WPKN Archives: 07.12.21: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the assassination of Haitian President Moise; Establishing a National Infrastructure Bank; US appeals UK ruling against Julian Assange extradition & Demand to investigate New Haven racial slur incident

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Counterpoint

Original Aired:
Monday, July 12th, 2021
8:01PM to 10:02PM

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2 hours, 1 minute

Posted:
Monday, July 12th, 2021 8:00PM

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haiti assassination racism investigation protest journalism violence school bank wikileaks taxation bridges ustroops transparency budget newhaven julianassange infrastructure pressfreedom moise roads espionage process


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Episode: 07.12.21: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the assassination of Haitian President Moise; Establishing a National Infrastructure Bank; US appeals UK ruling against Julian Assange extradition & Demand to investigate New Haven racial slur incident

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) Kim Ives, a journalist and an editor at the weekly newspaper Haïti Liberté, with offices in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and Brooklyn, NY. He's written about Haiti for many publications including The Guardian, The Nation, NACLA Report on the Americas, The Progressive, and Jacobin. Kim will talk about the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, who may be responsible and the uncertain repercussions for the people of Haiti.

2) Alphecca Muttardy, a Macroeconomist, who worked for the International Monetary Fund for 25 years, now Chair on Economic Policy with Our Revolution in Northern Virginia, and an activist with the Coalition for the National Infrastructure Bank. She'll discuss her group's advocacy of establishing a fully funded, public, National Infrastructure Bank to pay for national infrastructure projects including, "high speed rail, schools, dams and levees, public parks, affordable housing, or new water delivery projects."

3) Kevin Gosztola, managing editor of the news website ShadowProof.com and producer and co-host of the weekly podcast, "Unauthorized Disclosure." He'll discuss recent developments in the U.S. effort to extradite Julian Assange from the UK, and the admission from a key witness that he had fabricated key accusati­ons against Assange that were included in the indict­ment against the WikiLeaks founder.

4) Kirsten Hopes-McFadden an eighth grade social studies teacher at Engineering and Science University Magnet School in West Haven, talks about the coalition of groups that organized a rally at New Haven City Hall on July 11th, demanding an investigation into the city's handling of the harm caused by former principal Laura Roblee to the Brennan Rogers Magnet School community regarding her use of a racist slur during a winter workshop on racism and inclusion.

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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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