WPKN Archives: 02.27.17: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the results of the DNC chair election; Trump/Pruitt aim to dismantle EPA; Our Revolution's mission and game plan & CCAG 2017 Legislative Agenda

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Counterpoint

Original Aired:
Monday, February 27th, 2017
8:08PM to 10:04PM

Duration:
1 hour, 56 minutes

Posted:
Monday, February 27th, 2017 8:00PM

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connecticut congress protests elections progressives environment resistance legislation regulations epa ccag climatechange gop trump candidates democrats pollution dnc ourrevolution ellison perez pruitt foe specialelections


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Episode: 02.27.17: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the results of the DNC chair election; Trump/Pruitt aim to dismantle EPA; Our Revolution's mission and game plan & CCAG 2017 Legislative Agenda

 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) Bob Dreyfuss, co-editor, The Populist Buzz, reflects on how the Democratic Party should move forward in opposing Trump after electing former Labor Secretary Tom Perez as DNC chair -- and the future of the Trump Resistance movement that has exploded across the U.S.

2) Ben Schreiber, senior political strategist with Friends of the Earth, discusses his group's response to the Senate confirmation of Scott Pruitt to be EPA administrator, the recent release of emails exposing his close relationship with the fossil fuel industry while he served as Oklahoma's Attorney General, and how environmental groups plan to counter the Trump/Pruitt plan to broadly dismantle EPA regulations.

3) Our Revolution's Executive director Shannon Jackson assesses the results of Saturday's election for Democratic National Committee chair where Rep. Keith Ellison lost to former Labor Secretary Tom Perez, and how his group's work fits into the widespread protest and activism seen across the U.S. in opposition to Donald Trump and his administration's reactionary agenda.

4) Tom Swan, Executive Director of the Connecticut Citizen Action Group talks about CCAG's 2017 legislative agenda, the recent DUE Justice Coalition's "It's Not Too Late to Have a Heart" action -- and the special elections scheduled for Tuesday, 2/28/17 in the 2nd & 32nd Senate Districts and the 115th State House District.

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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