WPKN Archives: 01.25.16: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Haiti's cancelled election; Flint, Michigan water crisis; Angela Davis on transformative justice; Gates Foundation funding of GMO PR campaign at Cornell University

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Counterpoint

Original Aired:
Monday, January 25th, 2016
8:08PM to 10:04PM

Duration:
1 hour, 56 minutes

Posted:
Monday, January 25th, 2016 8:01PM

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haiti monsanto pesticides obama election protest fraud water justice martelly cancellation michigan flint leadpoisoning ricksnyder angeladavis leftforum gatesfoundation gmos cornelluniversity


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Episode: 01.25.16: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Haiti's cancelled election; Flint, Michigan water crisis; Angela Davis on transformative justice; Gates Foundation funding of GMO PR campaign at Cornell University

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) Jake Johnson, research associate with the Center for Economic and Policy Research discusses the major problems of credibility with Haiti's electoral process, where the presidential election scheduled for January 24th was cancelled due to militant protests in response to widespread allegations of fraud.

2) David Holtz of the Michigan chapter of the Sierra Club examines the causes and solutions to the ongoing water crisis in Flint, Michigan, where tens of thousands of residents - including thousands of vulnerable children - have been exposed to unsafe levels of lead in their drinking water due to state and federal government's callous disregard for delivering basic services to the majority poor, black city.

3) Talk by Angela Davis, author, activist, organizer and distinguished professor emerita in the History of Consciousness and Feminist Studies Departments at the University of California, Santa Cruz, at 2014 Left Forum in New York City on the theme of, "Imagining a World with Transformative Justice: Reform and/or Revolution Today."

4) Stacy Malkan, co-director of the group U.S. Right to Know, summarizes her group's analysis that found the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have contributed millions of dollars to finance a PR campaign out of Cornell University promoting the use of GMOs and pesticides in agriculture.

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Show: Counterpoint

Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00-10:00 pm ET. Webstreaming is at http://wpkn.org/ . Interview segment archives are at counterpointradio.org .

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