COUNTERPOINT RADIO, 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) Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft is author of, "Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran, and the Triumph of Diplomacy.” Parsi talks about his recent article, "As expected, Netanyahu back demanding more war with Iran," recent Trump threats to intervene in Iran if the government kills anti-government protesters, and the message to Iran's leaders after the US kidnapping of Venezuela's president Nicolás Maduro.

2) Steve Ellner, an associate managing editor of Latin American Perspective, and a retired professor at the Universidad de Oriente in Venezuela, where he lived for over 40 years -- and Andreína Chávez, based in Caracas, who wrote the recent DropSite News article, “War of the entire people: Venezuela's Grassroots Rise to Resist Trump's Naval Blockade," examine the consequences of Donald Trump's attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro, in Venezuela, Latin America and the world.

3) Kayla Hancock, Director of Public Health Watch at Protect Our Care talks about her group's opposition to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s decision to cut seven grants worth millions of dollars to The American Academy of Pediatrics, jeopardizing initiatives on reducing sudden infant deaths, improving adolescent health, preventing fetal alcohol syndrome and identifying autism early.

4) Kevin B. Anderson, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara talks about his recent article, "The Worm Turns: Trumpist Fascism." He'll discuss issues related to effective resistance, the need to organize a popular front, big tent opposition to Trump's authoritarian rule, while ensuring progressives don't sacrifice minority constituencies or controversial positions on the climate crisis, the right of Palestinians to self-determination and independence, and trans people's rights to basic human rights.

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