenstein updates the latest news from the killing fields of Gaza and post-Assad Syria. And on a special edition of Deconstructing War Landia, our media breakdown segment, Arun Gupta talks about Bullets for Health Care. Luigi Mangione, cold-blooded killer/or people healthcare hero
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Today on show: As Assad falls, Israel Invades Syria. Richard Silverstein reports on how Israel played a pivotal role in the chain of events leading to Assad’s overthrow: And Greg Palast is back to tell us How to put Welfare Queen Elon Musk out of Business, and why that might be important.
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Today on the show: Indigenous activists on the move, bracing for a massive DaACA deportation: We’ll speak with Sandra De Anda, L.A Rapid Response, Orange County, and we’ll also be joined again by Roberto Hernandez, to give us background on an emergency summit called in the Mission District of San Francisco
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Today on the show: In a 300-page report, Amnesty International concludes that Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute genocide.
For deep background on the significance of the Amnesty decision, we’ll be joined by Human Rights attorney, Camilo Perez Bustillo: Camilo we’ll also talk about the emergency plans for the proposed Trump rampage against brown and indigenous people now being threatened. And we’ll rebroadcast our recent interview with Andrea Carmen Executive Director, International Indian Treaty Council
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Today on the Show: Israel continues its US financed Genocide in Gaza, and breaks the cease fire in Lebanon well over a hundred times, but who’s counting?: Nora Barrows Friedman is: She details some of this week’s genocidal violence in Gaza : And we’ll feature a special live report from the Occupied West Bank, with US artist, Alison Post, on the ground there to bear witness and to try and help restrain settler violence against Palestinians
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Today on the Show: FASTING FOR LIFE IN THE BAY AREA: A PRO-PALESTINIAN ACTIVIST ON A FAST FOR LIFE, SPEAKS OUT AGAINST THE US ARMED GENOCIDE IN GAZA: ALSO RADICAL PALESTINIAN ATTORENY, NOURA ERAKAT SPEAKS ABOUT STRATGEIES FOR RESISTING THE GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE: ALSO ALSO FLASHPOINTS SENIOR PRODUCER, MIGUEL GAVALAN MOLINA JOINS US TO SPEAKOUT AGINST THE PROPOSED TRUMP CRACK DOWN ON BROWN AND INDIGINOIUS PEOPLE IN THE USA.
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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.
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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.
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Today on the Show: The legendary William Means, co-founder of the American Indian Movement, and a leader in the struggle to free Leonard Peltier…And we’ll continue our special reports from writer-activist, Kate Raphael, in the Occupied West Bank where violent settlers continue to collaborate with the IDF to threaten, beat and kill Palestinians and steal their land.
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On today’s show:
We’ll ask Ziad Abbas of Meca what today’s cease fire means to Palestinians; Also, Have you heard of Project Esther (PE), a draconian Trump/2025 plan to criminalize Pro-Palestine activism in the US. It targets a network of US protest groups so-called the “Hamas Support Network. And are we seeing a Rebellion at the roots in Pakistan, a revival of the people’s call for the return to power of the people’s hero, deposed Pakistani leader, Imran Khan.The post Ziad Abbas of Meca What Today’s Cease Fire Means to Palestinians appeared first on KPFA.
Today on show: We kick off Trump Watch, as we batten down the hatches in the new age of white supremacy: In the first half of today’s show, we’ll be joined by the legendary Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farmworkers, with Cesar Chavez
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Today on the show: on the frontlines in Arizona fighting racist violence and illegal mass deportation: We’ll be joined by celebrated human rights attorney and Immigrants right’s activist Isabel Gardener: also “Today In Imperial Recklessness” a new stimulating commentary by Caitlin Johnstone on the arrest warrant against Netanyahu and company: And the indigenous battle to turnback the extractors at Thacker Pass.
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Today on the show: The International Criminal Court issues Arrest Warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant : The Judges found there were “reasonable grounds to believe that” both Netanyahu and Gallant “intentionally and knowingly deprived the civilian population in Gaza of objects indispensable to their survival, including food, water, and medicine”: Noted Human Rights attorney, Camilo Perez Bustillo, comments on the significance of the ICC arrest warrant as well as Trump’s threatened crack downs on brown and black people in the US: Also Andrea Carmen Executive Director, International Indian Treaty Council just back from the Climate summit and poised for the Trump crackdown: and we continue our special reports from the occupied west bank on expanding settler violence
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Today on the Show: Israel continues its Genocide in Gaza. Nora Barrows Friedman documents another week of violence and mass murder in Gaza. And we’ll feature a special report from writer-activist, Kate Raphael, from the Occupied West Bank where violent settlers continue to collaborate with the IDF to beat and kill Palestinians and steal their land. And where harvesting olives has become a deadly affair. And poet Anita Barrows joins us with a poem on day 411 of the Genocide
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Today on the show: Ziad Abbas Executive Director, Middle East Children’s Alliance, outlines the latest Israeli Slaughters in Gaza and the West Bank, as the US/Israeli Genocide continues a pace; And a Mass Protest is planned for tomorrow/Wednesday, by Peace Activists at California’s Largest Air Base; Activists Plan to Shut Down the Gates at Travis AFB to ‘to break the Supply Chain of Weapons to Israel – Arrests and civil disobedience is ExpectedThe post Flashpoints – November 19, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: We speak with Nane Alejandrez, the celebrated visionary founder and executive director of Barrios Unidos, on the coming crackdowns on indigenous black and brown people. And lawless gangs and death squads in Haiti rape women and kidnap, and massacre people, destroying entire neighborhoods in the process; this as a result of continuing US destablization policy. We ask where are those UN peace keepers?
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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.
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Today on the show: Dealing with Trump and his expanding crackdown on indigenous people, and millions of brown and black folks, who are now directly caught in Trump’s crosshairs. Also what happens to the Dreamers, who are now facing deportation by the thousands under Trump’s America. And Farmworker communities call “separate and unequal” a new regulation for cancer-causing pesticide
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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.
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Today on show: Culture Clash Founder, and award winning playwright, Richard Montoya, on Trump-watch and dealing with new age of white supremacy. And will feature a Genocide update on the killing fields of Gaza. And the ongoing civilian attacks on Lebanon
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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.
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Today on the show: Trump 2.0: The Orange Man is back and he’s threatening massive round ups of millions of undocumented people, many indigenous, brown and black. We’ll feature a free wheeling dialogie with Josie Telementez, Executive Direcotr of the Chicano Park Museum. And later we speak with Zeaid Abbas of the Middle East Children’s Alliance about the deadly situation in Palestine and what’s ahead under Trump.
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Today on a special edition of Flashpoints: Radical Economist and economic visionary Richard Wolff is joined by Dr. Harriet Fraad and Professor Shahram Azhar to discuss the results of the 2024 Presidential election and the profound economic implications moving forward. Wolff, whose work appears regularly on KPFA and Pacifica, is heard here as a part of his ongoing series, Economic Update
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Today on the show: Donald Trump getting ready to take over control of the nuclear codes, as he sends Harris and the weak-kneed Democrats packing. Also, Jennifer Lowenstein updates the latest news from the killing fields of north Gaza and Lebanon. And on a special edition of Deconstructing WarLandia, our media breakdown segment, Arun Gupta talks about what lead to the complete down fall of the Dems
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Today on show: Greg Palast joins us from Atlanta Georgia, where tensions are high and threats of violence are flying, as the future of America hangs in the balance. Also, more on the expanding genocide in in Gaza as dozens more Palestinians are murdered while fleeing the violence
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Today on show: Greg Palast is back with another edition of the election crimes bulletin; we’ll speak to Greg live from Atlanta where he’s going eye to eye with the vote fraudsters and right-wing trumpsters: …Also Professor Stephen Zunes on the Expanding War in the Middle East and What to Expect From the New (US) Administration
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Today on the Show: The radical and real history of the Day of the Dead with Professor Lorena Gonzalez: Also a report back on the Celebration of the Day of the Dead in a sunrise protest for immigrant rights an to Respond to Donald Trump’s Attacks Against Migrants
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Today on the Show: Israel’s long-term strategy for the complete ethnic cleansing of the Gaza strip: we’ll feature a genocide up-date with Raed Jarrar of Democracy for the Arab World Now. Also Over 25,000 people have signed petitions to hold Netflix and Trader Joe’s accountable for normalizing Israel’s occupation of Palestine: And Immigrant Communities In The Greater Bay Area Hold Traditional Day Of The Dead Procession To Respond to Donald Trump’s Attacks Against Migrants
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Today on the show: we’ll feature the weekly news update on Israel’s ongoing Genocide in Palestine from the Electronic Intifada with Nora Barrows Friedman: Also Jennifer Lowenstein updates the latest news from the killing fields of north Gaza: and on Deconstructing WarLandia, our media breakdown segment, Arun Gupta talks about how the liberal/corporate media completely distorts what it reportsThe post Flashpoints – October 30, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: 20 years after the US coup in Haiti and the violence continues unabated: Flashpoints Senior producer, Kevin Pina had an opportunity over the weekend to conduct a clandestine interview with a Lavalas Community Organizer and trade union- activist now in hiding and fearing for his life: Also politics two-gun Texas style
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TODAY ON THE SHOW: American Indian Movement founder, Bill Means on Biden’s partial apology for the US genocide against Idiginious children: also we talk to the filmmaker of WE NEVER LEFT, which follows three young Lebanese expats as they wage the Lebanese revolution from New York and fight for a better country. And a special Edition of the Election Crimes Bulletin/vote-fighter Greg Palast goes to Georgia to free the ballot: takes the vote thief is back: Unraveling the latest scams the vote thieves have put into motion to steal your right to vote
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Two Decades since the Violent 2004 US Coup that lead to the kidnapping of the duly elected president of Haiti, Jean Betrand Aristide, violence prevails as lawless gangs roam the streets of the Haitian capital plundering and killing at will. Also Israel continues to bomb the hell out of Lebanon and Gaza.
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Today on the show: We’ll feature the weekly news update from the Electronic Intifada on Israel’s US armed and assisted genocide in Gaza with Nora Barrows Friedman. Also Hamburgers and Genocide, a commenatry by Catalyn Johnstone on how an IDF soldier can’t eat hamburgers any more after ramming a bulldozer into piles of Palestinian body parts. And we’ll look at the IDF ‘Generals’ Plan’ to Permanently Expel all Palestinians from Northern Gaza
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Today on the show: An eye-witness account on the expanding Israeli bombing of Lebanon, in preparation for an attack on Iran. Also Middle Children’s Alliance Executive Director, Ziad Abbas, updates Israel’s killing fields in Gaza and the West Bank.
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Today on the show: We’ll spend most of our hour with Flashpoints special correspondent, Sam Husseini, who will offer some context and deep background on the surfacing of new top secret US government docs which reference Israel’s arsenal of nuclear weapons, despite the fact that US gov as well as Israel have for decades refused to acknowledge the reality of Israel’s nuclear weapons arsenal which threatens the world
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Today on the Show: We’ll spend the hour with legendary investigative filmmaker, the late John Pilger. We will air sound from John Pilger’s award winning and moving documentary, Stealing A Nation. We play this powerful doc in response to Great Britain and the USA finally announcing they are giving up sovereignty of a remote but strategically important cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean, with a huge US military airbase, after more than half a century of domination.
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Today on the show: Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is among three militants killed during an operation in the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, Israel continues its lethal illegal bombings against the civilian populations of Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank. And Anita Barrows returns with a poem for every day of the Gaza genocide.
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Today on the show: we’ll feature the weekly news update on Israel’s ongoing genocide from Electronic Intifafa with Nora Barrows Friedman. Also turning Northern Gaza into a military prison and security zone; also protesters say no support for Marcos in the Philippines.
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Today on the show: The debut of the moving documentary, “Gaza Is Our Home”, highlighting the beauty of the people of Gaza, primarily through footage and family photos of the filmmaker Monear Shaer. Also A special report on the impact and response to the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and the growing possibilities for a major regional war
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Today on the show: Israel’s deadly and unrestrained air war against civilian Lebanon and Gaza continues unabated. And we remember one of AIM’s devoted Warriors, Wounded Knee as he departs for the spirit world. Also we prepare for another liberation on Alcatraz on Indigenous People’s Day
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Today on the show: We speak with a critical care and trauma nurse who says “The south of Gaza is horrible, but the north is even worse. Things like antibiotics were almost non-existent there. I saw things I never saw. I saw puss coming out of IV catheters. I saw maggots coming out of a patient’s wound.” And we continue our ongoing media series, Deconstructing War-Landia series with Arun Gupta, who deconstructs one big war lie after another.
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Today on the Show: Israel continues to bomb the hell out of Lebanon, apparently with the full support and encouragement of the Biden, Harris Regime, and the entire US military establishment. We’ll feature frontline headlines from Nora Barrows Friedman at the Electronic Intifada news desk. Nora will also join us today to talk about the boycott divestment movement,
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Today on the show: Part two of a year of slaughter and genocide in occupied Palestine. Today, the students abandon their classes and hit the streets to demand an end to the genocide in Palestine and Lebanon.
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Today on the show: A year of slaughter and genocide in occupied Palestine. We feature a special report from the streets of San Francisco and the Bay Area.
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Today on the show: Arun Gupta on the future of Israel as a major powerbroker in global affairs or a violently crumbling client state of the good ole USA. Also, Haitians in Ohio continue to face racist threats and physical abuse. And here in Berkeley where we broadcast from, the Peace & Justice Commission votes for a cease fire, but is it way too late?
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Today on the Show: We speak to Palestine Chronicle Editor and author, Ramzy Baroud, on the continuing Gaza genocide and the assassination of Hezbollah visionary leader, Hasan Nasrallah. Also, fighting against the US de-stablization of Haiti, where starvation is starting to set in.
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Today on the show: Israel continues it’s bombing of Lebanon and Gaza, as Iran responds with a barrage of high end missiles. American law student at the U.C Berkeley accuses a professor of assaulting her during a backyard dinner held at the home of the school’s dean, Erwin Chemerinsky. Also a brief history on the illegal and violent occupation of Palestine: and a landmark law suit on the safety and dangers of keeping Diablo Canyon Nuclear Reactor on line. Opponents say its a major disaster waiting to happen.
