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Tag: 05.14.12: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Wisconsin's June 5th recall election; the Eurozone crisis & resistance to austerity; Obama's endorsement of gay marriage ; CT's new campaign finance reform law
Tag: 04.30.12 Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses draconian measure in the GOP's Paul Ryan budget plan; Arizona's harsh immigration law reviewed at the Supreme Court; Preparations for Occupy Wall St. May Day protests & Amy Goodman assesses U.S. media
Tag: 03-19-12: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the status of recall elections in Wisconsin; escalating violence in Afghanistan; controversey over the viral video "Kony 2012" and an excerpt of a Michael Moore speech on the Occupy Wall St. movement
Tag: 02-27-12: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Obama tax reform proposal; protecting reporters's sources; revival of the culture wars & NYPD spying on Muslims
Tag: 02.06.12: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the Occupy Wall Street movement and alternative economic models; the positive trend in job growth, accountability for banks that crashed the economy and Indiana's new anti-union "Right to Work" law
Tag: 12.12.11: Counterpoint host Scott Harris talks about the campaign challenging GOP voter suppression; Results of the UN's Durban climate change conference; Move to Amend's campaign to overturn coroporate "personhood" & an update on Occupy New Haven, CT
Tag: 11.07.11: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the Occupy Wall St. movement with Ralph Nader; corporate influence on Cong. Deficit Super Committee; overturning the SCOTUS Citizens United decision & life at Occupy New Haven, CT
Tag: 10-24-11: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the Greek & EU debt crisis; consequences of the U.S.-NATO intervention in Libya; Occupy Wall Street movement nationwide and in Hartford, CT
Tag: 09.26.11: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the Occupy Wall Street protest with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist & author Chris Hedges; class warfare with professor of economics Richard Wolff and a report from the Occupy Wall Street action in NYC
Tag: 09.12.11: Counterpoint host Scott Harris talks about a proposed Wall St. transaction tax; Pres. Obama's Jobs plan; the "Do it yourself economy" and a study of CEO compensation
Tag: 7.18.11: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the debt ceiling debate, Social Securty and Medicare; ALEC, the Koch Brothers' anti-union think tank; the Murdoch media empire scandal and "How to Liberate America from Wall Street Rule"
Tag: 07.11.11: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses White House-Congressional negotiations on raising the debt ceiling; Justice Clarence Thomas' ethical problems; links between cell phones & cancer & Venezuelan Pres. Hugo Chavez' recent surgery
Tag: 07.04.2011: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses anti-immigrant legislation around the U.S.; the Greek financial crisis; How Greed Destroys America and the campaign to abolish the death penalty in Connecticut
Tag: 06.27.11: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Pres. Obama's Afghan War withdrawal plan; the dangers of nuclear power in Japan & the U.S.; Congressional debate on raising the deficit ceiling; resistance in Europe to economic austerity policies
Tag: 05.09.11: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses wealth, organizing and election 2012 with Ralph Nader; the post bin Laden death debate on U.S. torture and the status of Wisconsin progressive activism
Tag: 04.11.11: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the Congressional-White House budget battle; Obama's broken promises on closing Guantanamo and civilian trials; Haiti's Presidential election results and Martin Duberman's new book, "A Saving Remnant."
Tag: 03.07.11: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses union solidarity in Wisconsin; the economic effect of weakening unions; context and history to better understand the conflict in Libya & humiliation PFC Bradley Manning is subjected to in prison
Tag: 02.21.11: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Middle East uprisings; the Congressional Budget battle; pro-union protests in Wisconsin and union-budget issues in Connecticut
Tag: 01-17-11: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the bipartisan attack on the nation's social safety net; After Arizona taking stock of rhetoric and violence on the right; Gun control efforts; Coordinated attack on public employees' unions
Tag: 12.06.10: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses recommendations of the President's deficit commission; Mr. Obama's capitulation with Republicans on Bush era tax cuts; the U.S. media on Wikileaks documents and what Wikileaks says about Latin America
Tag: 11.22.10: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the 2010 election and the path forward for progressives; the real conditions on the ground in the Afghan War; terrorist trials in civilian courts and efforts to abolish CT's death penalty
Tag: 11.08.10: Counterpoint host Scott Harris assesses the results of the 2010 Cong. election; the media's role in the campaign and the Democratic sweep in Connecticut's state and federal election contests
Tag: 10.25.10: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses a NAACP report on Tea Party movement links with racist, xenophobic groups; the massive French labor strikes against an increase in the retirement age and U.S. workers disaffection with the Democrats
Tag: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the origins of the financial crisis; the continuning fallout from the BP oil spill and why the Tea Party has been successful in GOP primaries.
Tag: 09.13.10: Counterpoint host Scott Harris fundraises for WPKN with Richard Hill, featuring excerpts of talk by Nation Magazine's John Nichols on journalism; discusses dismissal by federal court of torture case; Media festival of hate toward Muslims
Tag: 09.06.10: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the current economic and political environment for unions & working families; the implications of right wing TV talk show host Glenn Beck's Aug. 28th rally and the recall of millions of eggs
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