Archive for April, 2014
Tuesday April 29th 2014 0
Monday April 28th 2014 0
Today on Flashpoints: We feature a speech by radical economist Richard Wolf who spoke recently in Berkeley about the failures of the Obama Administration to defend the poor and working class from growing excesses of the top 1%. Also Mark Karlin from BuzzFlash reports on the Chicago Mayor’s playing fast and loose with taxpayer dollars
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Thursday April 24th 2014 0
Today on Flashpoints: Will the FCC put an end to net neutrality? Also, trigger-happy cops in Albuquerque kill an estranged homeless teenager on the heels of a report from the US Justice Department, accusing the police there of a series of unjustified police killings. We’ll also feature an update on the fight against the building of a mega military base on Jeju Island. And Bay Area Students protest the arrival of the President of Rwanda
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Wednesday April 23rd 2014 0
Today on Flashpoints: Indigenous tribes living under occupation at the US Mexico Border. Also, a look at US counterinsurgency in southern Ukraine. Are Russian Troops Really Massing for an invasion? And The Battle for Justice for Andy Lopez continue in the streets of Santa Rosa.
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Tuesday April 22nd 2014 0
Today on Flashpoints: Earth-Day 2014. We will have a new report from the United Nations says that climate change can be solved by the radical implementation of alternative energy sources. Also a look a Chernobyl 28 years after the nuclear reactor meltdown. And six months to the day since young Andy Lopez was gunned down by a seasoned sheriff’s trainer, and the community is still demanding justice
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Monday April 21st 2014 0
Today on Flashpoints we proudly rebroadcast a speech given recently by theoretical physicist and Pacifica Radio host Dr. Michio Kaku entitled “The Future Of The Mind”. This took place in Berkeley on February 28th at the First Congressional Church of Berkeley
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Thursday April 17th 2014 0
Today on Flashpoints: The battle for justice in Palestine; we feature an interview with Electronic Intifada founder, Ali Abumimah, on his new book about the battle for the liberation of Palestine. And for the rest of the hour we remember the life and legacy of Robert Knight, who passed away yesterday.
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Wednesday April 16th 2014 0
Today on Flashpoints: Brute force and the use of torture in in the US Public school system. Also, tracking white supremacists in the wake of the recent killings in Kansas City. And we’ll feature out weekly report from the Electronic Intifada, hosted by Nora Barrows Friedman
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Tuesday April 15th 2014 0
Today on Flashpoints, we continue the celebration of the 65th birthday of KPFA with a classic speech given by June Jordan and an excerpt of a recent speech given by Dr. Michio Kaku.