KPFA - Flashpoints

Today on the Show: We’ll have a frontline update on the South Dakota stand-off: with Sioux Tribes at Pine Ridge blockading against covid 19 Carriers. Also will report on the disaster unfolding on the expansive Navajo Reservation in the midst of a devastating outbreak of the Virus. And we;ll feature a report on Gallup New Mexico where the white racist mayor apparently tried to cut off local Indigenous communities from coming into town to buy the basics in food and supplies.

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Today on the Show: A South-Dakota stand-off as Sioux Tribes blockade against covid 19 carriers. Alsom Andrew Cuomo, good on the Pandemic, not so good on education. And Noted Photojournalist Tish Lampert documents the spirit of celebrated heroes and ordinary citizens on their activist journeys for civil and human rights

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Today on the Show: Alleged murderers of 25 year-old Ahmaud Arbery arrested in Georgia, but why did it take so long? Also it is clear now that Prisons Are Coronavirus Hotspots. We’ll have a special report from the town of Palestine Texas, with five prisons ready to burst. And we’ll hear more about a protest planned for this weekend at San Quentin

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Today on the Show: Trump beating the war drums against China under cover of a pandemic. Also, a protest at San Quentin prison, calling for No State Executions by Covid19. A brand new Election Crimes Bulletin with best selling muckraker, Greg Palast. And why is the US post office under attack by the Trump administration

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Today on the Show: We remember Carlos Escobar, who died after contracting covid19 in a private ICE prison. Also Mitch McConnell pushing right-wing judge nominations in the middle of the Pandemic, while threatening to cut-off crucial aid to the cities. And we’ll have a follow-up on the struggle of Filipino nurses to get the the necessary equipment they need to protect themselves

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Today on the Show: A special meaning for Cinco de Mayo in the middle of the pandemic. Also we’ll hear about a mission of mercy and social justice in San Francisco’s Mission district. We’ll feature a Cinco de Mayo commentary from our own Miguel Gavilan Molina. And Trump plots to overthrow the Venezuelan Government while the rest of the world wrestles with Covid 19

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Today on the Show: China Bashing takes front and center in Washington, as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo unleashes a frontal PR attack to blame China for the Covid 19 pandemic. Also 50 years after the 1970 Kent-state The murder of four unarmed students by unprovoked fire form the National Guardsmen: We’ll have an extended interview with Laurel Krause, sister of Alison Krause who was gunned down by the guard five decades ago.

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Today on the Show: We take a deep dive into Trump’s push to pump up the guest worker program while slashing immigration. Also, Filipino nurses on the frontline of this COVID pandemic, demanding protection and respect. we’ll rebroadcast our Story on the abuse of meat packers at a Smithfield Foods Pork Plant. And Norman Solomon laments the pathetic nature of the presumptive Democratic nominee for president

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Today on the Show: Teresa Romero, President of the United Farm Workers talks about the multiple struggles the farmworkers face as the covid19 death tolls breaks 62 thousand with over a million testing positive for the killer virus. Also, immigrants and their allies caravan to Sacramento CA to pressure lawmakers for COVID 19 safety nets. Later, we’ll feature our regular segment, Food fight

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Today on the Show: Undocumented Pulitizer Prize-winning journalist, Jose Antonio Vargas, speaks out on how undocumented immigrants are being left out of the recovery. Also Missouri pork plant workers sue pork giant Smithfield Foods for failing to protect them from the Coronavirus infections. We’ll get an update on the treatment of undocumented day laborers. And activists turn up the heat in their push to release prisoners from Santa Rita jail, in Alameda Country California to avoid an major outbreak of Covid19

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