KPFA - Flashpoints

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: 35 years on San Quentin Death Row, Kevin Cooper still declaring his innocence and still fighting for his freedom: And Greg Palast is Back for another edition of the Election Crimes Bulletin: How Trump will steal 2020 with the 12th Amendment and massive violence.

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Today on the Show: The fourteen martyrs in the struggle against racist terror and Trumpism-Fascism. Also, hate in the homeland. We’ll take a close look at the the new global far right: And the Sunrise Movement vows to escalate the fight for climate justice and survival in the face of trump’s recent visit to California.

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Today on the show:A major weapons deal in the guise of a peace treaty. Hundreds of Palestinians rally in several West Bank cities against the plan. We’ll be joined by the editor of the Palestine Chronicle for some deep background. Also we’ll feature a report on a protest against the fake plan, held in front of the White House today.

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Today on the Show: Trump Biden and the Brown Vote.  And we rebroadcast our recent interview with John Pilger talking about the Julian Assange extradition trial that is continuing this week

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Today on the program,  The estate of Carlos Adrian Ingram-Lopez presses ahead with a 19 million dollar lawsuit against the Tucson Police Department, as a result of the brutal in-custody death of Ingram-Lopez: We’ll speak with the family’s attorney handling the case. Also, well speak to UFW President Teresa Romano about the many Farmworkers on the Frontlines, caught between the fires and covid19.

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Today on the Show: Julian Assange back in court to fight US extradition. We’ll speak with his good friend, Emmy Award-Winning Filmmaker, John Pilger about the significance of the case. Also activists with the Sunrise movement hang a banner on the Golden Gate Bridge, and remembering former,Flashpoints Polk-award-winning Senior producer, Robert Knight

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Today on the Show: Crackdowns and expulsions of Chinese academics and others as a part of Trump’s racist campaign to blame the Chinese for the US’s profound failure to deal effectively with the virus. Also Desert One, a new documentary about the failed attempt to rescue the US Hostages taken by Iran. And San Francisco’s Mission District facing hard times in the age of covid

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Today on the Show: The estate of Carlos Adrian Ingram-Lopez presses ahead with a 19 million dollar lawsuit against the Tucson Police Department, as a result of the brutal in-custody death of Ingram-Lopez.  Also, activists in San Francisco’s East Bay continue their hunger strike against police brutality and a newly hired killer cop.

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