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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: 
KBOO Stream 1
Program status: 
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Flashpoints: "Fake" News Black List

Airs at: Thu, 12/01/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Flashpoints
  Today on Flashpoints: A new anonymous red squad to police independent journalists, points a finger at Counterpunch, Consortium News, Truth Out and dozens of other so called phony new websites. Read more

Flashpoints: Update on Standing Rock

Airs at: Wed, 11/30/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Flashpoints
  Today on Flashpoints: We devote the entire show to an update on Standing Rock: We'll speak to Bill Means, who is advising the Elders regarding local, state and international law: And well speak to several of the Water-Protectors on recent actions and what comes next i... Read more

Flashpoints on 11/29/16

Airs at: Tue, 11/29/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Flashpoints
Today on Flashpoints, history professor Louis Pérez and Socialist presidential candidate Gloria La Riva discuss the revolutionary legacy of Fidel Castro. Then, Greg Palast's weekly report on election crimes covers the efforts by Green Party presidential candidate Jill St... Read more

Flashpoints on 11/25/16

Airs at: Fri, 11/25/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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Flashpoints: a Week in Standing Rock

Airs at: Thu, 11/24/2016 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Flashpoints
  Today on the program we feature a pair of interviews from our weeks worth of shows from Standing Rock in North Dakota. Well hear from Cheryl Angel of the Rosebud Nation, about the powerful role women are playing in the resistance. Then well hear a rare interview with ... Read more

Flashpoints on 11/23/16

Airs at: Wed, 11/23/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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Flashpoints: Report from Standing Rock

Airs at: Tue, 11/22/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Flashpoints
  Today on Flashpoints: An exclusive eye-witness account of last night's violent attack against Standing Rock water protectors, by local, state, and federal law enforcement. The attacks on the indigenous protectors included water cannons, tear gas, mace and rubber bulle... Read more

Flashpoints from Standing Rock: Tom Goldtooth

Airs at: Fri, 11/18/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Flashpoints
  Today on Flashpoints we continue our week of on the ground broadcast coverage from Standing Rock. On the show today we'll hear a rare extended interview with Tom Goldtooth. Goldtooth is executive director of the Indigenous Environmental Network and a key organizer at ... Read more

Flashpoints: Voices from Standing Rock

Airs at: Thu, 11/17/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Flashpoints
  Host David Bernstein continues a week of broadcasts from Standing Rock. We'll cover a tense protest that took place in front of the Federal Building in Downtown Bismark, as police did everything in their power to prevent it from taking place, including blocking off th... Read more

Flashpoints on 11/16/16

Airs at: Wed, 11/16/2016 at 10:15am - 11:00am
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