WPKN Archives: 10.22.18: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses voter suppression across the U.S.; the Saudi murder of Jamal Khashoggi and state assassinations; GOP vows to cut Social Security, Medicare; Action Together CT electoral plan & CT Univ. link to Saudi $$$

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Counterpoint

Original Aired:
Monday, October 22nd, 2018
8:06PM to 10:04PM

Duration:
1 hour, 58 minutes

Posted:
Monday, October 22nd, 2018 8:01PM

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congress election campaign resistance assassinations murder socialsecurity gop trump saudiarabia votersuppression medicare medicaid khashoggi universityofnewhaven


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Episode: 10.22.18: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses voter suppression across the U.S.; the Saudi murder of Jamal Khashoggi and state assassinations; GOP vows to cut Social Security, Medicare; Action Together CT electoral plan & CT Univ. link to Saudi $$$

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) Robert Lowes, an independent journalist based in St. Louis, Missouri, discusses his recent Progressive magazine article, "How Voter Suppression Imperils the Midterms," with an examination of massive GOP voter purges in several states including Georgia, Indiana, Illinois and Colorado.

2) John Feffer, director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies, talks about his recent article, "Assassins Without Borders," with a focus on the apparent Saudi murder of Jamal Khashoggi in the context of other high profile state-sponsored assassinations around the world.

3) Nancy Altman, President of the group Social Security Works, examines the Republican controlled Congress plan to propose deep cuts and the restructuring of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

4) Maureen Goulet, of Hartford Action Together Connecticut, discusses her group's work leading up to the Nov. 6th midterm election, post-election plans, and how listeners can get involved.

5) Stanley Heller, Executive Director of the Middle East Crisis Committee talks about the links between the University of New Haven and the police college of Saudi Arabia, and his group's call for UNH to immediately suspend all cooperation with the Saudi college and to publicly explain what it is doing in Saudi Arabia.

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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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