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) Ian Haney López, John H. Boalt Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley -- talks about his recent In These Times article titled, "Understanding What Makes Donald Trump Voters Tick: Is it Just Racism?" and examines some of the important issues raised in his 2015 book, "Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class."

2) Ben Beachy, Senior Policy Advisor for the Sierra Club's Responsible Trade Program discusses his group's response to recently leaked documents related to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), and what they reveal about the U.S. position to weaken environmental and climate protections in trade negotiations. He'll also talk more generally about the Sierra Club's view that the U.S. should develop a new model for trade that prioritizes the protection of working families and the environment over corporate profits.

3) Alberto Saldamando, counsel to the Indigenous Environmental Network on climate change and Indigenous rights issues discusses the work his group and others are doing to end the escalating violence in Honduras that's targeted indigenous leaders, social justice activists, environmentalists, journalists and others -- as well as demanding a suspension of all U.S. government security and military aid going to Tegucigalpa.

4) Jeffrey Walter, Interim CEO of the Connecticut Community Nonprofit Alliance assesses the impact of imminent state budget cuts on social services operated by non-profits across the state -- with a focus on the campaign to restore funding and develop new structures and revenue sources to ensure essential programs serving the poor and disabled aren't vulnerable to cycles of austerity triggering major cuts.

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