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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.

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Flashpoints – October 8, 2026

Today on the show: The genocide upsurge continues in Occupied Palestine: we’ll feature as we do every thursday, the Electronic Intifada frontline newscast with Nora Barrows Friedman: Also today, we’ll feature our ongoing presentation of poems of the Genocide, as Anita Barrows contines her commitment to write a poem to document every single day of the current and ongoing, US financed genocide in Palestine: and for our national audience we rebroadcast our segment on a devastating decision for millions of immigrants as the Supreme Court Allows for Rapid, and Third-country deportations. 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: The genocide upsurge continues in Occupied Palestine: we’ll feature as we do every thursday, the Electronic Intifada frontline newscast with Nora Barrows Friedman: Also today, we’ll feature our ongoing presentation of poems of the Genocide, as Anita Barrows contines her commitment to write a poem to document every single day of the current and ongoing, US financed genocide in Palestine: and for our national audience we rebroadcast our segment on a devastating decision for millions of immigrants as the Supreme Court Allows for Rapid, and Third-country deportations. The post Flashpoints – October 8, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
1 day ago

Flashpoints – October 7, 2026

On today’s show, we return to Caracas Venezuela to talk with Giselle Perdomo about the gold and oil being lifted from the country by the White House mafia. We’ll also address the tough choices being made by the Bolivarian Circles movement and the leadership of the Venezuelan government. Courtesy The Raw Story The post Flashpoints – October 7, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
2 days ago

Flashpoints – October 6, 2026

Today on the show: Excerpts from a powerful new speech by endangered Palestinian organizer and writer Mahmoud Khalil on political repression, Palestine solidarity, and the fight against authoritarianism in the United States and around the world. The discussion will also mark the publication of Khalil’s first book, No Land to Stand On: Notes from Detention, a memoir drawing on his prison diary and recounting his arrest, incarceration, separation from his family, and continuing struggle against deportation. 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. The post Flashpoints – October 6, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
3 days ago

Flashpoints – October 5, 2026

Today on the Show: we kick-off a new series of Longer interviews that we’re calling the Long Form, Hosted by award-winning Poet and writer Jennifer Ja-Ha Hasegawa: We kick off the series today with an extended interview with Jeff Chang, the American Book Award-winning author of: Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America. Chang’s cultural biography that explores Bruce Lee’s impact on the Asian American identity, from segregated San Francisco to martial arts stardom. The post Flashpoints – October 5, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.
6 days ago

Nuclear Madness at the Edge

Today on the show: Nuclear Madness at the edge: We’ll be joined by Linda Seeley of Mothers For Peace, On a special edition of Pinknotes, our continuing collaboration with CODEPINK. Linda Seeley has been in a multi-year, pitched battle to shut down Diablo Canyon before it melts down and turns a good chunk of the California north coast into a museum you need protective gear to enter. Joining us again is Cynthia Papermaster of CODE PINK who has helped us cook up this weekly collaboration with Code pink. 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. The post Nuclear Madness at the Edge appeared first on KPFA.
1 Oct

Weekly Edition of Electronic Intifada Newscast

Today on the show: We continue our drumbeat coverage of the continuing US/Israeli Genocide in Gaza, and the expanding settler violence in the occupied west bank. For a front line view of the ongoing genocide across Palestine, we’ll feature the expanded weekly edition of the powerful Electronic Intifada Newscast, with Nora Barrows Friedman. 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. The post Weekly Edition of Electronic Intifada Newscast appeared first on KPFA.
30 Sept

Priests Against Genocide

On today’s show: We discuss Priests Against Genocide’s recent direct action campaign in Rome and at the UN in New York with Father John Heagle. He also discusses the progressive role of Pope Leo and the fallacies of Christian Zionism. Courtesy of The Southern Cross, The Catholic Magazine for South Africa. 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. The post Priests Against Genocide appeared first on KPFA.
29 Sept

The Supreme Court Allows for Rapid, Third-Country Deportations.

Today on the Show: In a devastating decision for millions of immigrants, the Supreme Court Allows for Rapid, Third-country deportations. We’ll speak to Longtime human rights, civil rights activist Juan Jose Gutierrez about the multiple implications of this decision. 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. The post The Supreme Court Allows for Rapid, Third-Country Deportations. appeared first on KPFA.

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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.