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 WPKN 89.5 Community Radio - WPKN.ORG

1) Omar Ocampo, a researcher at the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies, discusses his recent article, "‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs Will Concentrate Wealth Even More,” the repercussions of Donald Trump's decision to impose massive international tariffs, and the vision for a progressive alternative fair trade policy.

2) Fred Glass, a labor historian, retired union communications director, and writer/director of the documentary film, "We Mean to Make Things Over: A History of May Day," will discuss his recent article, "Best Guess: How Do We Defeat the Fascists?" the history of general strikes, and United Auto Workers' President Shawn Fain's idea for a general strike on May Day 2028 or before.

3) Issa Amro, a Palestinian human rights activist, who won the 2024 Right Livelihood Award for his non-violent resistance to the Israeli occupation in the West Bank and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2025, talks about Israel's ongoing bloody war in Gaza, and escalating violence in the occupied West Bank where he lives and works organizing non-violent popular struggle and civil resistance.

4) Mary Yordon, president of the Norwalk, CT Federation of Teachers union and a vice president of the American Federation of Teachers Connecticut, talks about the massive April 5th "Hands Off" protests across the U.S., and the Stamford, CT protest where she spoke in opposition to President Trump and his Secretary of Education Linda McMahon's plan to make make major cuts to education funding, and to eliminate the federal Department of Education.

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