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Today on the show: Israel continues to bomb civilian Lebanon, killing and wounding hundreds. Will Bebe, Biden, Blinkin and the boys take it all the way to Iran, sparking a regional war? Also no let up on in the bloody Israeli killing fields of Gaza. And the Palestinian Youth Movement speaks up and takes it to the streets. Finally, documenting the Gaza genocide in poetry/day by day, with Anita Barrows
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Today on the show: Did Bebe create and leak forged Hamas documents to falsely shape public opinion in support of his endless genocide? Also in a new ABC Australia report “Israeli forces are accused of killing their own citizens under the ‘Hannibal Directive’ during October 7 chaos. And we follow up on An American-Turkish woman–A member of the International Solidarity Movement– who was assassinated by the IDF in the occupied West bank last Friday during an anti-settler protest in Beita on the west bank
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Today on the show: An American-Turkish woman–A member of the International Solidarity Movement–was shot dead by illegal Israeli occupiers during an anti-settler protest in West Bank town of Beita: We speak to Zeaid Abbas, who grow up on the West Bank, about the Israeli murder of the activist: And the Election Crimes Bulletin returns with Greg Palast on the frontline-fight to protect your vote from a growing army of armed vote denyers willing to track you down at gunpointThe post Flashpoints – September 6, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: The destruction of the West Bank continues unabated by Israeli occupation forces; Norman Solomon reminds in a new peace for Common Dreams the Knowledge is Power and Gaza War Supporters don/t want students to have either. And Antinuclear expert Karl Grossman takes us on a tour of the possible triggers to a nuclear war, and what that might look like
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Today on the show: Sharif Abdel Kouddous, on the destruction of the West Bank and the attacking of journalists trying to report the war crimes. Also a graduate student at Indiana University sues the school for violations of his free speech rights around the ongoing genocide in Palestine. And our weekly frontline Gaza genocide report from the Electronic Intifada with Nora Barrows Friedman
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Today on the show: Genocide Joe goes silent while Bebe digs in for the big one. War on all horizons; Richard Silverstein joins us to talk about the next wave of war and violence in Israel and Palestine. Also is Israel using AI to carry out its genocide. And our own senior producer, Miguel Gavilan Molina, leading the way, brings back the power and importance of the Chicano Moratorium, remembering the crucial history and paving the way for another generation of resistance.
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Today on show: Culture Clash Founder, and award winning playwright, Richard Montoya is in town with a new piece. Also celebrated troubadour and human rights activist, Francisco Herrera joins us for some songs of peace and social justice. And Professor Lorena Gonzalez Counselor and La Raza studies faculty member, at Contra Costa College
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Today on the show: Israeli occupiers expand violent military operations in the west bank, vowing to turn it into another Gaza Strip. We’ll speak with Zeaid Abbas from the Middle East Children’s Alliance about the deadly situation. Also is the University of California, San Francisco Repressing Pro-Palestinian Faculty, Students, and Staff from speaking out about the US armed genocide in Palestine.
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Today on the show: How would Project 2025 impact global health? We’ll speak with long-time investigative reporter Anne-Christine D’Adesky, founder of Stop the Coup; Also our weekly frontline genocide report from the Electronic Intifada with Nora Barrows Friedman, and long time labor photographer and reporter, David Bacon trains his wizened lens on wealthy wineries that routinely endanger workers lives.
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Today on the Show: Legendary Consumer Advocate, Ralph Nader on the Underestimates of war dead and wounded as a result of what experts assert is an ongoing genocide in illegally occupied Gaza. Also, Texas AG, Ken Paxton, on arresting Texas voters and searching their homes for DNA evidence of voter fraud? And noted poet and translator Anita Barrows documenting the genocide in poems in poems of suffering memory and loss.
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Today on the Show: We continue our drumbeat coverage from the streets and the suites of the chicago Democratic Convention: Arun Gupta reports: Also our weekly frontline Gaza headlines from the Electronic Intifada with Nora Barrows Friedman and code pink mock’s arrests of war criminals in Downtown San Francisco
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Today on the show: More from the streets and the suites of Chicago as the Dems prepare to crown Harris as their official presidential candidate: Arun Gupta reports again from the windy city. Also Code Pink takes action against genocide in San Francisco, Chicago and we’ll have an update on the US funded genocide in Gaza
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Today on the show: A live report from the democratic convention and the streets of Chicago: Special Flashpoints correspondent and media analyst, Arun Gupta is on the ground. We’ll hear about the “uncommitted” movement calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza. Also fighting the Israeli lobby from the inside the AIPAC drowning of democratic Congress-woman Corey Bush
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Today on the show: The Election Crimes Bulletin returns with a special report on Trump’s quiet coup: Greg Palast continues his frontline reporting on a growing army of vote deniers ready to jump for Trump. Also, hundreds of immigrants to walk 48 miles from San Jose to San Francisco asking to be seen, recognized, and legalized. They call for the end of diatribes against immigrants and uplift a pathway to citizenship instead. Francisco Herera and Miguel Gavilan Molina will be on the march. And code pink and many other groups plan to protest the democrats and their silence continuing support of genocide
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Today on the Show: Hundreds of immigrants and their supporters will walk 48 miles from San Jose to San Francisco asking to be seen, recognized, and legalized. We’ll talk to our good friend Renee Suacedo about this upcoming walk for civil and human rights. Also what does three years of Taliban rule look like on the ground in Afghanistan: Anti-genocide activists blocking the fueling of genocide in Palestine
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Today on the Show: Responding to the ongoing US/Israeli genocide with music and poetry with David Rovicks, and we’ll feature frontline headlines from Nora Barrows Friedman at the Electronic Intifada,
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Today on the Show: We update the actions of the “No Harbour for Genocide” Campaign which targets “Ships of Death” carrying fuel bound for Israel. Mobilizations across the Mediterranean have in fact disrupted Military fuel transit to Israel. Also a report on Afghanistan and the region with more deep background on the pro-democracy movement in Bangladesh. And, fighting to end veteran debts and standing up to Gov Gav’s homeless crackdown
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Today on the Show: Another Israeli slaughter in Gaza, killing over a hundred people. Many are women and children among the shredded, disemboweled bodies of the dead. Also, activists lobby UN members to take action against the genocide in Gaza. And, money in politics, fighting to end citizens united.
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Today on the show: Pastor Munther Isaac, from occupied Bethlehem, on confronting the silence of the American church on the Palestine genocide. And the Election Crimes Bulletin returns with Greg Palast on the frontline-fight to protect your vote from a growing army of vote denyers
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Today on the Show: U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel, will skip the A-bomb Memorial Service in Nagasaki tomorrow because Israel was not invited. Also Spy for No Country: remembering the Teenage Atomic Spy Who May Have Saved the World from Nuclear War: And on the liberation movement of Bangladesh, will it alter the future of the country, the region, and world for the better, or are their darker forces behind it calling the shots
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Today on the show: Long time Flashpoints friend and American Indian Movement founder Bill Means, elevated to be the chief of all chiefs for North America. Also the liberation movement of Bangladesh, will it to alter the future of the country, the region, and world for the better, or are their darker forces behind it, calling the shots. And we’ll feature the weekley news update on Israel’s ongoing Genocide from Electronic Intifafa with Nora Barrows Friedman
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Today on the Show: Governor Gav continues his violent encampment resolution that cruelly targets the homeless for massive regional evictions. We’ll look at the impact on San Francisco, where the mayor is helping to turn the screws on the homeless: We’ll also take a look at the city of Berkeley, and alternative policies for the unhoused: and on the front lines, fighting to elect Corey Bush in a real grass-roots people’s candidate fights the israeli lobby to keep her seat in Congress.
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Today on the Show: On the front lines, fighting to elect Corey Bush, a real grass-roots people’s candidate fights to keep her seat in congress: also a brief history of the violent European settler movement: from Palestine and beyond, and deadly violence continues in US Occupied Haiti.
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Today on the show: Genocide Joe goes silent on Israel’s high profile assassinations of Hezbollah and Hamas Leaders. What next for the growing war in the middle east? Also progressives warn that Shapiro VP choice would fracture Democratic Unity. And did the black Dems give trump exactly what he wanted; a place back in the spotlight of the public’s eye
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Today on the Show: Israel carries out bold assassinations of Hezbollah and Hamas Leaders; what are the implications for a wider war? also Filipino Front-line Activists protest expanding defense ties with the right-wing Marcos II regime. And frontlines headlines from the electronic intifada with Nora Barrows Friedman
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Today on the Show: A trio of Doctors report back on the ongoing slaughter and Genocide in the killing fields of Palestine: also tough Questions for VP Harris on immigration and labor rights from a senior adviser to the Latino Legislative Caucus of California:: And Gov Gavin puts the screws to the homeless in California
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Today on the Show: Calling Out the Democrats to Pass Legalization Legislation for millions of undocumented people. Also, fighting for Indigenous rights and turning back the illegal extractors on native lands: And our weekly Election Crimes Bulletin with Greg Palast returns with compelling new information about voter suppression in Georgia and around the US. And Palast also reports on how Trump wants to make teaching history illegal
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Today on the Show: Code Pink protests the Netanyahu visit to the US, as the deadly US Israeli Genocide against Palestine, continues to expand: also we’ll listen in to a little of Kamala on the stump for pres: And Award-winning Palestinian-American poet, writer, and editor. Deema K Shehabi joins us for a mini-reading…Shehabi has family in middle of the Gaza Genocide.
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Today on the Show: An update on the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Will Harris make a difference if she is elected? Also, we feature a rebroadcast of a powerful eye-witness account from a front-line trauma surgeon just back from treating genocide victims in the Gaza Strip. And Julian Assange is a free man but the good journalism that got him jailed is in jeopardy based on the courts actions
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Today on the show: The future of immigrant rights in the USA: we spend a good part of the hour with front line refugee rights activist and National spokesperson for NDLON, or the National day-laborer organizing Network, Pablo Alvarado::and we’ll have a singout for labor and human rights with Flashpoints resident troubadour, and the co-director of the San Francisco daylabor center..
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Today on the Show: Coleen Rowley, a former FBI special agent, protesting the Gaza genocide at the republican convention. Rowley is a strong supporter and advocate for
Freedom Flotilla to break the Gaza siege. Code Pink planning a special welcome for the noted Genocidist, Bebe Netenyahu in Washington. And we’ll feature frontline headlines from Nora Barrows Friedman at the electronic Intifada
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Today on the Show: An eye-witness report from a surgeon just back from treating genocide victims in the Gaza Strip: The message from the doc, ” As Surgeons, We Have Never Seen Cruelty Like Israel’s Genocide in Gaza”. We urge anyone who reads this to publicly oppose sending weapons to Israel as long as this onslaught continues. Is it times for the Dems to say no more Joe, step aside. And poet Anita Barrows continue to take on the Gaza Genocide in Poetry. Vote
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Today on the Show: The Election Crimes Bulletin returns in full force as Greg Palast continues his battle to free your votes and makes sure they are counted. And Nation Reporter and Flashpoints contributor Arun Gupta tells the real back story on NATO and its huge expansion, as NATO ministers finish up their Business in Washington D.C.
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Today on the Show: NATO and the US War Machine: Biden’s claim to fame in the expansion of NATO. Also, a new mobile billboard exposes Israeli war crimes in Gaza.
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Today on the Show: We feature an in-depth update on the situation in Afghanistan in the context of the US Destabilization through post-cold war NATO policies. And how NATO militarized Canadian foreign policy. Canada no longer does peacekeeping. Canada is at its lowest level in 30 years for peacekeeping with only 49 Canadian soldiers on United Nations peace support operations
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Today on the Show: The Haiti action center protests the reoccupation of Haiti by US supported and armed Kenyan troupes. Also, Eyewitness to Genocide in Palestine; bay-area activists bare witness to the killing fields
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Today on the show: Genocide Joe keeps up the deadly weapons flow to Israel, and the killing fields widen. We’ll speak with Ziad Abbas for an update on the US/Israeli war against Palestine. We also speak with Richard Silverstein on the IDF’s Hannibal Directive. And Pierre LaBossiere, founder, of Haiti Action Committee, speaks out against the violent US supported occupation of Haiti by heavily armed Kenyan forces, with a reputation for violence against civilians
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Today on the Show: More White Colonial mentality from the White House as Long time Native American political prisoner, Leornad Pelteir, is denied parole and a pardon by Genocide Joe. Peltier spiritual Adviser Lenny Foster will join us, along with Tony Gonzalez from AIM West and our own Miguel Gavilan Molina:- And we’ll feature this weeks frontline headlines from the Electronic Intifadi with Nora Barrows Friedman.
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Today on the show: Noted legal scholar and author Francis Boyle on recent right-wing decisions by the U.S, Supreme Court, in support of an imperial presidency: Also a genocide update on Palestine, and the expanding war between Israel and Lebanon. And we’ll look at the amazing contributions made by globally celebrated linguist and activist, Noam Chomsky
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Today on the show: Political bribery will surly thrive as a result of a new ruling by the Supreme Court. Also, RootsAction doubles odwn on it’s efforts urging Biden to step aside. And we present an encore broadcast of Miguel Gavilan Molin’s powerful interview with Native American Attorney and leader, Chief Iron Eyes.
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Today we discuss last evening’s presidential debates and the fall out with Norman Solomon of RootsAction.org. Next up, we cover today’s decision by the US Supreme Court in the Johnson v. Grants pass case that makes it far easier for states and municipalities to punish the unhoused and homelessness in the United States Then, as we have all this week, we take you back to Standing Rock North Dakota and the Global Conference of the International Indian Treaty Council with Senior Producer Miguel Gavilan Molina with his crew and their outstanding on the ground reporting.
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Today we feature an interview with Alex Kirshner about his recent article in SLATE that explains how tonight’s presidential debate will be like no other before it. Not because of the candidates, but rather how it is being controlled and monopolized by CNN. Next up, we continue our coverage of Haiti with Flashpoints Analyst Frantz Jerome. Then, as we have all this week, we take you to Standing Rock North Dakota and the Global Conference of the International Indian Treaty Council with Senior Producer Miguel Gavilan Molina with his crew and their outstanding on the ground reporting.
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On today’s show we feature a clandestine interview from Haiti where we’ve altered their voice to protect their identity. The interview is coming from deep in a gang controlled neighborhood of Haiti’s capital. For the second half of the show we go to Senior Producer Miguel Gavilan Molina and his crew on the ground in Standing Rock North Dakota featuring special reports from the Global Conference of the International Indian Treaty Council.
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Today on our show, Wikileaks founder and journalist Julian Assange is finally free. We speak with Chip Gibbons, the policy director for Defending Rights and Dissent about the long fight to secure his release. Then we get an update about Haiti with Flashpoints Special Correspondent Maud Jean-Michel and the 400 Kenyan police that landed there earlier today…ostensibly to help fight gangs. For the second half of the show we go with Senior Producer Miguel Gavilan Molina and his crew on the ground in Standing Rock North Dakota featuring special reports from the Global Conference of the International Indian Treaty Council.
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Today on our show, we feature an interview with Flashpoints Executive Producer Dennis Bernstein about his background and career as a journalist. Then, we turn to a special report from Standing Rock North Dakota and the Global Conference of the International Indian Treaty Council with Senior Producer Miguel Gavilan Molina
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Today on the show: We feature the first of a series of interviews from Standing Rock at the Indian Treat Council’s Global Gathering, brought to the Pacifica Airwaves by the FlashOnda Crew with Senior Producer, Miguel Gavilan Molina.
