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Counterpoint
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Monday, April 5th, 2010
8:07PM to 10:02PM
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Episode: 04.05.10 Counterpoint host Scott Harris interviews Nick Berning of Friends of the Earth on Obama's offshore oil drilling plan; Robert McChesney co-author of the book, "The Death and Life of American Journalism;" Fred Clarkson on militia movements
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) Nick Berning, director of public advocacy and communications with Friends of the Earth, takes a critical look at President Obama's plan to expand oil drilling off the US east coast, the Gulf of Mexico and the north coast of Alaska.
2) Robert McChesney, co-author of the Death and Life of American Journalism: The Media Revolution that will Begin the World Again," discusses the necessity of government subsidies to sustain the failing U.S. newspaper industry.
3) Excerpt from a panel discussion titled, "Lessons from Latin American Social Movements for a US in Crisis," sponsored by Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine and Toward Freedom.
Moderator: Scott Harris -- featured panelist, Marina Sitrin: author of "Horizontalism: Voices of Popular Power in Argentina." This segment was recorded March 20, 2010 at the Left Forum in New York City.
4) Frederick Clarkson,author of "Eternal Hostility: The Struggle Between Theocracy and Democracy," editor of the book "Dispatches from the Religious Left: The Future of Faith and Politics in America," and founder of the interactive blog "Talk to Action" about the religious right -- discusses the context of rising right wing miltantcy seen in the arrest of members of the Michigan-based Hutaree "Christian" militia group.
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