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 the show: Genocide watch: our weekly update on the US armed genocide against Gaza and the West Bank with Flashpoints Special contributor, Sam Husseini. Today A Gaza-bound flotilla set sail from Tunisia, bringing life and death supplies. Also will Solar energy win out despite the latest massive corporate push by the weapons industry to go nuclear The post Genocide Watch with Sam Husseini appeared first on KPFA.
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. The post Flashpoints – September 12, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
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. The post Flashpoints – September 11, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: Breaking News! We are opening the show with our initial thoughts and discussion around what seems like an assassination of Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of Turning Point USA, a conservative youth organization and joining me is Camilo Perez Bustillo. Also, as we speak, The senate education committee will decide on California Bill AB715. Proponents of the Bill say it fights antisemitism in schools, opponents say it includes stifling of teachers, students and curriculum mentioning Palestine. And we will close the show with Part 1 of a segment about Women Searchers in Mexico. Taking searches into their own hands, literally excavating public and private lands for bodies or personal affects of their loved ones. We talk with a member of The Hasta Encontrarte Collective and of Amnesty International Mexico. The post The Assassination of Right Wing Commentator, Charlie Kirk appeared first on KPFA.
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. The post Flashpoints – September 9, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: Our weekly segment Genocide-Watch with Sam Husseini. Pro Palestine protestors get arrested in London for speaking Truth to power. Dave Lindorf, just back from the racist British Monarchy, reports. Also, Kathy Kelly says “We Will Not Be Silent on the Gaza Genocide”. Also the International Indian Treaty Council and the American Indian movement vow to resist Trump's plans to turn Alcatraz back to a maxi prison for mass deportations. And Juan José Gutierrez reports on expanding ICE round ups is LA and parts south The post Genocide Watch Returns With Sam Husseini and Guests appeared first on KPFA.
On today's show we return to Haiti with an update on the situation and a discussion of the country's status as the real narco-state in the Caribbean region. Then we turn our attention back to Trump's gunboat diplomacy in Venezuela and Marco Rubio's allegations of drug trafficking against Maduro and top socialist party officials. The post An Update on Haiti's Status As The Real Narco-State in The Caribbean appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: The Washington D.C. -based human rights group DAWN has posted an Open Letter to PLO President Abbas requesting that the UN General Assembly to deploy multilateral protection force in Gaza, meanwhile the PLO has been banned from entering the US and thus the UN, by high US officials in Including Secretary of State, Marco Rubio. Also the Washington Post is reporting on A post-war plan for Gaza that is circulating within President Donald Trump's administration that would see the U.S. administer Gaza for at least a decade, and include the relocation of Gaza's population and its rebuilding as a tourist resort. And as we do weekly, we feature the Electronic Intifada Newscast with Nora Barrows Friedman The post The Latest News Headlines From Gaza w/ The Electronic Intifada appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: Communities Against Carbon Transport and Injection: a newly formed coalition talks to us about a proposed Carbon Waste pipeline in California. Polluters get paid to dump their waste and a private company gets paid to pipe it through wetlands. Not unique to California, this has caused disaster in Satartia Mississippi, ALL under the guise of addressing climate change. Also, we will speak with Dr, AIsha Jumaan, returns from her recent trip to Yemen. We have an uplifting conversation despite the tragedy that her homeland faces as they stand up for GAZA. And we will close the show with Yazmyn Rahimi, who joins us to share a poem from her Afghan and Colombian roots The post Communities Against Carbon Transport and Injection (CACTI) on A Proposed Carbon Waste Pipeline in California appeared first on KPFA.
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. The post Flashpoints – September 2, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
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. The post Flashpoints – September 1, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
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. The post Flashpoints – August 29, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: A new groundbreaking report released by the Palestinian Youth Movement, uncovers Oakland's central role in the transportation of military cargo shipments to Israel. Also, remembering the impact of the 1970 Chicano Moratorium and anti-Vietnam war movement, that empowered Chicanos to resist the war and demand an end to discrimination at home: And after a series of successful bay-area peace actions, by the vets for peace boat, the Golden Rule,the vets turn their atttention to speaking out against the Gaza Genocide The post Remembering The Impact of the 1970 Chicano Moratorium & Anti Vietnam War Movement appeared first on KPFA.
On today's show we return to Haiti and yet another clandestine interview from the heart of its gang occupied capital to discuss the reasons behind their stalemate with the Haitian police Then we turn our attention to Trump's gunboat diplomacy in Venezuela where the government is reported to have mobilized 4.5 million citizens into militias to defend its territory. Finally, we revisit a segment by Flashpoints executive producer Dennis Bernstein, Tell Her Story: Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing that Galvanized New York City The post Haiti Update With Clandestine Interview From The Heart of It's Gang Occupied Capital appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: A Palestinian-American physician and co-founder of Doctors Against Genocide issues an urgent call for justice following the illegal confiscation of his and his family's ancestral land by renegade Israeli settlers. Also The doctors from DAG will share crucial information about hunger, starvation and the multiple medical emergencies now unfolding in Gaza. Also we'll feature a new movie about the violence of sweeping houseless humans up like so much trash, from Tiny and the folks At the Poor News Network The post Doctors Against Genocide on The Hunger And Starvation of Gaza appeared first on KPFA.
