WPKN Archives: 01.18.21: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Investigating the security failure before the Capitol insurrection; Holding Trump's GOP enablers accountable; Defunding GOP Legislators who tried to overthrow democracy; Climate, COVID & Capitalism

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Original Aired:
Monday, January 18th, 2021
8:03PM to 10:04PM

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2 hours, 1 minute

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Monday, January 18th, 2021 8:05PM

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Episode: 01.18.21: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Investigating the security failure before the Capitol insurrection; Holding Trump's GOP enablers accountable; Defunding GOP Legislators who tried to overthrow democracy; Climate, COVID & Capitalism

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) Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Co-Founder & Executive Director of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund. She'll examine the Jan. 6th terrorist attack on the U.S. Capitol, the failure of law enforcement and federal agencies to secure the building, double standards of policing for right wing protests vs. BLM and progressive protest actions, and accountability for legislators and police who participated in the Jan. 6th insurrection.

2) Sasha Abramsky, a journalist, regular contributor to The Nation Magazine's 'Signal to Noise' column and author of several books, including, "Inside Obama’s Brain," "Breadline USA," "American Furies," "The American Way of Poverty," and "Jumping at Shadows: The Triumph of Fear and the End of the American Dream." Sasha will discuss his recent columns covering the violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6th, and the Republican Party's role in enabling Trump's assault on democracy over the past four years.

3) Mike Tanglis, Research Director with Public Citizen’s Congress Watch, has authored and co-authored numerous reports on corruption, money and politics, worker safety and consumer protection. He'll discuss his group's calls for corporations to exit the business of influencing elections and issues related to the violent, Trump-provoked Jan. 6th Capitol insurrection.

4) Mitch Linck, an organizer with the Connecticut chapter of 350.org and Connecticut Climate Crisis Mobilization (C3M,) talks about an important January 24th online public form titled, "Climate, Covid, Capitalism: Connections and Context for the Next Stage of the Fight." The panel will feature speakers including, labor historian Jeremy Brecher, Justin Farmer, a member of the Hamden, CT Town Council and Gregg Gonsalves, an epidemiologist at Yale University, who worked for 30 year on HIV/AIDS and other global health issues.

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