Flashpoints – October 14, 2024
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.
Featured Episode
Hard Knock Radio: A Deep Dive into Indigenous Peoples Day with DJ Free Leonard, Dolly, and Morning Star Gali
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On a recent episode of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D engaged in a profound discussion with DJ Free Leonard, Dolly, and Morning Star Gali, centering around the significance of Indigenous Peoples Day. The conversation transcended the traditional narratives often associated with the day, focusing instead on contemporary issues impacting Indigenous communities, their resilience, and … Continued
Fawaz Gerges / Trita Parsi / Wendy Via
Intensifying Israeli Attacks on Lebanon and Netanyahu’s “Delusion” about Hezbollah
Do Biden and His Top Officials Believe Israeli Military Power can Reshape the Middle East?
Reports Armed Militias Motivated by Trump and Vance’s Lies are Stopping FEMA From Delivering Aid in North Carolina
About Health – October 14, 2024
A program designed to give listeners an opportunity to talk directly with experts in the fields of both traditional and non-traditional health, with Dr. Lenoir and Rona Renner, RN.
Judith Butler on Anti-Zionism and Gender
Today on KPFA Radio’s Women’s Magazine Kate Raphael and Rae Abileah who will talk to Jewish Feminist Queer author, scholar and activist Judith Butler about two topics she has become famous for reshaping and making part of everyday discourse, that is gender and anti-zionism . If somehow you are one of the few people who haven’t heard of American … Continued
In the aftermath of the Vietnam War, the U.S. transported refugees from Vietnam to its colonial possession Guam. In that period, Israel did something similar, offering citizenship to Vietnamese refugees, in the wake of its expanded occupation of Palestine. Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi looks at the condition of refugee settlers, as well as solidarity between … Continued
Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza / U.S. Support of Attacks on Lebanon
Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson (retired) joins us once again to give his unvarnished view of the now yearlong ethnic cleansing of Gaza, an assault that has now extended into Lebanon, Syria, and Iran. Plus, our resident constitutional expert, Bruce Fein stops by to give us a quick take on how U.S. material support of the Israeli … Continued
Guest: Nemonte Nenquimo is a leader of the Waorani people, cofounder of the Ceibo Alliance, and an internationally acclaimed activist. Born in the Amazon region of Ecuador in 1985, she is a winner of the 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize and was named to TIME’s 100 Most Influential People of 2020 list (lauded by Leonardo DiCaprio). She is … Continued
Democracy Now 9am – October 14, 2024
On today’s show: “Under Siege”: Hospital Director in North Gaza Refuses to Leave Patients Amid Israeli Evacuation Orders “Every Day Is a Breaking Point”: North Gaza Desperate for Medicine, Fuel, Food, Water, and Shelter “Surrender or Starve”: Israel Weighs Plan to Liquidate Northern Gaza as Siege on Jabaliya Intensifies Israel Attacks U.N. Peacekeeping Forces, as … Continued
Abolitionist Intimacies w/ El Jones; plus Resistance in Residence Artist Jamella Cross
On today’s show, we’re joined by El Jones, a poet, journalist, academic, and abolitionist who lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She teaches at Mt Saint Vincent University. She was also Halifax’s Poet Laureate from 2013 to 2015. Her work focuses on social justice issues such as feminism, prison abolition, antiracism, and decolonization. Her latest book … Continued