WPKN Archives: 03.21.22: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Ukraine war peace talks; COVID vaccine apartheid continues; Ukraine war & the threat of nuclear war; Campaign to pass CT law providing undocumented immigrants access to healthcare

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Monday, March 21st, 2022
8:03PM to 10:02PM

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1 hour, 59 minutes

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Monday, March 21st, 2022 8:02PM

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Episode: 03.21.22: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Ukraine war peace talks; COVID vaccine apartheid continues; Ukraine war & the threat of nuclear war; Campaign to pass CT law providing undocumented immigrants access to healthcare

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) Marcus Stanley, Advocacy Director at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft considers the importance of current negotiations between Russia and Ukraine to end the war, the unknown role of the United States in these peace talks, and what the international community can do to end the violence and death in Ukraine.

2) Robbie Silverman, Senior Manager of Private Sector Advocacy at Oxfam America talks about why the COVID-19 death toll is four times higher in lower-income countries than rich ones, and the critical issues addressed in Oxfam's recent "Pandemic of Greed" report.

3) Theodore A. Postol, Professor of Science, Technology and National Security, Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, discusses his views on the threat of nuclear war in the midst of the current conflict in Ukraine, and the urgent need to re-establish and renew nuclear arms control treaties.

4) Roger Senserrich, Communications Director and Luis Luna, an organizer - both with the Working Families Party of Connecticut, talk about a bill that a coalition of groups are now working to pass in the state legislature that would provide undocumented immigrants access to the state’s Medicaid program, HUSKY.

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

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