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Archive for June, 2014


Thursday June 26th 2014 0

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Flashpoints

FPToday on Flashpoints: Will the 21st Century be the Kurdish Century? What’s next for Iraq and the rest of the region? And the city of Detroit denies water, the life blood of human existence, to thousand of its poor and working class residents.

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Wednesday June 25th 2014 0

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Flashpoints

A Lebanese soldier outside the Duroy hotel in Beirut following the bomb attackToday on Flashpoints: An exclusive report from Beirut, Lebanon on yesterday’s bombing, as people were watching the World Cup. Also, Andy Lopez attorney, Jonathan Melrod, just appointed to the US Justice Department’s Civil Rights Commission for Northern California. And we’ll replay our mini-documentary of the police killing of 18 year old Yanira Serrano in Half Moon Bay

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Tuesday June 24th 2014 0

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Flashpoints

EGToday on Flashpoints: An in-depth look at Egypt under its newly minted president, a member of that country’s old guard. Also, we’ll take a close look at continuing violations of international law regarding US war policies in Iraq and the region. And we’ll have a deep background on the 2010 drone memo released this week by the Obama Justice DepartmentĀ 

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Monday June 23rd 2014 0

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Flashpoints

FPToday on Flashpoints: Hunkered down In Baghdad:we’ll feature a frontline report from a seasoned human rights worker in Iraq. Also, a look back at destructive and failed US policy that brought about the current situation in Iraq. And life under siege in the Gaza Strip.

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Thursday June 19th 2014 0

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Flashpoints

i3Today on Flashpoints: Deep background on what lead up to the current fighting in Iraq and who is really in charge of Mosel? And we feature our regular weekly broadcast of the Electronic Intifada hosted by Nora Barrows Friedman.

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Wednesday June 18th 2014 0

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Flashpoints

IRAQ1Today on Flashpoints: Middle East expert Phyllis Bennis joins us for an update and deep background on the situation in Iraq. Also will Obama be using the same tired neo-con war policies to try and quell the situation in Iraq. Israeli occupiers on the warpath, arresting hundreds of Palestinians in the West Bank, including many children. And we’ll have our regular back and forth with Mark Karin at Buzz Flash at Truth Out.

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Tuesday June 17th 2014 0

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Flashpoints

FPToday on Flashpoints: We continue our drumbeat coverage of the expanding fighting in Iraq. Also, peace activists will gather on Saturday around the country to oppose USĀ  involvement in the war. And we will rebroadcast excerpts of a powerful forum recorded recently in San Francisco on the Battle Against Israeli apartheid rule in Palestine.

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Monday June 16th 2014 0

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Flashpoints

ASToday on Flashpoints: We’ll feature a live report from Iraq on the exploding war there and it’s multiple implications for the region and the rest of the world. Also, we’ll continue our drumbeat coverage of the abuse of tens of thousands of migrant children by US authorities. And we’ll feature a mini documentary on the gunning down in cold blood of a 18 year old Latina woman, suffering from a mental illness.

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Thursday June 12th 2014 0

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Flashpoints

FPToday on Flashpoints: We continue our coverage on the thousands of central American migrant kids now be housed and brutalized in Nogales Arizona. Also, we play part two of the recent press conference held in Washington D.C. This week by Exposefacts.org and their new whistle-blower support group. We’ll have commentary from Mark Karlin at Buzzflash at Truth Out. And the Biggz Beat returns.

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Wednesday June 11th 2014 0

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Flashpoints

SINIToday on Flashpoints: Is Lyme disease becoming a major issue for women world wide? We’ll feature and exclusive, in-depth interview with Sini Anderson, director of “The Punk Singer”, about feminist icon, Kathleen Hanna. This film reveals Hanna’s battle with Lyme disease. Also, hundreds, if not thousands of migrant children, as young as five, being warehoused and brutalized, without representation by ICE and border authorities in Nogales Arizona. Also, the Asian Law Caucus files multiple claims against the Sacramento California Sheriff’s Department for violations of the Trust Act

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    We're searching for great new music produced by independent musicians and members of our global audience, so that we can be as non-corporate and copyright-free as possible. All genres -- from blues to electronica to world beats -- welcome!

    We like smart, political and well-produced music -- and are especially in search of possible new theme instrumentals. Please send it to Flashpoints, c/o KPFA, 1929 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Berkeley, CA 94704, or email your Mp3s at flashpointsproducer@gmail.com with full descriptions and credits.



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