WPKN Archives: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Organizing for structural change triggered by COVID-19; Report: "Billionaire Bonanza 2020" how the current crisis exacerbates inequality; May Day worker strikes boost labor; CT Campaign to secure mail-in ballots

Episode Info

Listen

Sorry, the media you have requested has expired.

Episode: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Organizing for structural change triggered by COVID-19; Report: "Billionaire Bonanza 2020" how the current crisis exacerbates inequality; May Day worker strikes boost labor; CT Campaign to secure mail-in ballots

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) Samuel Adler-Bell an independent journalist and co-host of the Know Your Enemy podcast, talks about his recent Intercept article: "Coronavirus Has Given The Left A Historic Opportunity. Can They Seize It?" - and the May Day workers strikes nationwide, which relate directly to issues covered in his piece.

2) Chuck Collins, Director of the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies, talks about his important new report: "Billionaire Bonanza 2020: Wealth Windfalls, Tumbling Taxes, and Pandemic Profiteers," with a focus on the report's recommendations to prevent the pandemic from further concentrating wealth and power.

3) Jaisal Noor, host, producer and reporter for The Real News Network, discusses the national General Strike on May Day, assessing the success of the strike, and how workers across the U.S. are mobilizing to challenge America's broken political and economic systems during the current coronavirus crisis and beyond.

4) Tom Swan Executive Director of the Connecticut Citizen Action Group, CCAG, discusses the current effort by a number of statewide groups, including Common Cause and the League of Women Voters, to ensure that CT voters have the ability to vote-by-mail in this November's election, in view of concerns that the coronavirus could dissuade potentially large numbers of people from casting ballots at local voting sites.

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 .

Episode Hosts