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Tag: 09.23.24: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the escalating war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon; Trump's abortion ban is literally killing women; US Poverty rose when federal safety net programs expired; Billy Bragg on politics and hope
Tag: 07.22.24: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses JD Vance's extremist position on abortion, ICJ rules Israeli occupation of Palestine illegal, As Biden drops out of campaign, what's next, Advocating CT climate crisis legislation
Tag: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Arizona Court Activates 1864 Draconian Abortion Ban; Israel Iran Attack Counterattack Could Trigger Regional War; EPA has New Standards for PFAS chemicals in drinking water; Radical Connecticut People's History
Tag: 04.01.24: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the GOP attack on reproductive rights, Israel propaganda targets US journalists; CT Dem Primary Uncommitted campaign; Earth Day hearing on CitiGroup environmental racism
Tag: 02.12.24: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Israel's ongoing carnage in Gaza war; SCOTUS hearing on Colorado's removal of Trump from state ballot; Questions on CT pension fund investment in Israel; New book on historic fight for reproductive rights
Tag: 01.15.24: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Why CNN Reports are Subject to Israeli Censorship; Trump's Fascist Threat to Democracy Downplayed by US Media; Courts Uphold Extremist Abortion Laws Endangering Lives; MLK's Radical Message Whitewashed
Tag: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses American Jews' relationship with Israel; Ohio voters pass abortion access referendum; Artificial Intelligence: dangers and opportunities; Bridgeport CT mayoral election marred by ballot fraud
Tag: 07.17,23: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Ohio GOP Referendum Undermines Democracy; Teamsters Prepare for Historic Strike at UPS; Police Repression of Climate Activists on the Rise; Campaign Working to Keep Trump off of 2024 Ballot
Tag: 06.26.23: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses One Year After Roe v. Wade Overturned; US & Iran Talk to Ease Tensions; Without Accountability Trump Contagion Continues to Infect the Nation; Billionaire Paul Singer's Lavish Gifts to Justice Alito
Tag: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Texas judge's ruling banning an abortion drug; Backlash against the GOP's extremist agenda; CT workers equity agenda lobby day in Hartford; Climate Defiance plan to blockade White House Correspondents Dinner
Tag: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Trump GOP threat to extinguish democracy; Ongoing campaign works to ratify Equal Rights Amendment; Late journalist Robert Parry broke story of Reagan's Oct. Surprise in 1991; Debate over CT prison commutations
Tag: 03.13.23: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses GOP repressive laws targeting LGBTQ community; Rightwing campaign to outlaw abortion in 50 states; Biden's proposed federal budget; CT finally moves to adopt early voting
Tag: 01.23.23: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Oxfam's new report on rising inequality; Resistance to Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade; Supreme Court poised to undermine workers right to strike; Urgent need for reform of US immigration & asylum
Tag: 11.14.22: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses major issues in the 2022 midterm election; the importance of the youth vote in blocking the GOP red wave; How polls & media spin got the midterm election wrong; CT Progressives won big in Nov 8th election
Tag: 08.08.22: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses GOP election deniers win key primary contests; FBI raids Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence; State legislatures ground zero for GOP attack on democracy; Generation Vote Protests at CPAC
Tag: 07.18.22: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Pres. Biden's recent Middle East trip; Christian extremist policies imposed across the country; Big Oil profiteering boosts gas prices; AIPAC funds campaigns against progressive candidates
Tag: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses why Democrats in 2022 election should warn about dangerous extremists; Jan. 6th investigation progress; Lessons from history indigenous women controlled their own bodies; Finding a way to end the Ukraine War
Tag: 07.04.22: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses multiple crises facing US on July 4 holiday; Activists protest the end of reproductive rights in 60 cities 7-4-22; SCOTUS extremist justices impose minority rule; Attorney offers hope on post-Roe era
Tag: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the extremist rulings of the Supreme Court, New book celebrates tween's curiosity & imagination; Universal healthcare could have prevented 300,000+ COVID deaths in US; Overturning Roe: women now 2nd class citizens
Tag: 05.23.22: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses "replacement theory" and the GOP fascist threat to democracy; Abortion fight moves to the states; GOP & Democrats primary election winners/losers; Corporate price gouging exploits inflation
Tag: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses right wing targeting pro-choice protesters for arrest; "100% Democracy: The Case for Universal Voting;" The killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh; Son of dictator wins Philippine election
Tag: Counterpoint host Scott Harris presents Intl news coverage of leaked draft SCOTUS ruling overturning Roe v. Wade ruling; Views on danger of escalation between the US & Russian in Ukraine war; Coronavirus Criminals & Colombia's May 29th Election
Tag: 05.02.22: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Effective Ways to Fight GOP's Culture War; Elon Musk's Purchase of Twitter & Free Speech; Eroding public health measures to combat a deadly pandemic; Jackpot: How the Super-Rich Harms Us All
Tag: 12.13.21: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses NATO's role in Russia-Ukraine tensions; After outlawing abortion what's the Christian right's next target?; Vaccine apartheid creates dangerous COVID variants; UK court OKs Julian Assange US extradition
Tag: 12.06.21: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Mississippi's abortion law being considered by the Supreme Court; Opposition to a new program that could privatize Medicare; Progressive candidate wins Honduras election; Venezuela's 11/21 election
Tag: 09.06.21: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the Supreme Court's action on Texas abortion law; The cost of U.S. militarism since 9-11; New documentary film, "The Big Scary 'S' Word; The state of the US Labor movement 2021
Tag: 05.20.19: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the arrest of 4 occupiers in Venezuela's US Embassy; The risk of US war with Iran; Why new abortion restrictions disproportionately impact women of color & Public option health insurance proposed for CT
Tag: 07.09.18: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Trump's Supreme Court nominee; Grassroots push to reform the Democratic Party; Trump EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's resignation; Medicare For All Town Hall meeting in CT
Tag: 04.10.17: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Trump's attack on Syria; GOP Senate detonates nuclear option; March for Science appeals to reason; Koch brothers defeat TrumpCare & Win Keystone XL Pipeline Approval
Tag: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the GOP Healthcare Failure; Progressives campaign to block Gorsuch SCOTUS nomination; Over 10,000 Women sign-up to run for public office; Palestinian Dance-Rap Groups Tours US and CT
Tag: 01.23-17: Counterpoint host Scott Harris features speeches & interviews from historic protests against Trump inauguration; Pres. Trump's financial conflicts of interest and violation of ethics & Campaign to end prison solitary confinement
Tag: 12.12.16: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses how Democrats can challenge the Trump agenda, Commentary on the alleged Russian role in the US election; Legal status of opposition to Dakota Access pipeline & protests planned for Trump inauguration
Tag: 10.24.16: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses issues in the 2016 election campaign including the future of Social Security; What's at stake for the country with future appointments made to SCOTUS; California's Proposition 61 & Stealing US elections
Tag: 11.30.15: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses what's at stake at the Paris climate summit; Consequences of Turkey's shooting down of a Russian fighter jet over Syria; Planned Parenthood clinic attack & Excerpt of Bernie Sanders talk on socialism
Tag: 10.05.15: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses America's broken economic and political systems; Russia's intervention in Syria's civil war; the GOP campaign to defund Planned Parenthood & talks by Eric Foner & Ralph Nader at Tort Law Museum opening