WPKN Archives: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses weapons in space; President Obama's historic visit to Hiroshima, Japan and the effort to abolish nuclear weapons; Chris Hedges on the 2016 election & the Green Party of CT 2016 campaign plans

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Counterpoint

Original Aired:
Monday, May 23rd, 2016
8:18PM to 10:04PM

Duration:
1 hour, 46 minutes

Posted:
Monday, May 23rd, 2016 8:00PM

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connecticut space japan war election weapons russia pentagon republicans berniesanders democrats greenparty hillaryclinton chrishedges donaldtrump hiroshima nuclearweapons spoiler


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Episode: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses weapons in space; President Obama's historic visit to Hiroshima, Japan and the effort to abolish nuclear weapons; Chris Hedges on the 2016 election & the Green Party of CT 2016 campaign plans

Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 - 10:00 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

1) Bruce Gagnon, Secretary/Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space addresses the issues of "Space Tech and Corporate Full Spectrum Dominance," recorded at the The International Forum on Globalization's "Teach-In: Techno-Utopianism and the Fate of the Earth"conference, October 25, 2014 at Cooper Union in New York City

2) Paul Kawika Martin, Communications Director with Peace Action discusses President Obama's scheduled trip to visit Hiroshima, Japan this week-- and his group's position that the president must use his remaining months in office to take substantive action to move the world closer to the abolition of nuclear weapons.

3) Chris Hedges, is a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for nearly two decades in Latin America, The Middle East, Africa, the Balkans and Europe, 15 of those years with The New York Times. Hedges is the author of several New York Times best sellers including "Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt" that he co-wrote with the cartoonist Joe Sacco. Here he addresses the issues of "Capitalism and Militarism -- At Humanity's Peril: Organizing Our Power," a panel discussion recorded at the annual Left Forum conference in New York City on May 20, 2016.

4) Mike DeRosa, co-chair of the Green Party of Connecticut and the 2014 Green Party candidate for Connecticut Secretary of State talks about the many institutional obstacles for third party candidates in local, state and national elections, as well as what the CT Greens are doing to get ballot access to run candidates for both state and federal office in the 2016 election.

Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. 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 current and past Counterpoint interviews are accessible for free at our Counterpoint web site and the full 2-hour unedited program can be accessed at the WPKN Radio archives: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/search/counterpoint
 

Show: Counterpoint

Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00-10:00 pm ET. Webstreaming is at http://wpkn.org/ . Interview segment archives are at counterpointradio.org .

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