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Airs at: Tue, 07/15/2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am

INVESTIGATIVE News Radio with host Dennis Bernstein

Investigative News Radio with host Dennis Bernstein from KPFA, historic community radio station in Berkeley, California. Flashpoints is an award-winning daily investigative newsmagazine. Through original reports and some of the key investigative reporters of our time, Flashpoints goes to the frontlines and to the core of the stories in the areas of government and corporate criminality, human rights, and economic justice. From Baghdad to the US-Mexico border, Palestine to San Francisco, Port-au-Prince to Washington DC, Flashpoints monitors the centers of power as an uncensored platform of independent media.

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Topic tags:

Civil Rights/Human Rights, Government/Politics, Class, Corporations, Global Affairs

Streams:

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Program status:

Current

A Look at the Upcoming Elections in Haiti and the Biggz Beat on Star Wars: The Racism Awakens

Airs at: Fri, 10/23/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Today on Flashpoints: Politically motivated mass murder in Haiti, a week before the presidential elections? Will the elections be fair? We'll have a series of reports from the ground in Port au Prins and from around the country. Later, The Biggz Beat on Star Wars: The Ra... Read more

Campaign of Terror on Palestinians in East Jerusalem and the National Campaign to End the Korean War

Airs at: Thu, 10/22/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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Today on Flashpoints: The Israeli campaign of Terror against the Palestinian residents in East Jerusalem continues unabated. We'll speak to a Palestinian activist from Jerusalem, who works with traumatized children and women there. Also hundreds of Korean families, separ... Read more

Vijay Prashad, historian, journalist, and commentator, on the Middle East

Airs at: Wed, 10/21/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Today on Flashpoints: Israeli occupiers kill, maim, demolish and steal Palestinian land at an accelerated rate. Meanwhile all hell is breaking loose in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Turkey and Kurdistan. In a powerful new speech given recently in a benefit for the middle eas... Read more

Flashpoints on 10/20/15

Airs at: Tue, 10/20/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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Today on Flashpoints, Rania Masri discusses the death, chaos and destruction in Beirut, Lebanon, caused by 25 years of failed US Policy in the region. Also, Junaid Ahmad analyzes the decision by the US to stay in Afghanistan. Read more

Flashpoints on 10/16/15

Airs at: Fri, 10/16/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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Flashpoints on 10/15/15

Airs at: Thu, 10/15/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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Turkey on the Verge of Civil War and Korean "Comfort Women" Fight for a Apology from Japan

Airs at: Wed, 10/14/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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Today on Flashpoints: All arrows seem to point to the Turkish government, as the motivating force behind this weekends horrific bombing there, as that country lurches forward toward civil war. Also an extended report on the battle of the so-called comfort women of Korea ... Read more

Flashpoints on 10/13/15

Airs at: Tue, 10/13/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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Today on Flashpoints, we proudly present audio clips from Monday morning's Indigenous People's Sunrise Gathering at Alcatraz Island in San Francisco. Read more

Flashpoints on 10/08/15

Airs at: Thu, 10/08/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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The Possible Effects of the TPP and the Weekly Feature, "The Electronic Intifada"

Airs at: Wed, 10/07/2015 at 10:15am - 11:00am

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Today on Flashpoints: Will the passage of TPP be a nightmare for workers all over the world and make medical care for everyday folks more expensive? Also, our weekly installment of The Electronic Intifada with Nora Barrows-Friedman. Read more