KPFA - Flashpoints

Today we go the Mexican side of the border in Baja where the organization Border Angels is working in the city of Tijuana with immigrants from Central America and even Haiti. Hugo Castro joins us to share his view of their plight as they live and wait on Mexico’s side of the border for distant appointments to apply for asylum in the US.  Then we feature a recent report by Nora Barrows-Friedman and the Electronic Intifada

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.

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.

Today we speak with the nephew of environmental activist Berta Caceres who was assassinated in Honduras for standing up for indigeous land rights, Sylvio Carillo provides an update on the current cycle of protests in Honduras, then we speak with Eric Dean of Veterans for Bernie about Sanders anti-war stance, next well feature an interview with journalist Brendon OConnor about the ideological roots of Trumps immigration policies and finally we discuss the case of Eric Gallagher who was recently acquitted of murdering an Iraqi teenager suspected of collaborating with the Islamic State, John Motter of Veterans Against War shares his view of the case.

Today we continue our coverage of  Trump’s recent visit to North Korea with Flashpoints political analyst KJ Noh.. Then we take a chilling look at current US nuclear weapons policy and a new Pentagon document called “Nuclear Operations” that was released and then taken down from the website of the Dept. of Defense. Finally, we feature an in depth conversation with former Green Party Vice-Presidential Candidate and co-founder of the Black Alliance for Peace, Ajamu Baraka.

Coming to you from the vigilant studios of KPFA in Berkeley California, this is Flashpoints.

First up, we look at what is being called “an historic visit” by Trump to North Korea. The cameras were whirring and clicking as Trump strolled with Kim Jong Un across the imaginary line crafted by decades of US foreign policy called the DMZ or demilitarized zone. Then we turn our attention to what is being called the “new Red scare” as Chinese and Chinese American researchers and academics come under increasing surveillance and scrutiny by the FBI and the Department of Justice.  Finally, we feature an interview with Alice Slater the New York Director of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, who also serves on the Coordinating Committee of World Beyond War. We talk about the Green New Deal, Democratic party politics and more.

I’m Kevin Pina, with all this straight ahead on your daily investigative news magazine, Flashpoints on Pacifica Radio, stay tuned.

 

 

First, Dennis Bernstein and Miguel Gavilan Molina report live from tonight's protest scene at 24th and Mission in San Francisco, speaking with activists on US Government sponsored abuse of families and children at the US southern border.

Next, we'll hear an interview recorded on Monday, June 24, 2019, with National Book Award winning author and radical educator, Jonathan Kozol.

From the studios of KPFA in Berkeley California, this is Flashpoints. I'm Dennis Bernstein in Northern Cali with Randy Credico in New York City.  Today on the show we continue our multi year series: Julian Assange Countdown To Freedom. Assange is back in court on Monday.. We'll speak to a British lawyer who is fighting to get the information from the British government that Assange needs to defend himself: and we’ll also speak to a former British Ambassador who is speaking out loudly on behalf of his good friend Julian Assange.

Coming to you from the vigilant studios of KPFA in Berkeley California this is Flashpoints.

First up, the Haitian press is reporting that this past Sunday at least thirty protesters were killed in Haiti by police and govt-sponsored gangs working together to squash protests demanding an end to the current govt and the resignation of President Jovenel Moise. Then we turn our attention to the first of two nights of back-to-back Democratic party debates beginning tonight in Miami, Florida.  We speak with Code Pink founder Medea Benjamin for her views about the chances for peace offered by the 2020 presidential candidates of the Democratic Party.

I’m Kevin Pina, with all this straight ahead on your daily investigative news magazine, Flashpoints on Pacifica Radio, stay tuned.

Today on Flashpoints: We rebroadcast our Earth Day Special: from Chernobyl to Fukashima to Three Mile

Island. We spend the entire hour on the continuing deadly dangers of on-going nuclear radiation releases