KPFA - Flashpoints

Today on the Show: An Insane U.S. plan to spend billions on weaponize space makes defense contractors jump for joy. Award-winning investigative reporter Karl Jensen will fill us in on the story. And we feature a brand new edition of the election crimes bulletin with muck-raking journalist and best-selling author Greg Palast. a seasoned veteran in the battle to protect your vote

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Today on the show: How the 2001 anthrax false flag attacks paved way for Afghanistan and Iraq invasions. Also, the US fears China’s expanded influence after being run out of Afghanistan by the Taliban. And we rebroadcast our interview with Rafia Zakaria/ author, attorney, and human rights activist

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Today on the Show: We’’ll speak with Nation Writer, Rafia Zakaria, about her article, “White Feminists Wanted to Invade but Afghan Women Never Asked for US Air Strikes:” Also The International Indian Treaty Council moves its headquarters to San Francisco. Well speak to its executive director, Andrea Carmen about the multiple struggles facing the Indigenous nations of North America. And at the gates of San Quentin Prison,  commemorating Black August with a “Remembering George Jackson Arts and Culture Demonstration.” Jackson was a jailed Black Panther Party leader and revolutionary who was assassinated by San Quentin guards fifty years ago.

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Today on the Show: The Taliban tighten their grip on power, as tthousands of US support personnel flee to the airport and cram into military transport planes, out of the country. What have the firs tdays under Taliban rule been like and what does  it tell us about what is to come? We’ll feature an on air teach in wity Dr. Zaher Wahab, the leading expert on the political history of Afghanistan

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Today on the show: China weighs in on the US’s deeply bungled exit from their 20 year war and occupation of Afghanistan, which China happens share a border with: And we’ll rebroadcast our interview with 91-year old Dolores Huerta, the legendary founder of the United Farmworkers.

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Today on the Show: The legendary co-founder of United Farmworkers, Dolores Huerta, joins us to talk about her fight against voter suppression. Also, more deep background on the failed policy of US interventionism in Afghanistan. And retired colonel Ann Wright Makes the case to keep the US Embassy in Kabul open

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Today on the Show:  Haiti hit by a massive quake. Over 2,000 dead, with thousands more wounded, with a tropical strom on the way. Also, the Taliban takes control of Afghanistan, border to border.

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Today on the Show: After nearly 20 years of  US occupation in Afghanistan,THE TALABAN ON THE FORWARD MARCH TO TAKE BACK EVERY MAJOR CITY AND TOWN IN THE COUNTRY including KABAL: The U.S RESPONSE, MORE THREATS AND TROOPS. WE’LL FEATURE DEEP ANALYSIS AND BACKGROUND on the highly volatile situation. ALSO Tonight Bay Area climate justice groups will host a guerrilla movie screening directly in front of Wells Fargo Bank at San Francisco Headquarters, calling for the bank to stop investing in the Line 3 pipeline and all climate destructive fossil fuel projects.

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Today on the Show: 3 THOUSAND US TROOPS ON THEIR WAY BACK TO AFGHANISTAN, AS U.S. FEARS RISE ABOUT THE imminent FALL OF KABAL TO THE TALABAN: Also thousand still facing eviction despite Biden’s executive action through the CDC. We’ll speak about it with Keith McHenry from Food Not Bombs: And here in the bay area well get a live report from a protest in Berkeley: A MARCH & RALLY TO END EVICTIONS FOR ALL HOUSED & UNHOUSED PEOPLE.

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