Today on Flashpoints: With more starvation and another massacre of journalists in Gaza, we commence with a new weekly column, Genocide-Watch, co-hosted by Sam Husseini. Also Code Pink's Cythia Papermaster calls out the corporate media. Norm Solomon wants to know where the hell the week-kneed democrats are on the expanding ethnic cleansing o Palestine: and Tell Her Story: Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing that Galvanized New York City The post F;ashpoints Debuts New Weekly Segment: Genocide Watch, with Sam Husseini appeared first on KPFA.
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. The post Flashpoints – August 22, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: Suing the US government for genocide in occupied Palestine. Also a preacher speaks out against the genocide and we'll feature our weekly news report from the Electronic Intifada with Nora Barrows Friedman: The post Suing The US Government For Genocide in Occupied Palestine appeared first on KPFA.
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. The post Flashpoints – August 20, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: How Trump's plan to kill FEMA will drown small town America A special report by award-winning investigative reporter Greg Palast. Also will Trump's quest to end balloting by mail marginalize millions of brown and black voters in America. And satirist and radical radio host, Randy Credico, back on the road to Washington D.C. with a few crucial signs of our times The post Greg Palast On Trump's Plan to Kill FEMA & How It Will Affect Small Town America appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: Two new damning human rights reports on the expanding slaughter in Gaza as the program of forced hunger and starvation continues: special correspondent, Jennifer Lowenstein reports. Also Richard Becker of Answer Coalition reflects on the pro-trump groveling in D.C. as a parade of presidents from Europe, join Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in another Trump ass-kissing secession at the White House. The post The Latest Human Rights Reports Out of Gaza appeared first on KPFA.
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. The post Flashpoints – August 15, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: The government of Haiti, Big Business, and the blossoming illegal drug trade: Flashpoints Senior Producer Kevin Pina reports about how one businessman refuses to play ball with the traffickers and risks his life in the process. And we'll feature our weekly news report from the Electronic Intifada with Nora Barrows Friedman: Nora reports that the genocide continues amidst the endless slaughter of journalists and often times their entire family The post The Government of Haiti, Big Business, and The Blossoming Illegal Drug Trade appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: What Kind of Bird Can't Fly, A new book by prison survivor, Dorsey Nun. Also soldiers in the streets of Washington D.C. Are we headed toward Marshall Law for the nation's capital? And remembering Palestinian journalist Anas Al Sharif, assassinated by Israel in Gaza The post What Kind of Bird Can't Fly? A Book by Prison Survivor, Dorset Nun appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: A special report on the disturbing similarities between Hitler's handling of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and Netanyahu's handling of Gaza. Also an update on the Genocide and starving of Palestinians in Gaza: And a poem for every day of the Genocide: Anita Barrows joins us for a another reading of her poems, based on the daily Gaza Slaughter The post The Disturbing Similarities Between Hitler's Handling of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and Netanyahu's Handling of Gaza appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: Israel using starvation and mass murder of journalists in their US armed and supported genocide in Gaza. We'll be joined by Ziad Abbas from the Middle-east children's alliance and Hani Almadhoun Senior Director at UNRWA USA The post Starvation in Gaza and The Murder of Journalists Covering it appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: An update on Leonard Peltier back home in Indian Country and healing. Also fighting back against Trump's shock troops and growing number of violent street arrests: organizing the resistance to the Trump plan to turn Alcatraz back into a high security prison for mass deportation: and the fast for Justice in Sonoma County California continues a pace The post An Update on Recently Released Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: Noted refugee rights advocate, Juan Jose Gutierrez, speaks to us from Los Angles about the expanding sweeps through the streets of Los Angeles and parts south. Also The genocidal slaughter in occupied Palestine continues a pace as we feature our weekly FRONTLINE news report from the Electronic Intifada with Nora Barrows Friedman. And a Historic” $100K Settlement from University of Maryland for Unlawfully Suppressing Pro-Palestinian Student Speech The post Update on ICE Raids In Los Angeles and Southern California appeared first on KPFA.
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. The post Flashpoints – August 6, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: Pro-immigration activists in Sonoma County California begin a water-only hunger fast to protest the widening brutal immigration sweeps by ICE and Homeland Security. Also An update on the killing of beloved Palestinian human rights defender and filmmaker, Awdah Hathaleen The post Flashpoints – August 5, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: Haiti, US Private Security forces and the big lie behind US foreign policy. And National Book Award Winning poet, Martin Espada reads from his latest collection of poetry JAILBREAK OF SPARROWS and speaks out against the expanding crack down and round ups of people of color Across the USA The post Poet Martin Espada Discusses His Latest Collection of Poetry “Jailbreak of Sparrows appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: Trump's ICE shock troops expanding their numbers and their violent round ups of brown people from coast to coast: and Trump Says He Ordered Nuclear Subs Repositioned in Rare Nuclear Threat to Russia The post Flashpoints – August 1, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: we'll feature our weekly FRONTLINE news report from the Electronic Intifada with Nora Barrows Friedman. Nora reports that starvation as a weapon of war continues unabated. And Congress, Jeffery Epstein and Israel.” The post The Latest Headlines from Gaza w/ The Electronic Intifada appeared first on KPFA.
