WPKN Archives: 02.07.22: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the crisis in Ukraine & danger of a new Cold War; GOP officially endorses political violence; Biden pressured to honor campaign pledge on student debt; CT group advocates policies on climate & jobs

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Counterpoint

Original Aired:
Monday, February 7th, 2022
8:03PM to 10:02PM

Duration:
1 hour, 59 minutes

Posted:
Monday, February 7th, 2022 8:05PM

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Episode: 02.07.22: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the crisis in Ukraine & danger of a new Cold War; GOP officially endorses political violence; Biden pressured to honor campaign pledge on student debt; CT group advocates policies on climate & jobs

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) Katrina vanden Heuvel, editorial director and publisher of The Nation magazine, who served as editor of the magazine from 1995 to 2019, and writes a weekly column for The Washington Post. She'll discuss the current crisis in Ukraine, covering the point raised in her recent article, "The exit from the Ukraine crisis that’s hiding in plain sight."

2) Jason Stanley, Jacob Urowsky professor of philosophy at Yale University and author of "How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them," discusses the current push by extreme right forces in the US to ban books in an attempt to erase history, legislate voter suppression laws and measures to subvert election results -- touching on the important points raised in his recent Guardian article, "America is Now in Fascism’s Legal Phase."

3) Cody Hounanian, executive director of the Student Debt Crisis Center discusses his group's work to change government policies in order to end the student debt crisis -- and assesses the Biden administration's action on student relief after one year in office.

4) Aziz Dehkan, Executive Director & Lead Organizer with the Connecticut Roundtable on Climate and Jobs talks about his group's work including their upcoming Feb. 16th Climate Change 101 Webinar, plans for listening sessions in Bridgeport re: carbon-free healthy schools, and other initiatives CRCJ is supporting during the current CT legislative session.

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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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