FLASHPOINTS

Today on the show: An update on Julian Assange and about violence against journalists. Also, we connect with a group that is monitoring the police phone test scandal that has left the town with hald of it’s force removed from duty, but what is next? We also get an update about the Colombia hunger strike. And we check in with the executive director of the New York City pride for a report back.

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Flashpoints 07-13-23

Today on the show: We track: the progress of the select subcommittee ask they keep researching the :origins: of the Coronavirus pandemic,  Sam Husseini, independent journalist, joins us to anayize their findings. Then, Tracking Hate! First, I talk to a recently unionized california bookstore employee, about how they are staying resilient, despite being targeted with hate flyers in their books. Then, I talk with the Southern poverty Law Center, about the rise in hate against the LGTBQ community and what we can do about it.

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Flashpoints 07-12-23

oday on the show: We are going to try to tell the story of a life, the life of Angelo Quinto, and how he lives on. Angelo, was a young man, , a Navy veteran, and much loved member of his family. Angelo’s death was attributed to Excited Delirium. ..a term often used when people die at the hands of police. However, the family, with help of their lawyers, is beginning to prove otherwise. We will have a discussion with the family of Angelo Quinto’s family about his life, his death, and some of their tireless work for justice. . I want to first welcome the family, Angelo’s Mother and Father, Cassandra, and Robert and Angelo’s sister Bella

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Flashpoints 07-11-23

Today on the show: As Cluster Bombs are sent to the Ukraine, we hear a roundtable discussion with guests with first hand knowledge of what these and other Anti-Personnel Weapons do, and how they still affect people decades later. We will also check in with Reporter, Ziead Abbas, for an update about Jenin Refugee Camp and Palestine.

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Flashpoints 07-10-23

Today on the show: We discuss incarceration through the lens of two Community programs. First, we will speak to Tamisha Torres-Walker: founding member and Executive Director of the “Safe Return Project”, a campaign that seeks to secure the freedom and liberation of formerly incarcerated individuals. Then in the second half we we meet up with members of  Uncuffed, namely, members of the “The Uncuffed Playlist”  where incarcerated people, At Solano State Prison in Vacaville,  California, are learning how to be radio DJs.

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Flashpoints 07-05-23

Today on the Show: The extreme right wing supreme court takes aim at student loan-debt relief. Also, Supremes gut affirmative action in higher education. And Roots action says: Step aside Joe, you’re a loser and Trumps a killer

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Flashpoints 06-30-23

Today on the Show: The Supreme Court rules against Harvard and the University of North Carolina’s affirmative action programs regarding admissions. We’ll speak with Dr. Kevin Kumashiro, former Dean of the School of Education at the University of San Francisco, and co-founder of Education Deans for Justice and Equity, and the author of ten books on education, And well feature A frontline interview on the ethnic cleansing of Palestine with Flashpoints Contributor, Zied Abbas

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Flashpoints 06-29-23

Today on the Show: The Election Crimes Bulletin, with Greg Palast, who returns with his latest voter fraud investigation: Greg reports on the assault of Indian voting rights, voter-suppression deep in the heart of Texas. And Greg takes a deep dive into the background of Paul “The Vulture” Singer’s supreme court manipulations and a lot more. And the border war continues with many desperate refugees suffering grave wounds and a terrible death because of failed US immigration policy

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Flashpoints 06-28-23

Today on the show: Putin responds to Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner mercenary force. Also, fighting to save the life of Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange, now facing  a potentially deadly extradition to the US, and how close is the world to a nuclear conflagration in Ukraine

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Flashpoints 06-26-23

Today on the Show: A brand new two-part edition of Electronic Intifada delves into the campaign of Jeremy Corbyn and the Israel lobby’s efforts to smear and sabotage it. Also, The Korean government cracks down  freelance journalist Jan Jin-young for not registering to report on the war in Ukraine. The word on the free-speech street is CENSORSHIP

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Flashpoints 06-22-23