Flashpoints – May 4, 2015
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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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 a Special Mayday Edition of Flashpoints: We’ll be joined by international celebrated peace activist Kathy Kelly, just out of jail for actions in opposition to the US government’s murderous drone war. Also 40 years since the end of the Vietnam War: We’ll have an in-depth discussion on what have we learned about US … Continued
Today on Flashpoints:The extreme right wing Japanese Prime Minister in the US to meet with Barack Obama, address congress and get a personal tour of Silicon Valley. Also, Native Americans go to the United Nations to protest the elevation of Father Junipero Serra to sainthood by the pope and the Roman Catholic Church. And The … Continued
Today on Flashpoints: An update on the devastation in Nepal. Workers protest the hedge fund buyout of American Apparel in Los Angeles. Our Flashpoints multi-part series, “The Battle for Public Education In the 21st Century” continues. And rising opposition to expensive and destructive testing in the US public schools.
Uprisings in Baltimore. Electronic Intifada Podcast
Today on Flashpoints: As Baltimore goes up in flames, their Governor calls in the National Guard. We’ll feature an update from the ground there. Also, tragedy in Nepal. We’ll have two reports about the unfolding situation in that earth-quake devastated nation. And we have our weekly feature, the Electronic Intifada hosted by Nora Barrows Friedman
Today on Flashpoints: A special extended report on a new federal civil law suit, in connection with the recent San Francisco police killing and apparent cover-up of 20 year old Amilcar Perez-Lopez in San Francisco s largely Latino Mission District.
Flashpoints – April 24, 2015
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: Will there be justice for 23 year old Amilear Perez-Lopez, who was gunned down in cold blood by violent out of control San Francisco cops. And we’ll report on the hidden story of Tanzania’s socialist villages, the subject of a brand new book “Ujamaa”, which describes post colonial Tanzania’s successful model of … Continued
Today on Flashpoints: Government lies still killing gulf-war vets. Also, Kathy Kelly, co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, released from prison after serving 90 days for resisting drone mass murders by the US Government at the highest levels. We remember the 20th anniversary of the Kibeho Massacre in Rwanda. And our flashpoints multi-part series, “The … Continued
Today on Flashpoints: Hundreds of refugees fleeing Libya and failed US war policy there, drown by the hundreds trying to escape. Also, an update on the Korean ferry disaster that killed over 300. 250 of them were high school kids. And a lifetime of resisting Israeli apartheid