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) Max Blumenthal, a senior writer for Alternet, a Fellow at the Nation Institute and author of several books including. "The 51 Day War: Ruin and Resistance in Gaza," and "Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party" examines Facebook's recent take downs of political websites on the right and left - and the increasing threat of political censorship on social media platforms.

2) Stephen Spaulding, Chief of Strategy & External Affairs with Common Cause, assesses the political fallout for the Trump presidency from Paul Manafort's trial verdict, and Michael Cohen's guilty plea... as well as related issues of protecting the Mueller investigation, and growing opposition to Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination.

3) Ed Mead, former director of the Prison Art Project, former co-editor of Prison Focus and a former prisoner himself, discusses his views on the nationwide "strike to end prison slavery," launched on Aug. 21st, and ongoing efforts to legislate prison reforms and push for human rights behind bars.

4) Ann Pratt, Director of Organizing with the Connecticut Citizen Action Group talks about the "Thousands of Doors for Justice," day of action across the state on September 8th to step up and work for economic, racial, social, women's, environmental, immigrant and health care justice.

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