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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 11/12/09

Airs at: Thu, 11/12/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Military families speak out against the expanding war in Afghanistan, the AFL-CIO expands its involvement with migrant workers, and an interview with Ben Wang, director of "AOKI," a documentary film on the life of Richard Aoki, a third-generation Japanese American who beca... Read more

Flashpoints on 11/11/09

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

Produced for: Flashpoints

Host Dennis Bernstein speaks with a soldier who tried to pass President Obama a note of opposition against the war at the Memorial at Fort Hood. Also author and blogger Dahr Jamail on veterans against the war. Catherine Austin Fitts on the military industrial complex. And A... Read more

Flashpoints on 11/06/09

Airs at: Fri, 11/06/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Host Dennis Bernstein interviews activist and author Arundhati Roy about her new book, Field Notes on Democracy: Listening to Grasshoppers and about the decline of democracy all around the world. Also, Nora Barrows Friedman speaks with Jeff Makler of Socialist Action about... Read more

Flashpoints on 11/05/09

Airs at: Thu, 11/05/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

An in-depth look at the healthcare package now moving through the House and financial analyst Catherine Austin Fitts with another installment in the series "Anatomy of a Financial Coup d'Etat." Read more

Flashpoints on 11/04/09

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

Produced for: Flashpoints

Reaction to yesterday's Congressional vote condemning the Goldstone Report, which says Israel committed war crimes during its military assault on the Gaza Strip. And economist Naomi Klein on how "The Shock Doctrine" applies to the current financial crisis. Read more

Flashpoints on 11/03/09

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

Produced for: Flashpoints

Another installment of "Anatomy of a Financial Coup d'Etat" with financial anaylst Catherine Austin Fitts. Read more

Flashpoints on 10/28/09

Airs at: Wed, 10/28/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Coverage of last night's Texas state execution of Reginald Blanton and a report on reconstruction projects in Louisiana after Katrina. Read more

Flashpoints on 10/27/09

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

Produced for: Flashpoints

A leading Afghan women's activist debunks the myth that the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan will save women and children, a report on the deteriorating situation in U.S.-occupied Iraq, a report on this past weekend's police attacks on Palestinian youth and students in East J... Read more

Flashpoints on 10/21/09

Airs at: Wed, 10/21/2009 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Produced for: Flashpoints

Part 2 of a series of interviews with financial analyst Catherine Austin Fitts on "The Anatomy of a Financial Coup d'Etat: Understanding the Financial Meltdown and Bailout." And the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of 13 Wiegers from China. We'll hear a respon... Read more

Flashpoints on 10/20/09

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

Produced for: Flashpoints

Dr. Gareth Porter, investigative historian and journalist on U.S. national security policy and the author of four books, the latest of which is Perils of Dominance: Imbalance of Power and the Road to War in Vietnam discusses how U.S. policy in Afghanistan will likely str... Read more