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Counterpoint
Original Aired:
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
8:07PM to 10:01PM
Duration:
1 hour, 54 minutes
Posted:
Monday, February 22nd, 2010 8:05PM
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Episode: 02.22.10: Justine Sharrock talks about a new U.S. armed rightwing group; Green Party view of Pres. Obama's support for Nuclear Power: Electronic Frontier Foundation Fight Against Govt. Surveillance; Historian Gerald Horne on Obama Presidency
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) Justine Sharrock, discusses her current cover story in Mother Jones magazine, titled, "Age of Treason," which tracks the connections between newly energized groups on the political right including the "tea party" movement, para-military militias and religious fundamentalists.
2) Marian Douglas-Ungaro, of the D.C. Statehood Green Party, takes a critical look at President Obama's support for federal subsidies to revive the construction of nuclear power plants -- and the critical issues of health, safety, storage of nuclear waste and how nukes relate to climate change.
3) Rebecca Jeschke, Media Relations Director with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, discusses her group's efforts to stop government warrantless surveillance of U.S. citizens - and EFF's court action demanding records of the telecom lobbyists who pressured Congress to legislate retroactive immunity from prosecution.
4) Dr. Gerald Horne, professor of history and African American Studies at the University of Houston, examines the state of race relations in the U.S., the Obama presidency and the racist appeal of the right wing "tea party" movement.
Some segments of Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio newsmagazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio files, program summaries and interview transcripts. An archive of Counterpoint programs are accessible for free at http://www.wpkn.org
Show: Counterpoint
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