COUNTERPOINT RADIO, 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) Jason Stanley, the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University and author of "How Fascism Works," talks about his newest book, "Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite The Past To Control The Future," and the threat posed to democracy by Donald Trump and the Republican Party in the 2024 election and beyond.

2) Josh Ruebner, Adjunct Lecturer at Georgetown University's Justice and Peace Studies program, and author of "Shattered Hopes: Obama's Failure to Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace," discusses the ramifications of Israel's killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the rising death toll in Israel's invasion of Lebanon, Biden/Harris administration calling for an end to Israel's Gaza war, and ongoing concern about a war with Iran involving the U.S. and a wider regional Middle East war.

3) Excerpt of a speech by Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, Co-Chair of the Poor People's Campaign, made at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana on April 6, 2024. In the speech Rev. Barber talks about the intersection between faith and morality, and the issues of labor rights, universal health care, reproductive rights, immigration and income inequality.

4) Olivia Rosane, a staff writer with Common Dreams, discusses her recent article, "Meet the 7 Corporations Doing the Most to Undermine Democracy Worldwide," touching on the role of corporate America in shaping our politics and elections after the SCOTUS Citizens United ruling in 2010.

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