Flashpoints – September 26, 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
Fund Drive Special: Nelson Mandela at the Oakland Coliseum
this episode is no longer available
On this episode of Hard Knock, we present a historic talk featuring Nelson Mandela speaking at the Oakland Coliseum during his first tour after being released from prison in South Africa. On this momentous afternoon, Mandela addressed a captivated Bay Area audience as a symbol of resilience and justice in the fight against apartheid. Best … Continued
Steven Simon / James Zirin / Bradley Onishi
The U.S. and 21 Allies Call For a Lebanon-Israel Ceasefire, Which Netanyahu Rejected
New York’s Mayor Charged with Bribery, Wire Fraud, and Seeking Illegal Campaign Donations
How J.D. Vance and His Backers Plan to Legislate Morality
The Visionary Activist Show – Voting for the Earth
We be voting for the earth- in our Fund Drive while answering Antonio Machado’s query “What have we done with the garden entrusted to us?!” We are available to Mystery & Willing to Participate! Woofing the dedicated work of Seán Pádraig O’Donoghue and John Perlin… So, deftly, once again to guide us, be … Continued
Special Fund Drive Programming
Today’s episode of Bookwaves/Artwaves is preempted for a fall 2024 fund drive special.
Fires in Brazil, successes in Mexico
Forrest Hylton, author of this article, on wildfires in Brazil and the political impotence of Lula’s administration • Edwin Ackerman on politics in Mexico, as AMLO hands over power to Claudia Sheinbaum, having engineered a controversial overhaul of the judiciary (article here)
Special Fund Drive Programming: Kathleen DuVal on Native Nations
Today’s episode of Voices of the Middle East and North Africa is preempted for a fall 2024 fund drive special: Brian Edwards-Tiekert talks with Kathleen DuVal about her book, Native Nations: A Millennium in North America.
Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast) – September 26, 2024
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. This hour rebroadcasts the 6am hour. For daily episode descriptions, see Democracy Now! (6am).
Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao Orders More Sweeps; Plus Family of Aamonte Hadley Seek Justice for Her Untimely Death in SF County Jail – Fall Fund Drive Special
Multiple advocates and an independent journalist were arrested during a West Oakland encampment sweep last week. City workers displaced 40-50 people from a densely populated area near the intersection of West Grand Ave. Talya “Boots” Husbands-Hankin, founder of Love and Justice in the Streets says the area was home to black elders, several with disabilities … Continued
Fund Drive Special with John Perlin
00:08 — John Perlin, is a visiting scholar at the UC Santa Barbara Physics Department. His latest book is A Forest Journey: The Role of Trees in the Fate of Civilization.