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) Bartlett Naylor, Financial Policy Advocate with Public Citizen discusses concern re: the Federal Reserve's proposed changes to the Volcker Rule that restricts U.S. banks from making certain kinds speculative investments that do not benefit their customers -- and growing threats to financial market stability resulting from the Republican Congress' deregulation of the U.S. banking system.

2) Jeff Benedict, a New York Times bestselling author, Sports Illustrated special features writer and a television and film producer, talks about his book, "Little Pink House," upon which he recently produced the movie of the same title. The book and movie tell the true story of Susette Kelo who leads her New London, CT Fort Trumbull neighbors in a battle up to the U.S. Supreme Court to save their homes from an eminent domain demolition order to make way for a Pfizer Corporation development project.

3) Frederick Clarkson, Senior Fellow with Political Research Associates and author of "Eternal Hostility: The Struggle Between Theocracy and Democracy and editor of Dispatches from the Religious Left: The Future of Faith and Politics in America," talks about his recent article in Religion Dispatches titled, "'Project Blitz' Seeks to do for Christian Nationalism What ALEC Does for Big Business," as well as the national coverage the article has generated.

4) Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston and author of more than 30 books, including his latest titled, "The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism," and Democracy Now! Co-Host Juan Gonzalez, speaking at a plenary session of the 2018 Left Forum conference in New York City, titled, "One Fight, Many Fronts"

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