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) Doug Pagitt, Executive Director of the national organization Vote Common Good discusses your group's mission of "mobilizing people of faith to make the common good their voting criteria," with a focus on how progressive religious activists are now taking action to oppose the Trump administration's mass deportation agenda and frequently violent ICE raids targeting communities of color.

2) Steve Ellner is an associate managing editor of Latin American Perspectives and a retired professor at the Universidad de Oriente in Venezuela, where he lived for over forty years. Co-editor of, "Latin American Social Movements and Progressive Governments: Creative Tensions Between Resistance and Convergence," Ellner discusses the situation in Venezuela as the Trump regime appears to be preparing an attack or invasion of the country with the goal of removing President Nicolás Maduro from power.

3) John Tarleton, editor-in-chief of The Indypendent, New York City's free progressive monthly newspaper, reflects on Zohran Mamdani's election victory becoming New York City's first Muslim mayor, first immigrant mayor in 50 years, and youngest mayor in a century, as well as the city's first
democratic socialist mayor, the challenges ahead for governing America's largest city, and how his winning campaign could impact national politics.

4) Norman Solomon, director of RootsAction and executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, is author of, "War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine." He talks about his recent commentary, "A year after Trump won, why won’t Democrats change their playbook?" a discussion that goes well beyond the mainstream's superficial analysis of the 2025 off-year election results.

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