Dennis J Bernstein

Dennis J. Bernstein is a host of “Flashpoints” on the Pacifica radio network and the author of Special Ed: Voices from a Hidden Classroom. You can access the audio archives at www.flashpoints.net.

Award-Winning Journalist John Pilger Calls Out Media’s Silence on Juilian Assange

Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and investigative reporter John Pilger takes the gloves off on the continuing attempts to upend WikiLeaks and arrest its founding publisher, Julian Assange, in this interview with Dennis Bernstein and Randy Credico.

Randy Credico
August 8th, 2018
By Randy Credico
August 8th, 2018
John Pilger, Australian journalist and documentary maker, arrives to meet WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy, in London, June 22, 2012. (AP/Lefteris Pitarakis)

DB:John, what is the latest we know about how Julian Assange is being treated and his current state? John Pilger: His state of health is just about the same, as I understand it. He needs medical attention, the kind of treatment you get only in a hospital. But it has been made clear to him that if he attempts to go to a hospital he will not be

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Honoring the Life of a Journalist Killed in Kashmir

In this interview with noted author and editor, Vijay Prashad, Dennis J. Bernstein discusses the recent streetside assassination of journalist Shujaat Bukhari in Kashmir.

Dennis J Bernstein
June 28th, 2018
By Dennis J Bernstein
June 28th, 2018
Indian Army soldiers carry out a search operation for suspected rebels during a gunbattle at Hardshoora village, 35 kilometers (20 miles) north of Srinagar, India, Thursday, April 2, 2015. Suspected Kashmiri rebels and Indian security personnel were engaged in a fierce gunbattle Thursday in the Himalayan territory, officials said.

Large crowds gathered in Kreeri village in Kashmir last Monday to honor the life and journalistic work of Shujaat Bukhari, the slain editor of the Rising Kashmir. Bukhari, who lived under constant threat, was gunned down as he was leaving his office last Thursday. Three heavily armed assassins on motorcycles-opened fire on him with dozens of

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The Curious Case of the Left’s Silence on Julian Assange

Julian Assange remains cut off from the world in Ecuador’s London embassy, shut off from friends, relatives and thousands of supporters, leaving him unable to do his crucial work, as John Pilger discusses with Dennis J. Bernstein.

Dennis J Bernstein
June 11th, 2018
By Dennis J Bernstein
June 11th, 2018
John Pilger, Australian journalist and documentary maker, arrives to meet WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy, in London, June 22, 2012. (AP/Lefteris Pitarakis)

In a recent communication between Randy Credico, an Assange supporter, comic and radio producer, and Adam Schiff, the ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, Assange’s fear of arrest and extradition to the US was confirmed by the leader of the Russia-gate frenzy. Credico received the following response from Schiff after meeting the the

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The Rohingya, Facing Turmoil in Exile, Welcomed Back to Myanmar With Words but Not Action

Dennis J. Bernstein spoke with filmmaker and human rights activist, Jeanne Hallacy, just back with horror stories from Myanmar and the massive Rohingya camps of over 700,000 in neighboring Bangladesh.

Dennis J Bernstein
May 9th, 2018
By Dennis J Bernstein
May 9th, 2018
Wounded Rohingya refugees walk with the help of crutches as they await the arrival of a U.N. Security Council team at the Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp in Kutupalong, Bangladesh, Sunday, April 29, 2018. A U.N. Security Council team visiting Bangladesh promised Sunday to work hard to resolve a crisis involving hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled to the country to escape military-led violence in Myanmar. (AP/A.M. Ahad)

The English-language Bangkok Post reported on May 5 that the Rohingya refugees who return to Myanmar will be safe, according to the military there, as long as they stay confined to the camps being set up for them. Myanmar’s current commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, told a visiting delegation from the UN

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Award-Winning Journalist Max Blumenthal on America’s Israel Policy and More

Donald Trump has shown “sadism” against Palestinians who’ve turned to Ghandian protests but are still being slaughtered by Israel, says Max Blumenthal.

Dennis J Bernstein
May 1st, 2018
By Dennis J Bernstein
May 1st, 2018
Max Blumenthal

Max Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and best-selling author.  His reporting on the brutalities of illegal Israeli occupation has set the standard for real reporting on the issue. Blumenthal has also reported on every aspect of the Israeli/US propaganda machine that works 24/7 to sustain the Israeli occupation. Blumenthal’s articles

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Eyewitness: Israel Still Firing On Unarmed Gaza Protesters

Dennis J. Bernstein speaks with Gaza-based Palestinian Journalist, Wafa Al-Udaini.

Dennis J Bernstein
April 24th, 2018
By Dennis J Bernstein
April 24th, 2018
Israel | Gaza Protest

According to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), the Palestinian death toll since March 30, 2018 “has risen to 33, including 4 children and 1 photojournalist, and the number of those wounded has risen to 2,436, including 410 children, 66 women, 22 journalists and 9 paramedics.” There have been no Israeli casualties. According to

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Palestinian Haneen Zoabi Discusses Feminism, Gaza and Life in Israel’s Knesset

Palestinian Israeli Knesset member Haneen Zoabi, discusses feminism, the struggle in Gaza and life in the Israeli parliament with Dennis J. Bernstein.

Dennis J Bernstein
April 23rd, 2018
By Dennis J Bernstein
April 23rd, 2018
Haeneen Zoabi speaks to the press in Nazareth, northern Israel, June 1, 2010. (AP/Ariel Schalit)

Haneen Zoabi is a member of the Israeli Knesset and the first woman elected to the Israeli Knesset on an Arab party list. She’s an unrelenting advocate for equal citizenship rights for the Palestinian citizens of Israel, and despite repeated attacks of all kinds, she remains unrelenting in her call for an end to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian

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