Episode Info
Show:
Counterpoint
Original Aired:
Monday, June 28th, 2010
8:06PM to 10:03PM
Duration:
1 hour, 57 minutes
Posted:
Monday, June 28th, 2010 8:05PM
Tags:
afghanistan
war
congress
reform
obama
poverty
protests
finance
military
wall
street
veterans
mcchrystal
firing
civilian
g20
debt
toronto
ptsd
suicide
treatment
counseling
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Episode: 06.28.10: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the finance reform bill; the firing of General McChrystal and civilian control of the military; Protests and issues at Toronto's G20 summit meeting and a cross country march to assist Veterans
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) Heather Booth, Director of the group Americans for Financial Reform, assesses the compromises made by Congress in drafting the final version of the financial reform bill.
2) Melvin Goodman, former CIA analyst and a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy, author and adjunct professor of government at Johns Hopkins University talks about the firing of General Stanley McChrystal, the importance of civilian control of the military and troubling direction of today's military culture.
3) Hayley Hathaway, of the Jubilee Network discusses the G20 summit meeting in Toronto , police suppression of protests there and negotiations on policies addressing global poverty and the international financial crisis.
4) Ron Zaleski talks about his cross-country march working to collect 1 million signatures supporting his three-point program calling for military personnel to receive mandatory counseling from basic training through discharge -- in an attempt to prevent the growing number of veterans who commit suicide.
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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