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 – December 24, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: We’ll feature a Frontline report back from the occupied West Bank, with international Solidarity activist and Novelist Kate Raphael. Also, Norman Solomon joins us to talk about a new class action law suit, regarding the Illegal US funding of the Israeli genocide in Gaza. And Christmas time for the homeless, as massive regional evictions and abuse against the Homeless and un-housesed continues a pace. The post A Frontline Report From The Occupied West Bank appeared first on KPFA.

Today on Flashpoints: We devote the entire hour to Haiti. First up we speak Haitian activist Jean St. Vil in Ottawa Canada about the role and culpability of the so-called CORE group in Haiti. Then we feature another clandestine interview from the heart of Haiti’s capital Port au Prince. The post A Flashpoints Special on Haiti w/ Senior Producer, Kevin Pina appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: Palestinians and Palestinian-Americans file a federal lawsuit against Secretary of State Antony Blinken, accusing him and the US state department of violating a law that prohibits the US from sending military aid to foreign security forces committing gross violations of human rights. Also a new group “Organized Power in Numbers” forms to fightback and take on Trump head on. And the State of California announces a new precedent-setting regulation requiring advance notice of agricultural pesticide use The post Palestinian Americans File Lawsuit Against US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: National Book Award Winning poet, Martin Espada, reads and speaks out on the Trump promise to deport a million brown and black people, forcibly if need be: also we’ll look at Justice Robert Jackson’s dissent in the Korematsu case regarding the brutal internment during World War Two of thousands of Japanese Americans And Israel’s bloody genocide continues to target children and medical centers across gaza. Nora Barrows Friedman documents another week of the US armed violence and mass murder The post Award Winning Poet Martin Espada on Trump’s Promise to Deport Millions appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: Long time peace activist Kathy Kelly talks about her work with Global Solidarity for Peace in Palestine, a network of over 100 international peace organizations that has just sent a series of letters calling on the UN General Assembly to “fulfill obligations imposed by international law.” The letter goes on to state: “Israel has demonstrated its specific intent to physically destroy Palestinians. No one should be allowed to commit genocide and remain unpunished! 500 federal taxpayers across 10 Northern California counties will file an unprecedented class action lawsuit against their Congressional Representatives And flashpoints senior producer, Kevin Pina, reports on more violence in the US destabilized Killing Fields of Haiti The post Peace Activist Kathy Kelly On Her Work With Global Solidarity For Peace In Palestine 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 – December 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 – December 13, 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 – December 12, 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 – December 11, 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 – December 10, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on show: As Assad falls, Israel Invades Syria. Richard Silverstein reports on how Israel played a pivotal role in the chain of events leading to Assad’s overthrow: And Greg Palast is back to tell us How to put Welfare Queen Elon Musk out of Business, and why that might be important. The post How Israel Played A Pivoted Role in Assad’s Overthrow appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show: Indigenous activists on the move, bracing for a massive DaACA deportation: We’ll speak with Sandra De Anda, L.A Rapid Response, Orange County, and we’ll also be joined again by Roberto Hernandez, to give us background on an emergency summit called in the Mission District of San Francisco The post Flashpoints – December 6, 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 – December 5, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: Israel continues its US financed Genocide in Gaza, and breaks the cease fire in Lebanon well over a hundred times, but who’s counting?: Nora Barrows Friedman is: She details some of this week’s genocidal violence in Gaza : And we’ll feature a special live report from the Occupied West Bank, with US artist, Alison Post, on the ground there to bear witness and to try and help restrain settler violence against Palestinians The post Flashpoints – December 4, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: FASTING FOR LIFE IN THE BAY AREA: A PRO-PALESTINIAN ACTIVIST ON A FAST FOR LIFE, SPEAKS OUT AGAINST THE US ARMED GENOCIDE IN GAZA: ALSO RADICAL PALESTINIAN ATTORENY, NOURA ERAKAT SPEAKS ABOUT STRATGEIES FOR RESISTING THE GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE: ALSO ALSO FLASHPOINTS SENIOR PRODUCER, MIGUEL GAVALAN MOLINA JOINS US TO SPEAKOUT AGINST THE PROPOSED TRUMP CRACK DOWN ON BROWN AND INDIGINOIUS PEOPLE IN THE USA. The post Flashpoints – December 3, 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 – December 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 – November 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 – November 28, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: The legendary William Means, co-founder of the American Indian Movement, and a leader in the struggle to free Leonard Peltier…And we’ll continue our special reports from writer-activist, Kate Raphael, in the Occupied West Bank where violent settlers continue to collaborate with the IDF to threaten, beat and kill Palestinians and steal their land. The post Flashpoints – November 27, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.