WPKN Archives: 06.26.17: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses consequences of GOP healthcare bill; Disability Rights Activists Protest Trumpcare; Corporate dominance of US politics fuels rising inequality & CT Indivisible group resists Trump agenda

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Counterpoint

Original Aired:
Monday, June 26th, 2017
8:06PM to 10:04PM

Duration:
1 hour, 58 minutes

Posted:
Monday, June 26th, 2017 8:00PM

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connecticut healthcare senate insurance protest inequality activism death capitalism reagan gop trump obamacare aca privatization middleclass medicaid illness disabilityrights mythology indivisible engagement


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Episode: 06.26.17: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses consequences of GOP healthcare bill; Disability Rights Activists Protest Trumpcare; Corporate dominance of US politics fuels rising inequality & CT Indivisible group resists Trump 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) Gerald Friedman, Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst - who served as an economic adviser to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders during his presidential campaign - examines key elements in the recently unveiled US Senate GOP repeal and replace healthcare bill, and assesses its likely impact on life and death healthcare issues for millions of Americans.

2) Mike Oxford, Executive Director of the Topeka, Kansas Independent Living Resource Center and a national organizer with the disability rights group ADAPT, discusses his group's non violent direct action organizing targeting U.S. Senators who will soon be voting on legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act and dramatically reduce funding for Medicaid.

3) Corey Dolgon, Professor of Sociology and Director of Community Based Learning at Stonehill College, talks about his new book, "Kill it to Save it: An Autopsy of Capitalism's Triumph Over Democracy."

4) Kaitlyn Shake, one of the founders of the southwest Connecticut Indivisible group, "Fairfield Standing United," talks about the work activists are doing on local, state and national issues - as well as the group's involvement in electoral politics, and how listeners can get engaged.

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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