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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: 01-23-12: Counterpoint host Scott Harris examines appeals to racism in GOP primary campaign; the grassroots fight against internet censorship; the abortion rights struggle through the eyes of an activist & Challenges ahead for the Occupy Wall St. movement
Tag: 01.09.12: Counterpoint host Scott Harris examines the end of the Iraq War & U.S. Empire; challenging the codification of indefinite detention for U.S. citizens; revival of lawsuit against warrantless govt. surveillance & the future of the Occupy movement
Tag: 12.05.11: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the Occupy Wall Street movement; Congressional legislation that threatens American's civil liberties; rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran
Tag: 11.28.11: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Egyptian protests & elections; progressive policies on deficit reduction; police suppression of the Occupy Wall St. movement & Greg Palast's new book, "Vulture's Picnic"
Tag: Interwith Kevin A. Gray, author and civil rights organizer
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: 10.17.11: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses police repression of the Occupy Wall St. movement; public banking; labor's role in the Occupy Wall St. movement; the danger of rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran
Tag: 09.19.11: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the rise in U.S. poverty; the war in Afghanistan and the Obama administration's push for Bush-era free trade agreements
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: 09.05.11: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the lessons of Wisconsin for the Labor movement; Thoughts on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 from a mother who lost her son that day; Investigating US Islamophobia; Gloomy economic news & Obama's response
Tag: 08.29.11: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the Libyan rebels, the Rebuild the American Dream coalition; holding big banks accountable for their crimes & a status update on the Fukushima nuclear disaster
Tag: Economy Parodies
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: 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: 05.30.11: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the debate on Medicare and the federal debt; funding for food security and the g8 summit in France; Veterans for Peace views on Memorial Day 2011 and post-coup repression in Honduras
Tag: 05.23.11: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses reaction to President Obama's speeches on the Israel-Palestinian conflict; debate on Social Security & Medicare; Japan's Nuclear disaster and CT legislation mandating paid sick leave
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: Libya, Obama and Bin Laden
Tag: 05.02.11 Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the killing of Osama bin Laden; Japan's nuclear disaster; physics of the future; the origins of the worldwide economic collapse and the U.S. budget-deficit debate
Tag: 04.25.11: Counterpoint host Scott Harris interviews author Antonia Juhasz about her new book on BP's Gulf oil spill and Political analyst Raed Jarrar talks about growing tension in Iraq over concerns the U.S. won't withdraw all troops by end of 2011
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: 04.04.11: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses U.S intervention in Libya; the labor movement's fight back in the midwest; the Japanese nuclear crisis and Obama's attempt to revive Nukes in the U.S. and Single Payer progress in Vermont
Tag: 03.21.11: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the multiple nuclear accidents in Japan; the motives and legality of the U.S. led U.N.-endorsed airstrikes against Libya and Haiti's second round presidential election
Tag: 03.14.11: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the conflict in Libya; labor solidarity in response to attacks on public employee unions; the corporate war on the middle class and the wider danger of nuclear power accidents in Japan
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: 02.28.11: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses pro-union protests in Madison; Violent turmoil in Libya & calls for change in Saudi Arabia; the bloated Pentagon budget; Charges of police misconduct in arrest of Greenpeace activists in Bridgeport, CT
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: 02.14.11: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Egypt uprising, indictment of G.W. Bush for torture; health care reform and an examination of post-economic collapse values
Tag: 01.31.11 (Delayed/Shortened Broadcast Due to Pre-emption) Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the uprising in Egypt and the role of successive U.S. governments in supporting repressive regimes in Egypt and dozens of other nations across the globe.
