WPKN Archives: 02.26.18: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the ongoing campaign to rein in gun violence; Congress urged to reverse FCC Net Neutrality Repeal; Antifa protests Wash., DC right wing gathering; Coalition Calls on Yale to Cancel its Puerto Rican Debt

Episode Info

Show:
Counterpoint

Original Aired:
Monday, February 26th, 2018
8:08PM to 10:04PM

Duration:
1 hour, 56 minutes

Posted:
Monday, February 26th, 2018 8:00PM

Tags:
florida congress washington protest fcc debt guns massshooting nra yale sandyhook massacre puertorico netneutrality repeal antifa assaultrifle ar15 overturn fascists


Listen

Sorry, the media you have requested has expired.

Episode: 02.26.18: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the ongoing campaign to rein in gun violence; Congress urged to reverse FCC Net Neutrality Repeal; Antifa protests Wash., DC right wing gathering; Coalition Calls on Yale to Cancel its Puerto Rican Debt

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) Dr. Eric Milgram, a spokesperson with the Newtown Action Alliance, and father of two survivors of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, discusses NAA's response to the most recent school shooting in Florida, and the remarkable courage and activism of students at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas H.S. and across the U.S. in challenging the NRA and Congressional inaction on restricting the sale of firearms.

2) Michael Copps, former FCC Commissioner from 2001-2011, who currently serves as a special adviser to Common Cause's Media and Democracy Reform Initiative, discusses his group's ongoing campaign, along with a national coalition of other groups, to preserve/restore Net Neutrality through lawsuits, state legislation and Congressional action.

3) Lacy MacAuley of the DC Anti-Fascist Collective talks about a protest she helped organize this past Saturday Feb. 24th, at the right-wing gathering in Washington, D. C., dubbed, "Night of Freedom." She'll focus on the views expressed by the extremists in attendence, and the attempt by some to normalize their misogynist, xenophobic and white supremacist ideology in the age of Trump.

4) Charles Decker, Vice President for Research of Local 33 UNITE HERE and CT State Representative Christopher Rosario of the 128th Assembly District, who chairs the Assembly's Black and Puerto Rican Caucus, leaders of a coalition made up of Yale University campus organizations, elected officials and labor unions talk about the role of Yale University in Puerto Rico's current debt crisis, and their call on the University to cancel any debt held by its $27.2 billion endowment.

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:

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 .

Episode Hosts