KPFA - Flashpoints

Today on show: We celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Culture Clash Founder, and award winning playwright, Richard Montoya and our own Miguel Gavilan Molina. Also, City College of San Francisco: The People’s College, is in a fight for it’s life. We continue our drum beat coverage

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Today on the show: Biden flip flops on immigration numbers in response to a national protest against the administration’s attempt to back pedal on asylum numbers and the amount of children that will be taken into the country. Also, City College of San Francisco is in a fight for it’s life. We’ll feature an extended dialogue with an instructor and a student who are fighting back.

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Today on show: On World Press Freedom Day, we examine the U.S. Government’s hypocrisy on the subject of the free press as it relates to noted political prisoner, and wikileaks publisher Julian Assange. And we’ll hear a rousing eulogy from All Sharpton regarding the back of the head police-assassination of Andrew Brown Jr in North Carolina

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Today on show: Francisco Herrera joins us tonight from Washington D.C. to talk about a major national action in support of the children planned for Saturday in the nation’s capitol. Also, we’ll have a report on An Oakland MAY DAY celebration that will support low wage workers, protest police violence, and demand housing for all, And we’ll also hear about a San Francisco march this weekend called by organized labor and lead by long time union supporter, Angela Davis

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Today on the Show: The in-custody killing of= Mario Gonzalez by Alameda California police. Also, three Georgia men are indicted on federal hate crime charges for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was shot to death while jogging through a South Georgia neighborhood last year

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Today on the Show: A Judge in North Carolina refuses to release the video tape that would show the sheriff’s firing squad killing of: yes say his name, Andrew Brown Junior. Also the Modi government refuses crucial pandemic aid from US based seek group. And the massive disinformation campaign against China continues unabated, as do the attacks against Asian-Americans.

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Today on show: We continue our drumbeat coverage of the assassination style killing of Andrew Brown Jr in North Carolina, by as many as 8 sheriff’s deputies firing automatic weapons. Also, a closer look at the Ocscar-Nominated film based on the Trial of the Chicago 7,  real, or a fantasy degrading to the real importance of the history

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Today on show: Are the police in North Carolina covering up the 10 bullet shooting of another unarmed black man. We’ll hear from the family and their attorneys for Andrew Brown Jr. Also, the immigration nightmare for thousands of asulum seekers mostly children, continues unabated as kids and families continue to flood at the border. And the hungry and houseless fight back with a series of successful lawsuits.

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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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