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Today on the show: we’ll feature a live report from the International Indian Treaty Council Global Gathering in Standing Rock, where the Flashpoints team is standing by with Bill Means and Andrea Carmen for a special report. Also will there be an all out war between Israel and Lebanon. And we’ll feature the weekly frontline news headlines from the electronic Intifada with Nora Barrows Friedman
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Today on the Show: Biden announces his hit and run racist border policy, still threatening to shut the border down. Camilo Perez Bustillo responds strongly from San Francisco’s Mission district. Also we’ll be joined by our longtime contributor, Food Not Bombs Founder Keith McHenry, at a vigil live today for peace, and against the use of food & hunger & starvation as weapons of war and genocide: and an in-depth update on the Case of Julian Assange
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Today on the show: A new season of the Election Crimes Bulletin picks up with slooth-man Greg Palast on the trail of a new Trump Plan for 2024, which is taken from a KKK Plan of 1946. And in the second half of the show, war and peace talks and no end to the dying yet
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Today on the Show, Honoring North Star and our friend, legendary Pentagon Papers whistleblower, Daniel Ellsberg, one year after his passing. We’ll premier the song North Star by Adey Bell, who composed it to honor the life and work of her family-friend, hero, Dan Ellsberg, as he lay dying. We’ll also be joined for the hour by Dan’s wife and life partner, Patricia, his son Michael Ellsberg and his longtime friend, poet & psychotherapist Anita Barrows
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Today on the Show: The case for Palestine: why it matters and why you should care. Also, Israel illegally using humanitarian cover for military operations causing The World Food Program to halt its aid efforts in in Gaza. And our weekly Gaza news headlines with Nora Barrows Friedman and the electronic Intifada
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Today on the Show: Andrea Carmen, Executive Director of the international Indian Treaty Council, speaks out for indigenous rights globally and calls for an end to the US Israeli genocide against the Palestinians. Did Israeli forces use Palestinian humanitarian aid vehicles illegally to infiltrate the Gaza camp for their recent mass-murdering hostage rescue? And were the invader/occupiers using US intelligence to carry out the slaughter: we will also open the phones to hear thoughts on the genocide and what ever else is on your mind
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Today on the Show: Israel murders 284 Palestinians to rescue four Israeli hostages: Genocide Joe to Bebe, job well done. Also UN Security Council passes resolution urging Hamas to accept ceasefire. And and the Indigenous Movement to free Leonard Peltier, took a moment in front of city hall to call for a free Palestine right before another police crack down on anti-genocide pro-Palestinians in San Francisco
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Today on the Show: Israel’s genocide in Gaza meets substantial and growing resistance, but the mass murder of civilians continues unabated. Also Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein speaks out on Gaza: The green party presidential candidate was arrested at a recent protest at Washington University in St. Louis. And our weekly Gaza news headlines with Nora Barrows Friedman and the electronic Intifada
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Today on the show: For the first time in History, a woman assumes the leadership in Mexico: What does it mean in real terms? What are the politics behind the woman? Also a hundred years ago, the white man bestowed the right to vote on the Native Americans of North America, where they lived for more than a thousand years before the white man arrived with gunpowder.The post Historic Presidential Election in Mexico appeared first on KPFA.
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Today on the show: We’ll feature a frontline update on Gaza, and also welcome members of the I witness Silwan Mural Team, in town for a benefit with the Middle East Children’s Alliance. And we’ll take a global look at The Unfolding Catastrophe in Gaza, and the Deepening Regional and Global Crisis that could lead us into a Nuclear conflagration
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Today on the show: Our drumbeat coverage continues on the US financed genocide in Palestine: We’ll feature our weekly media deconstruction report on the ongoing genocide with investigative reporter Arun Gupta. And we’ll present an encore broadcast of yesterday’s hair-raising interview with Nancy Mansour, Executive Director of Eyewitness Palestine, who was in Gaza in April.
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Today on a special edition of Flashpoints: Haiti in the crosshairs: troops from Kenya are given the go ahead to join special forces from the US to re-occupy Haiti. We ask what’s next for the freedom hungry people of Haiti?
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Today on the show: We continue our drumbeat coverage of the widening genocide in Palestine. Ziad Abbas joins us for an update at the top of the hour. Also was Sonoma State University President, Mike Lee axed for acting against genocide, and believing in his students? We’ll feature an update with Professor Ron Lopez of the Ethnic Studies department at SSU, and now a vocal member of faculty and staff for Justice in Palestine at Sonoma State.
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Today on the show: We bring you an excerpt of South Africa’s moving testimony from today’s hearing at the International Court of Justice on charges that Israel is creating “Extermination Zones” in Rafah, as a part of its expanding genocide..
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Today on the show, Al Nakba day and the genocidal killing in Gaza continues: Ziad Abbas of MECA will join us. Also, South Africa granted an emergency hearing at the International Court of Justice on charges that Israel is creating “Extermination Zones” in Rafah, based on Bebe’s commitment to all out war. We’ll speak to International Law expert Francis Boyle about the latest actions by the South Africans: and we’ll Feature Genocide News headlines from Nora Barrows Friedman and the electronic Intifada
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Today on the show: International law scholar, Francis Boyle says the International Court of Justice is failing to stop the genocide in Gaza as it did in case of Bosnia that culminated in the 1995 Srebrenica Massacre. Also We’ll have a live report from the student anti-genocide encampment on the Campus of U.C. Berkeley, right down the block from KPFA Pacifica free speech radio
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Today on the Show: Gaza on the brink, as the IDF ramps up its attacks and shuts down the Rafah Border. We’ll have a frontline update on Rafah and the west bank with Zeiad Abas of MECA.. Remembering Rachel Corrie, Runover and murdered 21 years ago by an israeli bulldozer as she stood against the Israeli Ethnic Cleansing of Rafah
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Today on the Show: Israel’s answer to the cease fire proposal is to declare war on Rafah. We’ll feature a front line report with Zeiad Abbas from the Middle East Alliance:
And We’ll have live reports from Student Encampments and actions at U.C. Berkeley, Sonoma State University, and George Washington University
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On Today’s Show: US Secretary of State in San Francisco, greeted by protesters with the mock blood of Palestinians. The East Bay City of Richmond, California takes a bold step to divest from companies that do business with the Israel apartheid State. And Nora Barrows Friedman talks to antigenocide students from coast to coast
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Today on the Show: We continue our drumbeat reporting on the genocidal policies that the US continues to weaponize and defend. We’ll be joined again by Zeiad Abbas, executive director of the Middle East Children Alliance for frontline reports on the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Also students recovering from police violence at UCLA. We’ll talk to one student activist to find out what’s next for the anti-genocide movement on UCLA. And we celebrate Cinco De mayo with a commentary from our Own Miguel Gavilan Molina:
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Today on the show: We’ll speak to the president of the National Lawyers Guild, and to Chip Gibbons of Defending Rights & Dissent about the resurgence of police power in the face of the new national student movement against genocide in Palestine. Also we’ll have a report from UCLA in the aftermath of an attack by a violent pro-Israel contingent, and we’ll talk to the author of a new book Resisting the Right-Wing Attack on Academic Freedom The Right to Learn: Resisting the Right-Wing Attack on Academic Freedom
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Today on the Show: The student movement for justice in Palestine is exploding peacefully across America, despite a violent police crack down on several campuses; we’ll feature live reports from New York City and Los Angles. Also Ziad Abbas is back for a frontline update on the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the west bank: And we’ll also have a rafa update on the threatened israeli invasion
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Today on the Show: The student movement for justice in Palestine is exploding peacefully across America, despite a violent police crack down on several campuses; we’ll feature live reports from New York City and Los Angles. Also Ziad Abbas is back for a frontline update on the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the west bank: And we’ll also have a rafa update on the threatened israeli invasion
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Today on the show: Columbia students defy a 2pm deadline to get lost or risk their academic future as students at the elite east coast University. Also Code-Pink founder, Medea Benjamin, on the White House/white wash correspondents’ dinner-protest. Medea and her partner, roughed up and tossed out of the Correspondents dinner for holding up a sign: ‘100 journalists killed in Gaza.’ The dinner was supposed to be about free speech. We’ll speak to Laurel Krause, the sister of Aliison Krause, one of 4 students gunned down by the national guard on Kent State Campus, during a protest against the Viet Nam War in 1970. We’ll also have an eye-witness to the campus killing
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Today on the Show: Ziad Abbas is back for an update on the expanding attacks in the west bank and the expanding genocide in Gaza. Also an extended report back from the Gaza Boat to break the Israeli Embargo and and call attention to the ongoing genocide in Palestine. And students and their teachers in Humbolt County Northern Cal on fire about genocIde in Gaza
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Today on the Show: Flashpoints contributor, Maud Jean Michel, in The Bay Area to join Haitian forces with anti-genocide activists. Also, the big money driving the repression on private Ivy League campuses, like Colombia and NYU. Food Not Bombs questions the insanity of Biden’s war is peace budget. And from the Young Lords to the radical elders: organizing the people in the battle against genocide and for human right
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Today on the Show: Will the Israeli genocidists invade Rafa in an act of desperation against Hamas’s sustained and effective resistance? Also we’ll feature a series of front line mini reports from Nora Barrows Friedman at the Electronic Intifada. Well also hear Protesters from A Jewish Voices For Peace and other anti-genocide groups speaking out near Senator Chuck Schumer’s house in Park Slope Brooklyn. And Randy Credico will join us for a live report from Columbia U at the edge of Harlem, where students continue to protest, despite many suspensions and arrests
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Today on the Show: The students at UC Berkeley erect an anti-genocide encampment, right at the roots of the free speech movement. Also genocide Joe and the US rushing more weapons of mass destruction to Israel, but Unwra left high and dry. We’ll untangle the big lies About UNRWA
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Today on the show: A special report from the Gaza flotilla to break the Israeli embargo. Also, Flashpoints special correspondent, Sam Husseini, questions the state department on the IDF’s use of the sounds of children pleading for help to lure Palestinians into a deadly crossfire: also distinguished international law scholar, Francis Boyle, returns to discuss Nicaragua’s decision to take Germany to the World Court for Enabling Israel’s Genocide. And Immigrant Rights Organizations Pushing for Passage of the Pending “Registry Bill. We’ll be joined by attorney/activist Renee Saucedo to talk about the plans for long walks in support of crucial bill
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Today on the show, A tribute to the late poet and Founder of Poetry for the People, June Jordan: Also Ex-US military men heading to Gaza by Flotilla to break the deadly Israeli Blockade: And Teachers and Parents Fight Israeli Lobby Smears on the schools and teachers in Berkeley California: we’ll feature a segment from the Electronic Intifada with a lawyer and a middle school teacher about the struggle to teach the truth about Palestine, Hosted by Nora Barrows Friedman
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Today on the Show: A special showing of American Homeboy, a documentary that explores the complex origins of Pachuco and Cholo culture which sprouted from American soil in response to wartime sentiment, social alienation, and government discrimination only to become a cultural phenomenon. And, signa of our times on the bus stops of Washington DC. Instead of selling soap powder, they are calling for an end to the US Israeli genocide in Palestine
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Today on the show: A Palestinian American law student at the U.C Berkeley accuses a professor of assaulting her during a backyard dinner held at the home of the school’s dean, Erwin Chemerinsky. Also, a brief history on the illegal and violent occupation of Palestine. And a landmark law suit on the safety and dangers of keeping Diablo Canyon Nuclear Reactor on line. opponents say its a major disaster waiting to happen.
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Today on the Show: Biden says the US is considering dropping its witch-hunt prosecution of Julian Assange We’ll feature a special report, with Randy Credico. Also a frontline Gaza/west bank update, with MECA executive director, Ziad Abbas. And Richard Silverstein reports on Artificial Intelligence and the Israeli War Machine
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Today on the Show: Is genocide Joe Biden getting ready to pull the plug on Israel’s expanding regional war before Bebe goes thumbs up for Trump? We’ll welcome back Raed Jarrar with Democracy for the Arab World Now. Also tightening the anti-abortion noose around Roe and pro choice, and a poet takes on the first hundred days of the Israeli Genocide
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Today on the Show: Protesting Germany’s support for the Israeli genocide against Gaza. And, we celebrate the work of our very own, Miguel Gavilan Molina.
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Today on the show: Biden to Bebe: slow down the slaughter, or we won’t fill your next weapons orders. Israeli military sacks a couple of officers on the World Food kill blame game. Also, automated war in the Gaza strip, twenty seconds to massacre. And Deconstructing War Landia with Arun Gupta, our weekly column covering what the media misses, misunderstands, or suppresses when covering the wars and plunder of Exceptional America
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Today on the show: Nora Barrows Friedman on the Destruction of Al Shifa Hospital and related Genocidal acts by the Israeli Military. Also, violent gangs still dominate the streets of Haiti We’ll feature a frontline update with Pierre Labossier. And teachers, community groups, and farmworkers file a lawsuit challenging toxic pesticide approvals near public schools
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Today on the show: Israel’s genocidal war on the brink of going regional.as mass murder happen at Al Shifa. Also, distinguished Professor and international law scholar, Francis Boyle, returns to discuss how the UN General assembly could institute Uniting for Peace laws that empower it under the Geneva Convention stop Israel’s Assault? Boyle was prosecutor for an international tribunal organized in Malaysia which found George W. Bush and Tony Blair guilty of crimes against humanity: And a frontline update on the deteriorating situation in Haiti, as a result of years of deadly US destabilization policies.
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Today on the Show: Celebrating Cesar Chaves and the continuing mission of the United Farm Workers. Also, confronting the state department with the truth. Flashpoints D.C. contributor, Sam Husseni trying to hold the state department accountable on genocide and the US’s responsibility under the UN general assembly’s anti-genocide mandate, uniting for peace. And the Block Report returns with a frontline interview on on punishing US sanctions against Cuba and Zimbawe
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Today on the show: A tribunal on Gaza is planned for the Bay Area. Also, resisting the racist Texas border law. And on Food Fight with Keith McHenry, the CIA inspired plan to lockdown the houseless and hungry in America. And, Deconstructing War Landia with Arun Gupta
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Today on the Show: Anatomy of a genocide: We speak with Palestinian Chronicle Editor and noted author, Ramsey Baroud about the new report from the UN on the ongoing genocide in Gaza. And, in Africa U.S. Imperialism raises its ugly arrogance in Zimbabwe.
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Today on the Show: Code Pink disrupts CondI Rice on the UC Berkeley campus, at an event with Chancellor Carol Christ on “Free speech issues on college campuses”. Code pink members splattered mock blood around the crime scene, where the former Bush National Security Advisor was speaking. We’ll be joined by Code Pink co-founder, Jodie Evans, and Code Pink’s Cynthia Papermaster, out on 50,000 bail. And we’ll talk to Israel expert Richard Silverstein about Bebe’s response to the limted cease fire and what comes next?
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Today on the Show: Tony Blinkin talking peace, defending the ethnic cleansing and genocide in Palestine. Also, we evaluate the concept of votepact and find out which one gives you a chance to vote against Biden without voting for Trujmp. And Code Pink’s Cynthia Papermaster held in a San Francisco jail on 50,000 bail for civil disobedience by spilling mock blood on the walls of Nancy Peloci’s home.
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Today on the Show: A new draconian, anti democratic Texas state law known as S.B.4, is put on hold Tuesday, after a U.S. federal appeals court blocked it’s further implementation. We’ll speak with Pablo Alvarado of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, about the grassroots battle to prevent the further implementation of S.B.4: Also We explore the role the US is now playing in subverting the people’s will for democracy and self-determination in Haiti. And code-pink activist, Cythia Papermaster facing felony charges for spilling mock blood on Nancy Pelosi’s property in San Francisco
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Today on the Show: New attacks on Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza, as dozens are killed and wounded, dozens more interrogated and taken prisoner, some being shot at close range on the spot. Meanwhile, World Bank is predicting famine in a matter of months. Here in the US Prominent Jewish Americans oppose AIPAC and Israeli lobby influence on US elections
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Today on the Show: Racist Texas border law slides into place, thanks to the Supreme Court. We’ll look at Israel’s emerging starvation programs in occupied Palestine. Also, on FOODFIGHT! with Keith McHenry, what to do when the houseless come knocking for food to eat and a place to sleep?
