KPFA - Flashpoints

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 – June 25, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: Longtime human rights, civil rights activist Juan Jose Gutierrez returns for an update on the emerging police state tactics brought to bare on millions  of  brown people who live and work in L.A and parts south. Also Gazan's face mass dying from hunger and thirst. And on the Iran War front, have corporate media become a cheerleader for war and regime change in Iran? The post Update on Emerging Police State Tactics in Los Angeles appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: The USA and Nuclear renegade  Israel carry-out a series of unprovoked attacks against Iran. And Iran appears to be saying a temporary uncle. Is peace at hand? Meanwhile hundreds more are slaughtered in Gaza, picked of by Israeli soldiers as they scramble for a few meger scraps of food. And speaking of food and hunger, we'll have a visit with Keith McHenry and Food Not Bombs, to talk about the relationship between hunger and war. And the People's Arms Embargo Returns to Travis Air Force Base, calling for peace in a time of war The post The Latest Update on The USA & Israel's Attack Against Iran appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: Trump sends ICE and the national guard to Dodger stadium where they are repelled by local police and outraged officials for the Dodgers. We'll feature an extended edition of our L.A. Report, Baca's Backyard, with Gary Baca. Also CODE/PINK in the streets of San Francisco again, demanding an end to the US/Israeli genocide in Gaza.  And We welcome back  Flashpoints Troubadour and human rights activist Francisco Herrera The post ICE Sent Packing at Dodger Stadium by Protestors 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 – June 19, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on show: We feature a special extended report with long-time radical immigrants rights activist, Juan Jose Gutiairez about the racist ICE raids.  Also we'll be joined by CodePink Founder, Medea Benjamin, for an update on the Gaza Boat attacks and the ongoing resistance to US supported Genocide in Palestine The post Flashpoints – June 18, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: Israel expands and extends its war against Iran: we'll be joined for the hour by Mouin Rabbani, senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, and a longtime scholar and commentator on the region The post Mouin Rabbani on Israel's War With Iran appeared first on KPFA.

oday on the Show:  Israel's Defense Minister Katz warns If Iran continues to fire missiles at the Israeli home front, “Tehran will burn.” Critics of Israel call this a threat by Israel to utilize its substantial nuclear stockpile during its current assault on Iran. We'll by Joined  by Flashpoints Washington Contributor Sam Husseini who spent the last week at the UN covering all issues Palestinian, re the genocide. and we'll be joined by  John Steinbach, for deep background on the extremely tight relationship between the US and Israel that puts the lie to the current denials of US participation in Israel's frontal assault on Iran The post Update on Israel/ Iran Escalation appeared first on KPFA.

