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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Today on the Show: Israel’s renegade prime minister and crime boss, Bibi Netenyahu heads for San Fran for a sit down with Elon Musk.  And what do we think they’ll be chatting it up about? Also We explore the Homies Empowerment Project and its visionary Freedom School with its founder, Cesar Cruz. and our beloved troubadour, Francisco Herrera, helps us remember the life and times of Bay Area visionary activist, inspired missionary and spiritual leader, Father Louie Vitale who passed late last week

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Today on a special edition of the show: National Book Award Winning poet, Martin Espada, helps us remember and recall the events of 9/11/That’s 9-11-73, when the US overthrow of the duly elected socialist government of Salvador Allende sent tens of thousand of Chileans into exile. At least, the ones who were able and lucky enough to escape the brutal reign of General Augusto Pinnochet. And Camilo Perez Bustillo brings us up to speed on the battle for self determination that goes on right now in Chile and across the hemisphere.

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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: Frontline Investigative Reporter, Arun Gupta, reports on the expanding US proxy War with Russia through Ukraine. And we feature the latest episode of the Electronic Intifada Podcast.

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Today on the show: Part two of our dramatic reading of the Indictment of Donald J. Trump’s attempt to overthrow the election results and seize power of the US by extra judicial means. And we’ll speak to our brave reader, election protection activist, Wendi Lederman about the reading and the politics behind it

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Today on the show: Frontline investigative reporter, , Arun Gupta, on the sentencing of Trump’s troops, and how the prosecutors stiffer sentencing recommendations are being rebuffed by the sentencing judges, And we present a dramatic reading of the Trump indictment for his Attempt to steal the 2020 presidential elections.

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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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Today on the Show: Censorship, book-banning and the Texas racist crackdown on learning and free-speech. We’ll be joined by writer, activist, professor, Tony Diaz, founder of Libros Trafficante, and author of The Tip of The Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital.  Also, we’ll speak with Robert Buzzanco, professor of U.S. foreign policy at the University of Houston.

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