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Today on the Show: Chicano Luminary, Luis Rodriguez, author of the landmark work Always Running, speaks with us about genocide at home and abroad. Also, Code Pink founder and author Medea Benjamin confronting the former speaker of the U.S. House of Reps on US support for genocide in Gaza. Growing violence in Haiti as US destablization policy comes home to roost.
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Today on the Show: Global War Resister, Kathy Kelly, on St. Patrick’s Day and Gaza, where starvation is used as a weapon of war. Also Cynthia Papermaster resisting the Gaza genocide at Pelosi’s Place. And live from Japan, Deconstructing War Landia with Arun Gupta
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Today on the show: Israel’s genocide in Gaza continues as dozens more civilians are murdered. Meanwhile, in Haiti, gangs empowered by years of US destabilization politics have taken control of the streets, instituting a region of deadly terror. The US sends in Marines to secure the Embassy with emergency evacuations of foreigners ongoing.
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Today on the Show: Israel’s military plans to transfer about 1.4 million Palestinian civilians trapped in southern Rafah city to “humanitarian islands” in the middle of Gaza before it launches a ground invasion. Critics call the plan, another deadly humanitarian nightmare in the making. Also, Pro-Palestinian, antigenocide activists Block business as usual at San Francisco international Airport. And the Block Report returns with a frontline interview on Remembering the Rwandan Genocide
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Today on the Show: Palestine Legal and the New York Civil Liberties Union announce a lawsuit against Columbia University for the unlawful suspension of students for engaging in peaceful protest. Also the politics of the Low Riders and what the fancy cars meant to the burgeoning Latino/Chicano human rights movement
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Today on the Show: More arrests around the country, and around the world, in the growing global resistance to the expanding Genocide in Palestine. Also we continue our special Drum Beat Coverage of Haiti 20 years after the US coup: Flashpoints senior producer, Kevin Pina and country expert, Journalist Jeb Sprague, report on the violent situation on the ground, and also on a shipment of tainted and dangerous rice, sent from the US that could be responsible for deaths in Haiti
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Today on the show: The People’s Tribunal on Pesticide Use and Civil Rights and The troubling results of a one-year investigation into the dangerous sometimes lethal practices of the Cal Department of Pesticide Regulation regarding farmworkers and agricultural communities. Also Flashpoints senior producer, Miguel Gavilan Molina, continues our drumbeat coverage of the auto Caravan for Immigrant rights. Today we hear excerpts from a powerful speech by Angelica Salas the Executive Director of CHIRLA the Coalition for Humane Immigrant rights
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Today on the Show: Genocide Joe continues the non-stop weapons-flow to Israel for its murderous genocide in Gaza. Also, South Africa tries again legally to stop Israel’s assault on Rafah, and Nicaragua warns Britain and Germany about their support for genocide. And code-pink protesters throw moch Palestinian blood on the House of Nancy Pelosi in response to her forceful support for the US funded and armed genocide.
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Today on the Show: Union activists in New York City standing strong against Israeli Genocide. Also police violence and racist lying about refugees and the homeless in the Big Rotten Apple. And A car-caravan for refugee rights kicking off from the US Mexico Border
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Today on the Show: We continue our expanded reporting on the crucial struggle for vital immigration reform. Also we remember the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. We’ll feature a new Edition of Deconstructing WarLandia, our weekly media column on the various US wars of aggression with Arun Gupta. And Cynthia Papermaster of Code Pink on a life and death fast for peace
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Today on the show: Israeli genocidists dress up as doctors and nurses and go on a killing spree in an occupied West Bank hospital. Also, we’ll speak to Investigative Historian, Gareth Porter about the expanding war and genocide in the Middle East, and the big lies supporting it: And fasting for peace and towards a ceasefire
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Today on the Show: Violent settler attacks, along with daily invasions by occupation forces, continue unabated in the occupied West Bank of Palestine. And Deconstructing WarLandia, our weekly media column on the various US wars of aggression
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Today on the Show: South Africa presses its case for Genocide against Israel for its ongoing slaughter of women men and children in Gaza. Over 23,000 wounded and buries under the ruble. Also Biden tanking in the polls/Root’s Action advises: step aside joe before its too late. And we’ll also be joined by Jeff Newcomb, President of the California Faculty Association East Bay chapter. He’s gonna fill us in on what it is, the faculty are fighting for
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Today on the Show: A live report from the West Bank where settler violence is absolutely out of control and indiscriminate killing dominates the daily lives of Palestinians. Also Kathy Kelly on the merchants of death war crimes tribunal. And International Scholar, John Quigley on the South African case against Israel for Genocide
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Today on the Show: Israel boldly assassinates a key Hezbollah commander, even as the US Secretary of State sets down for more talks in the region. Also we rebroadcast our powerful interview with Celebrated international Lawyer, Francis Boyle, on the decision of South Africa to take action against Israel under the Genocide Conventions;And Keith McHenry on money for wars but barely a penny for the growing hordes of the unhoused and the hungry: And Codepink pays Nancy Pelosi a home visit to talk war and call for peace
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Today on the Show: We welcome back celebrated international Lawyer, Francis Boyle, on the decision of South Africa to take action against Israel under the Genocide Convention. Also Turkey comes out in support of South Africa’s crucial action against the expanding genocide. and Haiti in the crosshairs as a result of deadly destablization policies by the USA
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Today on the Show: Israel expanded its genocidal war against Palestine to Lebanon again, with the bold assassination of Hamas leader, Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut: also Deconstructing War Landia, our weekly media column on the various US wars returns. And Randy Credico joins us to remember our friend, the great Filmmaker, John Pilger who passed away last Friday
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Today on our show: We begin with the an announcement and discussion of what is shaping up to be one of the largest Faculty Union strikes in history this coming January hitting all 23 campuses of the California State University system; Then we turn our attention back to the situation in Gaza and a level of barbarity and humanitarian crisis not seen since World War II, finally, we take a deep dive into how the debate over Gaza has affected academic freedom on university campuses across the United States. The post Largest Faculty Union Strikes in History. appeared first on KPFA.
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Today on a Show: We feature a rebroadcast of a powerful informational special on Gaza: Palestine will be free/from the river to the sea: With Lamis Deek, Alice Walker, Nora Barrows Friedman, Jeff Mackler, and other experts on the future of a free Palestine.The post Rebroadcast of a Powerful Informational Special on Gaza appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: The genocidal war against Palestine expands in the region: also FOOD FIGHT returns with Kieth McHenry: Lots of money for wars but barely a penny for the growing hordes of the unhoused and the hungry: And Codepink pays Nancy Pelosi a home visit to talk war and call for peace.The post The Genocidal War Against Palestine Expands in the Region. appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: Nora Barrows Friedman, author and host at the Electronic Intifada, and a former producer here at Flashpoints: We’ll talk with Nora about how the Israeli occupiers target and murder journalists and breaking the record for killing the messenger in wartime, and have also bombed much of the Gaza health care system into near runes.The post Nora Barrows Friedman On How the Israeli Occupiers Target and Murder Journalists. appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: US/Israeli bombers continue to destroy the destruction of Gaza, killing over 250 people in the last 24 hours, some children reportedly shot at close range: Palestinian killed total two-thirds women and children: We’ll feature an update on the case of Genocide against Israel and the US.The post US/Israeli Bombers Continue The Destruction of Gaza. appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: Israel shock troops return to the west bank as genocide Joe Talks jive/and rushes 5800 2000 lb Bunker-Busters to finish off the leveling of Gaza and sustain the US/Israeli genocide: Electronic Intifada remembers Rafaat Alareer assassinated by Israeli fascists and a new song by David Rovics “just like the Nazis did”.The post Israel Troops Leveling of Gaza and Sustain the US/Israeli Genocide. appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: An extended edition of Deconstructing Warlandia, our new weekly media analysis column on the wars with the widely published and award-winning Journalist Arun Gupta:The post Weekly Media Analysis With Arun Gupta. appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: Was The Israeli airstrike that killed Prof. Refaat Alareer a deliberate and targeted assassination? Richard Silverstein Reports: Also Grass Roots Activists activate world wide actions in quest to gather life and death support for Palestinians facing a US/Israeli Genocide.The post Was The Israeli Airstrike that Killed Prof. Refaat Alareer a Deliberate and Targeted Assassination? appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: The US GIVES ANOTHER GREEN LIGHT AT THE UN for the Gaza slaughter to continue; We continue to mourn Israel’s bombing murder of celebrated poet, scholar, Refaat Alareer and his family; We’ll play one of his last interviews for the electronic intifada where the cherished scholar and poet was a contributor: Also Visionary playwrite and award-winning co-creator of Culture Clash, Richard Montoya, speaks out against the Gaza Genocide.The post The US GIVES ANOTHER GREEN LIGHT AT THE UN For The Gaza slaughter To Continue. appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: The Murder of celebrated poet, scholar, and professor at the Islamic University of Gaza, Refaat Alareer. The celebrated professor was murdered today in an Israeli airstrike. Meanwhile the massive bombing of innocents continued unabated, and also including a Nazi-like roundup at a UN School in Southern Gaza. The Palestinian Death Toll surpasses 18,000 including over 7000 children.The post The Murder Of Refaat Alareer. appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: Ziad Abbas of Middle East Children’s alliance joins us for an update on the rapidly expanding violence by Occupation soldiers and Settlers in the west bank; AND GAZA UNDER SIEGE.The post Ziad Abbas for an Update on the Rapidly Expanding Violence by Occupation Soldiers. appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: A Palestinian-American trying to get her family out of Gaza: Also ILan Pappe on the history of the illegal occupation of Palestine, and the violent repression that has accompanied it.The post A Palestinian-American Trying to Get Her Family Out of Gaza appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: The genocidal ethnic cleansing of occupied Palestine continues, as so-called Israeli Safe Zones turn into mass murder-zones from one end of the Gaza Strip to the other. Over 8oo Palestinians killed in the last 72 hours, and thousands more wounded: We’ll have an update on the situation and the widening war: And taking your own life for a higher good, The first self immolation in protest of the ongoing Gaza Genocide.The post The Genocidal Ethnic Cleansing of Occupied Palestine Continues. appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: AFTER Blinken’s fake plea for a more humane bombing CAMPAIGN, the Israelis pull out all the stops, and continue their expanding deadly siege in Southern Gaza, killing and wounding hundreds: Ziad Abbas of Meca, we’ll join us for an update; also we’ll offer a Palestinian perspective on the Israelis latest killing fields of children: And Deconstructing War Landia, our weekly media deconstruction segment with Arun Gupta.The post Blinken’s Fake Plea for a More Humane Bombing CAMPAIGN. appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: The Youth Movement for a free Palestine takes on Israeli Occupation with well-organized massive protests and creative street actions: we’ll be joined by Bay-Area activist and poet, musician, Daniel Rodriguez, a contributor to La Onda Bajita on KPFA: Also speaking of protesting Occupation, Code Pink will be peacefully vigilling in front of Nanci Pelosi’s house: And Pierre LaBossier Joins us for an update on the planned UN/US driven reoccupation of Haiti, and on a poetry benefit for Haiti Action with Avocia and yours truly; Really I’m reading with the great Avocia.The post The Youth Movement for a Free Palestine Takes on Israeli Occupation with Well-Organized Massive Protests. appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: Israeli occupation forces conduct a 17 hour raid of the Jenin refugee camp, beating, maiming and killing an 8 year old, a fifteen year old, and a ten month old infant: Also another prisoner swap as we go to air and talk of another brief pause of 2 or 4 days…We’ll talk to and take your calls for Investigative Reporter and and front line media correction worker, Sam Hussaei, who thinks, along with Legal visionary, Francisco Boyle, that any nation that is a signatory to the Genocide Convention should apply that to Israel.The post Israeli Occupation Forces Conduct a 17 Hour Raid of the Jenin Refugee Camp. appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: ROOTSACTION, back for another round of STEP-ASIDE JOE: Also Israelis free 14 year old Ahmed Saleimi in the latest prisoner swap, and threaten to rearrest the child political prisoner if he dares to celebrate his liberation: Ziad Abbas, Exec. Dir. Middle East Children’s Alliance we’ll join us for some history on the torture of children by the occupiers: And we’ll talk to Investigative reporter, Richard Silverstein, about when Jews start to act like Israeli facism and democracy are one in the same.The post ROOTSACTION, Back for Another Round of STEP-ASIDE JOE. appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: We welcome back Celebrated international Lawyer, Francis Boyle, who outlines the potential violations of international law and crimes against humanity that may have been committed by Israel, as a result of one of most massive carpet bombings of a civilian population in modern history. Boyle, a former Legal Rep for the PLO, also argues that the Genocide Convention should apply to the most recent Israeli Slaughter of Gazans..: Also A look at the economic gentrification of San Francisco’s Mission District and the organized fight against the corporate Democrats.The post International Lawyer, Francis Boyle, Who Outlines the Potential Violations of International Law and Crimes Against Humanity that May have been Committed by Israel. appeared first on KPFA.
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Today on the show: Celebrating Un-thanksgiving on a liberated Alcatraz Island: We’ll be joined by American Indian Movement co-founder Bill Means. Bill is also the co-founder of the International Indian Treaty Council, and an eye witness to the FBI siege at Wounded Knee more than fifty years ago: Also we’ll get an update on Gaza, as the planned brief pause in the murderous carpet bombing approaches deadline and is delayed a day.The post We’ll be Joined by American Indian Movement Co-Founder Bill Means. appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: Andrea Carmen, Executive Director, International Indian Treaty Council, reports on the fight for Indigenous Rights and the Global Rights of Indigenous Children around the world: Andrea will be in San Francisco to celebrate Un-Thanksgiving and the yearly liberation of Alcatraz: And Khurram Parvez, Kashmir and the India/Israel connection.The post Executive Director of International Indian Treaty Council, Reports on the Fight for Indigenous Rights. appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: ON WORLD CHILDREN’S DAY: The Palestinian Death Toll surpasses 12,500 including WELL over 5000 children; We’ll talk to some bay area kids and their mom. About what they have been doing to protest the killing and and call for an immediate ceasefire; Also an excerpt from the Latest edition of the electronic intifada with Ali Abu Nimah and Nora barrows Friedman.The post ON WORLD CHILDREN’S DAY: Palestinian Death Toll Surpasses 12,500 Including WELL Over 5000 Children. appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: Al shifa hospital surrounded by Israeli tanks/many Babies dying for lack of basic medicine, respirators and clean water; 5000 children among the dead in Gaza; Meanwhile, the protest against genocide continue here in the Bay; and across the country in Michigan with the largest Palestinian and Arab-American community in the country: And Deconstructing War Landia, our weekly media deconstruction segment with Arun Gupta
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Today on the show: One step closer to Genocide, as the US-made Israeli bombs continue to be dropped on fleeing Palestinians in Gaza: We’ll get an update on the situation there and on the occupied West Bank, where Israeli forces continue to expand attacks in Jenin, in collaboration with heavily armed violent settlers; Also a hundred plus pro-Palestinian activists arrested this morning blocking the San Francisco bay bridge with keyless cars and their bodies.The post One Step Closer to Genocide, as the US-Made Israeli Bombs Continue to be Dropped on Fleeing Palestinians. appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: Union leaders join climate and human rights activists in a civil disobedience action this a.m. to protest the opening of the APEC CEO Summit in San Francisco: Street actions continued throughout the day: We’ll feature a series reports from the street on this morning actions that continued throughout the day. Also Hundreds of Bay Area Families, healthcare workers, disability activists, artists Displayed A large pile of children’s shoes, representing the 4,500+ children killed in Gaza thus far.The post Union leaders join Climate and Human Rights Activists in a Civil Disobedience Action appeared first on KPFA.
