Today on the show:

Keith McHenry author and co-founder of the global peace movement Food Not Bombs was denied entry into Canada and taken into custody overnight by Canadian Authorities.

McHenry is author of the recently released SOUP STREET: A memoir: Keith claims he was invited to speak at the dedication of his archives at the University of Victoria, But he was arrested and deported instead.

Ice stepping up its violent arrests.

As we go to air, we hear of stepped up ice activities in California, and a violent cowboy ice shooting in austin.

The ice victim still being held with the bullet still lodged in his body.

We feature an update on the US-funded violence in Haiti and Flying Kites in protest of the ongoing Gaza Genocide.

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Today on the show:

The brutal and violent genocide continues in Gaza, as a shipment of 2000 pound bunker busters arrives in Israel from the USA.

Electronic Intifada frontline newscast with Nora Barrows Friedman.

We’ll feature our ongoing presentation of poems of the Genocide, as Anita Barrows continues her commitment to write a poem to document every single day of the current and ongoing, US financed genocide in Palestine.

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On today’s show:

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney claimed he is building a big business coalition to thwart Trump’s tariff war. At a summit in Toronto this week, Carney rolled out the ‘Defense, Security and Resilience Bank,’ billing it as an ‘investment-attraction strategy’ against the trade war. 

We catch up with Norman Solomon about a recent article he wrote with Jeff Cohen in Common Dreams about Why Ro Khanna and AOC Should Run for President in 2028.

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Today on the show:

Flashpoints Resident Troubadour, and immigrant-rights specialist Francisco Herrera takes us into the streets of the bay area and on the frontline protests for immigrant rights.

What’s up with solar in the face of a trump nuclear stampede?

Harvey Wasserman joins for an update on solartopia.

Harvey is also watching the elections for what trump fraud  scheme comes next.

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Today on the Show:

Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies, on the expanding war with Iran, as the Houthis jump in full force.

Our weekly column PINKNOTES in collaboration with CodePink and Cynthia Papermaster of CodePink Bay Area. Today’s special guest is Jenin— CODEPINK’s Palestine Campaigner.

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Today on the Show:

Richard Montoya, the creator of the award-winning theater troupe, Culture Clash joins us from Los Angeles where he has been keeping track of ICE sweeps, as the kids head back to school.

Rebroadcast of former FBI Special Agent, Coleen Rowley 9-11 whistleblower and Time magazine person of the year joins us to reflect on the 25th anniversary of the twin-towers attacks.

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Today on the show:

The Sonoma County Sanctuary Coalition, one of Sonoma’s most prominent immigrant rights organizations, is at this hour, holding a picket line outside of the Kick-off Social for the Sheriff’s “public safety” Foundation.

Our extended genocide newscast from the Electronic Intifada with Nora Barrows Friedman.

Palestinians continue to die by the dozens.

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Today on the show: 

We have the wonderful opportunity to catch up with Cephus “Uncle Bobby” Johnson, the Uncle of Oscar Grant and founder of the “Love Not Blood” campaign against police violence. We’ll mix it up about the state of racism in America under Trump.

Then we feature an interview with Danny Shaw about his experiences in Haiti.

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TODAY ON  THE SHOW:

Former FBI Special Agent,  9-11 whistleblower and Time magazine person of the year joins us to reflect on the 25th anniversary of the twin-towers attacks.

How does the US war against Iran impacts Pakistan and countries in the region.

We’ll speak to Junaid Ahmad, Professor of Law, Religion, and Global Politics about Pakistan’s role in trying to negotiate a secure peace between Iran and the US.

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