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) Norman Solomon is co-founder and national coordinator of RootsAction.org. His books include “War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death" and “War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine.” Norman will talk about his recent article, "War Culture Hates the Ethical Passion of the Young In the Thrall of a Dominant Death Culture," focusing on the U.S. student movement in opposition to Israel's carnage in Gaza.

2) Steven Monacelli, an investigative journalist & publisher discusses his recent Texas Observer article, "The Remnant Alliance is Coming for a School Board Near You," an investigation into the Remnant Alliance which is mobilizing church congregations to take over local school boards in Texas, and impose their christian nationalist world view in public school curriculums.

3) Allie Perry, Rev, pastor of Shalom United Church of Christ in New Haven, and journalist, activist and WPKN producer Melinda Tuhus talk about their work organizing the "Walk for Gaza CT" - May 23-25, where residents in and around Connecticut will walk the 25 mile length of Gaza in solidarity with the people of Gaza. The 25-mile walk will take place over the course of three days, at three different CT locations. Another Gaza solidarity walk will take place from May 19-June 2, spanning the entire state of CT from the RI border to the NY border.

4) John Miksad, and Tarak Kauff members of Veterans for Peace talk about their peace walk covering over 700 miles, from Ogunquit, Maine to Washington DC. The walk kicked off on May 7th and will reach the Capital around July 4th. These veterans are marching for independence from the dark prison of war and militarism so that our nation can focus its attention, energy, resources, and creativity on addressing the real threats of nuclear war, climate collapse, and future pandemics.

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