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: 01.10.11: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the tragic violence in Tuscon Arizona targeting U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford which killed 6 and wounded 13, followed by an assessment of President Obama's post-election staff shakeup
Tag: 01.03.11: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Pres. Obama's embrace of Bush indefininte detention; GOP effort to repeal health care reform law; 2008 interview with the late Chalmers Johnson and support for alleged military leaker Bradley Manning
Tag: 12.27.10 Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the Senate ratified NEW START Treaty; Weak FCC Rules on Net Neutrality; Analysis of the Obama-GOP Tax Cut Deal and listener comments on various topics including reflections on 2010 and the coming new year
Tag: 12.20.10: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses veterans' civil resistance against U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; fallout from the Obama-GOP tax deal; the Senate's vote repealing Don't Ask Don't Tell; Haiti's flawed election
Tag: 12.13.10: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the outcome of the UN Climate Summit in Cancun, Mexico; why some outspoken wealthy Americans oppose extending the Bush tax cuts; Free Speech vs. WikiLeaks and the Drop Fox News Campaign
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: 11.15.10: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses prospects for new Israeli Palestinian peace talks; Pres. Obama's deficit commission proposals on Social Security and Medicare; the stalled U.S.-Russia Nuclear arms treaty and the CT Working Families Party
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: 11-01-10: Counterpoint host Scott Harris talks about money in politics in the 2010 Congressional election; orgin and direction of the Tea Party; Ralph Nader on the 2010 election; voter intimidation and CT Green Party Sec. of State candidate Mike Derosa
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: 09.06.10: 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
Tag: 08.23.10: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the NYC Mosque controversey, both the media coverage and from the persepective of a Muslim 9/11 victim's mother; the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the Aug. 4th CT Primaries
Tag: 08.09.10: Counterpoint Host Scott Harris discusses the battle for Net Neutrality; a legal challenge to the Obama administration's orders to kill a U.S. citizen without due process; the status of the war in Iraq and commentary on CT primary races 8-10-10
Tag: 08.02.10: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the Wikileaks documents o the Afghan war; consequences of economic sanctions; the U.S. economy: austerity & taxation and a federal court ruling on CT's public campaign finance law. 0
Tag: 07.12.10 Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the campaign to make deep cuts to Social Security; Cuba's plan to release of 52 political prisoners; the link between immigration and trade policies; dire conditions in Haiti 6 months after the earthquake
Tag: 07.05.10: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses corporate influence on U.S. elections; campaign to stop the proposed Korea Free Trade Agreement; a new book about the community organizing group ACORN and U.S. policy toward post-coup Honduras and the OAS
Tag: 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
Tag: 06.14.10: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses U.S.- Israeli policies one year after Iran's June 2009 disputed election; Crisis in the U.S. media with The Nation's John Nichols; Jane Fonda's anti-Vietnam war activism; Greenpeace's energy reform plan
Tag: 05.24.10: Counterpoint host Scott Harris interviews on sanctions re: Iran's nuclear program; assessing the Senate financial reform bill; boycott campaign against Arizona's new immigration law & a new CT law benefitting felons looking for jobs
Tag: 05.17.10: Counterpoint host Scott Harris conducts interviews on Obama plan to modify Miranda warnings; the BP oil spill; the Afghanistan War; Bolivia's plan to develop Lithium production
Tag: 05.10.10: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the BP oil spill with BBC TV reporter Greg Palast; the Greek economic crisis; Pres. Obama's Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan and a conversation on th U.S. reaction to terrorist threats
Tag: 05.03.10 Counterpoint host Scott Harris presents Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb on discrimination against Israeli Arabs; Intvws with Nicaraguan UN Amb. Chamorro on Obama and Latin America; Alan Charney on financial reform & Paul Scott on danger of cell phones
Tag: 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
Tag: 04.12.10: Counterpoint host Scott Harris interviews on Obama order to assassinate a U.S. citizen; the flaws in the U.S.-Russian nuclear weapons START agreement; Court decision against net neutrality; effort to close Indian Point nuclear plants in NY
Tag: 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
Tag: 03.22.10: Counterpoint host Scott Harris interviews Phyllis Bennis on Israeil - Palestinian Conflict; Listener calls on the Healthcare Reform bill passed by Congress; Organizer and Singer-songwriter Si Kahn and Prof. Dana Frank on Resistance in Honduras
Tag: 03.15.10 Counterpoint Host Scott Harris inteviews Eleanor Smeal on abortion in health care reform debate; Gail Collins on her book, "When Everything Changed;" John Feffer on Japanese-American Relations over U.S. bases; Dahr Jamail on Iraq Elections
Tag: 03.01.10: Dr. Andrew Coates on Health Care Reform; Prof. David Cole on Bush Administration Torture; Mark Weisbrot on a new Latin American regional organization; Plans for a major anti-war protest in Washington, D.C. on March 20th
Tag: 02.15.10: Jane Slaughter of Labor Notes on Labor's Anger at Obama and Democrats; Conn Hallinan on U.S. Afghan Offensive; Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig on Fixing Congress and Democracy; CCAG's John Murphy on Fat Cat Tuesday March in Hartford
Tag: Interview: Jack Beatty, Sr. ed. with Atlantic Monthly
Tag: 02.08.10: Juan Cole on Secret U.S. War in Pakistan; Robert Borosage on Obama and Progressives; Kim Ives on Rebuilding Haiti; Wesley Strong on National Day of Action to Defend Education
Tag: 02.01.10 Remembering Howard Zinn; Supreme Court Unleashes Corporations; Obama's first year; Rebuilding Haiti
Tag: 12.21.09: Wendell Potter on Health Care Reform; Bush Missing E Mails Found; Obama, Peace and War; Senator Joe Lieberman's Role in Health Care Reform Battle
Tag: 11.30.09: WTO Summit in Geneva; History of Afghan War & Obama's Strategy; Creating Good Jobs Now; Blair-Bush Conspiracy on Iraq
Tag: WTO Summit in Geneva; History of Afghan War & Obama's Strategy; Creating Good Jobs Now; Blair-Bush Conspiracy on Iraq
Tag: Counterpoint
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