Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 - 10:00 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

1) Jenny Brown, a member of National Women’s Liberation and a leader in the fight to get the morning-after pill over the counter in the US as a plaintiff in the winning lawsuit, is author of "Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight Over Women's Work," and her latest book, "Without Apology: The Abortion Struggle Now." She'll discuss her views on the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision that dealt a massive blow to reproductive freedom by declining to block a Texas law that prohibits abortions after six weeks of pregnancy—and deputizes private citizens to enforce it.

2) Lindsay Koshgarian, Program Director of the National Priorities Project discuss her group's recent report, "State of Insecurity: The Cost of Militarization Since 9/11," as well as Biden administration foreign policy related to ongoing U.S. wars around the world.

3) Yael Bridge, an Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker based in Oakland produced Left on Purpose, winner of the Audience Award at DOC NYC, and produced Saving Capitalism with Robert Reich. Yael talks about her new film, "The Big Scary 'S' Word," which recounts U.S. history from a socialist perspective, arguing that some of our widely celebrated social advances were inspired by socialist activists and movements.

4) Michael Zweig, professor of economics emeritus at Stony Brook University in New York and author of the book, “The Working Class Majority: America’s Best Kept Secret," talks about the state of the US labor movement in 2021 -- and related topics including the passing of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and the future of the proposed congressional legislation, the Protecting the Right to Organize Act or PRO-ACT.

Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio files, program summaries and interview transcripts. An archive of current and past Counterpoint interviews are accessible for free at our Counterpoint Radio web site: http://counterpointradio.org The full 2-hour unedited program can be accessed for a 2 week period after the show, at the WPKN Radio archives: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/search/counterpoint

I wrote this on November 20, 2020. Unfortunately nothing's changed:

The #Trump #GOPDeathCult poses an existential threat to life, liberty & democracy!

In memory of the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have needlessly died during this #Coronavirus pandemic because the #RepublicanParty has been complicit in the depraved and evil agenda of #DonaldTrump, the most corrupt president in U.S. history.

#Trump & the #RepublicanParty are a dangerous criminal enterprise. From their current authoritarian and dishonest attempt to overthrow the people's will in stealing an election by invalidating hundreds of thousands of mostly black voter's ballots, their deliberate sabotage of the federal and state government's #coronavirus response, to #climatechange denial, support for #WhiteSupremacy, #VoterSuppression, Repeal of #ACA, blocking universal health insurance, withdrawing medical insurance protections for pre-existing health conditions , Deregulation of #guns & #polluters; shredding our nation's social safety net.

As #Trump leaves office he must be prosecuted for his crimes against humanity! The #RepublicanParty, culpable for so much destruction and suffering must also be held accountable.
To have any legitimacy the incoming #Biden administration must allow the DOJ and state prosecutors, without interference, to fairly prosecute Trump/GOP crimes.

A people's tribunal should also be organized to investigate and expose the crimes committed by these monsters, with the goal of educating the public, especially Trump supporters, who are insulated from reality inside their #FoxNews, toxic social media and hate radio bubbles. Such a tribunal would have no legal standing, but can reveal the law breaking and corruption that Congress and the judicial branch are unwilling or unable to do.
“130,000 – 210,000 AVOIDABLE COVID-19 DEATHS –
AND COUNTING – IN THE U.S.”
https://ncdp.columbia.edu/.../Avoidable-COVID-19-Deaths...

Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 - 10:00 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

1) People For The American Way's Director of Leadership programs, Markus Batchelor discusses PFAW's recent "No More Excuses Rally" and direct action protest in support of passage of the John Lewis Civil Rights Advancement Act, as well as the For The People Act in an effort to protect and restore U.S. democracy.

2) Veteran labor journalist, author and Institute for Policy Studies associate fellow Sam Pizzigati, discusses his recent article, "Let's Take the Profit Out of War," written against the backdrop of U.S. war hawks decrying the tumultuous end of America's longest war in Afghanistan.

3) Jeff Cohen, a founding director of the Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College and co-founder of RootsAction.org, talks about opposition to President Trump's nomination of former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Japan. Opponents site Emanuel's role in covering up a Chicago police murder of Black teenager Laquan McDonald, in 2014 -- and his neo-liberal war against a long list of progressive goals, including Medicare for All, a healthcare public option, and his disturbing ties to the healthcare industry and Wall Street.

4) Greg Palast, known for his investigative reports for The Guardian, Rolling Stone and Democracy Now and author of several New York Times bestsellers including “The Best Democracy Money Can Buy,” discusses Chevron's prosecution of Steven Donziger, an American attorney who represented over 30,000 farmers and indigenous Ecuadorians from the Amazon rainforest in a case against Chevron's environmental damage and health effects caused by the company's oil drilling Donziger has been under house arrest since August 2019 and faces a possible prison sentence.

Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio files, program summaries and interview transcripts. An archive of current and past Counterpoint interviews are accessible for free at our Counterpoint Radio web site: http://counterpointradio.org The full 2-hour unedited program can be accessed for a 2 week period after the show, at the WPKN Radio archives: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/search/counterpoint

Urgent Need to Improve Basic Standards for Imprisoned Pregnant Women, Infants: Interview with Leah Wang, a research analyst with the Prison Policy Initiative, conducted by Melinda Tuhus... https://btlonline.org/urgent-need-to-improve-basic.../

Afghan-American Community, Allies Demand Biden Ensure Safety of #Afghanistan’s Most Vulnerable: Interview with Arash Azizzada, a co-founder of the group Afghans for a Better Tomorrow, conducted by Scott Harris https://btlonline.org/afghan-american-community-allies.../