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 – 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.

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 10, 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 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 he 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.