Flashpoints – February 12, 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.
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Today on the Show: Alfred Zayas, a leading UN Independent expert on International Order says Trumps proposed depopulation of Gaza to turn it into a French Rivera of the Middle East is ethnic cleansing and very illegal. And in the second half of today’s show, Flashpoints senior producer, Miguel Gavilan Molina will be live for … Continued
Hard Knock Radio Talks Tariffs, Wealth Inequality, and Economic Power with Michael Mechanic
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In a recent episode of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sat down with Michael Mechanic, senior editor at Mother Jones and author of Jackpot: How the Super-Rich Really Live—and How Their Wealth Harms Us All, to discuss the implications of tariffs, wealth inequality, and the economic power of the ultra-wealthy. Their wide-ranging conversation dissected the economic policies of … Continued
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Hegseth Gives Up Ukraine’s Leverage Before Russia/Ukraine Peace Talks Begin
Is the Trump Administration Already Capitulating to Putin?
An Assessment of the Awkward Meeting Between Jordan’s King Abdullah and Trump
Education Today – February 12, 2025
Today we talk with the leader of a group that helps young people to create wonderful music and at the same time to mend their hearts and spirits. And then we report on some of the myriad educational changes taking place.
Our World As We See It – February 12, 2025
A weekly talk show produced by Oakland School for the Arts high school broadcast students, Our World As We See It will focus on local and world issues giving a fresh youthful perspective on how to create change.
East Bay Yesterday – February 12, 2025
This series explores stories of culture, politics and nature from Oakland, Berkeley and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
The prominent sociologist, writer, and U.C. Berkeley professor emeritus Michael Burawoy passed away on February 3. We present excerpts from three interviews with Burawoy, about marketization and commodification (from 2016), Pierre Bourdieu and Karl Marx (2019), and W. E. B. Du Bois’s understanding of the period of Reconstruction (2023). In Memoriam: Michael Burawoy Michael Burawoy, … Continued
Dulce from CIMA WNC speaks about immigrant solidarity in times of escalated threat of deportation and Kristian Williams talks about the comic books of Alan Moore
Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast) – February 12, 2025
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).