WPKN Archives: 01.23-17: Counterpoint host Scott Harris features speeches & interviews from historic protests against Trump inauguration; Pres. Trump's financial conflicts of interest and violation of ethics & Campaign to end prison solitary confinement

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Counterpoint

Original Aired:
Monday, January 23rd, 2017
8:06PM to 10:04PM

Duration:
1 hour, 58 minutes

Posted:
Monday, January 23rd, 2017 8:00PM

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Episode: 01.23-17: Counterpoint host Scott Harris features speeches & interviews from historic protests against Trump inauguration; Pres. Trump's financial conflicts of interest and violation of ethics & Campaign to end prison solitary confinement

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) Speeches from the historic Women's March on Washington, which took place one day after the Trump presidential inauguration, to challenge the hateful rhetoric of the new president that has insulted, demonized, and threatened immigrants, minority and other vulnerable communities. Speeches to be broadcast include Gloria Steinem, Angela Davis and Michael Moore.

2) Interviews with several of the hundreds of thousands of protesters who came to Washington, D.C. to protest the Trump presidential Inauguration, who explain why they traveled to the nation's capital, some of them thousands of miles, to express their opposition to Trump and his agenda.

3) Aaron Scherb, director legislative affairs director with Common Cause, discusses President Trump and his familiy's many unresolved financial conflicts of interest, the lack of transparency re: Trump's business and finances -- and his longstanding failure to release his tax returns. Aaron will talk about what Common Cause is demanding of Trump and Congress to address the violation of ethics and the U.S. Constitution.

4) Five Mualimm-ak, Human rights and prison reform advocate, founder of Incarcerated Nation Corp. Five, who spent 11 years in New York’s prison system, including five years in solitary confinement, talks about his upcoming trip to New Haven, where he'll participate in the exhibition of a replica solitary confinement cell Jan. 30- Feb. 18, 2017, to educate and equip people to advocate for limiting and stopping the use of prison solitary confinement.

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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