WPKN Archives: 12.11.17: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses fallout from Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital; Trump proposal to establish a private spy agency; Post-Election crisis in Honduras; Yale University fossil fuel divestment campaign

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Counterpoint

Original Aired:
Monday, December 11th, 2017
8:07PM to 10:04PM

Duration:
1 hour, 57 minutes

Posted:
Monday, December 11th, 2017 8:00PM

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israel cia blackwater protest palestine violence jerusalem trump yale fossilfuels erikprince divestment condemnation peacetalks privatespyagency covert olivernorth


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Episode: 12.11.17: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses fallout from Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital; Trump proposal to establish a private spy agency; Post-Election crisis in Honduras; Yale University fossil fuel divestment campaign

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) Philip Weiss, co-editor of the online Middle East news site Mondoweiss, discusses how President Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital has already, and will continue to impact people on the ground in the Middle East and around the world -- as well as the the declaration's effect on the moribund Middle East peace process.

2) Jefferson Morley, Washington Correspondent with Alternet talks about his recent article, "The Last Thing America Needs Is Trump Armed with His Own Private CIA." He'll also discuss his forthcoming book, "The Ghost: The Secret Life of CIA Spymater James Jesus Angleton."

3) Suyapa Portillo, Assistant Professor of Chicano/a-Latino/a Transnational Studies at California's Pitzer College assesses the current post-election crisis in Honduras, and how U.S. policy over recent years has contributed to deepening authoritarianism, instability and violence.

4) Elias Esterbrook of Fossil Free Yale and Robin Cavana co-president of Local 33 Unite-HERE, the union of graduate employees at Yale University, discuss their campaign and petition drive demanding that Yale divest hundreds of millions of dollars that the university currently invests in fracking, coal mining and oil drilling.

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

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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