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. The post Flashpoints – July 30, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
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. The post Flashpoints – July 29, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
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. The post Flashpoints – July 28, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
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. The post Flashpoints – July 25, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
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. The post Flashpoints – July 24, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
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. The post Flashpoints – July 23, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
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. The post Flashpoints – July 22, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
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. The post Flashpoints – July 21, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
American Indian Movement founder, Bill Means, speaks out on turning Alcatraz back into a maximum security prison: and Violent ICE sweeps met by peaceful resistance in Sacramento California, as dozens are arrested in the latest sweep. And Flashpoints contributor Francisco Herrera The post Stopping Alcatraz From Becoming A Prison Again appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: Over a hundred more Palestinians murdered in cold blood in Gaza today. The attacks included the bombing of a Catholic church in Gaza where man women and children were sheltering. As we do every Thursday, we'll the independently produced weekly newscast from the electronic intifada, with Nora Barrows Friedman: Also Trump says he's planning to move forward on turning Alcatraz into a prison for jailing thousands of refugees before they are de[ported: will San Franciscans rise up and fight back. We'll talk to two of them who have already began organizing to fight back The post Headlines From The Electronic Intifada & More… appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: We broadcast live from the Medicine For Nightmares Book store in the heart of San Francisco's Mission District: We spend the entire hourwith Dr. Nolan Cabrera, featuring his new book, BANNED, THE FIGHT FOR MEXICAN AMERICAN STUDIES IN THE STREETS AND IN THE COURTS The post Live Broadcast From The Medicine For Nightmares Bookstore in San Francisco appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: Pro-Palestinian activist, Yves Engler, faces backlash by Canada's support for Israel Yves runs for office in Montreal with the New Democratic Party. Also ICE and Homeland Security on the Attack in the South Bay , just south of San Francisco: we'll feature a special report as people brace themselves for potential expanded deportations. The post ICE and Homeland Security On The Attack In The South Bay appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: Ziad Abbas, Executive Director of the Middle East- Children's alliance joins us for a Gaza update and to talk about a major action MECA is sponsoring later this month. Also we continue our drum-beat reporting on the Homeland Security Sweeps, taking place now across the state and the country: We'll be joined in Los Angeles by long-time radical immigrants rights activist, Juan Jose Gutierrez, and in Sonoma county in Northern California, by seasoned civil rights and human rights attorney Omar Figueroa The post Gaza Update w/ Ziad Abbas of MECA appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: We welcome back celebrated actor, producer, and co-founding member of the legendary performance troupe, Culture Clash, Richard Montoya–fighting back against Trump and the ICE crackdown in L.A.: And we continue our reporting on the genocide in Gaza with a daily poem from Anita Barrows: a precious accounting of the suffering and brave resistance, that Barrows is documenting day by day The post Culture Clash's Richard Montoya on Trump, ICE Raids in Los Angeles appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the Show: Haiti in shambles and thousands of Haitians on the run. Also, an extraordinary week of violence in Occupied Gaza and the west bank. this week's newscast from the Electronic Intifada with Nora Barrows Friedman reports on the on-going and expanding violence, and the continuing deadly Israeli Drone attacks on Civilians in Gaza: The post Haiti Update & Headlines From Gaza with The Electronic Intifada appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: We'll feature a special extended report from Southern California with long-time radical immigrants rights activist, Juan Jose Gutierrez: Juan Jose speaks to us from Los Angeles, where federal forces of ICE, regular soldiers, and National guard have started to patrol the streets and the parks, creating terror and undermining daily life. Also We'll feature an update on the expanding killing fields of the Gaza strip, where 2 million people are food insecure and starting to starve to death, and food has become a frontline weapon of war The post Immigrants Rights Activist Speaks Out on ICE, National Guard Patrols In Los Angeles appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: Confrontation at the courthouse in Downtown San Francisco, where heavily armed ice forces carry out violent arrests. Flashpoints contributor Francisco Herrera has been talking with those directly impacted by the raid. He'll join us along with an eyewitness to this morning's raid. Also We'll feature an in-depth update on the expanding US/Israeli Genocide in Gaza. And we will continue to report on the US Israeli use of food as a deadly weapon of war. The post ICE Invades Downtown San Francisco at SF Courthouse appeared first on KPFA.
Today on the show: Professor Ron Lopez, Chicano and Latino Studies at Sonoma State University, speaks out against the repression and intimidation now being felt by many of his brown students. Also, we'll have an extensive update on the expanding US/Israeli Genocide in Gaza, where people are starting to starve to death, as US and Israeli security operatives brandish food as a weapon of war. We all know what the ribs of a starving person look like! The post Professor Ron Lopez on Trump's Repression and Intimidation Tactics appeared first on KPFA.
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