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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: 11.06.23: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses root causes of the Israel Hamas war, Jewish Voice for Peace demand for a ceasefire in Gaza; UAW strike ends with historic agreement with Big 3 automakers; Antisemitic groups exploit Middle East conflict
Tag: 10.23.23: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the humanitarian emergency in Gaza; Danger of a wider Middle East War; DOJ must investigate GOP theft of election machine software; Targeting Harvard pro-Palestinian student activists
Tag: 10-09-23: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Hamas brutal attack on Israel; Trump-GOP incitement of violence; Role of sanctions in US southern border crisis; Azerbaijani ethnic cleansing of Nagorno-Karabakh
Tag: 09.11.23: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Sept 11th terrorist attack & US War on Terror; Reporter goes undercover in US rightwing extremist movements; RICO Indictment of 61 StopCopCity Activists; March to End Fossil Fuels 9-17 NYC
Tag: 08.28.23: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses New report on widening gap between CEO and worker pay; Confronting GOP's embrace of political violence; Guatemala elects anti-corruption activist; CT rallies opposition to health insurance rate hike
Tag: 04.03.23: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Trump indictment & threat of domestic terrorism; Israel faces two major crises; In These Times' director on the future of progressive media; Opponents Explain their opposition to CT aid in dying bill
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: 02.07.22: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the crisis in Ukraine & danger of a new Cold War; GOP officially endorses political violence; Biden pressured to honor campaign pledge on student debt; CT group advocates policies on climate & jobs
Tag: 01.17.22: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses MLK's lessons to address today's US voting rights crisis; Demands to close Guantanamo after 20 years; Canada needs to prepare for America's turn to fascism; 2 years after police killed Mubarak Soulemane
Tag: 10.04.21: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Congressional showdown over infrastructure bills; DeJoy slow down of U.S. mail; Exposed CIA plot to kidnap or kill Julian Assange; Fox News' Tucker Carlson parrots racist 'replacement theory'
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: 09.14.20: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the coalition formed to protect the election results; Refugees created by US Post-9/11 wars; Warnings to progressives of a 2nd Trump election victory; Normalization of Israel, UAE, Bahrain relations
Tag: 06.17.19 Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the escalating U.S.-Iran crisis; the Poor People's Campaign & the 2020 election; Opposition to the T-Mobile-Sprint merger & Protests in Haiti demanding the resignation of Pres. Jovenel Moise
Tag: 07.03.17: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses rising tensions between the US and N. Korea; Trump nominates a lawyer who justified torture; the struggle to preserve a free and open Internet & SCOTUS ruling upends CT refugee settlement agency
Tag: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Trump's "Election Integrity" commission; Trump's firing of FBI director poses threat to rule of law; Marine vet says Trump Afghan troop escalation bound to fail; Sustainable agriculture key to food sovereignty
Tag: 03.20.17: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the Trump proposed budget; An effort challenging a campaign calling for a Constitutional Convention; Assessing the failure of Trump's Travel Ban 2.0 & Opposing a bill weakening gun purchase restrictions
Tag: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses US nuclear policy on 71st anniversary of Japan A-bomb attack; the links between Saudi Arabia & 9/11; Financial exploitation of US prisoners; Venezuela's economic and political crisis
Tag: 07.11.16: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses police-community relations in the wake of a week of violence; Afghanistan: America's longest war; the UK Chilcot report on Britain's role in Iraq War; the deal to close Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant
Tag: 07.04.16 Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the need for a new U.S. peace movement after election 2016; Did recent SCOTUS ruling legalize corruption? New federal legislation addresses Puerto Rico's debt crisis & Hazards of nuclear power in space
Tag: 05.30.16: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the global movements confronting the causes of economic inequality; U.S. drone wars; The extremist appointed Israeli Defense minister & CT budget cuts & plan to privatize group homes for the disabled
Tag: 04.25.16: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the issues in CT's Democratic Party Pres. Primary election w surrogates of Clinton & Sander's campaigns; U.S.-Saudi Arabia relationship; 6th Anniv. of Gulf oil spill & Lawsuit against FDA over GE Salmon
Tag: 04.18.16: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the ACLU's lawsuit to get U.S. torture documents; the Next System's nationwide teach-ins; Puerto Rico's debt crisis & the new French "Staying Up All Night" anti-austerity movement
Tag: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Pres. Obama's historic trip to Cuba; Aftermath of the Brussels terrorist attacks; Democracy Spring Wash. DC protest & Saudi intervention in Yemen's brutal civil war
Tag: 02.22.16: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the New York Times coverage of single payer health care; Apple vs. FBI on encryption; Plan for civil disobedience in Washington, DC this spring & Bridgeport CT coal plant conversion to natural gas
Tag: 12.28.15: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses a new study that links Fox News with racist attitudes; Spanish election results; An organization that records hate crimes across the U.S. & the New Haven-based group Promoting Enduring Peace
Tag: 12.21.15: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses anti-Muslim hate crimes in U.S., Critique of big Green NGOs at Paris climate talks; New book explores economic inequality & Antiracist activism on university campuses
Tag: 11.23.15: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the links between Saudi Arabia and ISIS; Challenging the efficacy of a narrow military response to the Paris attacks; the US debate on mass government surveillance & Victories for clean election systems
Tag: 11.16.15: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the Paris terrorist attacks, the current, deteriorating situation in Afghanistan and the recent "Our Generation Our Choice" protest actions in Washington, D.C.
Tag: 10.25.15: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses secret documents re: the US drone warfare program; Exxon's deception on climate change; Alabama voter suppression exposed & deficiencies in Haiti's 10-25-15 national election