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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.
Today on Flashpoints…we start with Brazil where there has been massive protests against what is being called a parliamentary coup, the police are also being caught on video launching brutal attacks on protesters, then we speak with Greg palast who’s on the road to the SF bay Area with his new documentary The Best Democracy … Continued
Today on Flashpoints… we feature a special frontline report from Damascus, Syria with Flashpoints Special Correspondent Alaa Ebrahim, then we take a close look at a think tank that views ISIS as a tool to attack enemies of the state of Israel , finally we take a look at campaign controversies this election cycle and … Continued
Today on a special live Friday edition of Flashpoints, we speak with Greg Palast about the Bay Area screening of his new film “The Best Democracy Money Can Buy” happening next Wednesday(9/7/2016) in Oakland. We’ll also speak with comic Will Durst who will be warming up the crowd that night. Tix for this event are … Continued
Today on a Flashpoints…we take a close look at journalism and reporting on US involvement in wars by the media with veteran war correspondent, author and filmmaker Don North, the we feature an extended edition of the Electronic Intifada with Nora Barrows-Friedman.
Today on a Flashpoints…native people’s activist Winona Laduke provides an update of the ongoing protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline on the land of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, then we go to the situation in Brazil where president Dilma Rousseff was impeached today in what is being called a constitutional coup, next we look … Continued
Today on Flashpoints… we go to Haiti where tens of thousands took to the streets of Port au Prince yesterday led by former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide in support of Lavalas family presidential candidate Dr. Maryse Narcisse, then we feature a look at propaganda and the war in Syria, finally we take a closer look at … Continued
Today on Flashpoints…activists critical of Israel’s brutal occupation of Palestine speak out about the move to silence them in State Legislatures across the country with the latest attack against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement underway in California, Fadi Saba of the Defending Dissent Foundation joins us, then we speak with author Dave Gillespie about … Continued
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.
Today on Flashpoints: We spend the hour with Green Party Vice Presidential candidate, Ajamu Baraka.
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.
