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Show:
Counterpoint
Original Aired:
Monday, April 19th, 2010
8:14PM to 10:01PM
Duration:
1 hour, 47 minutes
Posted:
Monday, April 19th, 2010 8:05PM
Tags:
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obama
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court
wiretap
strike
movement
lessons
aclu
surveillance
challenge
appeal
wealth
tax
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Episode: 04.19.10 Counterpoint host Scott Harris features talk by Mario Murillo on Lessons from Latin America; interviews on court challenge to government surveillance of Americans; Letting Bush era tax cuts lapse; 1199 strike against 4 Connecticut Nursing Homes
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) Mario Murillo: radio journalist, media studies professor and author of the forthcoming book, "Voices of Resistance: Indigenous Radio and the Struggle for Social Justice in Colombia," talks about the Lessons from Latin American Social Movements for a US in Crisis, a workshop at the Left Forum in New York City on March 20th.
2) ACLU attorney Melissa Goodman discusses her group's court challenge to the Obama administration's continued warrantless surveillance on U.S. citizens.
3) Brian Miller, executive director of United for a Fair Economy, (UFE) and leader of the Tax Fairness Pledge campaign, discusses his group's Responsible Wealth project, expiration of the Bush tax cuts for the nation's wealthiest citizens and the campaign to prevent the repeal of the federal estate tax.
4) A representative of District 1199 of the New England Health Care Employees Union discusses the issues behind the strike by almost 400 employees at 4 Connecticut nursing homes operated by Spectrum Healthcare.
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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