Our regularly scheduled programming is preempted from 6am to 9pm (PST) today for a special fundraiser.
During this one-day event, we air old and new broadcasts that demonstrate the richness of the Pacifica Radio Archives and how important it is that we ensure their preservation and accessibility.
We appreciate your understanding and support in contributing to the success of this important initiative.
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Today on the Show: US/Israeli bombers continue to shred Gaza’s fleeing population; Ice cream trucks have been turned in to mobile morgues on wheels for children,4500 of them: We’ll speak to Palestinian American activist, Raed Jarrar about the fake war pause that never was: Sam Husseini is back at the State Department trying to get a few questions answered about US support for Genocide: And the Chinese President Sloted to Sit down with Biden on Wednesday in San Francisco: San Franciscians have planned their own meet and greet for the two presidents.The post US/Israeli Bombers Continue to Shred Gaza’s Fleeing Population. appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: A Gaza update with Nora Barrows Friedman of the electronic intifada: also Richard Silverstein on Modes of Media Hatred in Israel and recent actions taken by Brandeis University and Columbia to expel Students for Justice for Palestine from its campus.: We’ll feature our weekly media column with Arun Gupta. And we’ll tell you about a major protest planned for the Bush’s Visit to San Francisco this weekend.The post A Gaza Update with Nora Barrows Friedman. appeared first on KPFA.
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Today on the Show: US/Israeli bombers continue to pound the Gaza strip from one end to the other, killing over 10,000 Palestinians, two thirds women and children. Also US Secretary of State, Antony Blinkin, in the middle east, shunned by regional leaders, but greeted in Turkey by protests and a local assistant mayor, instead of the president. And sounds of resistance from a global cry of hundreds of thousands around the world for an immediate cease fire.
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Today on the show: The death toll for Palestinians in Gaza nears 8000 with over 2700 children, we’ll welcome back, Hani Almadhoun of UNRWA USA: Also We’ll feature a special report from the electronic intifada on the conditions for buying bread and surviving the endless carpet bombing
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Today on the show: More than 5,700 Palestinians have been killed in the war, including some 2,000 or more minors. We’ll speak to Hani Almadhoun, Director of Philanthropy at UNRWA USA. Also we’ll speak to an activist/organizer with A Jewish Voice for Peace, who was just arrested for the fourth time, with dozens of Rabbis protesting the genocide against Palestine
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Today on the Show: Israel blames the Palestinians for the massive Gaza hospital bombing yesterday, but UN officials, and many leaders across the Arab world remain in extreme disbelief. An extended all out regional war Is now a distinct possibility.
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Today on the show: Officials at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, and UN sources say Israel carried out a deadly bombing that killed over 500 people, including many children. Israel opens a full court press to blame “Arabs.” Also Why is the Anti-defamation league, a self-proclaimed civil rights group, seem to show a repeated bias against Arabs and Palestinians and what are the implications if this is the case
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Today on the Show: Hamas goes blow for blow with its occupiers and dares Israel to invade… will they? Will feature a live report from the Gaza Strip on the possible Israeli invasion, and we’ll feature an interview with the Executive Director of MECA, Ziaid Abbas
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Today on the show: We feature a special edition of the Electronic Intifada, with EI Founder, Ali Abunimah and co-host Nora Barrows, and a special report from the Gaza Strip, where Israel’s bombs continue to shake the occupied, locked down city of 2.2. Million, half of whom are children
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Today on the Show: Spy For No Country: The Story of Ted Hall, the Teenage Atomic Spy Who May Have Saved the World by award-winning investigative reporter, Dave Lindorff. Lindorff’s work Features in-depth research from recently declassified FBI documents, first-hand journals, and powerful personal interviews that uncover the story of the atomic spy who gave secrets away and got away with it too.
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Today on the show: How the US and Ukraine are conspiring to turn the war with Russia into another “forever war “. Think Israel as the perfect model for the US on the Russian border. Also, Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, a walking crime scene, walks free into the sunset to strike again. And an update on California’s psychedelics decriminalization efforts with expert attorney Lauren Mendelsohn
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Today on the Show: Israel’s renegade prime minister and crime boss, Bibi Netenyahu heads for San Fran for a sit down with Elon Musk. And what do we think they’ll be chatting it up about? Also We explore the Homies Empowerment Project and its visionary Freedom School with its founder, Cesar Cruz. and our beloved troubadour, Francisco Herrera, helps us remember the life and times of Bay Area visionary activist, inspired missionary and spiritual leader, Father Louie Vitale who passed late last week The post Homies Empowerment & It’s Visionary Freedom School appeared first on KPFA.
Today on a special edition of the show: National Book Award Winning poet, Martin Espada, helps us remember and recall the events of 9/11/That’s 9-11-73, when the US overthrow of the duly elected socialist government of Salvador Allende sent tens of thousand of Chileans into exile. At least, the ones who were able and lucky enough to escape the brutal reign of General Augusto Pinnochet. And Camilo Perez Bustillo brings us up to speed on the battle for self determination that goes on right now in Chile and across the hemisphere. The post Award Winning Poet Martin Espada on 9/11…1973 appeared first on KPFA.
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Today on the show: Frontline Investigative Reporter, Arun Gupta, reports on the expanding US proxy War with Russia through Ukraine. And we feature the latest episode of the Electronic Intifada Podcast.
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Today on the show: Part two of our dramatic reading of the Indictment of Donald J. Trump’s attempt to overthrow the election results and seize power of the US by extra judicial means. And we’ll speak to our brave reader, election protection activist, Wendi Lederman about the reading and the politics behind it
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Today on the show: Frontline investigative reporter, , Arun Gupta, on the sentencing of Trump’s troops, and how the prosecutors stiffer sentencing recommendations are being rebuffed by the sentencing judges, And we present a dramatic reading of the Trump indictment for his Attempt to steal the 2020 presidential elections.
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Today on the Show: Censorship, book-banning and the Texas racist crackdown on learning and free-speech. We’ll be joined by writer, activist, professor, Tony Diaz, founder of Libros Trafficante, and author of The Tip of The Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital. Also, we’ll speak with Robert Buzzanco, professor of U.S. foreign policy at the University of Houston.
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Today on the show: Pierre LaBossiere, founder of Haiti Action Committee speaks out against the latest brutal violence on the streets of Haiti, as a result of failed US destabilization programs, covert operations and a series of UN occupations: Also, Flashpoints senior producer Miguel Gavilan Molina offers another commentary on the life and times of frontline Latino journalist/truth teller Ruben Salazar, gunned down by and LA sheriff’s deputy. And we preview a new book: Fighting Times: Organizing on the Front Lines of the Class War. The post Haiti Action Committee’s Pierre LaBossiere on The Latest Brutal Violence In The Streets of Haiti appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: Flashpoints celebrates the Chicano moratorium and the life and times of radical Chicano journalist, Ruben Salazar, who was murdered by an LA Sheriff’s deputy 53 years ago today, during the Chicano protests against the war. We’ll feature a variety of interviews, including Ron Lopez, professor of Latino and Chicano studies at Sonoma State University. The post Flashpoints – August 29, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: A special edition of the Election Crimes Bulletin as the Atlanta DA goes full force, pulls out all the stops against Trump and company, with a devastating Rico suit. The kick-butt suit sends former Trump Chief of staff, Mike Meadows heading for an escape hatch. Also Flashpoints Senior producer, Kevin Producer recalls the tragic high profile murderer of Haitian Human Rights visionary priest, Father Jean-Marie Vincent 30 years ago, even as another priest was murdered in Haiti over the weekend for protesting against the US empowered gangs that rule the streets there The post The Latest Election Crimes Bulletin Returns appeared first on KPFA.
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Today on the Show: What can the recent victims of the deadly fires in Hawaii learn from the storm victims in Puerto Rico? Beware of disaster capitalists make back-room deals with local politicians and outside corporate interests. Also flashpoints senior producer Kevin Pina joins us for an update on UN/US plans for another occupation of Haiti by 1000 Kenyan cops, with a hitory of brutality The post What Fire Victims In Hawaii Can Learn From Storm Victims in Puerto Rico appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: The fires and ashes of Maui. Sifting through the ashes for the ashes of loved ones, while many questions are begging to be answered. And The Biden Administration moves to expand US power in Asia with a new NATO like agreement and military alliance with Japan and South Korea The post The Fires And Ashes of Maui appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: The Trump drama show continues and so does our Election Crimes bulletin with Greg Palast, fresh in from a film shoot. Will the criminal president turn himself in for fingerprinting and processing for his latest election steal indictment? And The Biden Administration moves to expand US power in Asia with a new NATO like agreement and military alliance with Japan and South Korea The post The Latest Election Crimes Bulletin with Greg Palast appeared first on KPFA.
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Today on the Show: The Fukushima Disaster, The Hidden Side of the Story. Dr. Karl Grossman reflects on this powerful new documentary. Also, an in-depth update on the situation in Afghanistan in the context of the US Destabilization of Pakistan next door. And Netanyahu accuses State Department, CIA of financing overthrow of Israeli Government The post The Fukushina Disaster: The Hidden Side of The Story appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show, Donald Trump and 18 others indicted by Atlanta D.A. under RICO organized crime statues for trying to fix the 2020 presidential elections, Greg Palast reports from Oklahoma on the RICO indictment and on the planned right-wing high-jacking of the Indian vote in 2024. Also we’ll feature an update on the continuing violence in Kashmir, and the Electronic Intifada returns with Nora Barrow Friedman The post The Election Crimes Bulletin Is Back as Trump is Indicted Again appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: FOOD FIGHT returns with Keith McHenry. Keith remembers his friend Tortuguita, and what McHenry maintains was his needless death in Atlanta, at the Cop City protests. And McHenry reflects on the growing violence against the unhoused and hungry people in this country. And we rebroadcast our interview on the Compassionate Spy who gave the US secret for the Plutonium Bomb but were never prosecuted The post Food Fight with Keith McHenry of Food Not Bombs appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: A grade-school anti-racist activist in Northern California Leads the successful charge to rename his elementary school in Fresno. The School was named after President James K. Polk , the11th US president, known as proud slave holder, who held slaves in the white house, and even increased his slave ownership while president. And we rebroadcast our front line segment from last night on the dangerous US destabilization of Pakistan The post Victory In Fresno For Battle to Rename Elementary School appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: New revelations on U.S. meddling and destabilization of the popular government of Pakistan. And celebrated public interest lawyer, and human rights defender Daniel Sheehan on everything from supreme court subversion to the attempted Trump overthrow of the the US government The post Daniel Sheehan on The Supreme Court, Trump and more appeared first on KPFA.
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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. The post Flashpoints – August 4, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: We’ll hone in on Africa, with a laser focus on Niger, Mali, the Russia-Africa Summit, and AFRICOM. We’ll also we continue our drumbeat coverage on Kenya’s announcement through the UN/US to send a thousand cops to suppress US sponsored thugs and death squads who have expanded their violence and kidnapping siege on the streets of Port Au prince The post Flashpoints – August 3, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.
Today on show: We continue our drum-beat coverage of Haiti, devastated By US foreign policy , and now facing another UN/US inspired occupation. Also, a special event marking the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And, lying lawyers and the Trumpisitas
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Today on the show, Donald Trump indicted by Washington D.C Grand jury. Also Haiti on Fire, totally destabilized by failed US Policy. Also Biden now tied with Trump at 42/42 and his number are heading downward. Roots action say step aside joe before Trump steps on his Joes toes, to spite his multiple indictments The post Trump Indicted for 2020 Election appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: A devastating suicide bombing in Pakistan. We’ll get to the heart of the matter with a report from the ground in Islamabad. Also Richard Silverstein offers an update on the Israel/Palestine meltdown. And Kieth McHenry of Food Not Bombs joins us for a new edition of Food Fight The post A Report on a Suicide Bombing in Pakistan. appeared first on KPFA.
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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. The post Flashpoints – July 20, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.
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. The post Flashpoints – July 19, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: Nora Barrows Friedman speaks out against the US decision to embrace serial criminal, Israeli Prime minister, Netanyahu in the middle of the expanding ethnic cleansing of Palestine. Also, locking arms with the Palestinian struggle: a powerful two-part edition of Electronic Intifada that delves into the campaign of Jeremy Corbyn and the Israel lobby’s efforts to smear and sabotage it The post An Electronic Intifada Special Part 1 with Nora Barrows-Friedman appeared first on KPFA.
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Today on the show: We track: the progress of the select subcommittee ask they keep researching the :origins: of the Coronavirus pandemic, Sam Husseini, independent journalist, joins us to anayize their findings. Then, Tracking Hate! First, I talk to a recently unionized california bookstore employee, about how they are staying resilient, despite being targeted with hate flyers in their books. Then, I talk with the Southern poverty Law Center, about the rise in hate against the LGTBQ community and what we can do about it. The post Flashpoints – July 12, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: We are going to try to tell the story of a life, the life of Angelo Quinto, and how he lives on. Angelo, was a young man, , a Navy veteran, and much loved member of his family. Angelo’s death was attributed to Excited Delirium. ..a term often used when people die at the hands of police. However, the family, with help of their lawyers, is beginning to prove otherwise. We will have a discussion with the family of Angelo Quinto’s family about his life, his death, and some of their tireless work for justice. . I want to first welcome the family, Angelo’s Mother and Father, Cassandra, and Robert and Angelo’s sister Bella The post Telling The Story of Angelo Quinto appeared first on KPFA.
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Today on the show: We discuss incarceration through the lens of two Community programs. First, we will speak to Tamisha Torres-Walker: founding member and Executive Director of the “Safe Return Project”, a campaign that seeks to secure the freedom and liberation of formerly incarcerated individuals. Then in the second half we we meet up with members of Uncuffed, namely, members of the “The Uncuffed Playlist” where incarcerated people, At Solano State Prison in Vacaville, California, are learning how to be radio DJs. The post Flashpoints – July 5, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.
