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. The post Flashpoints – April 18, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show: A special report from the Gaza flotilla to break the Israeli embargo. Also, Flashpoints special correspondent, Sam Husseini, questions the state department on the IDF’s use of the sounds of children pleading for help to lure Palestinians into a deadly crossfire: also distinguished international law scholar, Francis Boyle, returns to discuss Nicaragua’s decision to take Germany to the World Court for Enabling Israel’s Genocide. And Immigrant Rights Organizations Pushing for Passage of the Pending “Registry Bill. We’ll be joined by attorney/activist Renee Saucedo to talk about the plans for long walks in support of crucial bill The post Flashpoints – April 17, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show, A tribute to the late poet and Founder of Poetry for the People, June Jordan: Also Ex-US military men heading to Gaza by Flotilla to break the deadly Israeli Blockade: And Teachers and Parents Fight Israeli Lobby Smears on the schools and teachers in Berkeley California: we’ll feature a segment from the Electronic Intifada with a lawyer and a middle school teacher about the struggle to teach the truth about Palestine, Hosted by Nora Barrows Friedman The post Flashpoints – April 16, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

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. The post Flashpoints – April 15, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: A special showing of American Homeboy, a documentary that explores the complex origins of Pachuco and Cholo culture which sprouted from American soil in response to wartime sentiment, social alienation, and government discrimination only to become a cultural phenomenon. And, signa of our times on the bus stops of Washington DC. Instead of selling soap powder, they are calling for an end to the US Israeli genocide in Palestine The post Discussing The Documentary, American Homeboy appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show: A Palestinian American law student at the U.C Berkeley accuses a professor of assaulting her during a backyard dinner held at the home of the school’s dean, Erwin Chemerinsky. Also, a brief history on the illegal and violent occupation of Palestine. And a landmark law suit on the safety and dangers of keeping Diablo Canyon Nuclear Reactor on line. opponents say its a major disaster waiting to happen. The post UC Berkeley Dean Caught On Camera Allegedly Assaulting Student For Protesting appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: Biden says the US is considering dropping its witch-hunt prosecution of Julian Assange We’ll feature a special report, with Randy Credico. Also a frontline Gaza/west bank update, with MECA executive director, Ziad Abbas. And Richard Silverstein reports on Artificial Intelligence and the Israeli War Machine The post Is Biden Considering Dropping It’s Witch Hunt on Julian Assange? appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: Is genocide Joe Biden getting ready to pull the plug on Israel’s expanding regional war before Bebe goes thumbs up for Trump? We’ll welcome back Raed Jarrar with Democracy for the Arab World Now. Also tightening the anti-abortion noose around Roe and pro choice, and a poet takes on the first hundred days of the Israeli Genocide The post Raed Jarrar on Biden Calling For a Ceasefire appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: Protesting Germany’s support for the Israeli genocide against Gaza. And, we celebrate the work of our very own, Miguel Gavilan Molina. The post Celebrating the Work of Flashpoints’ Own, Miguel Gavilan Molina appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show: Biden to Bebe: slow down the slaughter, or we won’t fill your next weapons orders. Israeli military sacks a couple of officers on the World Food kill blame game. Also, automated war in the Gaza strip, twenty seconds to massacre. And Deconstructing War Landia with Arun Gupta, our weekly column covering what the media misses, misunderstands, or suppresses when covering the wars and plunder of Exceptional America The post Deconstructing Warlandia with Arun Grupa appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show: Nora Barrows Friedman on the Destruction of Al Shifa Hospital and related Genocidal acts by the Israeli Military. Also, violent gangs still dominate the streets of Haiti We’ll feature a frontline update with Pierre Labossier. And teachers, community groups, and farmworkers file a lawsuit challenging toxic pesticide approvals near public schools The post Flashpoints – April 4, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

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. The post Flashpoints – April 3, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show: Israel’s genocidal war on the brink of going regional.as mass murder happen at Al Shifa. Also, distinguished Professor and international law scholar, Francis Boyle, returns to discuss how the UN General assembly could institute Uniting for Peace laws that empower it under the Geneva Convention stop Israel’s Assault? Boyle was prosecutor for an international tribunal organized in Malaysia which found George W. Bush and Tony Blair guilty of crimes against humanity: And a frontline update on the deteriorating situation in Haiti, as a result of years of deadly US destabilization policies. The post Flashpoints – April 2, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

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. The post Flashpoints – April 1, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: Celebrating Cesar Chaves and the continuing mission of the United Farm Workers. Also, confronting the state department with the truth. Flashpoints D.C. contributor, Sam Husseni trying to hold the state department accountable on genocide and the US’s responsibility under the UN general assembly’s anti-genocide mandate, uniting for peace. And the Block Report returns with a frontline interview on on punishing US sanctions against Cuba and Zimbawe The post Flashpoints – March 29, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

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. The post Flashpoints – March 28, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show: A tribunal on Gaza is planned for the Bay Area. Also, resisting the racist Texas border law. And on Food Fight with Keith McHenry, the CIA inspired plan to lockdown the houseless and hungry in America. And, Deconstructing War Landia with Arun Gupta The post Flashpoints – March 27, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: Anatomy of a genocide: We speak with Palestinian Chronicle Editor and noted author, Ramsey Baroud about the new report from the UN on the ongoing genocide in Gaza. And, in Africa U.S. Imperialism raises its ugly arrogance in Zimbabwe. The post Ramsey Baroud on The UN Report on the Ongoing Genocide in Gaza appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: Code Pink disrupts CondI Rice on the UC Berkeley campus, at an event with Chancellor Carol Christ on “Free speech issues on college campuses”. Code pink members splattered mock blood around the crime scene, where the former Bush National Security Advisor was speaking. We’ll be joined by Code Pink co-founder, Jodie Evans, and Code Pink’s Cynthia Papermaster, out on 50,000 bail. And we’ll talk to Israel expert Richard Silverstein about Bebe’s response to the limted cease fire and what comes next? The post Code Pink on Their Latest Protests appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: Tony Blinkin talking peace, defending the ethnic cleansing and genocide in Palestine. Also, we evaluate the concept of votepact and find out which one gives you a chance to vote against Biden without voting for Trujmp. And Code Pink’s Cynthia Papermaster held in a San Francisco jail on 50,000 bail for civil disobedience by spilling mock blood on the walls of Nancy Peloci’s home. The post Flashpoints – March 22, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.