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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

Streams:

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Program status:

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Flashpoints

Airs at: Fri, 11/21/2008 at 11:15am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Flashpoints

Financial analyst Katherine Austin Fitts on the autor bailout, deflation and the G-20 response to Wall Street and Part 2 of an interview with Cynthia McKinney, former Congresswoman and Presidential candidate. Read more

Flashpoints

Airs at: Tue, 11/18/2008 at 11:15am - 12:00pm

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Host Dennis Bernstein looks at the Status of Forces Agreement between the U.S. and Iraq, and he interviews Father Louie Vitale about the national movement to resist torture at Fort Huachuca, the military installation in Arizona where the U.S. trains officers in “Enhanced In... Read more

Flashpoints

Airs at: Thu, 11/13/2008 at 11:15am - 12:00pm

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Topics include a report from occupied Gaza, the crisis of displaced refugees in Congo, and former Presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney reflects on the election and the future of President-Elect Obama. Read more

Flashpoints

Airs at: Wed, 10/29/2008 at 11:15am - 12:00pm

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Retired Colonel Ann Wright and former high level CIA official Ray McGovern respond to the attack on Syria and talk about what's missing in the U.S. Presidential campaigns. Read more

Flashpoints

Airs at: Tue, 10/28/2008 at 11:15am - 12:00pm

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A series of special reports on the U.S. bombing and killing of civilians in Syria. Guests include journalist Dahr Jamail. Read more

Flashpoints on 09/26/08

Airs at: Fri, 09/26/2008 at 11:15am - 12:00pm

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Host Dennis Bernstein speaks with Robert Fisk, world renowned Middle East correspondent for London's Independent. He currently resides in Beirut. He is the author of numerous books, including most recently "The Age of the Warrior." Read more

Flashpoints on 09/16/08

Airs at: Tue, 09/16/2008 at 11:15am - 12:00pm

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The guest is environmental philosopher and cultural critic Derrick Jensen, author of numerous books including Endgame. Read more

Flashpoints on 09/12/08

Airs at: Fri, 09/12/2008 at 11:15am - 12:00pm

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Host Dennis Bernstein speaks with David Ray Griffin, author of The New Pearl Harbor and Debunking 9/11 Debunking. Read more

Flashpoints on 09/10/08

Airs at: Wed, 09/10/2008 at 11:15am - 12:00pm

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A report from Haiti where more than a thousand people have died from causes related to damage from recent hurricanes, a report from activist Malik Rahim of Common Ground in New Orleans, and an interview about women in prison. Read more

Flashpoints on 08/21/08

Airs at: Thu, 08/21/2008 at 11:15am - 12:00pm

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A look at how major drug makers are pushing drugs and vaccines that have not been properly tested on consumers. And a tribute to the late poet and activist Grace Paley with Portland poet and biographer Judith Arcana. Read more