WPKN Archives: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Pres. Obama's historic trip to Cuba; Aftermath of the Brussels terrorist attacks; Democracy Spring Wash. DC protest & Saudi intervention in Yemen's brutal civil war

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Counterpoint

Original Aired:
Monday, March 28th, 2016
8:09PM to 10:04PM

Duration:
1 hour, 55 minutes

Posted:
Monday, March 28th, 2016 8:00PM

Tags:
democracy castro iran war terrorism obama cuba racism washington protest sunni shiite inequality capitalism tourism isis humanrights corruption gop trump refugees saudiarabia yemen europe havana brussels belgium cruz islamophobia votersuppression houthi


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Episode: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Pres. Obama's historic trip to Cuba; Aftermath of the Brussels terrorist attacks; Democracy Spring Wash. DC protest & Saudi intervention in Yemen's brutal civil war

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) Peter Kornbluh, Senior Analyst with the National Security Archive and author of many books including his latest, co-written with William LeoGrande titled, "Back Channel to Cuba: The Hidden History of Negotiations between Washington and Havana." Peter discusses President Obama's historic trip to Cuba - and the White House decision to release classified documents on the dark U.S. relationship with the military dictatorship in Argentina.

2) Mel Goodman, former CIA analyst who currently serves as a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy and an adjunct professor of government at Johns Hopkins University, examines the recent Brussels terrorist attacks and the response in Europe, as well as among politicians here in the U.S. in the context of the presidential election campaign, i.e. Ted Cruz's proposal to patrol Muslim communities and Donald Trump's advocating the use of torture.

3) Kai Newkirk, Campaign Director with the group Democracy Spring, discusses preparations for their planned march from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. April 2nd to April 11th -- and the organizing being done for mass, non-violent civil disobedience at the U.S. Capitol in a protest targeting the corruption of big money in U.S. politics, and to demand free and fair elections in which every American has an equal voice.

4) Stanley Heller, Executive Director of the Middle East Crisis Committee, talks about a planned protest outside the Yale Law School in New Haven, CT on Wednesday, March 30th, where activists will be calling for an end to the U.S. supply of weapons to Saudi Arabia which has been carrying out deadly airstrikes in Yemen for the past year, as the oil rich monarchy attempts to destroy Houthi rebels in the country, that they assert are allied with Iran.

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 web site and the full 2-hour unedited program can be accessed at the WPKN Radio archives: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/search/counterpoint

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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