KPFA - Flashpoints

Today on the show: The death of a prominent Cuban Doctor that activists say could have been prevented with the right medicines. We’ll report on the growing US Aggressions to undermine and destroy the Cuba Revolution. Special correspond and Flashpoints Trouboudar, Francisco Herrera, out in the streets in support of crucial immigrant/worker rights legislation. SOUP STREET: A memoir by Food Not Bombs co-founder, Keith McHenry. Keith will join us to talk more about his book, his work and the latest upsurge in Hunger and Homelessness locally and across the country. An award winning front-line investigative news magazine focusing on human, civil and workers rights, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein. The post The Growing US Aggressions to Undermine and Destroy the Cuba Revolution appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show: The Legendary Lalo Alcaraz, best known for being the author of the comic La Cucaracha, the first nationally syndicated, politically themed Latino daily comic strip. We feature an extended update with Professor Ron Lopez, Sonoma State University, on the struggles being faced by undocumented Students and their families. An award winning front-line investigative news magazine focusing on human, civil and workers rights, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein. The post The Legendary Lalo Alcaraz appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: We feature another clandestine interview from Haiti where at least 47 people, including women and children, were slaughtered this past weekend by a terrorist gang coalition. At least 50 women and children are currently being held hostage as human shields. Many Haitians are accusing Prime Minister Didier Fils-Aime, the US-trained Haitian police, and US mercenaries working with Erik Prince, of negligence and complicity. Then we go back to Iran with Dr. Foad Izadi to discuss Trump’s so-called “Economic D-Day” aimed to further destabilize and punish its government and people. An award winning front-line investigative news magazine focusing on human, civil and workers rights, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein. The post We Feature Another Clandestine Interview From Haiti appeared first on KPFA.

TODAY ON THE SHOW: We’ll be joined by Flashpoints Special Contributor, attorney Renee Saucedo on the frontlines in the North Bay of San Francisco, standing against the ICE abduction machine, as the sweeps continue. Also Frontline rural Photographer David Bacon, out with his cameras in the fields of misery, documenting the lives of the people who do some of the hardest work in this country, the work that keeps the wheels of commerce spinning. An award winning front-line investigative news magazine focusing on human, civil and workers rights, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein. The post Frontline Rural Photographer David Bacon Documents the Lives of the People Who do Some of the Hardest Work in this Country appeared first on KPFA.

Today on Flashpoints: We turn our attention back to the horrible situation facing over 350,000 Haitians who will soon be forced back into the hell that US foreign policy has created over decades of intervention including coups and rigged elections. We also speak with an advisor to Venezuela’s National Assembly in Caracas about criticisms of the interim president Dely Rodriguez and the battle to keep the Chavismo and the Bolivarian revolution alive. An award winning front-line investigative news magazine focusing on human, civil and workers rights, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein. The post Horrible Situation of Over 350,000 Haitians Facing Deportation with End of TPS appeared first on KPFA.

Today on show: Gloria La Riva joins us from Miami. She is just back from Havana Cuba to organize another series of shipments of crucial goods and needed medical supplies for tens of thousands of Cubans cut off by Trump. The Democratic National Committee greenlighted resolutions that call for abolishing ICE and implementing “full and consistent enforcement” of two federal statutes known as the Leahy law. Daily Poems for the Genocide, Anita Barrows shares poem 1,046. An award winning front-line investigative news magazine focusing on human, civil and workers rights, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein. The post Gloria La Riva Joins Us From Miami appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show: US imperialism under Trump, expanding a right-wing agenda into a half-dozen Central and South American countries. The US does almost everything in its power to sink the Cuban revolution. We’ll speak with human rights Attorney and a leader at Witness at the Border Camilo Peres Bustillo for a sweeping update of the region. Flashpoints contributor and resident troubadour, Francisco Herrera reports from a community meeting called to deal with the ongoing ICE raids in Northern and Central California. Farmworkers and Advocates, Including Legendary Civil Rights Icon Dolores Huerta, Rallied at the State Capitol to Demand Accountability from California’s Pesticide Regulators. We’ll speak to two members of Californians for Pesticide Reform who have been right in the middle of the debate. An award winning front-line investigative news magazine focusing on human, civil and workers rights, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein. The post US Imperialism Under Trump, Expanding Into a Half-Dozen Central and South American Countries appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show: Celebrated Poet and Mission District Icon Alejandro Murguía. Murguía is a founding member and the first director of The Mission Cultural Center. He is the founder of The Roque Dalton Cultural Brigade, and co-editor of Volcán: Poetry From Central America. We’re going to talk about poetry and revolution. We will rebroadcast our extremely powerful interview with Palestinian-American Human Rights Activist-Attorney Huwaida Arraf. An award winning front-line investigative news magazine focusing on human, civil and workers rights, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein. The post Celebrated Poet and Mission District Icon Alejandro Murguía appeared first on KPFA.

ON TODAY’S SHOW: Joining us today is special guest, United Farmworker’s President, Teresa Romero. What is life for thousands of undocumented workers and their families under the expanding Trump’s ICE sweeps. Our drumbeat coverage of Haiti and hundreds of thousands of Haitians in the US facing immediate deportation and intense pressure to leave or be deported. We’ll also be joined by Francisco Herrera just back from A farmworkers organizing tour in Florida. An award winning front-line investigative news magazine focusing on human, civil and workers rights, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein. The post Special Guest, United Farmworker’s President, Teresa Romero appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show: An extended interview with long-time civil rights attorney , Ron Kuby, close associate of the late civil rights icon, radical Attorney William Kunsler. Ron has been taking notes on the the New Jersey Stand-off at an ICE jail that hunger strikers being held inside refer to it as a concentration camp. Edwin Lopez-Cornejo died there Aug.1st while being held at Delaney Hall. Some might call it an official state-sponsored slow-motion murder. We’ll feature a musical visit by political singer/songwriter David Rovics. An award winning front-line investigative news magazine focusing on human, civil and workers rights, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein. The post An Extended Interview with Long-Time Civil Rights Attorney , Ron Kuby appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s Flashpoints: Black and Latino communities in Texas fight back against a fierce surge of racism and organize ahead of the upcoming elections. We also bring you a frontline update on the ongoing U.S. destabilization campaign against Cuba. Then, as hunger soars across the United States, host Dennis Bernstein speaks with Food Not Bombs co-founder and author Keith McHenry about food insecurity and the struggle to ensure everyone has enough to eat. An award winning front-line investigative news magazine focusing on human, civil and workers rights, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein. The post Fighting Racism, U.S. Policy Toward Cuba, and Hunger in America appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show: The genocidal slaughter in Gaza reaches new peaks of suffering. We will feature a powerful new extended edition of the Electronic Intifada with Nora Barrows Friedman. Our weekly segment PinkNotes/our collaboration with CodePink, We’ll feature a special report from Code-Pink Co-Founder Jodi Evans, under attack by Secretary of State, Marco Rubio. An award winning front-line investigative news magazine focusing on human, civil and workers rights, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein. The post The Genocidal Slaughter in Gaza Reaches New Peaks of Suffering appeared first on KPFA.