KPFA - Flashpoints

Today on the show: CUBA UNDER ATTACK AS THE US SUSTAINS ITS PUNISHING EMBARGO IN AN ATTEMPT TO STARVE THE CUBAN REVOLUTION: VALERIE LANDAU TELLS US ABOUT HER WORK TO HELP BREAK THE EMBARGO, INCLUDING A RECENT DELIVERY OF TOE-SHOES FOR THE KIDS BALLET IN CUBA: ALSO ISRAEL’S ROLE IN DRIVING THE US INTO WAR WITH LEBANON, EVEN AS ISRAEL PROMISE TO TURN LEBANON INTO ANOTHER GAZA GENOCIDE AND A BRAND NEW REPORT FROM ROOTSACTION: Autopsy: How Democrats Lost the White House 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 CUBA UNDER ATTACK AS THE US SUSTAINS ITS PUNISHING EMBARGO 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 – May 25, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on show: Culture Clash Founder, and award winning playwright, Richard Montoya joins us for the hour. 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 Award Winning Playwright, Richard Montoya Joins Us appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show: Israeli Genocideists, using US advanced weaponry bomb the living hell out of civilians in Southern Lebanon, killing and wounding dozens of women and children and men, with advanced US weaponry: we’ll feature the latest edition of Electronic Intifada newscast with Nora Barrows Friedman: Also the Israelis attack the Gaze-bound Peace Flottila capsizing boats and beating and wounding anti-genocide activists on the their way to deliver desperately needed food and and crucial medical supplies to the devastated Gaza strip: ANNE WRIGHT OF CODE PINK IS ON THE GROUND TO GREET THE WOUNDED: And Anita Barrows will share her latest gaza genocide poem. 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 – May 21, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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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 – May 15, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show: We return with PinkNotes and news from CodePink. We’re joined by Cynthia Papermaster. And we feature, as we do every Thursday, the latest edition of the powerful Electronic Intifada newscast, with Nora Barrows Friedman 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 PinkNotes and News from CodePink appeared first on KPFA.

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Today on the show: Poet and child psychotherapist, Anita Barrows, returns with the latest poems and stories of the ongoing genocide in Palestine: Barrows, mom of Nora Barrows Friedman, has been writing a poem for every day of the on going Gaza genocide, along with conducting a poetry workshop with young people living and writing in the face of the total destruction of their beloved Gaza homeland. 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 Poet Anita Barrows, Returns with the Latest Poems and Stories of the Ongoing Genocide in 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 – May 11, 2026 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 – May 8, 2026 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 – May 7, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on Flashpoints: We feature an interview with author and activist Dan Kovalik about two of his books, Syria the Anatomy of a Regime Change and The Plot to Overthrow Venezuela: How the US is Orchestrating a Coup for Oil; For the 2nd half an interview I did earlier with Lauren Harper of the Freedom of the Press Foundation. 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 Author and Activist Dan Kovalik 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 – May 5, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on Flashpoints: We devote the entire hour to Haiti. We’ll speak with our clandestine correspondent on the ground in Port au Prince about the situation facing 1.5 million people internally displaced in makeshift camps. Then we pivot to a discussion of the harrowing situation facing hundreds of thousands of Haitians who will be deported back to Haiti if the Trump administration has its way. 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 We Devote the Entire Hour to Haiti 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 – May 1, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on Flashpoints: Our dear friends return with another episode of PinkNotes. Today Danaka Katovich CODEPINK’s National Co-Director is joining us and of course the wonderful Cynthia Papermaster of CodePink Sonoma. Then be sure to stay tuned for an update from Palestine and Gaza with the Electric Intifada and Nora Barrows Friedman. 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 We Talk with Danaka Katovich and Cynthia Papermaster of CodePink appeared first on KPFA.

Today on Flashpoints: We speak with Andrea Carme, the Executive Director of the International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) and Bill Means, a veteran of the American Indian Movement and a co-founder of the International Indian Treaty Council (IITC); Finally we’ll review the cost of the war with Iran and the devastating impact war, and preparation for more war, is having on us all. 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 We Speak with Andrea Carme and Bill Means appeared first on KPFA.