COUNTERPOINT RADIO, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

1) Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, international adviser for Jewish Voice for Peace, and author of the new book "Understanding Palestine & Israel," published by Interlink Books. She'll talk about Donald Trump floating the idea that the US should take over Gaza, ethnically cleanse 2.3 million Palestinian residents and rebuild it into a "Middle East Riviera...." and the international rejection of this criminal proposal.

2) Amanda Marcotte, a senior politics writer at Salon.com, and author of "Troll Nation: How the Right Became Trump-Worshipping Monsters, discusses her article re: Oligarch billionaire Elon Musk's lawless federal agency takeover, "'Hitler actually had some decent points': Musk's covert coup is guided by internet trolls," examining the vile white supremacy that permeates Musk's fascist child army.

3) Derek W. Black, Professor of Law at the University of South Carolina talks about what's at stake in the Trump administration's attack on the federal Dept. of Education, his motivation for this assault, the importance of federal funds to providing quality primary and secondary education to millions of students across the U.S., touching on the issues examined in his new book, "Dangerous Learning: The South's Long War on Black Literacy."

4) Kay, one of the co-founders of the group NoVoiceUnheard, and Sydney, an organizer with the Pittsburgh branch of the 50501 protest movement, and 50501’s national press liaison, who talk about the national mobilization network opposing Donald Trump's illegal conduct and authoritarian agenda, that on February 5th coordinated some 80 protest rallies in all 50 U.S. states against Trump, Elon Musk and the Republican Party’s power grab.

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