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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. The post Flashpoints – July 3, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: The extreme right wing supreme court takes aim at student loan-debt relief. Also, Supremes gut affirmative action in higher education. And Roots action says: Step aside Joe, you’re a loser and Trumps a killer The post Flashpoints – June 30, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: The Supreme Court rules against Harvard and the University of North Carolina’s affirmative action programs regarding admissions. We’ll speak with Dr. Kevin Kumashiro, former Dean of the School of Education at the University of San Francisco, and co-founder of Education Deans for Justice and Equity, and the author of ten books on education, And well feature A frontline interview on the ethnic cleansing of Palestine with Flashpoints Contributor, Zied Abbas The post Dr. Kevin Kumashiro on Today’s Supreme Court Decision appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: The Election Crimes Bulletin, with Greg Palast, who returns with his latest voter fraud investigation: Greg reports on the assault of Indian voting rights, voter-suppression deep in the heart of Texas. And Greg takes a deep dive into the background of Paul “The Vulture” Singer’s supreme court manipulations and a lot more. And the border war continues with many desperate refugees suffering grave wounds and a terrible death because of failed US immigration policy The post The Latest Edition of The Election Crimes Bulletin with Greg Palast appeared first on KPFA.
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Today on the show: Putin responds to Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner mercenary force. Also, fighting to save the life of Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange, now facing a potentially deadly extradition to the US, and how close is the world to a nuclear conflagration in Ukraine The post Update on Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange appeared first on KPFA.
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Today on the Show: A brand new two-part edition of Electronic Intifada delves into the campaign of Jeremy Corbyn and the Israel lobby’s efforts to smear and sabotage it. Also, The Korean government cracks down freelance journalist Jan Jin-young for not registering to report on the war in Ukraine. The word on the free-speech street is CENSORSHIP The post Part o1 of a Two Part Electronic Intifada Special appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: Is right-wing Supreme Court Justice, Samuel Alito, on the take from corrupt “corporate vulture” Paul Singer? Also, The US continues its non stop-China bashing even as the US Secretary of State meets with the Chinese leadership. And pro Cuba activist, Gloria LaRivsa, just back from the Island, with a report back on Cuba, including the devastating implications of the punishing, inhumane US economic embargo The post Breaking News on The Election Crimes Bulletin with Greg Palast appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: Remembering The legendary Pentagon Papers whistleblower, Dan Ellsberg, whose release of the Pentagon Papers, put the lie to the entire US justification of the Vietnam War. We’ll play a few excerpts of our last interview with Dan who was speaking out forcefully on behalf of Wikileaks whistleblower Julian Assange. Then we’ll be joined by some of his closest longtime friends including healing Visionary, and Rilke Translator, Joanna Macy. Also joining us, Anita Barrows, Rilke Translation and child psychotherapist. And Anitia’s daughter, Nora Barrows Friedman, author and host of the Electronic Intifada, a former producer here at Flashpoints: The post Remembering Legendary Pentagon Papers Whistleblower, Dan Ellsberg appeared first on KPFA.
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Today on the Show: Noted Native American Activist, North Dakota State Rep ,Ruth Anna Buffalo, on the recent crucial Supreme Court Decision on the rights of indigenous children: And Sara Blanco reports with Frank Sterling on the indigenous community’s battle to prevent the digging of a lithium mine on indigenous lands at Thacker Pass: And I remember our Flashpoints Friend, the most important whistle blower of Modern Times, Dan Ellsberg The post North Dakota State Rep Ruth Anna Buffalo on Supreme Court Decision on the Rights of Indigenous Children. appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: Richard Silverstein offers an update on the Israel/Palestine meltdown, and talks about Israel’s quest to lead the world in AI: Also FIGHTING BACK AGAINST THE GROWING NUMBER OF VIOLENT ATTACKS ON THE HOMELESS: NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY KILLER NOW FACING MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES: Kieth McHenry COMMENTS, AND UPDATES THE CASE OF Slain Environmental Activist, Manuel Teran, who was killed defending the Atlanta forests against the building of COP-CITY: And We’ll talk to Norman Solomon about his new book, War Made Invisible How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine The post Richard Silverstein Offers an Update on the Israel/Palestine meltdown. appeared first on KPFA.
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Today on the show: Frontline investigative reporter, Arun Gupta, on Trump’s arrest and the role of extreme right wing groups might play in his resistance to prosecution and his new run for president. Later we rebroadcast last night’s episode of the Election Crimes Bulletin with Greg Palast. The post Investigative Reporter Arun Gupta on Trump’s Arrest appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: We feature a special breaking news edition of the Election Crimes Bulletin, with Greg Palast and front-line photo-journalist, Zack Roberts. And a special report on the recent multiple shooting in San Francisco’s celebrated Mission District The post The Latest Edition of The Election Crimes Bulletin appeared first on KPFA.
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Today on the Show: Greg Palast weighs in on the Trump hunt. Will the phony billionaire ever feel the cold steel of the cuffs, and the degrading glare of the mugshot? Palast also memorializes Pat Robertson, who he says was not just your everyday right wing racist preacher. We’ll hear the terrible details of the murder of AJ Owens through a closed door. And we’ll feature an encore broadcast of this week’s extended Flashpoint’s interview with Don Siegelman, Governor of Alabama, 1999-2003 The post Greg Palast on Trump Hunt and Remembering The Awful Pat Robertson appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: A budding new anti-apartheid movement as communities of conscience in the US and abroad, pledged to take action to end all support of Israeli apartheid. And, the latest edition of The Electronic Intifada Podcast with Nora Barrows-Friedman as they take a look at Israel’s testing of weapons on Palestinians to sell to a global market. The post The Latest Episode of The Electronic Intifada Podcast appeared first on KPFA.
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Today on the Show: We’ll feature a special report on the dangers of forced mass migration throughout the western hemisphere, as the suffering from brutal and violent US immigration policy continues apace. Also, is Florida Governor and presidential candidate, Ron DeSantis more brutal than Trump when it comes to immigration policies? And Academy Award-Wining filmmaker, Oliver Stone, goes Nuclear The post Who’s Immigration Policies Are Worse? Trump Or DeSantis? appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: Frontline investigative reporter, Greg Palast is back with another edition of The Election Crimes Bulletin. Greg has been combing the South West for Jim Crow criminals trying to suppress your right to vote. We’ll focus in on Texas, Arizona and Georgia. Also, refugee children continue dying at accelerating numbers at the US/Mexico border.
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Today on the show: Is the US planning another invasion/occupation of Haiti after a deadly five years of destabilization policies? And an alternative view of the Russia invasion of Ukraine and the US proxy war toward its goal of a widely expanding Nato. And a high level Israeli officer asserts that its time to nuke Iran
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Today on show: Root’s Action founder, Norman Solomon, asks what word would MLK have used to describe Biden’s debt ceiling deal? ‘Demonic’??Also we’ll be joined by Economist, Paul Jorgensen, who just co-wrote the piece No Bargain: Big Money and the Debt Ceiling Deal. And we’ll feature a special frontline report on the expanding suffering in Afghanistan as a result of US occupation policy The post Roots Action Normon Solomon on Biden’s Debt Ceiling Deal appeared first on KPFA.
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Today on the show: An anti-immigrant killer drove a car into a crowd of immigrants, outside a migrant center in Brownsville Texas, apparently on purpose, killing at least 8. Meanwhile another right-wing extremist stepped out of a vehicle and began firing outside the Allen Premium Outlets mall in Dallas, sending hundreds of shoppers fleeing, and killing at least 8 people. And we’ll consider the multiple impacts of Title 42 and its planned cancellation this Thursday.
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Today on the show: Who really pays the price for failing go go bank bailouts. Also, remembering Cinco de mayo even as Biden sends 1,500 US Troops to the Mexico border with Title 42 set to expire. Meanwhile, thousands of asylum seekers desperate for relief and a hearing gather on both sides of the US Mexico border. And tracking the racist murders of indigenous women.
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Today on the show: Biden sends 1,500 troops to the border as covid era Title 42 is set to expire. Thousands of asylum seekers desperate for relief and a respectful humane hearing of their case. Also, Richard Silverstein argues that Palestinians under a violent occupation have the right to rise up and fight back. And NYPD seems to support the murder of a homeless person on the New York Subway.
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Today on the Show: Jury in the proud boys trial struggle toward a verdict on seditious conspiracy charges. We’ll be joined by investigative reporter Arun Gupta for an update and deep background on the players involved. Also, an in-depth look at the recent state visit by the new president of South Korea, and the expanding militarization of the relationship between the US and South Korea
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Today on special edition of the show: We feature a speech by and an interview with Representative Rashida Tlaib, remembering the Nakba/The Palestinian Catastrophe the honorable congresswoman from Detroit honors and celebrates the Middle East Children’s alliance.
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Today on the Show: We welcome again the legendary investigative filmmaker, John Pilger. We’ll talk about China bashing and the fight to free John’s friend, Julian Assange. And A Longtime police-accountability activist and KPFA contributor files suit against the violent cops of the East Bay, here in the Bay Area
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Today on the Show: We continue our series on Chicano Park and the birth of the Chicano movement in LA and the USA: And We rebroadcast our powerful interview with Andrea Carmen, Executive Director for International Indian Treaty Council, at the united Nations::we focus on the stepped up fight to free Leonard Peltier
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Today on the Show: Progressive Filipino organizations protest U.S. led military exercises in the Philippines and a new agreement to open 4 new US military bases there. Also, Miguel Gavilan-Molina is back from the celebration of the 53rd Chicano Park Day. And Biden readies to announce his new campaign for re-election. Roots/action says, don’t run Joe
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Today on show: Greg Palast is back with a new episode of our Flashpoints Election Crimes Bulletin/ The special council moving his Trump investigation to Atlanta, parallelling the D.A’s. ongoing trump investigation in Atlanta. Also There’s is a catch 22/pitfall in the left insistence of voter machine break-down and break-ins as a form of right-wing voter fraud. And fighting for a free and democratic people’s Peru. We’ll feature an encore broadcast of last night’s interview with Camilo Peres Bustillo
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Today on the Show: Andrea Carmen, Executive Director, International Indian Treaty Council, reports on the fight for Indigenous rights and for the life of imprisoned AIM leader Leornad Peltier. Also the battle for a free, people’s Peru. And an update on the deadly border fire, and Mexico’s response.
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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, which make nonviolent protest near oil, gas, electrical and other forms of infrastructure a felony and ratchet up the punishment associated with the actions.
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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 Alliance
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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 reporter.
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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
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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?
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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 a sign of a new economic crunch in the US
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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 Afghanistan after the destructive 20 year long US occupation:
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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.
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Today on the Show: A deadly attack in Reno, as Trump supporter, David Turner, faces murder charges for purposefully ramming his vehicle into an active Food Not Bombs distribution in Reno. Also, black alliance for peace campaigning for a new zone of peace. And success for progressiveness in Wisconsin.
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Today on show: The Donald indicted on a couple of dozen campaign felonies. Greg Palast reports on the multiple implications and the impact it will have on the other Trump cases. Also, our special correspondent for border and human rights violations, Camilo Perez, remembers the names of those who died in the flames as guards watched
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Today on the Show: National Book Award-winning poet Martin Espada, Author of The Floaters, speaks out against the latest crime against humanity on the Mexican side of the US Mexico Border. Also, our special correspondent for border and human rights violations, Camilo Perez, remembers the names of those who died in the flames as guards watched: And Flashpoints senior producer, Kevin Pina offers a retrospective on People’s Park in Berkeley
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Today on show: The plot thickens in the case against the Trumpistas, while they continue to attack anyone who tries to stand in their way. Greg Palast is back with another exciting addition of the Election Crimes Bulletin. and today in Virginia Reverend Al Sharpton called for justice in his eulogy at the the funeral of Irvo Otieno, a 28-year-old Black man who died in custody after authorities say deputies and hospital staff piled on top of him for more than 10 minutes.
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Today on show: At least 39 people were killed on Monday night and 29 others seriously injured when a fire broke out at a government-run migrant detention center at the US/Mexico border. The 2014 Ebola outbreak in west Africa killed 11,000 people and caused the major global crisis of that year. We’ll question much of the establishment narrative about the origin of that outbreak.
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Today on the Show: Biden in Canada. What’s Haiti got to do with this? Also, Harvey Wasserman warns in a new Counterpunch Piece, the White House and congress may be decided in April in Wisconsin And the Democrats may be set to blow it. And fighting against dangerous weapons in space. We’ll speak to Bruce Gagnon, founder of Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space.
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Today on the show: Israel’s criminal government continue to turn the screws on Palestinian liberation by cancelling the power of the Israeli High Court. Also fighting against dangerous weapons in space. And the US supported/Saudi slaughter continues apace
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Today on the Show: The Election Crimes Bulletin is back, from Atlanta, to the Miami coast and the halls of Washington, everyone want to know if Trump is going down? And if he does who else goes with him, and what else is in store in the battle to protect the vote? Also we hear a rebroadcast of the moving memories of indigenous warrior leader Phyllis Young, an Early AIM Leader and a powerful figure on the international AIM Leadership.
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Today on the Show: We feature a special report from Lahore. Also, is Pakistan facing a dangerous future after US destabilization and illegal interventions against former Prime Minister Imran Khan? And here in the Bay Area, the homeless of Santa Cruz face more torrential rains with nowhere to hide and little or no help from the city or state.
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Today on the show: Professor Francis Boyle talks about his role as prosecutor for an international tribunal organized in Malaysia which found George W. Bush and Tony Blair guilty of crimes against humanity for their bloody role in the Iraq war 20 years ago. In this context, Boyle also calls out the hypocrisy of the ICC’s indictment today of Putin as a potential war criminal. And Iraq 20 Years Later: Sam Husseini on the lies, and lies about the lies, about the invasion
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Today on the Show: On the Trump trail: Will Atlanta or New York be the first to light the fuse and indict the former president? The Election Crimes Bulletin is back on the Trump trail from the beltway to the Pacific Coast Highway. Also A Superior Court ruled last week that a proposed regulation fails to protect farmworkers who labor near fumigated fields from harmful levels of exposure to the cancer-causing pesticide. And Cynthia Papaermaster from Code Pink will join us to talk about this weekends actions locally and national to end the war.
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Today on show: A report back from the streets of Lima Peru, where revolution is on the people’s mind. Also This Friday, marks a month of hunger striking by people detained at Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center and the Golden State Annex, demanding their collective liberation and the shut down of these centers. And we rebroadcast our segment on Haiti destabilized by years of US subversion and now facing a deadly and uncertain future.
