WPKN Archives: 05.10.21: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Joe Biden's proposals to tax the rich; Stopping tax avoidance by the wealthiest; CIA plot to kill Raul Castro revealed & Desegregate CT pushes statewide zoning reform bill

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Counterpoint

Original Aired:
Monday, May 10th, 2021
8:04PM to 10:03PM

Duration:
1 hour, 59 minutes

Posted:
Monday, May 10th, 2021 8:02PM

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connecticut cia congress assassination cuba racism biden rich inequality taxes irs gop avoidance democrats taxreform overthrow affordablehousing taxfairness taxcode taxshelters deleware raulcastro bayofpigs fidelcastro regimechange desegregatect


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Episode: 05.10.21: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Joe Biden's proposals to tax the rich; Stopping tax avoidance by the wealthiest; CIA plot to kill Raul Castro revealed & Desegregate CT pushes statewide zoning reform bill

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) Amy Hanauer Executive Director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) discusses her group's assessment of President Biden's proposals to increase taxes on the wealthiest Americans and profitable corporations in order to fund programs in his American Jobs and Family Plans.

2) Chuck Collins, a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC, where he directs the Program on Inequality and coedits Inequality.org, talks about his new book, "The Wealth Hoarders: How Billionaires Pay Millions to Hide Trillions."

3) Peter Kornbluh, Director of the Cuba and Chile Documentation Projects at the National Security Archive and author of "The Pinochet File: A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accountability," and "Bay of Pigs Declassified." Peter will discuss his research into the earliest known CIA assassination plot against leaders of the Cuban revolution that targeted the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro's brother, Raul. He'll also assess what we know about the Biden administration's policy toward Cuba.

4) Sarah Bronin, chairwoman of Hartford’s Planning and Zoning Commission, professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law, and an active member of Desegregate Connecticut, discusses her group's ongoing fight for housing justice and passage of Senate Bill 1024 in the state legislature, with the goal of increasing affordable housing.

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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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