KPFA - Flashpoints
KPFA - Flashpoints
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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.
New Edition of the Electronic Intifada with Nora Barrows Friedman
Today on the show: A powerful new edition of the Electronic Intifada news cast with Nora Barrows Friedman; Also poems from the Genocide with Anita Barrows; And PINK NOTES our weekly collaboration with Code/Pink. Today Pink Notes hones in on the growing Dangers of Artificial Intelligence/AI. 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 New Edition of the Electronic Intifada with Nora Barrows Friedman appeared first on KPFA.
Jun 11
59 min
An Interview with Long Time Civil Rights/Human Rights Attorney Ronald Kuby
Today on the show: An extended interview with Long Time Civil rights/human rights attorney , Ron Kuby, close associate of the late civil rights icon, radical Attorney/Legend, William Kunstler. Ron has been taking notes on the the New Jersey Stand-off at the ICE jail that hunger strikers inside and their supporters outside, refer to a concentration camp: Also Richard Becker joins us for an update on the expanding war against Iran: And we’ll feature an interview with the leader of Veterans for Peace, Susan Schnall, on the vets new an anti-genocide campaign in Iran and Gaza. 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 An Interview with Long Time Civil Rights/Human Rights Attorney Ronald Kuby appeared first on KPFA.
Jun 10
59 min
Report Back on the 4th Annual 3-Day Walk for Immigrant Rights
Today on the show: Report back on the 4th Annual 3-Day Walk for Immigrant Rights!:Facing life and death in ice jails and as a result of deadly and draconian refugee policy: Also Criticizing the ICC for refusing to act on Israel and moving extremely slowly re Israel’s ongoing war crimes, and ethnic cleansing in Gaza/the west bank, and South Lebanon. 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 Report Back on the 4th Annual 3-Day Walk for Immigrant Rights appeared first on KPFA.
Jun 9
59 min
The 4th Annual 3-Day Walk for Immigrant Rights
Today on the show: With Miguel Gavilan Molina, standing by at the culmination of the 4th Annual 3-Day Walk for Immigrant Rights! Gavilan and the Flashonda crew are standing by with Renee Saucedo: Also the Launch of a Solidarity Fasting to Denounce the Inaction of the Assistant US Attorney for the Deaths and Conditions at California Immigration Detention Centers, and the Retaliation Against the Hunger Strikers at Adelanto jail. 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 The 4th Annual 3-Day Walk for Immigrant Rights appeared first on KPFA.
Jun 8
59 min
Flashpoints – June 5, 2026
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 the show: the 4th Annual 3-Day Walk for Immigrant Rights! The Northern California Coalition for Just Immigration Reform will march for citizenship for all: the Key Demands: NO to detention centers in Dublin or Alcatraz, and fight back against deportations & repression. The post Flashpoints – June 5, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
Jun 5
59 min
Celebrating Barbara Lubin Day and PINK NOTES
We celebrate Barbara Lubin Day, and remember the great work Barbara did as the co-founder of the Middle East Children’s Alliance, fighting against Genocide in Palestine when most folks didn’t have a clue about the brutal treatment of Palestinians. And PINK NOTES, our weekly collaboration with Code/Pink. We’ll be joined by PINK NOTES co-host, Cynthia Papermaster and special guest, Code-Pink co-Founder and prolific peacemaker, Medea Benjamin, now accused of being a communist and of assaulting a member of congress. The post Celebrating Barbara Lubin Day and PINK NOTES appeared first on KPFA.
Jun 4
59 min
Expanding Land Grabs of  Indigenous Community Lands
The director of the international Indian Treaty Council, Andrea Carmen, talks about the expanding land grabs of  indigenous community lands;  And SOUP STREET: A memoir by Food Not Bombs co-founder, Keith McHenry. Keith will join us to talk about his just published new big book live! The post Expanding Land Grabs of  Indigenous Community Lands appeared first on KPFA.
Jun 3
59 min
Is the US trying to destabilize elections in Columbia
Is the US trying to destabilize elections in Columbia by pumping up support for a pro-Trump rightwinger; also, immigrants rights activists in Northern California prepare for a three day walk and protest in support of immigrant rights and to protest continuous attacks by ice.  And Norman Solomon Roots Action reflects on the importance of the race for governor of California. The post Is the US trying to destabilize elections in Columbia appeared first on KPFA.
Jun 2
59 min
The National Lawyers Guild Demands Respect
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 the show: The National Lawyers Guild Demands Respect for Self-Determination, Human Rights and Popular Sovereignty, as Crucial Elections Unfold in Colombia and Perú: We’ll be joined by Camilo Perez Bustillo coordinator of the national NLG’s Task Force on the Americas: Also while Trump says all he cares about is Iran’s nuclear threats,  the whole world knows that Israel is the real danger when it comes to the threat of nukes on the battlefield: And Anita Barrows joins us with more frontline poems on the ongoing israeli Genocide in Gaza The post The National Lawyers Guild Demands Respect appeared first on KPFA.
Jun 1
59 min
This Week on the Best of Flashpoints
This week on the Best of Flashpoints: A powerful new edition of the Electronic Intifada news cast with Nora Barrows Friedman; Also Jorge Torres, campaign director with NDLON, the national day Labor Organizing Network; He’s in Newark NJ coordinating community support for the hunger strikers being brutalized in ICE dungeons; And A POWERFUL AND COURAGEOUS PROTEST ANTI-GENOCIDE ACTIVISTS WHO HELD THE LINE AND WERE ARRESTED AS PART OF THE BLCOKCADE OF WEAPONS FOR THE GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE. 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 This Week on the Best of Flashpoints appeared first on KPFA.
May 29
59 min
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