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An award winning front-line investigative news magazine focusing on human, civil and workers rights, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.
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Berkeley, CA
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An award winning front-line investigative news magazine focusing on human, civil and workers rights, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.
Language:
English
Episodes
Flashpoints – April 3, 2025
4/3/2025
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, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
UC Davis Law Students Suspended For Supporting Boycott Divestment Against Israel
4/2/2025
Today on the Show: Haitians in the streets of the capital to oppose deadly US hegemony. We continue our drumbeat reporting on Haiti and the role the US continues to play in perpetuating the suffering. And University of California at Davis Law School suspends its law student association and seizes control of its funds, for passing a resolution supporting the boycott divestment sanctions movement against Israel The post UC Davis Law Students Suspended For Supporting Boycott Divestment Against Israel appeared first on KPFA.
The Many Impacts of Shutting Down The Department of Education
4/1/2025
Today on the Show: Manufacturing Anti-Semitism and the destruction of the American University. We’ll speak with Richard Silverstein of Tikun Olam. Also the devastating impacts of shuttering the Department of Education. And Robert McChesney—prominent media scholar, Free Press co-founder, dogged defender of democracy and free speech, dies at the age of 72: Norman Solomon helps us remember The post The Many Impacts of Shutting Down The Department of Education appeared first on KPFA.
Flashpoints – March 31, 2025
3/31/2025
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 31, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
Flashpoints – March 28, 2025
3/28/2025
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, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
Flashpoints – March 27, 2025
3/27/2025
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 27, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
Greenpeace Loses 600m Energy Transfer SLAPP Suit
3/26/2025
Today on the Show: An emergency-room nurse just back from the Gaza strip, talks about the latest impacts of Israel bombing attacks on what’s left of Gaza’s hospitals. Also, Greenpeace slapped hard, as it loses a $660 million dollar slap suit in North Dakota, in the context of the Standing Rock protests against Energy Transfer corporation: we’ll have more on the implications for shutting down the Education Department. And anything worthy of another look back on the Kennedy assassination papers? Will ask attorney Kennedy Scholar Bill Simpich The post Greenpeace Loses 600m Energy Transfer SLAPP Suit appeared first on KPFA.
Sonoma State university Professor Ron Lopez on Trump’s Shut Down of Department of Education
3/25/2025
Today on the show: We’ll have an update on the expanding Israeli slaughter and genocide in Palestine. Also Professor Ron Lopez, from Sonoma State University comments on Trump’s shut down of the education department and the multiple negative implications. And Greenpeace slapped hard, as it loses a $660 million dollar slap suit in North Dakota, in the context of the Standing Rock protests against Energy Transfer corporation. And what about those recently unredacted and released Kennedy files: anything worthy of another look back: some folks think so! The post Sonoma State university Professor Ron Lopez on Trump’s Shut Down of Department of Education appeared first on KPFA.
Flashpoints – March 24, 2025
3/24/2025
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 24, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
Flashpoints – March 21, 2025
3/21/2025
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 21, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
The Latest Headlines From The Electronic Intifada on Palestine
3/20/2025
Today on the Show: We feature a special edition of the weekly frontline news report from the electronic intifada with Nora Barrows Friedman: And as we go live to air, the US Israeli slaughter continues with over 500 woman, and children and men lost and shredded by US-armed illegal Israeli occupation forces. And the mass-murdering war-criminal PM of Israel says he’s just getting started The post The Latest Headlines From The Electronic Intifada on Palestine appeared first on KPFA.
Flashpoints – March 19, 2025
3/19/2025
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 19, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
Duration:00:41:56
Middle East Children’s Alliance ED, Ziad Abbas on Israel’s Latest Slaughter in Gaza
3/18/2025
Today on the show:: Ziad Abbas, Executive Director of the Middle East Children’s Alliance, responds to Israel’s latest slaughter of innocent Palestinians, including women. and children, cut down as they tried to flee the killing fields of Gaza. As we go to air, there are well over 400 Palestinians slaughtered on the run. Also Camilo Perez Bustillo, just back from the battles at the US Mexico Border, monitoring the latest kidnappings of Venezuelans to maximum security prisons in El Salvador The post Middle East Children’s Alliance ED, Ziad Abbas on Israel’s Latest Slaughter in Gaza appeared first on KPFA.
Duration:00:59:58
Is Recently Freed Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier In Danger of Being Sent Back to Jail?
3/17/2025
Today on the Show: Is Leonard Peltier’s freedom in peril, based on new Trump statements accusing Biden of illegal pardons and legal actions that could have an impact on Peltier’s freedom. We’ll speak with Peltier spiritual adviser, Len Foster. Also we welcome back Bill Means, co-founder of the American Indian Movement. And street actions and protests in san Francisco in support of Palestinian activist, Mahmoud Khalil, arrested and jailed, apparently for being a Palestinian activist with a green card The post Is Recently Freed Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier In Danger of Being Sent Back to Jail? appeared first on KPFA.
What Is It Like To Risk Your Life Photographing The Extreme Right?
3/14/2025
Today on the show: Miguel Gavilan Molina speaks with radical educator, Nolan Cabrera. Also, risking your life for a photograph? We find out what’s it like to photograph the extreme right. Also using false claims of Antisemitism to justify the deportation of a Palestinian with a green card. And a report back from Code Pink San Francisco, which took it’s anti genocide campaign to the Berkeley City Council this week The post What Is It Like To Risk Your Life Photographing The Extreme Right? appeared first on KPFA.
Flashpoints – March 13, 2025
3/13/2025
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 13, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
Former Philippine’s President Arrested For Crimes Against Humanity
3/12/2025
Today on the show: Philippine police arrest former President Rodrigo Duterte in Manila and send him to the Netherlands to face charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court. Also, Jennifer Lowenstein, updates the latest news from the killing fields of Gaza, the west bank and Syria: and The desperate situation in Afghanistan as a result of failed and deadly US polic The post Former Philippine’s President Arrested For Crimes Against Humanity appeared first on KPFA.
The Detaining of Palestinian Activist Mahamoud Khalil
3/11/2025
Today on the show: It’s revealed that Marco Rubio personally signed off to detain Mahmoud Khalil on “Foreign Policy Grounds”. Meanwhile, A federal judge temporarily blocks the deportation of Khalil. We’ll get the lowdown in Washington D.C. from Raed Jarrar of DAWN. Also radical singer and songwriter David Rovics shares some thoughts and a new song calling for the release of Mahmoud Khalil: And mass murder and the expanding US/israeli occupation of Syria. The post The Detaining of Palestinian Activist Mahamoud Khalil appeared first on KPFA.
Flashpoints – March 10, 2025
3/10/2025
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 10, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
Flashpoints – March 7, 2025
3/7/2025
Today on the Show: Professor Ron Lopez, Chicano Studies, Sonoma State University on Trump’s plan to shut down the board of education, as early as this weekend: Prof. Lopez joins us from Denver where he is speaking at the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education conference: And Richard Becker of Answer Coalition, reports back on a recent trip to Cuba. What are the multiple impacts of the vicious US embargo on Cuba The post Flashpoints – March 7, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.