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Today on the show: 48,000 San Francisco public school kids are home today, as teachers go on strike for the first time in 47 years. The educators are demanding pay raises and better healthcare plans. We’ll speak with long time KPFA producer and striking San Francisco High School teacher, Pedro Reyes about the bottom line in fighting for an inspired educational system. Also Kevin Pina reports on US War ship spotted off the coast of Haiti, and will talk about a new play about aging. Later,  Life & Death, A Love Story, with celebrated bay-area playwright and performer, Sherry Glaser The post San Francisco Public School Teachers Go On Strike appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show: Standing tall against the war on brown and black and indigenous people in the good old boy’s USA. We’ll be joined by Professor Lorena Gonzalez of Contra Costa College la Rasa Studies. Also joining us is Professor Ron Lopez Chicano Studies Sonoma State University and Camilo Perez Bustillo former executive director for the SF Bay Area Chapter of the NLG. Currently, Camilo is part of the leadership of Witness at the Border and a coordinator of the national NLG’s Task Force on the Americas. The post Flashpoints – February 6, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

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. The post Flashpoints – February 5, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show we turn our attention to the US military buildup and threats of another US military aggression, this time against Iran.. Next up we feature an exclusive interview with Yves Engler about his run for the leadership of the New Democratic Party, known as the NDP in Canada, and how his criticisms of Israel’s genocide in Gaza landed him jail. It’s a wide ranging discussion of US Canada relations you won’t want to miss.  Finally, here in the SF Bay Area we’re lucky to have another opportunity to screen the amazing documentary film, “Thabyay: Creative Resistance in Myanmar, we’ll be joined by the director Jeanne Hallacy. The post US Military Threats Against Iran appeared first on KPFA.

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. The post Flashpoints – February 3, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show: Haiti Action co-founder, Robert Roth joins us live from a protest on the streets of San Francisco. Folks are in the streets in support of the continued availability of Temporary Protective Status for Haitians living in exile in the US. TPS is slotted to end tomorrow/cutoff cold by Trump: And Flashpoints senior producer Miguel Gavilan Molina is in San Francisco’s Mission District at Historic Dolores Park, reporting on the people’s growing resistance to ICE and blatant trump Racism The post Protests In The Streets For Temporary Protected Status, Scheduled to End Tomorrow By Trump Admin appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show: People in the streets by the tens of thousands, from one coast to the other ,protesting expanding Trump wars and fascism. Also Organizing against US funded violence and anti-democratic behavior in Haiti. We’ll feature an in-depth update on the worsening situation on the ground there, and the call for Asylum for hundreds of thousands of Haitians in the US now and threatened with immediate deportation. And Veterans arrested protesting Trump violence in Minneapolis. The post Protestors Strike Nationwide Against Trump’s Fascism appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show: FBI agents seize ballots and records from the 2020 election. Voter fraud fighter, Greg Palast, tells us why. Also we feature our weekly broadcast of the electronic Intifada newscast with Nora Barrows Friedman…and Kathy Kelly will join us for a crucial remembrance The post Greg Palast on The FBI’s Raid In Georgia Over The 2020 Election appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show we investigate claims by human rights organizations tied to the National Endowment for Democracy that the Iranian government recently committed massacres of civilians during recent protests in that country. Then we shine a light on what is being called the commodification of human suffering by corporations contracted by the Trump administration to process and warehouse those rounded up and detained by ICE.    Finally, we feature a discussion of the state of constitutional rights and civil liberties in these once great United States. The post The Commodification of Human Suffering by Corporations appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show: Anti-ice protests from coast to coast: We go live to a protest forming at this hour. A Community March on Target and Home Depot just getting underway to demand these Corporations end their complicity with ICE. And Hunger in America expanding in leaps and bounds, while homeless is legion. Food Not Bombs founder Keith McHenry Joins us for an extended update The post Mass Protests Against Corporations That Support ICE Underway appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show: We’ll feature a special report on another ICE murder in the emerging killing fields of Minneapolis.  And Singer/Songwriter David Rovics joins us for a special in-studio concert The post Singer/Songwriter David Rovics Performs Live in The KPFA Studios appeared first on KPFA.

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. The post Flashpoints – January 23, 2026 appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show: Why is a U.S. citizen, Chantal Anicoche, locked inside a military camp and unreachable by US Human Rights Activists? Flashpoints Senior Producer, Kevin Pina reports on this story. Also we broadcast the weekly edition of the Electronic Intifada Newscast with Nora Barrows Friedman The post Headlines From Gaza From The Electronic Intifada w/ Nora Barrows-Friedman appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show we take a closer look at the Trump administration’s buildup and justifications for a US military intervention in Iran. Then we have a direct appeal to our listeners to take action to save the life of a US citizen and Phillipina American now being held hostage by the Philippine military after witnessing a massacre in Mindoro, Philippines. Finally, we shine a light on Trump’s US foreign policy and ask the question, WTF, question mark! The post A Look at The Trump Admin’s Justification For Military Intervention In Iran appeared first on KPFA.

Today on the show: We’ll speak with Zeaid Abbas of the Middle East Children’s Alliance about the deadly situation in Occupied Palestine after 837 days of an ongoing genocide, and no real end in sight. And we’ll rebroadcast last night’s live Flashpoints show from Medicine for Nightmares bookstore in the heart of San Francisco’s mission district The post Zeiad Abbas of MECA on The Deadly Situation in Occupied Palestine appeared first on KPFA.