KPFA goes live from the streets of San Jose for Broadcasting Resistance – Summer of Rage, a special broadcast confronting authoritarianism and uplifting voices of defiance. Hosted by Dennis Bernstein and Miguel Gavilan Molina, this three-hour program brings you frontline interviews with community organizers, healthcare advocates, immigrant rights leaders, and youth activists pushing back against fear and repression. Because resistance isn't pre-recorded—it's happening now. The post Broadcasting Resistance – Summer of Rage (Live from San Jose) 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 – June 13, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show: Senior Senator Alex Padilla of California forcibly removed from Kristi Noem's news conference, in the same building where Padilla has an office: And we feature, as we do every week, the independently produced weekly newscast from the electronic intifada, with Nora Barrows Friedma The post CA Senator Alex Padilla Violently Detained at News Conference by Trump's Goons appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: Gaza in the rubble as the people there start to starve. Meanwhile, the US keeps up its extensive military support for the expanding genocide. We'll feature an in-depth update from Flashpoints special correspondent for the region, Jennifer Lowenstein. Also food fights, real ones, as hunger and hopelessness continue to devastate the growing numbers of homeless in this country: Food Not Bombs Founder, Keith McHenry will join us to discuss. And Dave Lindorff points out how Trump Can't Find His ‘Invading Gangs' yet The post Update on Gaza and The Mass Starvation Going On There appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: Israeli military and Israeli-backed gangs shoot aid seekers in Gaza, killing 14. Also we return Los Angeles for an interview with celebrated actor, producer, and co-founding member of the  legendary performance troupe, Culture clash, Richard Montoya. And ICE roundups in the bay area continue to spread terror into the affected communities. The post Culture Clash's Richard Montoya on Anti ICE Raid Protests and Uprisings appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: Miguel Gavilan Molina walking the long walk for immigrants rights. Also a special extended report from Gary Baca in  Los Angeles where Trumps is still threatening to send in the Marines. And to consider the big picture, we'll be joined by Latino Human rights activist and historian, Juan Jose Guiteriz The post Trump Calls Up The Marines For The Anti ICE Uprisings appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: We welcome back Flashpoints Troubadour and human rights activist Francisco Herrera, protesting Trump's plan for fascism in America and the deportation of over 2 million, mostly people of color: Also our L.A. Report, Baca's backyard, with Gary Baca. We'll also have another sweeping up date on Israel's expanding killing fields. Also celebrating the Iconic La Pena Cultural center here in the San Francisco Bay Area: And Senior producer Miguel Gavilan Molina plans to take a very long walk in the very hot sun this weekend The post Flashpoints – June 6, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: We'll feature this weeks expanded frontline headlines from Occupied Palestine with Nora Barrows Friedman and the team at the electronic Intifada: Also a 70 year old member of the International Solidarity Movement arrested in the occupied West Bank for documenting up-close Israel's expanding program of ethnic cleansing. The post The Latest Headlines From The Electronic Intifada with Nora Barrows Friedman appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: Flashpoints contributor, Sam Husseini, reports from the UN, as the US lobbies to ditch the current cease-fire proposal and destroy current efforts to poise the starvation-genocide expanding in Gaza. Also, Cynthis Papermaster on the 14th day of her fast for peace in Gaza.  And US covert action expands again to deal with a growing fight-back people's movement in Haiti… The post A Report Back on The US, Lobbying to Ditch Current Cease Fire in Gaza appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show: Gaza, the hungriest place on earth, as the genocide by starvation continues. And Mass deportations of Haitians, Venezuelans, and other countries causing panic in many parts of the Americas, both north and south The post Mass Deportations Across North & South America appeared first on KPFA.

Today on show: We'll be joined by the legendary Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farmworkers, with Cesar Chavez: Dolores joins us today to speak out against the racist ice sweeps that are no taking place in Southern California: We'll also feature an immigrants rights/fight back  rally that was held recently in san francisco The post United Farmworkers Co-Founder, Dolores Huerta on The Racist ICE Raids in 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 – May 30, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show: US intelligence on the ground in Haiti. We ask Senior Producer Kevin Pina, what exactly are they up to? Also,  we'll feature, as we do every Thrusday, the independently produced weekly newscast from the electronic intifada, with Nora Barrows Friedman.  And we continue our series on genocide in poems by  Anita Barrows The post The Latest newscast From The Electronic Intifada appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: Fighting the power with Code Pink, as they're back on the streets, fasting against genocide in Palestine. Jodie /Evans and Cynthia Papaermaster, and others live from Nancy Pelosi's house. Also, an update on Myanmar after the uprising. The post On The Streets With Code Pink, Fighting Genocide in Palestine appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and the new US-Israel aid distribution plan that leads to further starvation and mass displacement of Palestinians in the Gaza strip. And manufacturing Anti-Semitism: We'll speak with Richard Silverstein of Tikun Olam about the recent shooting outside a Jewish Museum in Washington D.C. The post The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Plan That Could Lead to Further Starvation and Mass Displacement 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 – May 26, 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 – May 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 – May 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 – May 21, 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 – May 20, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show: We welcome back Zeaid Abbas of the Middle East Children's Alliance, taking notes on the genocide, trying to get AID to those in desperate need. And we'll be joined again by Anita Barrows, who has been documenting the genocide in occupied Palestine day by day day by bloody day The post Middle East Children's Alliance with An Update on The Genocide in 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 – May 16, 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 – May 15, 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 – May 14, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

l Today on the Show: We continue our drum-beat coverage of a historic legal complaint that charges the U.S. Government with complicity in Genocide. Tariq Ra'ouf, human rights activist and son of a major plaintiff: “I did not consent to my tax dollars being used to commit violence against my own family. The post Flashpoints – May 13, 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 – May 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 – May 9, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show:  Raed Jarrar from Democracy for the Arab World Now on new revelations about the close-range murder of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, by an israeli sniper. And we'll feature, as we do every Thursday, the independently produced weekly newscast from the electronic intifada, with Nora Barrows Friedman The post The Latest Newscast From 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 – May 7, 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 – May 6, 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 – May 5, 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 – May 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 – May 1, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

