WPKN Archives: 01.13.20: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses War profiteering in the wake of Trump attack on Iranian General; The Democracy Rebellion PBS documentary; Peace movement mobilizes to Stop US-Iran War; Sunrise Movement organizes to impact 2020 election

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Show:
Counterpoint

Original Aired:
Monday, January 13th, 2020
8:08PM to 10:04PM

Duration:
1 hour, 56 minutes

Posted:
Monday, January 13th, 2020 8:06PM

Tags:
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Episode: 01.13.20: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses War profiteering in the wake of Trump attack on Iranian General; The Democracy Rebellion PBS documentary; Peace movement mobilizes to Stop US-Iran War; Sunrise Movement organizes to impact 2020 election

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) Sarah Anderson, Director of the Global Economy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies - and co-editor of the IPS website Inequality.org, talks about her recent article, "The Threat of War Inflates Stock Holdings of Military Contractor CEOs."

2) Hedrick Smith, Pulitzer Prize-winning former New York Times reporter and editor and Emmy award-winning producer/correspondent, talks about his new PBS documentary airing nationally this week, "The Democracy Rebellion: A Reporter's Notebook. Smith travels the country looking for positive stories of democratic reform and finds them in six states where grassroots activists are fighting to equal the playing field.

3) Jon Rainwater, Executive Director of Peace Action and the Peace Action Education Fund considers the recent House passage of a War Powers Resolution and the fight ahead in the U.S. Senate and through grassroots organizing across the U.S., to prevent President Trump from launching a disastrous war with Iran in the coming weeks and months.

4) Saya Ameli Hajebi, a leader of the Sunrise Movement in Boston, MA, and a High School senior, discusses organizing for the Green New Deal, the next Climate Strike on April 22nd, and the 2020 presidential candidate's positions on climate change in the 2020 election.

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 .

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