Today on the show: Pro-Palestinian activist, Yves Engler, faces backlash by Canada’s support for Israel Yves runs for office in Montreal with the New Democratic Party. Also ICE and Homeland Security on the Attack in the South Bay , just south of San Francisco: we’ll feature a special report as people brace themselves for potential expanded deportations.

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Today on the Show: Ziad Abbas, Executive Director of the Middle East- Children’s alliance joins us for a Gaza update and to talk about a major action MECA is sponsoring later this month. Also we continue our drum-beat reporting on the Homeland Security Sweeps, taking place now across the state and the country: We’ll be joined in Los Angeles by  long-time radical immigrants rights activist, Juan Jose Gutierrez, and in Sonoma county in Northern California, by seasoned civil rights and human rights attorney  Omar Figueroa

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Today on the Show: We welcome back celebrated actor, producer, and co-founding member of the  legendary performance troupe, Culture Clash, Richard Montoya–fighting back against Trump and the ICE crackdown in L.A.:  And we continue our reporting on the genocide in Gaza with a daily poem from Anita Barrows: a precious accounting of the suffering and brave resistance, that Barrows is documenting day by day

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Today on the Show: Haiti in shambles and thousands of Haitians on the run. Also, an extraordinary week of violence in Occupied Gaza and the west bank. this week’s newscast from the Electronic Intifada with Nora Barrows Friedman reports on the on-going and expanding violence, and the continuing deadly Israeli Drone attacks on Civilians in Gaza:

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Today on the show: We’ll feature a special extended report from Southern California with long-time radical immigrants rights activist, Juan Jose Gutierrez: Juan Jose speaks to us from Los Angeles, where federal forces of ICE, regular soldiers, and National guard have started to patrol the streets and the parks, creating terror and undermining daily life. Also We’ll feature an update on the expanding killing fields of the Gaza strip, where 2 million people are food insecure and starting to starve to death, and food has become a frontline weapon of war

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Today on the show: Confrontation at the courthouse in Downtown San Francisco, where heavily armed ice forces carry out violent arrests. Flashpoints contributor Francisco Herrera has been talking with those directly impacted by the raid. He’ll join us along with an eyewitness to this morning’s raid. Also We’ll feature an in-depth update on the expanding US/Israeli Genocide in Gaza. And we will continue to report on the US Israeli use of food as a deadly weapon of war.

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Today on the show: Professor Ron Lopez, Chicano and Latino Studies at Sonoma State University, speaks out against the repression and intimidation now being felt by many of his brown students. Also,  we’ll have an extensive update on the expanding US/Israeli Genocide in Gaza, where people are starting to starve to death, as US and Israeli security operatives brandish food as a weapon of war. We all know what the ribs of a starving person look like!

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Today on the Show: We’ll feature an extended interview with noted radical defense attorney, Ron Kuby, a partner to the late and great William Kunsler.  Kuby, a well respected legal commentator will address what Trump seems to have in mind for US jurisprudence if he manages to have his way. And we’ll talk about the highly contested New York city mayor’s race. Also, in the second half of today’s show, we’ll feature a special live report from Rapid Response Santa Clara at Levi Stadium, and Gabriel Hernandez, who will be on the ground for the Gold Cup Semifinal match between Mexico and Honduras, keeping an eye out for expected raids and sweeps by Homeland security.

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