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Monday November 30th 2015 0

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Flashpoints

Minneapolis-protestersToday on Flashpoints: Rwanda preparing for another slaughter in Burundy. And tracking police violence against black-lives matters protesters in Berkeley, the home of the free speech movement in America

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Tuesday November 24th 2015 0

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Flashpoints

Donald TrumpToday on Flashpoints: The real truth about Trump’s big lie. Was there cheering after 911? And if so who was doing the alleged cheering from New Jersey? Also, Bernie Sanders pro-war foreign policy leaves a great many open questions and a lot fo be desired. We’ll have an update on what many are calling stolen elections in Haiti. And The Electronic Intifada returns.

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Monday November 23rd 2015 0

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Flashpoints

18030Today on Flashpoints: France in the Aftermath: we’ll have an in-depth interview with Paris-based journalist and historian, Diana Johnstone. Also, the implications of the expanding bomb-fest over Syria. And eye-witnesses in Minneapolis offer conflicting testimony about the recent killing by police of an unarmed black man.

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Thursday November 19th 2015 0

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Flashpoints

FPToday on Flashpoints: How Saudi gulf money fuels international terror. Also, the French government cancels 350 march against climate change, long planned to coincide with upcoming climate talks in Paris. Bernie Sanders at Georgetown explains his brand of Socialism, Later, an encore presentation of Flashpoints poet on assignment, Aurora Levins Morales, Questions for the Corporate press. And a mystery novel set in occupied Palestine.

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Monday Novemver 16th 2015 0

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Flashpoints

Leonard Peltier at Leavenworth. 6/92 ©Jeffry ScottToday on Flashpoints: Is US and western terrorism in the middle east the driving force behind growing acts of terrorism against the west? Also FEDS and prison officials cancels art exhibition by Native American Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier, citing national security concerns. Flashpoints poet in residence, Aurora Levins Morales, remembers the victims of the recent triple bombing in Beirut. And the right wing South Korean government cracks down on organized labor.

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Thursday November 12th 2015 0

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Flashpoints

People gather at the site of an explosion at the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital BeirutToday on Flashpoints: ISIS claims multiple suicide bombing in Beirut, killing over 40 and seriously wounding over 200. We’ll feature a report from the ground in Beirut on the deadly bombing. Also, Dr. Mads Gilbert on treating the victims of two murderous Israeli assaults on the Gaza strip. And we’ll be joined by our own Francisco Huerrera to talk about his recent campaign for SF Mayor and what comes next

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Wednesday November 11th 2015 0

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Flashpoints

salinas-police-protest-santa-cruz-august-26-2014-1Today on Flashpoints: Fighting racist police violence and homelessness in Salinas California. Also, was the pro pot vote stolen electronically in Ohio last Tuesday? And Pappy Bush spills the beans, sort of, on his son’s huge blunder into Iraq in 2003.

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Tuesday November 10th 2015 0

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Flashpoints

Burma_By-Election_2012Today on Flashpoints: historic elections in Burma. Also, low wage fast food workers walk out in support of a 15 dollar an hour minimum wage. And we’ll have an update on the recent presidential elections in Haiti

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Monday November 9th 2015 0

Posted on November 09, 2015 by Flashpoints

Lowe-Partners-Israel-CEO-Calls-Israel’s-Prime-Minister-“Satan”Today on Flashpoints: The Neoconservative American Enterprise institute honors Israeli prime minister, Netanyahu in DC this evening. We’ll talk about the visit of the Israeli PM and have a report on a protest happening in response. Also we’ll feature an encore of an excerpt of a recent speech on Israel’s ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestine.

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Flashpoints 11-09-15

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Thursday November 5th 2015 0

Posted on November 05, 2015 by Flashpoints

what_is_tppToday on flashpoints: The devil is definitely in the details when it comes to the TPP. We’ll take an in depth look at those devastating details that deepen corporate power. And further threaten free speech thought and every aspect of free expression. Also remembering the life and times Union powerhouse, Joe Hill, killed by the state for fighting corporate power. And students from Berkeley high walk out of school to protest a racial slur left on a screen in the library

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    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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