WPKN Archives: 09.26.16: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses recent police shootings and protest; U.S. nuclear policy and the danger of nuclear war; Pro-sports athletes and Black Lives Matter protest & SURJ-CT organizes White people for racial justice

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Show:
Counterpoint

Original Aired:
Monday, September 26th, 2016
8:09PM to 10:04PM

Duration:
1 hour, 55 minutes

Posted:
Monday, September 26th, 2016 8:00PM

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Episode: 09.26.16: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses recent police shootings and protest; U.S. nuclear policy and the danger of nuclear war; Pro-sports athletes and Black Lives Matter protest & SURJ-CT organizes White people for racial justice

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) Diallo Brooks, Director of Outreach and Public Engagement with the group People For the American Way
discusses the continuing national debate that has followed the most recent police shootings of African American men in North Carolina and Oklahoma.

2) Kennette Benedict, Senior Advisor and former Executive Director of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, assesses the election year debate and position of the presidential candidates on the whether or not the U.S. should adopt a nuclear weapons no-first use pledge.

3) Kevin Alexander Gray, author, activist and organizer of the Harriet Tubman Freedom House Project in South Carolina, talks about the Black Lives Matter movement response to recent police shootings in North Carolina and Oklahoma and his recent article, "Charlotte, Football and Black Lives," published in the September 23rd edition of the Progressive Magazine.

4) Jason Fredlund and Rev. Erica Richmond, part of the core leadership team of the Hartford, CT chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice, (SURJ,) who talks about the group's mission to organize White people for racial justice through community mobilization and education. SURJ moves the White community to act as part of a multi-racial majority for justice with passion and accountability.

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 Radio web site: http://counterpointradio.org The full 2-hour unedited program can be accessed for a 2 week period after the show, 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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