Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

1) Melvin Goodman, a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, adjunct professor of international relations at Johns Hopkins University, whose 42-year government career included tours at the CIA, the Department of State, and Department of Defense’s National War College. He'll discuss his recent article, "Fascism: Israeli Style," re: returning Prime Minister Netanyahu's appointment of extremist and ultranationalist coalition partners to powerful and sensitive posts in his government that in the view some observers could provoke a crisis in the occupied territories.

2) Nora Benavidez, Senior Counsel and Director of Digital Justice & Civil Rights with the group FreePress, examines the wider impact of Elon Musk's policies at Twitter, i.e., broken promises on content moderation, reinstatement of Donald Trump -- and his latest decision to end enforcement of Twitter's policy against COVID disinformation and misinformation.

3) Steve Ellner, a retired professor at Venezuela’s Universidad de Oriente and currently an Associate Managing Editor of Latin American Perspectives, assesses the revival of talks between the Venezuelan government and opposition leaders, the creation of a UN administered humanitarian fund --- and the Biden administration's decision to ease U.S. sanctions allowing Chevron to resume oil production and export Venezuelan crude to the U.S.

4) Maximillian Alvarez, Editor in Chief of The Real News, talks about President Biden's position, and votes in the House of Representatives and U.S. Senate that blocked a railroad workers strike after members of four key unions rejected a contract proposal that failed to address their demands for paid sick leave.

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