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) Phyllis Bennis, director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, a fellow with the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam and author of many books her most recent titled, "Understanding ISIS and the new Global War on Terror: A Primer." Phyllis will discuss President Trump's tweet which let to Israel's decision to prevent Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar from traveling to Israel/ Palestine to investigate the human rights situation for Palestinians living in the Israeli occupied West Bank.

2) Adam Green, a co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee talks about the work his group is doing in the lead up to the 2020 election, how important issues are being framed in recent Democratic presidential candidate debates, the corporate media coverage of progressive candidates' electability, and the candidates' positions on major issues in the primary, such as health care and immigration.

3) Matt Harvey, Never Again Action spokesperson and organizer, recounts his group's recent civil disobedience protest at Rhode Island's Wyatt ICE detention facility, where a Captain at the prison attempted to drive his pickup truck through the protesters, injuring two - three others were also injured when other guards at the prison later used pepper spray against the protesters.

4) Fatima Rojas, an organizer with Unidad Latina en Acción, discusses her group's work that resulted in New Haven, CT Mayor Toni Harp issuing an executive order declaring New Haven’s unofficial status as a sanctuary city -- and the ongoing work being done now to win a vote ratifying an official ordinance on sanctuary city status in the city's Board of Alders.

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