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Counterpoint
Original Aired:
Monday, September 6th, 2010
8:09PM to 10:01PM
Duration:
1 hour, 52 minutes
Posted:
Monday, September 6th, 2010 8:00PM
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Episode: 09.06.10: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the current economic and political environment for unions & working families; the implications of right wing TV talk show host Glenn Beck's Aug. 28th rally and the recall of millions of eggs
Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris heard every Monday on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport , CT between 8:00-10:00 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archives at http://wpkn.org
In Celebration of Labor Day 2010
Bill Fletcher Jr., a longtime labor, racial justice and international activist who is an Editorial Board member and columnist for BlackCommentator.com and a Senior Scholar for the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC. He is the immediate past president of TransAfrica Forum and a founder of the Black Radical Congress. Fletcher is the co-author (with Fernando Gapasin) of Solidarity Divided, The Crisis in Organized Labor and A New Path Toward Social Justice (University of California Press). He was formerly the Vice President for International Trade Union Development Programs for the George Meany Center of the AFL-CIO. Prior the George Meany Center, Fletcher served as Education Director and later Assistant to the President of the AFL-CIO. Fletcher will discuss the current state of the Labor Movement, disappointments in the Obama administration's agenda -- and the dangers and opportunities in this November's Congressional mid-term election.
Peter Montgomery, Senior Fellow with the group People for the American Way discusses his views on the recent Glenn Beck rally in Washington, and the related issues of right wing anger and its effect on the coming November mid-term Congressional election and U.S. politics.
Listener Calls
Patty Lovera, Assistant Director of Food & Water Watch talks about the recent recall of Salmonella tainted eggs, the FDA's watering down of food safety regulations and the overuse of Antibiotics in meat production.
Some segments of Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio newsmagazine. 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 Counterpoint programs are accessible for free at http://www.wpkn.org
Show: Counterpoint
Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris heard every Monday on WPKN 89.5 FM,Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM Montauk, NY between 8:00-10:00 pm ET. Webstreaming at http://wpkn.org