WPKN Archives: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses how Big $ in politics is killing Biden's human infrastructure bill; Pandora Papers investigation into billionaire tax cheats; the Facebook Users Union's #FireZuck campaign & Fixing CT's affordable housing crisis

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Counterpoint

Original Aired:
Monday, October 11th, 2021
8:02PM to 10:03PM

Duration:
2 hours, 1 minute

Posted:
Monday, October 11th, 2021 8:07PM

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Episode: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses how Big $ in politics is killing Biden's human infrastructure bill; Pandora Papers investigation into billionaire tax cheats; the Facebook Users Union's #FireZuck campaign & Fixing CT's affordable housing crisis

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) Tiffany Muller, President & Executive Director of the group End Citizens United discusses the debate/negotiations over the two proposed infrastructure bills, with a focus on the role played by the deregulation of political campaign contributions, and her group's work to reverse the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.

2) Bob Lord, an attorney and Tax Counsel with Americans For Tax Fairness discusses “The Pandora Papers,” a global investigation that exposed billionaires around the world involved in aggressively concealing their assets and tax avoidance.

3) Ted Lewis, Human Rights Program Director at Global Exchange and Tracy Rosenberg executive director of Media Alliance discuss the recent testimony of Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen before Congress describing the social media platform's destructive internal policies, the debate over new regulations covering social media -- and the Facebook Users Union's #FireZuck campaign.

4) Luis Luna, an organizer with the Connecticut Working Families Party talks about WFP's recent Teach In: Advocating for Housing at the Local Level as well as some of the other projects the group is working on.

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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