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Today on Flashpoints: Potential breakthroughs at the federal level in terms of the decriminalization and legalization of pot. Also, noted actress, Playwright, performance artist, Sherry Glaser, talks about her battles with law enforcement over the use and sale of medical pot and Glaser will perform excerpts from her show, “Taking the High Road: A Two Act solo dramatic comedy”. And Flashpoints criminal justice correspondent Randy Credico, facing major charges for documenting new york city cop violence against an elderly black man

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Flashpoints 04-16-15

Flashpoints examines the past, present & future of public education through a social justice lens.  Broadcasts every Wednesday for 15 weeks, which began March 18, 2015.

This series is produced and hosted by Ken Yale

Episode 5 (aired April 15th 2015)

“Criminalizing Our Children”

Explores the impact of the corporate education agenda on students.  Focuses on how the corporate education agenda incentivizes harsh student discipline policies, pushing students out of school and fueling school-to-confinement pipelines.  Highlights the disproportionately negative impact on low income students of color.

Guests:

David Muhammad: Director, National Justice Programs, National Council on Crime & Delinqency

Monique Morris: Social justice scholar, college professor, author, and the co-founder of the National Black Women’s Justice Institute.

George Galvis: Executive Director & Co-founder, Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice

Donte Clark and Molly Raynor, co-founders of RAW Talent, a spoken word and performing arts group from the RYSE Center in Richmond, California.

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Education Series Episode 5

Today on a Special Edition of Flashpoints: United Farm Worker co-founder and presidential citation winner, Dolores Huerta, joins the Flashpoints team to celebrate KPFA’s 66th birthday, and the special role Pacifica radio has played in the farm worker struggle for worker and human rights. Also, In Our multi-part series, “The Battle For Public Education In The 21st Century”, we Provide a troubling overview of some of the key elements of corporatizing education. And we feature our weekly broadcast of the Electronic Intifada hosted by Nora Barrows Friedman

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Flashpoints 04-15-15

Today on Flashpoints: Black and Brown lives matter in the the streets all over America protesting a pandemic of out of control police violence. And we remember the legendary writer revolutionary thinker, Eduardo Galaeno, who died this week at age 74

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Flashpoints 04-14-15

Today on Flashpoints: We’ll have an in-depth discussion on the significance of Obama’s handshake/sit down with Cuban president, Raul Castro. Also, we hear directly from the parents of several young victims of lethal police violence.

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Flashpoints 04-13-15

Today on Flashpoints: An in depth report on AIPAC, the mighty US-based Isreali lobby that dictates US foreign policy to US policy makers. We’ll be joined by the celebrated Israeli columnist, Gideon Levy, and others who are in Washington DC at a conference on the most powerful lobby in America

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Flashpoints 04-09-15

Flashpoints examines the past, present & future of public education through a social justice lens.  Broadcasts every Wednesday for 15 weeks, which began March 18, 2015.

This series is produced and hosted by Ken Yale

Episode 4 (aired April 8th 2015)

“Pay No Attention To That Man Behind The Curtain”

Provides an overview of the key elements of the current corporate education agenda. Identifies its roots in the conservative movement of the 1980’s & 90’s. Articulates the dominant narratives about the failures of public education.  Highlights major funders & promoters of corporatized education & how they profit

Guests:

Diane Ravitch: New York University professor, educational researcher, historian.  Former education official in the George H.W. Bush & Clinton administrations.

Kevin Kumashiro: Dean of USF School of Education, Former President of National Association for Multicultural Education, Founding Director for the Center for Anti-Oppressive Education.

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The Battle For Public Education Part 4

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Kevin Kumashiro

Diane Ravitch

Today on Flashpoints: A mini-documentary on the Caravan For Justice, for the dead and missing students who were captured and slaughtered in Guerrero Mexico last fall. Also, part 4 in a Flashpoints special series: The Battle For Public Education in the 21st Century, looks at major funders and promoters of corporatized education & how they profit

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Flashpoints 04-08-15

Today on Flashpoints: An in-depth look at the criminalization of poverty, outlined in a troubling new report from the Institute for Policy Studies, the poor get prison. Also, the battle of the continued US militarization of the Koreas, as a part of the US pacific pivot. And an update on the health of political prisoner and commentator, Mumia Abu-Jamal.

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Flashpoints 04-07-15

Today on Flashpoints: We’ll look at the Iran deal as the debate moves back to the US and into the US Congress. Will the deal stick and what are implications if it does? Also, supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal say he is facing a grave medical situation and urgent action is needed now. And the Electronic Intifada returns with it’s host, Nora Barrows-Friedman

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Flashpoints 04-06-15