Thursday, May 1st, KPFA brings you live, on-the-ground coverage of Bay Area May Day marches and rallies, hosted by Dennis Bernstein and Miguel Gavilan Molina of Flashpoints. This special broadcast amplifies the voices of workers, immigrants, and organizers demanding dignity, justice, and change. Featuring real-time reporting from the streets, interviews with movement leaders and participants, and reflections on the history and future of May Day as a global day of resistance. The post Broadcasting Resistance: KPFA's Coverage of SF's May Day Rally and March 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 – April 30, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: Tens of thousands of Haitians facing death-squad brutality and massive destabilization, based on decades of failed US policy. Flashpoints senior producer, Kevin Pina–an eye-witness to a pair of US sponsored coups in Haiti, reports. Also Seattle to City Library Employees: No Filming or Engaging With ICE Arrests at the  Seattle Public Library, according to a recent staff directive The post An Update on Haiti With Senior Producer Kevin Pina appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show:  Jennifer Lowenstein, updates the latest news from the killing fields of Gaza, the West Bank and Syria. The World Food Program warns  that Israeli blockades have entirely depleted food stocks in Gaza and warned that thousands of Palestinians could die of starvation. Also hundreds of Sonoma County California immigrants & their allies will to march on May Day To denounce Trump's programs of mass deportations. And Unions continue their front line resistance to Trump's extremely anti union/pro- genocide policies The post The World Food Program Warn That Israeli Blockades Have Depleted Food Stocks in 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 – April 25, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show: The genocidal slaughter in illegally occupied Palestine continues a pace. We'll feature an extended weekly news report from the Electronic Intifada with Nora Barrows Friedman. And we'll speak to Portuguese journalist and filmmaker Balolas Carvalho, currently in San Francisco for the 68th SFFILM Festival, where her short documentary Fragmented is screening as part of the Documentary Shorts Competition. The post Balolas Carvalho, Director of The Short Film Fragmented Joins Us appeared first on KPFA.

A U.S Air Force F-117 Nighthawk aircraft takes off from Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., for a simulated deployed location during an Operational Readiness Inspection on Nov. 3, 2004. (USAF Photo by Senior Airman Dee M. Ericksonmoen) (Released)   Today on the Show: Claudia De la Cruz's 2024 candidate of the Peace and Freedom Party for president say there's no backing down from fascism. Also, Flashpoints Troubadour, human rights activist Francisco Herrera, remembering a fallen co-worker, and fighting for worker rights for the undocumented day laborers that do the hardest work in this country and who are often ripped off. And peace/anti genocide activists disrupt activities at Holloman AFB, in southern New Mexico, the largest drone training program in the U.S. And Miguel Gavilan Molina honors the UFW and Cesar Chaves with a special commentary The post Peace Activists Disrupt Activities at Holloman Air Force Base appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show: We'll speak to Raed Jarrar in Washington D.C. about Israel's latest slaughter of unarmed and heavily self-identified medical workers shot down and apparently buried alive.  And Bernie and AOC take their fight the Oligrachy tour deep into the heart off red-state Idaho in the deep red state of Idaho The post Flashpoints – April 22, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: The Israelis describe its killing of 15 emergency workers in Gaza and burying them and their vehicles as a “professional error”. Also Pakistan forcing tens of thousands of Afghans back into  Afghanistan currently ruled by the Taliban. Nearly three million  are facing deportation: And RootsAction says its time for a new democratic party… The post Israelis Call Killing of 15 Emergency Workers a “Professional Error” appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the Show: Nipping facsism in the Trump-bud. Two radical human rights attorneys speak truth to power at the 11th hour. Also Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen just back from El Salvador talks about his visit with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, swept of the streets and imprisoned in El Salvador without recourse or hope for release The post Flashpoints – April 18, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.