WPKN Archives: 08.10.20: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Trump's abrogation of nuclear arms control treaties; Congressional failure to pass COVID-19 rescue package; CT Democratic Senate Dist 17 primary candidates Farmer & Cabrera; New book: "Burglar For Peace"

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Original Aired:
Monday, August 10th, 2020
8:06PM to 10:04PM

Duration:
1 hour, 58 minutes

Posted:
Monday, August 10th, 2020 8:01PM

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economy unemployment nuclear senate ct biden weapons russia pentagon farmer trump candidates treaty hiroshima nagasaki peacemovement 17 benefits coronavirus evictions armscontrol start inf district cabrera vietnamwar catholicleft tedglick burglarforpeace


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Episode: 08.10.20: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Trump's abrogation of nuclear arms control treaties; Congressional failure to pass COVID-19 rescue package; CT Democratic Senate Dist 17 primary candidates Farmer & Cabrera; New book: "Burglar For Peace"

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) Kevin Martin, President of Peace Action and the Peace Action Education Fund, talks about the recent effort in Congress to transfer 10% of the Pentagon budget to human needs -- and on the 75th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki he'll also discuss PA's concern re: President Trump's nuclear weapons policy including abrogating the Iran nuclear deal, his suspension of compliance with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, abandonment of the Open Skies Treaty, and the administration's signaling that it may not work to renew the New START treaty that expires on Feb. 5, 2021.

2) Hadas Thier, an activist and socialist in New York, and the author of the forthcoming book "A People's Guide to Capitalism: An Introduction to Marxist Economics," talks about her recent Jacobin Magazine article titled, "Congress Has Failed to Extend Unemployment Benefits. We Need Them Desperately, and Much More."

3). Democratic primary candidates for Connecticut State Senate District 17: Justin Farmer, a 25-year-old activist and second term Legislative Councilman representing Hamden’s 5th District, and his opponent Jorge Cabrera, the Democratic Party endorsed candidate in the race is a business representative and Director of Organizing with UFCW Local 919 -- Jorge was a key leader in the historic Stop and Shop strike.

4) Ted Glick, a progressive social change movement activist for more than 50 years, talks about his new book, "Burglar for Peace: Lessons Learned in the Catholic Left's Resistance to the Vietnam War," an exploration of the sweeping landscape of the American Left during the Vietnam War era, Glick a Selective Service draft resister, spent 11 months in prison.

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