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Counterpoint March 20, 2023

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Many Counterpoint interviews are excerpted for broadcast on the nationally syndicated “Between The Lines” radio newsmagazine at Btlonline.org

Recent String of Bank Failures Exposes Need to Toughen Federal Regulation

Interview with James Henry, a leading economist, attorney, investigative journalist, Global Justice Fellow at Yale University and managing director at the Sag Harbor Group, conducted by Scott Harris

Biden Breaks Pledge Not to Permit New Oil Drilling on Federal Lands

Interview with Natalie Mebane, Greenpeace USA's climate campaign director, conducted by Scott Harris

20 Years Later, Echoes of US Iraq Invasion in Russia’s Ukraine War

Interview with Medea Benjamin, co-director of the group Code Pink Women for Peace, and Nicolas Davies, author of “Blood on Our Hands: The American Invasion and Destruction of Iraq,” conducted by Scott Harris

Climate Activists Protest U.S. Banks Demanding They Divest from Fossil Fuels

Interview with Helen Humphries, communications coordinator with the Connecticut Citizen Action Group, and Diane Keefe, a Norwalk, Connecticut activist, conducted by Scott Harris

Last Week on Counterpoint

GOP Pushes Adoption of Repressive Laws Targeting LGBTQ Community, Trans Youth & Drag Shows

Tori Cooper and Lindsey Clark discuss the upcoming International Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31 and the work Human Rights Campaign is doing...

Republican-Controlled States Working to Outlaw Medication Abortion in All 50 states

Steph Black discusses her recent Progressive Magazine article, "The Other Front Line," and the latest on access to abortion medications, i.e., the call for...

Biden’s Proposed Federal Budget Taxes Billionaires, Strengthens Medicare

Will Rice talks about his group's response to President Biden's plan to "extend the life of the Medicare Trust Fund by lowering out-of-pocket costs...

Connecticut Finally Moving to Adopt Early Voting

Bilal Sekou discusses the effort by a coalition of groups working to pass a comprehensive voting rights bill in the state this year.

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The War in Ukraine and the War Against Women at Home

Today's show feature a focus on two potentially cataclysmic issues: the War in Ukraine and the continuing war against women's reproductive rights at home. Mel Goodman, foreign policy and national security expert discusses the escalating dangers posed by the war in Ukraine. Amanda Skinner, president of Planned Parenthood of Southern New England talks about the latest right-wing assault on women, targeting the abortion medication pill in many Republican-controlled states.
Panel: Ruthanne Baumgartner, Scott Harris and Richard Hill

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20 Years Later, Echoes of U.S. #Iraq Invasion Seen in Russia’s #Ukraine War: Interview with @medeabenjamin co-founder of @codepink and @NicolasJSDavies author and Code Pink researcher, conducted by Scott Harris. Listen Here > https://t.co/MzkeXtQIJ4 https://t.co/f975oKo5Bo
Recent #BankFailures Demand Tougher Federal Regulation: Interview with James S. Henry @submergingmkt, economist, attorney, investigative journalist, and Global Justice fellow at @Yale University, conducted by Scott Harris. Listen Here > https://t.co/9OUiVks2r1 https://t.co/ivyLKQ74D0

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SPECIAL PREPORTS

Policing in America, a conversation with professor Gerald Horne

In the wake of the Memphis police murder of Tyre Nichols, Dr. Gerald Horne, professor of history and African American Studies at the University...

Whither our economy in 2023? And what are the root causes of Inflation?

Dr. Jack Rasmus, professor emeritus in Economics at St. Mary's College, gives his assessment of the U.S. economy in 2022 and offers his predictions...

John Nichols on the State of the Nation — Jan.14, 2023

The panel interviews John Nichols, National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation Magazine, to discuss the bizarre new political landscape with the Republican takeover of...

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Counterpoint, 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) Professor Jason Stanley, Jacob Urowsky professor of philosophy at Yale University and author of “How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them,” talks about the Republican Party's embrace of "white replacement theory," WRT’s fascist origins, why Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has become a role model for much of the GOP -- and the dangerous rise of rightwing extremist political violence in the US.

2) Cody Hounanian, Executive Director of the Student Debt Crisis Center discusses his group's response to President Biden's announced plan to address student loan debt, which includes forgiving up to $20,000 for millions of borrowers and extending the payment freeze one final time until the end of the year.

3) Jenna Grande, Press Secretary with Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) discuss CREW's recent article, "Big Oil Has Given $1 Million to Fuel Seditionists," and related issues of Big Oil's influence on US energy, environment and climate policy.

4) Liz Dupont-Diehl, Associate Director of the Connecticut Citizen Action Group discusses her group's recent reporting on CT based health insurance companies that are requesting double-digit premium increases for individuals and small businesses, as they spend billions on stock buybacks and excessive executive salaries, and lobbying.

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
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Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
"The details contained in an affidavit and related memo underscore the high stakes and unprecedented nature of an ongoing criminal probe into whether Trump and his aides took secret government papers and refused to return all of the material — even in the face of repeated demands from senior law enforcement officials.

The affidavit suggests that if some of the classified documents returned from Mar-a-Lago to the National Archives in January had fallen into the wrong hands, they could have revealed sensitive details about human intelligence sources, or how spy agencies intercept the electronic communications of foreign targets."
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
This week's Between The Lines radio newsmagazine podcast

• Investigative reporter and author Greg Palast: New Georgia GOP Voter Suppression Scheme

• Assistant professor of labor studies at Empire State College in New York City: Starbucks Engages in Lawless National Anti-Union Campaign

• Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont: Healthcare Program and Climate Policies

• Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
- Chinese military ship docks in Sri Lanka over India, U.S. objections
- DRC journalist remains behind bars after release of U.S. reporter
- Defense contractor Lockheed Martin's recruiting on college campuses

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Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Counterpoint, 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) Greg Palast, known for his investigative reports for The Guardian newspaper, Democracy Now and author of several New York Times bestsellers including "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy," talks about his new film, "Vigilante: Georgia’s Vote Suppression Hitman," produced by Martin Sheen, which is scheduled to be released soon.

2) Eric S. Tars, Legal Director with the National Homelessness Law Center talks about his group's research into the criminalization of homelessness across the U.S., as discussed in NHLC's recent "Study of State Laws Criminalizing Homelessness."

3) Jeff Schuhrke, Assistant Professor of Labor Studies at the Harry Van Arsdale Jr. School of Labor Studies at State University of New York's Empire State College in New York City. He'll talk about his recent Jacobin magazine article, "Starbucks Is on a National Union-Busting Crime Spree," as well as assessing the new energy and victories in union organizing across the U.S.

4) Pilar Marrero, Disinformation Monitor for the Algorithmic Transparency Institute and Associate Editor for Ethnic Media Services. Pilar, an independent journalist and author, discusses political misinformation targeting the Latino community ahead of this November's midterm election campaign.

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
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
This week's Between The Lines

• Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security President Joseph Gerson: Rising Tensions Between U.S. & China Over Taiwan Risks Miscalculation or Accident

• Author and World Mental Health Coalition President Dr. Bandy Lee: Donald Trump and Republican Party’s Dangerous Embrace of Political Violence

• Adirondack Voters for Change memberPhyllis Sinclair: Activist Group Launches Campaign to Educate Voters on NY Rep. Stefanik’s Extremist Voting Record

• Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

- Pro-democracy activists in Brazil fear possible Bolsonaro coup
- Conservation of UNESCO sites has forced evictions of Indigenous peoples
- Secretive GOP attempt to convert minorities into Republicans
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
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