WPKN Archives: 03.20.23: Counterpoint host Scott Harris Discusses Bank Failures & the Need to Toughen Regulation; Biden Breaks Pledge Not to Permit New Oil Drilling on Federal Lands; Echoes of US Iraq Invasion in Russia's Ukraine War; Climate Activists Target US Banks

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Original Aired:
Monday, March 20th, 2023
8:02PM to 9:31PM

Duration:
1 hour, 29 minutes

Posted:
Monday, March 20th, 2023 8:08PM

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peace congress iraq oil regulation banks protest biden accountability greenpeace ukraine trump deregulation fossilfuels warcrimes doddfrank divest dayofaction alaska diplomacy bankfailures svb moralhazard willow thirdact


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Episode: 03.20.23: Counterpoint host Scott Harris Discusses Bank Failures & the Need to Toughen Regulation; Biden Breaks Pledge Not to Permit New Oil Drilling on Federal Lands; Echoes of US Iraq Invasion in Russia's Ukraine War; Climate Activists Target US Banks

Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

1) James Henry, a leading economist, attorney, investigative journalist, Global Justice Fellow at Yale University and managing director at the Sag Harbor Group, discusses the issues covered in his recent DC Report article, "So Silicon Valley Wants A Bailout,?" the role of deregulation in recent bank failures, and the response of the federal government to prevent a repeat of the 2008-2009 financial crisis.

2) Natalie Mebane, Greenpeace USA's Climate Campaign Director discusses President Biden's controversial approval of the Willow Oil Drilling Project to be constructed on Alaska’s North Slope, climate activist's response, and an assessment of the Biden administration's overall policies addressing the climate crisis.

3) Medea Benjamin, co-director of the group Code Pink Women for Peace, and Nicolas Davies, author of “Blood On Our Hands: the American Invasion and Destruction of Iraq,” who serves as a Code Pink researcher, discuss the critically important issues addressed in their recent article, "The Not-So-Winding Road from Iraq to Ukraine."

4) Helen Humphries Communications Coordinator with the CT Citizen Action Group, and Diane Keefe a Norwalk, CT activist, talk about the coalition that's organizing CT events for the March 21st National Stop Dirty Banks Day of Action, that's demanding the nation's largest banks move their investments out of fossil fuels.

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 1.5 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

 

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