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) Brett Edkins, Managing Director, Policy & Political Affairs with Stand Up America assesses the Republican Party's historic difficulty in electing their Speaker of the House -- and the significance of the 2nd anniversary of Trump-GOP's January 6th failed insurrection re: the ongoing GOP authoritarian threat to democracy.

2) Jonathan Friedman, Director of Free Expression and Education with PEN America, examines the GOP culture war movement working to impose book bans and censorship of public school history text books across America - and Pen America's work opposing this repressive campaign.

3) Carter Dillard, the founder of HavingKids.org, who developed a comprehensive account of reforming family planning for the Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal, discusses his recent article, "Populist Climate Crisis Reaction: Fighting Oppression of Few vs the Many."

4) Richard Silverstein edits the Tikun Olam website, talks about Israel's new ultra nationalist far right government and his recent articles, “Judeo-Fascist Coalition Affirms ‘Inalienable Right’ of Jewish People to ‘All the Land of Israel’” and “Israeli ‘Arsonist,’ Ben Gvir, Stirs Outrage with Haram al Sharif ‘Visit.’”

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