WPKN Archives: 11.27.17: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Combating sexual harassment with a Women's Solidarity Network; Re-imagining Change to challenge Trump agenda; Surprise winner of Honduras presidential election; Timothy Snyder on threats to Democracy

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Counterpoint

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

Duration:
1 hour, 56 minutes

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Monday, November 27th, 2017 8:00PM

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Episode: 11.27.17: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Combating sexual harassment with a Women's Solidarity Network; Re-imagining Change to challenge Trump agenda; Surprise winner of Honduras presidential election; Timothy Snyder on threats to Democracy

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) Barbara Maclean, a socialist feminist, manager of Oakland, California's One Stop Career Center and a founder and organizer with Planning Beyond Capitalism discusses her recent thought provoking article, "Beyond Harvey Weinstein: What Can be Done?" with a focus on her proposal to form a Women's Solidarity Network that could offer legal and educational assistance to groups of women combating sexual harassment and assault.

2) Doyle Canning, cofounder of the Center for Story-based Strategy and Patrick Reinsborough, strategist, organizer and creative provocateur discuss their recent book, "Re:Imagining Change: How to Use Story-Based Strategy to Win Campaigns, Build Movements, and Change the World," and article, "The best way to fight Trump is to challenge his narrative."

3) Alex Main, Senior Associate for International Policy at the Center for Economic and Policy Research assesses the November 26th Honduran presidential election, charges of human rights violations, corruption and drug trafficking linked to incumbent candidate Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado -- and the U.S. government's relationship with the Hernández government and military.

4) Stanley Heller, Promoting Enduring Peace administrator and producer of The Struggle public affairs TV program talks about PEP's upcoming Mark Shafer Lecture, Tuesday evening, November 28 at the United Church Parish House, Great Hall, 323 Temple St. New Haven, which will be delivered by Timothy Snyder, author of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century," Snyder, one of the leading American historians and public intellectuals is the Housum Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. The event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 6:30 for the 7 p.m. lecture.

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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