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Today on show: Haiti in flames, destabilized by years of US subversion, faces a deadly and uncertain future: Also over 200 organizations plan to participate in the March 18 national antiwar protest! We’ll speak with Dick Becker, co- founder of Answer Coalition, and one of the key organizers for the San Francisco based action. And Roots Action Founder, Norman Solomon, comments on The Urbanity of Evil: 20 Years After the US Invasion of Iraq
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Today on the show: Eye witness and informational accounts from the East Palestine train crssh. Also, more on the Rage Against The War Machine
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Today on the Show: A new attack on SF’s sanctuary laws makes no sense, except as a political tool against immigrants, asserts 48 Hills Founder/Editor, Tim Redmond. Also the city’s right wing political swing does not bode well for San Francisco sex workers: And retired Colonel Ann Wright and activist Rick Sterling poised to rage against the war machine
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Today on the Show: Code Pink founder and author, Medea Benjamin, just back from bringing needed aid to Cuba in the face of deadly US blockade/embargo there. Medea will also talk about her new book: “War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict”. Also Code Pink San Francisco gears up for a Feb. 19 “Rage Against the War Machine” action. Cynthia Papaermaster will join us to define the anti-war rage currently boiling up in the anti-war community. Global troubadour, Francisco Herrera, also joins as to share his rage against the machine: And we replay a clip from John Pilger from last night’s interview on Julian Assange
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Today on the Show: We’ll spend the hour with legendary investigative filmmaker, John Pilger: We’ll go deep in the latest round of China bashing and threats of all out war with China. We’ll speak with John about Ukraine, and counteracting the big lies coming out of Europe and Washington. And we getting the latest update on the case of the imprisonment of his friend, Wikileaks creator, Julian Assange
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Today on the Show: The vicious and deadly Israeli crackdown continues in the West Bank in Jenin and in East Jerusalem. Also Reimagining Safety, A New hard-hitting documentary, by filmmaker Matthew Solomon, which examines abuse in policing and and some alternatives
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Today on the Show: An extended report from Half Moon Bay, where the farmworker community struggles to recover from a terrible mass shooting: The flashpoints team will be in CONVERSATION with community activist-social worker, Belinda Ariaga, of the community center ALAS in Half Moon Bay: And the city of Ft. Lauderdale about to give away water rights for 30 years to a foreign corporation: What are the multiple negatives to the privatization of public water systems.The post An Extended Report from Half Moon Bay Struggles to Recover from a Terrible Mass Shooting. appeared first on KPFA.
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Today on the show: Anti-nuke activists in California move toward taking legal action to sue the nuclear regulatory commission regarding the multiple dangers of keeping the aging nuke plant on line. Also Roots Action Co-Founder, Jeff Cohen, has a message for President Joe Biden: Don’t Run Joe. And Code Pink is out in the streets protesting the corporate press unquestioning support of the War in Ukraine, and wars in general
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Today on the Show: A special report from Lahore Pakistan, where two thirds of the country is under water, and the current US supported Prime Minster is growing more and more unpopular by the day. Also, how COVID19 is impacting Pakistan. And, Rootsaction Don’t Run Joe billboard campaign picks up speed: Finally, Mama’s back for another edition of Taking the Dick of Dictionary, an ongoing feminist language rescue
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Today on the Show: The National Day-Laborer Organizing Network also known as NDLON, on the march for refugee and worker rights, and for the right to citizenship. Also, The Answer Coalition calls for an end to the war in Ukraine instead of a massive NATO expansion risking World War 3. And the pot rollout. Who got rich and who got screwed, and what happened to equity programs for marginalized operators in the pot industry.
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Today on the show: Pro Israeli lobbyist celebrate Hakeem Jefferies ascension to power in the House of Representatives. Also, real life and living in the borderlands beyond the struggle for asylum. Also, houselessness in the violent rain. And an update on the Roots Action national campaign to stop Biden from running for a second term.
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Today on the Show: the Election Crimes Bulletin, with Greg Palast and front line Palast photographer, Zack Roberts, examines the role that Ali Alexander, and the extreme right wing now plays in the new republican party. Article 42 political football continues to steal the lives of men women and children fleeing violence in their homeland. 48 Hills Founder/Editor Tim Redmond, on the mayor’s response to the storms and flooding. Was San Fran. Prepared? Will it be in the future when the challenges will be greater: And CODE PINK calls for the arrest and prosecution of UC law professor for his role in the torture program of Bush 2
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Today on the show: Harvey Wasserman calls for an end to rough tackle Football. Also, are the republicans so far gone, the democrats are getting a free ride on their breakdowns and failures? And Oh my Godess Creator, the Amazing Sherry Glasser is back for another edition of Chickionary: Taking the Dick out of Dictionary
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Today on the show: A Native American New Years Reflection with American Indian Movement co-founder Bill Means. Means is also the co-founder of the American Indian Treaty Council and an eye witness to the FBI siege at Wounded Knee fifty years ago.The post A Native American New Years Reflection with Bill Means. appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: A Native American New Years Reflection with American Indian Movement co-founder Bill Means. Means is also the co-founder of the American Indian Treaty Council and an eye witness to the FBI siege at Wounded Knee fifty years ago. And The historic Golden Rule anti-nuclear sailboat, challenging the deadly people-punishing US embargo against Cuba.The post A Native American New Years Reflection with Bill Means. appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: Israeli Security Services Arrest an Ultra-Orthodox Journalist for “Inciting Terror and Sedition” his crime? Writes Richard Silverstein: Justifying armed Palestinian resistance: Also Greg Palast and our weekly Election Crimes Bulletin takes the roadshow from Georgia to Wisconsin where Greg maintains another election is in the middle of being stolen: And Keith McHenry, founder of Food Not Bombs, joins us fresh from his prison cell for another edition of Foodfight, a continuing segment on the fight against hunger and houselessness with Keith McHenry.The post Israeli Security Services Arrest an Ultra-Orthodox Journalist. appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: We continue our drumbeat coverage of the battle for justice and the right declare asylum at the US/Mexico border. Also, part one of a year-end special edition of the electronic intifada with Nora Barrows Friedman
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Today on the Show: We feature an update on the human nightmare that continues to unfold around the profound failure of US immigration policies. Also, Greg Palast and our weekly Election Crimes Bulletin returns with a closer look at the racist vote-stealer group, True The Votes, as the justice department jumps into the fray. Better late than never. Norman Solomon on the war in Ukraine and the optics and meaning of yesterday’s visit by Zelensky
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Today on the Show: The USA using asylum as a political weapon Cuba and Venezuela are prime examples of the deadly US policy. Also US funded and supported death squads continue to destabilize Haiti, as US officials consider another US/UN occupation.
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Today on the show: What the hell is Nuclear Fusion and why do we need it when we have solar? And the fight to make public key documents regarding the most controversial assassination in American History: the Dallas mid-afternoon murder of JFK. Also the latest edition of Food Fight with Keith McHenry of Food Not Bombs
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Today on the Show: The non stop fight to free political prisoner and American Indian Movement founder, Leonard Peltier, kicked up a notch as supporters take to the streets today to call for his immediate release. And, the deaconian Trump era, Title 42 remains in place under order of Biden and his racist accomplices at Homeland Security. And, immigration activists march thousands of miles.
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Today on the Show: The ultra right wing Supreme Court considers whether to adopt the “independent state legislature theory”, which could give state lawmakers unchecked power over federal elections. Critics such as Harvey Wasserman assert this could be a fast path to the end of our American Democracy: Harvey also joins us for an update on Nuclear insanity, California style: And we share a rebroadcast from our new series with Ma Sherry Glaser, who joins us every other week to endow us with a segment of her latest literary creation. Mama’s 1st pocket Chicktionary: Taking the Dick out of the Dictionary.
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Today on the Show: Fighting for justice at the US/Mexico border. Also our weekly Election Crimes Bulletin Returns with Greg Palast. He’s back in Georgia today keeping a close eye on the ongoing crucial race for Senate. We’ll take a look over Greg’s shoulder at what’s going on at ground zero. And we close the week with Ma Sherry Glaser, who joins us every other Friday to endow us with a segment of her latest literary creation. Mama’s 1st pocket ChicktionaryThe post The Latest Election Crimes Bulletin with Greg Palast appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: Is the U.S. pouring gasoline on the Ukraine fire and risking armagedon? We’ll feature an extended conversation with distinguished International law scholar and emeritus professor, at Princeton Richard Falk, former UN Rapporteur for the Occupied Territories. Also we’ll talk to the filmmakers of a new documentary, He Had Wings, about street artist Ronnie Goodman and his work with Hospitality House and the poor and unhoused in San Francisco’s troubled Tenderloin DistrictThe post Richard Falk on “Pouring Gas on the Ukraine Fire” appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: The US vs China: Is the US looking for another war? Also, Filipinos celebrate Andres Bonifacio Day, by upholding the revolutionary history of Philippines and combating Marcos. And fighting for the rights of day laborers as NDLON, the National Day-Laborer Organizing Network takes to the streets in defense of labor rights The post Is The US Looking For A War With China? appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: An in-depth look at the ongoing revolution by the courageous young women rebelling in Iran. Also, Code Pink co founder, Medea Benjamin talks about her brand new book War In Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict. We’ll talk to Medea about the ongoing multiple dangers that the expanding war poses and why it’s important to end it now. We’ll also ask Medea a question or two about the ongoing struggle in Iran/about which she knows a great deal. The post Medea Benjamin of Code Pink on Her Book, appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: The Election Crimes Bulletin returns with Greg Palast, today keeping a close eye on the ongoing crucial race for Senate in Georgia. Also, the ongoing potential for a hellish nuke meltdown/explosion in the European war zone. At home, pro-nuke madness by the democrats paves the way for another massive nuclear meltdown. Finally, Elon Musk’s establishment retrench and How “Freedom of Speech, but not Freedom of Reach” targets the freedom to hear The post The Latest Edition of The Election Crimes Bulletin appeared first on KPFA.
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Today on the Show: The federal trial of Stewart Rhodes, founder of the extreme right-wing group, Oath Keepers goes to the jury. Will the group’s founder end up in a jail cell for his attempt to overthrow the last presidential election in collaboration with Donald J Trump? Rhodes is facing charges including sedition. Also an update on US plans to send troops to Haiti, after US policy turns the resource rich country into a failed state. We’ll also talk to Food Not Bombs founder, Keith McHenry about feeding the hungry on Thanksgiving, and Miguel Gavilan Molina joins us for a preview of KPFA/s special coverage of the Sunrise Ceremony on The Rock. The post Oath Keepers Trial Goes To The Jury appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: Professor Karl Grossman on The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s licensing of dangerous experimental Nuclear powerplants. Also the ongoing dangers of nukes in the war zone. And Senator Lynsey Graham finally testifies before an Atlanta Jury investigating influence peddling by the Trump administration in the 2020 presidential elections. Greg Palast, our one- man voter protection squad reports on this breaking news The post The Election Crimes Bulletin with Greg Palast Is Back with More on Georgia appeared first on KPFA.
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Today on the Show: FTX’S 32 billion dollar wipeout, fast capitalism and how to restrain criminal bankers from sucking what’s left out of the bank accounts of the middle and working class. Also on The Election Crimes Bulletin, Raphael Warnock’s campaign is in court today asking the court to allow early weekend voting in Georgia’s Senate runoff election. Greg Palast is on it: The post The Latest Election Crimes Bulletin with Greg Palast appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: Should the AP be out of the administration source for their fake and faulty news story that the Russians, targeting Poland, nearly misleading the world into a direct conflagration between Russia, Nato and the US. Also, fighting the toxic tides caused by the US military in Hawaii: And Title 42 remains in Place, despite a federal court order The post A Discussion of AP News Sharing Faulty News Invovling Russia and Poland appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: Ignoring science, California will let growers use even more of a cancer causing pesticide banned in 34 countries. Also, who bombed who in Ukraine, as once again US corporate networks become info-flacks for the Pentagon. And In Israel/Palestine, Netenyaho combines forces with the extreme right-wing The post Cancer Causing Pesticides Allowed To Be Used In California appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: The Election Crimes Bulletin Returns with compelling new information about potential massive voter suppression in Georgia. Also, immigrant rights organizations join the national demand for Congress to keep Its promise to pass crucial and meaningful immigration reform. And Rootsaction presses ahead with its national campaign to stop Biden from running for a second term The post The Election Crimes Bulletin Returns appeared first on KPFA.
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Today on the Show: COP27 and the Environmental costs of war. We’ll hear what IPS has to say on the topic and also we’ll feature a free willing discussion with Code-Pink Co-founder, Jodi Evans on COP. And we’ll feature a mini-poetry reading by 16 year old poet and environmental activist, Aniya Butler The post COP27 and The Environmental Costs of War appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: RootsAction launches it “Don’t Run Joe” Campaign With an initial focus on New Hampshire. Also, Greg Palast continues to report from the voting front lines of Georgia, as that state gears up for a dramatic runoff between the Rev/Senator and a former famous football player. And our regular segment FOODFIGHT with FoodNotBombs founder Keith McHenry The post Election Crimes Bulletin Post Election Edition appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: New restrictive voting laws in Georgia disenfranchise thousands in a senatorial race that is crucial to the future of democracy in America. Greg Palast continues to break the story from the voting front lines of the new Jim Crow Georgia. Also a Native American perspective on US elections and self determination with the legendary Bill Means co-founder of the American Indian Movement. And our regular segment FOODFIGHT with FoodNotBombs founder Keith McHenry The post The Election Crimes Bulletin on Election Day 2022 appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: The Battle for the vote and the right to vote in Georgia is on. Greg Palast is there with a magnifying glass to the details of the battle!! And An update and on the ongoing federal trial of the extreme right-wing group, Oath Keepers, and their founder–Stewart Rhodes for their role in Trump’s attempt to overthrow the last presidential election. Rhodes is facing charges that include sedition. And will have an update on the battle to free Julian Assange The post The Election Crimes Bulletin with Greg Palast Returns appeared first on KPFA.
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Today on the show: US triggered death squads rule the streets of Haiti. Meanwhile, the US plans to open up Guantanamo to house thousands of Haitians, fleeing the violence. Also, former Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan, survives an assassination attempt, after being ousted from office by US forces. Khan was holding a protest march in the eastern city of Wazirabad. Code pink plans to take to the streets for a anti war demonstration at Lockheed Martin, the “Billionaires for War” The post Code Pink Protesting at Lockeed Martin, the Billionaires for War appeared first on KPFA.
Today on our special Day of the Dead show: International Protests to end the US blockade of Cuba. Also, border wars at the US Mexico border, where dozens are being wounded and dying every week The post Flashpoints Day of The Dead Special appeared first on KPFA.
