KPFA - Flashpoints

Today on the show: We’ll speak with Zeaid Abbas of the Middle East Children’s Alliance about the deadly situation in Occupied Palestine after 837 days of an ongoing genocide, and no real end in sight. And we’ll rebroadcast last night’s live Flashpoints show from Medicine for Nightmares bookstore in the heart of San Francisco’s mission district

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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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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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On today’s show we feature an interview and discussion of US foreign policy with Dan Kovalik, author of the book, “The Plot to Overthrow Venezuela: How the US Is Orchestrating a Coup for Oil.” Then we turn our attention to Cuba and the situation facing that  island nation’s people which has worsened since the US kidnapping of president Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela. Finally, we talk with a tech expert from the Electronic Frontier Foundation about the new electronic surveillance tools used by the Israeli Defense Force, in Gaza that are now being used by ICE here in the United States.

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Today on the show: San Francisco City Attorney, David Chiu speaks out against the Trump’s decision to cut off federal to all Sanctuary Cities immediately. Also Haiti Action co-founder, Robert Roth talks about Haiti in the context of expanding US aggression and the reinstallation of the Monroe Doctrine for the hemisphere. Then, Richard Becker, co-founder of answer coalition, analyzes Trump’s plans for exerting full US control over valuable and almost endless regional resources. Becker says Answer Coalition is mounting a full and robust people’s response to Trump’s imposition of authoritarian rule. Also Cuba expert, Gloria LaRiva gives up us an update on Cuba after the US attacks in the region. And we continue to fight against the cover-up /murder of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old US citizen, gunned down in cold blood last Wednesday by an ICE agent

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Today on the show: A live report and update from Minneapolis, where people are still reeling from the cold-blooded killing of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old US citizen, teacher and award-winning poet, killed when an ICE agent shot into her vehicle while she was trying to flee. Also Flashpoints senior producer, Kevin Pina will join us to talk about a new series of special Wednesday broadcasts he’ll be doing on regional and hemispheric politics: and we will rebroadcast the weekly edition of the Electronic Intifada Newscast with Nora Barrows Friedman

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Today on the show: An in-depth interview with a front line attorney who is defending protestors, activists, and victims o f Trump’s racist raids in Minneapolis.  Also we rebroadcast the weekly edition of the Electronic Intifada Genocide Newscast with Nora Barrows Friedman

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Today on The Show: National Book Award Winning poet, Martin Espada, reads and speaks out on the Trump crackdown. Also joining us, Camilo Perez-Bustillo, former executive director for the SF Bay Area Chapter of the NLG, and on the front lines fighting the fascist creep against the human rights of  brown and black people in this country

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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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