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Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris heard every Monday on WPKN 89.5 FM,Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM Montauk, NY between 8:00-10:00 pm ET. Webstreaming at http://wpkn.org

1) Jane Slaughter, staff writer at the publication Labor Notes, assesses growing union anger at the White House and Congress for lack of progress on key labor issues such as health care reform, the Employee Free Choice Act and the failure to confirm Craig Becker's nomination to the NLRB.

2) Foreign Policy in Focus columnist Conn Hallinan discusses the current U.S. military offensive in Afghanistan and the resulting civilian deaths.

3) Lawrence Lessig, professor of law at Harvard Law School and co-founder of the nonprofit group Change Congress talks about his prescription to overcome corruption and paralysis in Congress examined in his article titled, "How to Get Our Democracy Back: If You Want Change You Have to Change Congress."

4) John Murphy political director of the Connecticut Citizen Action Group talks about their February 16th, Fat Cat Tuesday March in Hartford (co-sponsored by Health Care for American Now!) against the opponents of reform on the issues of fixing the nation's failed health care system, reigning in abusive conduct by big banks and reducing man-made emissions that cause climate change.

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Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris heard every Monday on WPKN 89.5 FM,Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM Montauk, NY between 8:00-10:00 pm ET. Webstreaming at http://wpkn.org