We had a fantastic interview w/ Dennis Bernstein, host of KPFA’s “Flashpoints” and longtime journalist on the Left who’s inspired and helped so many of us.
Listen in: https://bit.ly/3O5d4mp
Dennis talked about his start on radio, including fascinating recollections of his role in covering the U.S. war on Central America and the Contra-CIA-Cocaine scandal in the 80s. We talked about his role in Left media, and how he’s been at the forefront of so many issues of importance to us–war and peace, justice, labor, immigration, and so on.
Importantly we discussed the renewed “McCarthyist” attack on free speech, Dennis’s thoughts on being a Jewish peace activist amid charges of anti-semitism, and we had a great conversation about his poetry and how important that’s been to his own career.
Bio//
Dennis Bernstein (@burn_stick) is a poet, human rights reporter, host of Flashpoints (@flashpointsnews) on Pacifica Radio. He is the author of Notebook 19, Five Oceans in a Teaspoon, and Special Ed: Voices from a Hidden Classroom.
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