FLASHPOINTS

Today on the Show: National Book Award-winning poet Martin Espada, Author of The Floaters, speaks out against the latest crime against humanity on the Mexican side of the US Mexico Border. Also, our special correspondent for border and human rights violations, Camilo Perez, remembers the names of those who died in the flames as guards watched: And Flashpoints senior producer, Kevin Pina offers a retrospective on People’s Park in Berkeley

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Flashpoints 03-31-23

Today on show: The plot thickens in the case against the Trumpistas, while they continue to attack anyone who tries to stand in their way. Greg Palast is back with another exciting addition of the Election Crimes Bulletin. and today in Virginia Reverend Al Sharpton called for justice in his eulogy  at the the funeral of Irvo Otieno, a 28-year-old Black man who died in custody after authorities say deputies and hospital staff piled on top of him for more than 10 minutes.

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Flashpoints 03-29-23

Today on show: At least 39 people were killed on Monday night and 29 others seriously injured when a fire broke out at a government-run migrant detention center at the US/Mexico border. The 2014 Ebola outbreak in west Africa killed 11,000 people and caused the major global crisis of that year. We’ll question much of the establishment narrative about the origin of that outbreak.

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Flashpoints 03-28-23

Today on the Show: Biden in Canada. What’s Haiti got to do with this? Also, Harvey Wasserman warns in a new Counterpunch Piece, the White House and congress may be decided in April in Wisconsin And the Democrats may be set to blow it. And  fighting against dangerous weapons in space. We’ll speak to Bruce Gagnon, founder of  Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space.

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Flashpoints 03-24-23

Today on the show: Israel’s criminal government continue to turn the screws on Palestinian liberation by cancelling the power of the Israeli High Court. Also fighting against dangerous weapons in space. And the US supported/Saudi slaughter continues apace

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Flashpoints 03-23-23

Today on the Show: The Election Crimes Bulletin is back, from Atlanta, to the Miami coast and the halls of Washington, everyone want to know if Trump is going down? And if he does who else goes with him, and what else is in store in the battle to protect the vote? Also we hear a rebroadcast of the moving memories of indigenous warrior leader Phyllis Young,  an Early AIM Leader and a powerful figure on the international AIM Leadership.

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Flashpoints 03-22-23

Today on the Show: We feature a special report from LaHore. Also, is Pakistan facing a dangerous future after US destabilization and illegal interventions against former Prime Minister Imran Khan? And here in the Bay Area, the homeless of Santa Cruz face more torrential rains with nowhere to hide and little or no help from the city or state.

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Flashpoints 03-21-23

Today on the show: Professor Francis Boyle talks about his role as prosecutor for an international tribunal organized in Malaysia which found George W. Bush and Tony Blair guilty of crimes against humanity for their bloody role in the Iraq war 20 years ago. In this context, Boyle also calls out the hypocrisy of the ICC’s indictment today of Putin as a potential war criminal. And Iraq 20 Years Later: Sam Husseini on the lies, and lies about the lies, about the invasion

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Flashpoints 03-20-23

Today on the Show: On the Trump trail: Will Atlanta or New York be the first to light the fuse and indict the former president? The Election Crimes Bulletin is back on the Trump trail from the beltway to the Pacific Coast Highway. Also A Superior Court ruled last week  that a proposed regulation fails to protect farmworkers who labor near fumigated fields from harmful levels of exposure to the cancer-causing pesticide. And  Cynthia Papaermaster from Code Pink will join us to talk about this weekends actions locally and national to end the war.

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Flashpoints 03-17-23

Today on show: A report back from the streets of Lima Peru, where revolution is on the people’s mind. Also This Friday, marks a month of hunger striking by people detained at Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center and the Golden State Annex, demanding their collective liberation and the shut down of these centers.  And we rebroadcast our segment on Haiti destabilized by years of US subversion and now facing a deadly and uncertain future.

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Flashpoints 03-16-23