WPKN Archives: 03.29.21: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses immigration and the 'Border Industrial Complex;' Biden adm hardline policies toward Russia and China; GOP voter suppression in Georgia & across the US & Grassroots vaccination campaign in Fairhaven, CT

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Counterpoint

Original Aired:
Monday, March 29th, 2021
8:02PM to 10:03PM

Duration:
2 hours, 1 minute

Posted:
Monday, March 29th, 2021 8:01PM

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mexico congress china campaign immigration ct biden russia georgia profit gop democrats coldwar votersuppression border asylum vaccination diplomacy forthepeopleact fairhaven


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Episode: 03.29.21: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses immigration and the 'Border Industrial Complex;' Biden adm hardline policies toward Russia and China; GOP voter suppression in Georgia & across the US & Grassroots vaccination campaign in Fairhaven, CT

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) Todd Miller, is a journalist who has written on border and immigration issues for The New York Times, Al Jazeera America, and the NACLA Report on the Americas. His latest book is titled, "Build Bridges, Not Walls: A Journey to a World Without Borders." He'll assess the current situation on the U.S. southern border, and discuss his recent article, "The Greater the Disaster, the Greater the Profits: The Border-Industrial Complex in the Post-Trump Era."

2) Mel Goodman, a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy and a former CIA intelligence analyst from 1966 to 1990, discusses his recent article, "Team Biden: Diplomatic and Strategic Failure," which assesses President Biden's foreign policy and alternatives to the administration's current hardline diplomatic approach to both Russia and China.

3) Kelley Jackson, Director of Communications with Democracy For America talks about her group's response to the more than 250 voter suppression bills being proposed by Republicans in 43 states -- and the campaign to pass the "For The People Act," H.R.1 in the Senate, that will require overcoming the filibuster.

4) Kica Matos, Vice President, Initiatives at the Vera Institute of Justice and an organizer of the Vaccinate Fair Haven campaign, recounts how a diverse coalition came together with the mission of vaccinating all members of the Fair Haven community in New Haven, CT.

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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