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INVESTIGATIVE News Radio with host Dennis Bernstein

Investigative News Radio with host Dennis Bernstein from KPFA, historic community radio station in Berkeley, California. Flashpoints is an award-winning daily investigative newsmagazine. Through original reports and some of the key investigative reporters of our time, Flashpoints goes to the frontlines and to the core of the stories in the areas of government and corporate criminality, human rights, and economic justice. From Baghdad to the US-Mexico border, Palestine to San Francisco, Port-au-Prince to Washington DC, Flashpoints monitors the centers of power as an uncensored platform of independent media.

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Topic tags:

Civil Rights/Human Rights, Government/Politics, Class, Corporations, Global Affairs

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Program status:

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Flashpoints on 04/02/09

Airs at: Thu, 04/02/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

A report on protests at the G-20 Summit in London, financial consultant Catherine Austin Fitts on the economic crisis, and a report on the new right wing government of Israel. Read more

Flashpoints on 04/01/09

Airs at: Wed, 04/01/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

A report from occupied Palestine on an international day of protest against Israeli colonization of Palestinian lands and an interview with a Canadian minister-turned-activist on a decades-long program of genocide targeting the youth of Canada's indigenous population. Read more

Flashpoints on 03/31/09

Airs at: Tue, 03/31/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Host Dennis Bernstein interviews Marjorie Cohen, President of the National Lawyer's Guild, about a Spanish judge targeting members of the Bush Administration for war crimes. Later Dennis speaks with former CIA operative Ray McGovern about President Obama's escalation of the... Read more

Flashpoints on 03/27/09

Airs at: Fri, 03/27/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Today Flashpoints presents journalist Ali Abunimah, co-founder of The Electronic Intifada on Gaza, what's happening there and what are the possibilities for the future. Abunimah was recorded this week in the Bay Area. Read more

Flashpoints on 03/26/09

Airs at: Thu, 03/26/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Journalist John Ross on the hype about the drug trade in Mexico and Malik Rahim, founder of Common Ground Relief on the violence of poverty in the U.S. Read more

Flashpoints on 03/25/09

Airs at: Wed, 03/25/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Financial adviser Catherine Austin Fitts analyzes the Treasury Department's plan for the economy and Ali Abunimah of the Electronic Intifada gives a postmortem on Gaza and looks at possibilities for justice and freedom for Palestinians. Read more

Flashpoints on 03/24/09

Airs at: Tue, 03/24/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Journalist Greg Palast on the 20th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez spill and the current economic meltdown. And Malik Rahim of Common Ground Relief on the current financial situation. Read more

Flashpoints on 03/20/09

Airs at: Fri, 03/20/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Palestinian Legislator Mustafa Barghouti speaks about Avigdor Lieberman's appointment as Israel's Foreign Minister. Read more

Flashpoints on 03/19/09

Airs at: Thu, 03/19/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Catherine Austin Fitts on the A.I.G. Bailout and Controversial Bonuses. Catherine Austin Fitts is the president of Solari, Inc., the publisher of The Solari Report and managing member of Solari Investment Advisory Services, LLC. She served as Assistant Secretary of Housing... Read more

Flashpoints on 03/18/09

Airs at: Wed, 03/18/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

An Iraq veteran speaks about why he went AWOL and now plans to march on the Pentagon and continued coverage of the police murder of Oscar Grant in Oakland. Read more