Today on the Show: We spend the hour in conversation with internationally celebrated writer, poet and activist, Alice Walker. Walker is the recipient of numerous awards including the Pulitzer prize, the National Book Award, and the Mahmoud Darwish Literary Prize for Fiction. Alice also has a delightful new children’s book Sweet People Are Everywhere, illustrated lovingly by Quim Torres.

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We Spend The Hour in Conversation with Alice Walker.

Today on the Show: THE TERMOIL CONTINUES ON THE GROUND IN HAITI: WE’LL HAVE AN UPDATE FROM FLASHPOINTS'S SENIOR PRODUCER KEVIN PINA;  ALSO FIGHTING FOR THE FREEDOM OF WIKILEAKS PUBLISHER, JULIAN ASSANGE, WE’LL BE JOINED BY STAUNCH ASSANGE DEFENDER, RANDY  CREDICO, PRODUCER OF ASSANGE: COUNTDOWN TO FREEDOM AND AN UPCOMING COMEDY special IN SUPPORT OF ASSANGE; And we'll be joined by Bay Area ASSANGE Organizer Jeff Mackler to hear about activities being planned this weekend  in support of Assange in the bay area and around the world

THE TERMOIL CONTINUES ON THE GROUND IN HAITI

[1] Today on the Show: Tragedy continues to unfold at the US/Mexico border as Haitians and Central American continue to amass and face hunger, exploitation and instant deportation under Article 42.. We ask, where is this deadly and inhumane policy leading us? Also Cold War Long Island,” a new book that shows how post WW2 long island became an essential part of the US war machine along with the emerging of  cold war [1] https://kpfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cold-war-LI.webp

US/Mexico Border Update & Cold War Long Island; A New Book by Karl Grossman

[caption id="attachment_368515" align="alignright" width="307"] Caribbean International Flag Haiti[/caption] Today on the Show: Church workers kidnapped in Haiti. What’s New? They’re white!!: Also Filipino activists mourn death squads and lost lives under Duterte regime. And saving the life of Julian Assange: Protests and teach-ins are planned in support of the Assange here in the Bay Area and around the country and world

Haiti Update with Flashpoints Senior Producer, Kevin Pina

Today on the show: We present more sound from this past Monday's Sunrise Ceremony at Alcatraz Island on Indigenous People's Day

More From 2021 Sunrise Ceremony on Alcatraz Island

Today on the Show: A former FBI special Agent and division council speaks out against the imprisonment of Julian Assange, Also, fighting the upstream battle to save the endangered salmon as Indigenous communities lead the resistance. Also the fledgling Facebook Users Union launches a #FireZuck campaign. And they plan to take the protest to Zuckerberg's doorstep in Palo Alto

Former FBI Agent, Coleem Rowley, Speaks Out For Julian Assange

Today on the Show: HAITIANS CONTINUE TO MASS AT THE US MEXICO BORDER AND THE US CONTINUES TO MASS DEPORT THEM BACK INTO THE MEAN STREETS OF DEATH SQUAD IN HAITI. WE’LL HAVE A LIVE FONTLINE REPORT FROM THE BORDER: ALSO WE’LL SPEAK TO AWARD-WINNING HISTORIAN JAMES BRADLEY ABOUT THE EXPANDING US WAR ON CHINA

HAITIANS CONTINUE TO MASS AT THE US MEXICO BORDER AND THE US CONTINUES TO MASS DEPORT THEM BACK INTO THE MEAN STREETS OF DEATH SQUAD IN HAITI.

Today on the Show: A primer on 21st Century US colonization/privatization plans for Puerto Rico: Also on a new edition of FOODFIGHT WITH FoodNotBombs founder Keith McHenry, Criminalizing Homelessness even as more and more people are being forced into the streets.

A primer on 21st Century US colonization/privatization plans for Puerto Rico

An award winning front-line investigative news magazine, that focuses on human, civil and workers right, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.

Flashpoints – October 11, 2021

Today on a special edition of the Show: we spend the entire hour with award-winning investigative reporter, Grea Palast. We’ll break down three major stories your need to know: The persecution of frontline environmental legal warrior, Steven Donziger. We’ll report on the devastating oil spill  off Newport Beach that is fouling the local wildlife and crushing the economy.  And Ali Alexander subpoenaed by Congress: we’ll take a deep look at the extreme rightwing orgranzers for Trump’s inssurection:

Greg Palest Joins Us Live For The Entire Hour

Flashpoints – October 7, 2021

Today on the Show: Why anti Zionism is not antisemitism: We’ll take a deep dive into the history of Zionism and how people are fighting back. We’ll feature a minidocumentary from the Electroic intifada and be joined by EI Host and producer, Nora Barrows Friedman

Why AntI Zionism Is Not Antisemitism: w/ The Electronic Intifada

Flashpoints – October 5, 2021

Today on the Show: The legendary whistleblower, Dan Ellsberg, whose release of the Pentagon Papers, put the lie to the entire US justification of the Vietnam War. We’’ll have Dan as our special guest for the hour speaking out about the brutal  imprisonment of Julian Assange and the power of the whistleblower.

Pentagpn Papers Whistleblower Dan Ellsberg on The Brutal Treatment of Julian Assange

[caption id="attachment_367421" align="alignright" width="307"] Caribbean International Flag Haiti[/caption] Today on the Show: The brutal mass deportation of Haitians, post-earthquake, is taking a major toll and causing extreme suffering  on the ground across Haiti: Flashpoints Senior Producer, Kevin Pina is on it:. Also, Flashpoints troubadour and contributing producer, Francisco Hererra, talks about a benefit planned to support the Haitian people under siege.  And Greg Palast reports from New York on the persecution and prosecution of front-line brutal mass Haiti deportations continue unabated

Update on Mass Deportations of Haitians at US Border

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