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Monday September 11th 2017 0

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Flashpoints

 

no-nukes-men-s-premium-t-shirtToday on Flashpoints: North Korea pushes it way into the
neuclear weapons club: What’s next in the Western Battle to shut North
Korea Down, by blaming it for everything that is bad in the world and
threatening to bomb it back to the stone age

Flashpoints 09-11-17

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Thursday September 7th 2017 0

Posted on September 07, 2017 by Flashpoints

Today on Flashpoints, the NY District Attorney’s office has dropped charges against Pedro Hernandez, an 18-year-old Bronx man who spent nearly a year in the infamous Riker’s Island prison. We speak with Wade McMullen Jr. , the managing Attorney for the Robert F Kennedy Foundation that raised $250,000 bail to release Hernendez from Rikers. He was also Mr. Hernandez lead attorney. Then we turn our attention to the question of violence during protests, the role and tactics of the ANTIFA movement with philosopher, cultural critic and activist, Gabriel Rockhill. Finally, we catch up with Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst and co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, who takes on the New York Times latest attempt to pin Hillary Clinton’s election loss on the Russians.

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Wednesday September 6th 2017 0

Posted on September 06, 2017 by Flashpoints

Today on Flashpoints, a disturbing mathematical model is leading scientists to project a mass extinction event suffocating the planet within the next 83 years. Joining us from the United Kingdom to explain is the leading author of the study Dr. Sergei Petrovskii of the Applied Mathematics Department at Leicaster University. Then we look at the history of what is known as the deferred action for childhood arrivals or DACA and the decision by the Trump administration to rescind its protection affecting more than 800,000 children of undocumented persons in the United States. Next we talk Afghanistan with a veteran who served there and an upcoming week of national protests on the sixteenth anniversary of the US invasion. Finally, were joined by author Dan Kovalik to talk about the Trump administrations closure of the oldest Russian consulate in America and his new book The Plot to Scapegoat Russia.

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Tuesday September 5th 2017 0

Posted on September 05, 2017 by Flashpoints

 

Today on Flashpoints: We spend the entire hour with legendary UFW co founder, Dolores Huerta. She joins us to talk about the new film “Dolores”, produced, writterm and directed by filmmaker, Peter Bratt.

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Flashpoints 09-05-17

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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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