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Today on the show: The growing violence in Haiti takes it’s toll on journalists. Flashpoints senior producer Kevin Pina reports on the US sponsored killing fields of Haiti. Also, are Biden’s nuclear policies pouring gas on the flames of a potential nuclear conflagration. The post And Update On Haiti and The Growing Violence There appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: Flashpoints resident Troubadour fighting the good fight against ongoing border violence and exploring and defining Indigenous roots and rights; Also An extended pre-Halloween look at the meaning of being a witch/what the real witch hunts were about, and why witches were burned at the stake in this country. The post An Extended Pre-Halloween Look at the Meaning of Being a Witch. appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: International Protests to end the US Blockade of Cuba: We’ll have a report from Los Angeles on special protest actions planned there for over the weekend; Also On the latest edition of Flashpoints Election Crimes Bulletin, Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in the crosshairs of Atlanta DA, Fanny Willis; And Flashpoints Senior Producer Miguel Gavilan Molina is chosen to host upcoming Day of the Dead celebrations in the San Francisco’s Historic Mission District. The post International Protests to End the US Blockade of Cuba. appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: Pulitzer prize winning author, Alice Walker, joins an international call for the release of political prisoner and noted commentator, Mumia Abu Jamal: We continue our drum-beat coverage of The Front-line Battle for human rights at the US Mexico Border: We’ll feature a field report leading up to tonight’s Peace Summit in San Francisco which will focus on Mexico, State Terror, and US complicity: and our regular segment on Hunger and Houslessness, with Food Not Bombs founder, Keith McHenry. The post Alice Walker Joins an International Call for the Release of Mumia Abu Jamal. appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: An update and deep background on the ongoing federal trial of the extreme right-wing group, Oath Keepers, and their role in Trump’s attempt to overthrow the last presidential election. Who is Elmer Stewart Rhodes the III and will he and his crew be facing some serious time? Also our weekly segment, Foodfight, on Hunger and houselessness in America with Food Not Bombs Founder Keith McHenry. And we’ll hear about a major international protest to save the life of political prisoner and globally known political commentator, Mumia Abu Jamal The post Background On The Oath Keeping Federal Trial appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: How close is the world to a major nuclear conflagration? Patrick Mazza is tracking the world’s potential dissent in to global hell. Also Greg Palast returns with our weekly edition of the Election Crimes Bulletin. And Dr. Jonathan Kuttab, co-founder of Nonviolence International is in the Bay Area to talk about human rights in the Middle East and occupied Palestine The post The Latest Episode of The Election Crimes Bulletin appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: The National Day-Laborer Organizing Network also known as NDLON, on the march for the rights of day laborers. Also, the battle to save City College of San Francisco from being gobbled up by corporate interests in a city greedy for high-end real estate The post The Battle To Save City College of San Francisco appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: The most expansive online directory of information on the assassination of President John F Kennedy has sued the Biden administration and the National Archives in an attempt to force the government release all documents relating to the assassination in 1963. Also, more fighting and arrests around the Nuke power plant at Chernobyl. And the battle for human rights at the US Mexico border continues The post Biden Administration and National Archives Sued Over JFK files appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: The Democrats turn their backs on Tim Ryan in Ohio. Also We continue our drumbeat reporting on The front-line battle for human rights at the US Mexico border. And Greg Palast is here in the Bay Area as his film Vigilante: Georgia’s Vote Suppression Hitman opens at the historic Grandlake Theater in Oakland The post Vigilante: Georgia’s Vote Suppression Hitman Bay Area Premier appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show, We’ll speak to Flashpoints contributor, Franz Jerome about US plans for a so-called humanitarian intervention to save Haiti. Also, BanKillerDrones.org begs U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres to call on all sides in the Ukraine War to immediately stop using weaponized drones. And later we’ll rebroadcast this weeks edition of the Election Crimes Bulletin The post Franz Jerome on US plans for Humanitarian Intervention to Haiti appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: The front-line battle for human rights at the US Mexico border. The border region flooded by Venezuelans fleeing the hardships of the US embargo. Also on a special extended edition of the Election Crimes Bulletin with reporter/filmmaker, Greg Palast we’ll be joined by celebrated civil rights attorney, CK Hoffler, chair of the National Board of the Rainbow-Push Coalition. She Represented Black Voters Matter and Greg in key voting rights litigation.. And of course greg is here as his film Vigilante: Georgia’s Vote Suppression Hitman opens across the country, and here in the bay area this Wednesday The post The Latest Election Crimes Bulletin with Greg Palast appeared first on KPFA.
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Today on the Show: A special extended edition of the Election Crimes Bulletin. What does it feel like to have your vote stolen by white supremacists after risking your life for your country? Army Major Gamaliel Turner shares his story. Also, what is it like to risk your life photographing the organized extreme right? We’ll be joined by Zack Roberts, frontline reporter for Greg Palast and a contributor to Greg Palast’s new film: Vigilante, Georgia’s Vote Suppression Hitman The post A Special Edition of The Election Crimes Bulletin appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: Protesting the growing possibilities of a major nuclear conflagration. We’ll speak with author and Roots Action founder, Norman Solomon. Solomon joined a picket line today at Senator Diane Fienstein’s office, one of more than 40 protests taking place on the same day around the country as part of a growing campaign to defuse nuclear war. Also poets Aya de Leon and John Curl give us a preview of their upcoming performances at Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival. The post The Many Protests to Defuse Nuclear War appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: We discuss why the North Koreans refuse to be silent. Also, Pierre Labossiere from The Haiti Action Committee give us an update on the growing resistance to the US inspired violence against the Haitian people. And, Foodfight with Keith McHenry of Food Not Bombs The post Pierre Labossiere of The Haiti Action Committee Gives Us And Update on Haiti appeared first on KPFA.
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Today on the show: DACA dissed by the courts again, more massive deportations in the wings. Also, majors actions being planned around the world calling for the Brits to free Julian Assange. Protesters in Great Britain have plans to surround the British Parliament this weekend The post The Fight For DACA Continues appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: The Founder/Leader of the Oath Keepers, now on trial for multiple felonies including sedition for organizing to overthrow the last presidential election. Who is this Harvard educated legal eagle, Elmer Stewart Rhodes the III, in Federal Court today for seditious conspiracy and other offenses related to U.S. Capitol breach The post Oath Keepers Founder on Trial For Multiple Felonies appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: Brave Iranian women in the streets and on their bikes risking their life for freedom and basic human rights. We’ll have a special report. Also The Election Crimes Bulletin Returns with Greg Palast fighting the good fight for your right to vote. Greg is poised in Atlanta for the release of his new film Vigilante, Georgia’s Vote Suppression Hitman The post The Latest Edition of The Election Crimes Bulletin with Greg Palast appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: We go Behind The Shield with Dave Zirin, celebrated author and Nation magazine sports editor. And we’ll feature an in-depth update on Haiti with the Haitian Bridge Alliance The post Excerpts from Behind The Shield by Dave Zirin appeared first on KPFA.
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Today on the Show: US policy toward Puerto Rico and Cuba is a killer, especially when it comes to support against hurricanes and other violent 21st century weather. Also The Election Crimes Bulletin Returns with Greg Palast fighting the good fight for your right to vote The post The Latest Edition of The Election Crimes Bulletin w Greg Palast appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: US policy toward Puerto Rico and Cuba is a killer, especially when it comes to support against hurricanes and other violent 21st century weather. Also The Election Crimes Bulletin Returns with Greg Palast fighting the good fight for your right to vote The post The Latest Edition of The Election Crimes Bulletin w Greg Palast appeared first on KPFA.
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Today on the Show:: Pulitzer prize winning journalist, Chris Hedges celebrates the release of his new book, The Greatest Evil is War: Hedges spoke in Berkeley last night. And, Tony Diaz, founder of Libros Trafficante, on the banning and future burning of Books in Texas and across America/ Diaz is a pioneer in the battle for ethnic studies in US public schools The post Chris Hedges “The Greatest Evil is War” appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show:: Pulitzer prize winning journalist, Chris Hedges celebrates the release of his new book, The Greatest Evil is War: Hedges spoke in Berkeley last night. And, Tony Diaz, founder of Libros Trafficante, on the banning and future burning of Books in Texas and across America/ Diaz is a pioneer in the battle for ethnic studies in US public schools The post Chris Hedges “The Greatest Evil is War” appeared first on KPFA.
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SACRAMENTO, CA- 26AUGUST22- United Farm Workers members and supporters march to the capitol building in Sacramento, to demand that Governor Newsom sign a bill providing absentee ballots for farmworkers in union elections. Newsom vetoed the bill the same day. Miguel Molina.Copyright David Bacon Today on the show: We feature excerpts of our two part 4 hour documentary on the recent 335 mile United Farmworker Pilgrimage for equal rights to organize The post Excerpt of 355 Mile Farmworker Pilgrimage Documentary appeared first on KPFA.
SACRAMENTO, CA- 26AUGUST22- United Farm Workers members and supporters march to the capitol building in Sacramento, to demand that Governor Newsom sign a bill providing absentee ballots for farmworkers in union elections. Newsom vetoed the bill the same day. Miguel Molina.Copyright David Bacon Today on the show: We feature excerpts of our two part 4 hour documentary on the recent 335 mile United Farmworker Pilgrimage for equal rights to organize The post Excerpt of 355 Mile Farmworker Pilgrimage Documentary appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: A special extended edition of the Election Crimes Bulletin with best selling investigative reporter and filmmaker Greg Palast. Greg is about to release his hard-hitting and highly relevant new film, Vigilante: Georgia’s Vote Suppression Hitman The post The Latest Election Crimes Bulletin with Greg Palast appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: A special extended edition of the Election Crimes Bulletin with best selling investigative reporter and filmmaker Greg Palast. Greg is about to release his hard-hitting and highly relevant new film, Vigilante: Georgia’s Vote Suppression Hitman The post The Latest Election Crimes Bulletin with Greg Palast appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: A major storm shuts down the electricity grid in Puerto Rico. Vulture capitalists and a corporate Junta are largly to blame for the repeated failure of the power grid. We’ll feature a special report from storm-torn US colony. Also, are two boarder governors systematically violating the rights of those fleeing violence and extreme poverty from applying for asylum? And boarder activists prepare for a major pilgrimage for human rights. The post Major Storm Shuts Down Power Grid in Puerto Rico appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: A major storm shuts down the electricity grid in Puerto Rico. Vulture capitalists and a corporate Junta are largly to blame for the repeated failure of the power grid. We’ll feature a special report from storm-torn US colony. Also, are two boarder governors systematically violating the rights of those fleeing violence and extreme poverty from applying for asylum? And boarder activists prepare for a major pilgrimage for human rights. The post Major Storm Shuts Down Power Grid in Puerto Rico appeared first on KPFA.
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. The post Flashpoints – September 16, 2022 appeared first on KPFA.
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. The post Flashpoints – September 16, 2022 appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: Anti racist activists say Biden’s plan to combat white supremacy is ill conceived and much too narrow in scope. Also, we continue our special coverage of the brutal killing of an unarmed Farmworker by a sheriff’s deputy in Sonoma county California. And our weekly edition of the Election Crimes Bulletin, with best selling investigative reporter, Greg Palast:
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Today on the Show: Contributors to a new anthology on Occupied Gaza talk about a liberated future for Palestine on the latest edition of the electronic intifada with Nora Barrows Friedman: and we rebroadcast last night’s powerful interview on the brutal split-second killing of fleeing migrant farmworker David Pelaez-Chavez by a California’s Sheriff’s deputy The post Flashpoints – September 14, 2022 appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: Contributors to a new anthology on Occupied Gaza talk about a liberated future for Palestine on the latest edition of the electronic intifada with Nora Barrows Friedman: and we rebroadcast last night’s powerful interview on the brutal split-second killing of fleeing migrant farmworker David Pelaez-Chavez by a California’s Sheriff’s deputy The post Flashpoints – September 14, 2022 appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: Did Sonoma County sheriffs jump the gun in the recent killing of farmworker, David Pelaez-Chavez. Also, Filipino activists planning t protest eh invitation of President Marcos of the Philippines to the UN. Later we continue the fight to free Wikileaks publisher, Julian Assange. The post The Latest on The Battle to Free Julian Assange appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: Did Sonoma County sheriffs jump the gun in the recent killing of farmworker, David Pelaez-Chavez. Also, Filipino activists planning t protest eh invitation of President Marcos of the Philippines to the UN. Later we continue the fight to free Wikileaks publisher, Julian Assange. The post The Latest on The Battle to Free Julian Assange appeared first on KPFA.
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. The post Flashpoints – September 12, 2022 appeared first on KPFA.
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. The post Flashpoints – September 12, 2022 appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: The violence against Haitians in Haiti and at the US Mexico border continues to get worse with no end in sight. There’s also no plans for a change in policy. And the latest edition of the Electronic Intifada documents the recent Israeli/Zionist attack on Gaza in August which left over 50 dead, including 17 children The post The Latest Episode of The Electronic Intifada Podcast appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: The violence against Haitians in Haiti and at the US Mexico border continues to get worse with no end in sight. There’s also no plans for a change in policy. And the latest edition of the Electronic Intifada documents the recent Israeli/Zionist attack on Gaza in August which left over 50 dead, including 17 children The post The Latest Episode of The Electronic Intifada Podcast appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: Greg Palast, our one man voter protection squad is back for another edition of the Election Crimes Bulletin: Also, award-winning journalist and media critic, Karl Grossman, on nukes in the war zone. And FOODFIGHT!, our continuing series on hunger and houselessness in America, with FoodNotBombs founder Keith McHenry The post The Latest Episode of The Election Crimes Bulletin, with Greg Palast appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: Greg Palast, our one man voter protection squad is back for another edition of the Election Crimes Bulletin: Also, award-winning journalist and media critic, Karl Grossman, on nukes in the war zone. And FOODFIGHT!, our continuing series on hunger and houselessness in America, with FoodNotBombs founder Keith McHenry The post The Latest Episode of The Election Crimes Bulletin, with Greg Palast appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: Nuclear Specialist, Linda Pentz Gunter, warns us of the growing dangers of a nuclear meltdown in the Ukrainian war zone; International Inspectors on sight report that the situation is hair-trigger and potentially devastating for a large swath of Europe: Also Governor Gavin goes nuclear all the way; Diablo Canyon critics warn of the grave dangers of a meltdown: And we’ll have a long time organizer and friend of Cesar Chaves and Dolores Huerta talking about the history and the importance of the farmworker. The post Nuclear Specialist Warns Us of the Growing Dangers of a Nuclear Meltdown in the Ukraine appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: Nuclear Specialist, Linda Pentz Gunter, warns us of the growing dangers of a nuclear meltdown in the Ukrainian war zone; International Inspectors on sight report that the situation is hair-trigger and potentially devastating for a large swath of Europe: Also Governor Gavin goes nuclear all the way; Diablo Canyon critics warn of the grave dangers of a meltdown: And we’ll have a long time organizer and friend of Cesar Chaves and Dolores Huerta talking about the history and the importance of the farmworker. The post Nuclear Specialist Warns Us of the Growing Dangers of a Nuclear Meltdown in the Ukraine appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: The Israeli Army grudgingly acknowledges that it gunned down in broad daylight the revered Palestinian American journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh: Also Texas Governor Greg Abbott continues to terrorize immigrants and refugees, as more and more whole families drown trying to cross the Rio Grande into El Norte. The Chilean pro-democracy platform goes up in flames. what’s up next for the left in Chile: And kids return to school in Uvalde, as their parents struggle not to imagine the worst happening again. The post The Israeli Army Grudgingly Acknowledges that it Gunned Down Palestinian American Journalist appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: The Israeli Army grudgingly acknowledges that it gunned down in broad daylight the revered Palestinian American journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh: Also Texas Governor Greg Abbott continues to terrorize immigrants and refugees, as more and more whole families drown trying to cross the Rio Grande into El Norte. The Chilean pro-democracy platform goes up in flames. what’s up next for the left in Chile: And kids return to school in Uvalde, as their parents struggle not to imagine the worst happening again. The post The Israeli Army Grudgingly Acknowledges that it Gunned Down Palestinian American Journalist appeared first on KPFA.
Memorial Day rebroadcast: Today on the show: We conclude our three-week drumbeat coverage of the 330 mile FARMWORKER PILGRAMAGE FOR WORKER RIGHTS: We’ll feature a series of special reports from Sacramento, where the UFW activists and their supporters arrived earlier today. The post Memorial Day Rebroadcast. appeared first on KPFA.
Memorial Day rebroadcast: Today on the show: We conclude our three-week drumbeat coverage of the 330 mile FARMWORKER PILGRAMAGE FOR WORKER RIGHTS: We’ll feature a series of special reports from Sacramento, where the UFW activists and their supporters arrived earlier today. The post Memorial Day Rebroadcast. appeared first on KPFA.