KPFA - Flashpoints

Today on the Show: Native American celebrate two crucial court victories against the corporate extractors and water killers. Also we’ll have an update on covid19 and the massive outbreak at Navajo Nation. And the epidemiology of Trump

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Today on the Show:We continue our special drum-beat coverage of the kidnap murder case of  Pfc. Vanessa Guillen. Guillen was bludgeoned to death with a hammer in the armory room where she worked, days before she was planning to file a sexual harassment suit against her alleged killer. We’ll feature an extended interview with the attorney representing the Guillen family. And we’ll take a deep dive into how Trump and Barr are using the Joint Terrorism Task Force to Crush ongoing protests against police violence

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Today on the Show: Officials in Fort Hood reveal that Pfc. Vanessa Guillen was bludgeoned to death with a hammer in the armory room where she worked, the day before she was due to file a sexual assault suit against her now alleged killer, Aaron David Robinson. Also, we’ll continue our Flashpoints investigation of the police killing and cover up of Richard “petie” Perez AND MUCH MORE

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Today on the Show: Did Russia pay to have the Taliban kill American GI’s or maybe not? New York rep, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spearheads a letter, warning Israel not to annex some 30% of the West Bank or face possible financial sanctions. And more Billionaires getting rich on the COVID pandemic.

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Today on the Show:Bye bye Congressman Engel. Time for new blood in the Bronx. Also, apartheid on the fast rack in the west bank. Black education unionists call for an avalanche of protests for racial justice. And Fauci warns that the U.S. could see 100,000 new cases a day. We’’l have an update on the IMPLICATIONS OF THE massive spread of the virus

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Today on the Show:We’;; talk to the Tucson Council Woman who forced the release of the video of the latest police in custody killing. Also, 70 years ince the US went to war against Korea and most Americans still don’r have a clue what really happened that cost millions of Korean lives.

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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: Bernie Sanders supporters pushing for Congressman Ro Khanna, to Lead California’s Delegation to the Democratic Presidential Convention. We ask Ro why and is he Interested? Also Corona-Capitalism and the racialized looting of public schools. And, Tucson cops cover up a brutal death in police custody

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Today on the Show: Alleged murderers of 25 year-old Ahmaud Arbery formerly indicted on murder charges in Georgia. Also, Indigenous communities in Arizona reeling from the Corona Virus in the wake of Trump’s racist Campaign appearance and fake border wall inspection. Also remembering Oscar and Valeria, two Salvadoran migrants, father and daughter, who drowned crossing the Río Grande one year ago: and How the pandemic has been used to shut down US borders and immigration policy throughout the world

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