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

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 1.5 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

1) On 4th Anniversary of January 6th Insurrection Democracy is on the Ropes

Sasha Abramsky, The Nation magazine's Western Correspondent, is the author of "The American Way of Poverty,” “The House of Twenty Thousand Books,” Little Wonder: The Fabulous Story of Lottie Dod,” and his latest “Chaos Comes Calling: The Battle Against the Far-Right Takeover of Small-Town America.” He'll discuss his recent article, "Will Trump Weaponize the FCC to Crack Down on Media Outlets He Doesn’t Like?," and the alarming anticipatory obedience we see toward Trump from Jeff Bezos, Patrick Soon-Shiong, ABC News, Mark Zuckerberg, et al.

2) Before Reagan Jimmy Carter's Conservative Economic and Foreign Policy Moved the US to the Right

David N. Gibbs, Professor of History at the University of Arizona, and author of, "Revolt of the Rich: How the Politics of the 1970s Widened America's Class Divide," shares his views on late President Jimmy Carter's legacy, both in economics and foreign policy, that many corporate media obituaries of the 39th U.S. President omit.

3) Climate Denier Trump Threatens US Renewable Energy Future

Ken Bossong, executive director of the nonprofit Sun Day Campaign, discusses his year-end review of reports from FERC and EIA re: the mix of renewable energy sources that now comprises "30% of total U.S. electrical generating capacity, and on track to reach 37% by the end of 2027." He'll also address prospects for setbacks that may be ahead for renewal energy under Pres. Trump, who declares that climate change is a "hoax," and has pledged to repeal some of the Biden administration's key renewable energy/climate change programs and funding.

4) Danger Ahead for the World Under Trump's Muddled Foreign Policy

Mel Goodman, a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, professor of government at Johns Hopkins University, an author and a former CIA analyst, talks about his concern re: Donald Trump's authoritarian rhetoric, and how he could use violent incidents/terrorist attacks (as we just witnessed in New Orleans and Las Vegas) as a pretext to invoke emergency powers to impose repressive measures targeting his critics, dissenters, and the press. He'll also share his concerns re: Trump's foreign policy in the Middle East/Iran, Russia/Ukraine/nuclear arms, and China/Taiwan.

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

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 1.5 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

1) Trump Will Use Unitary Executive Theory to Impose his Grotesque Brand of Tryanny

Marjorie Cohn, professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law and past president of the National Lawyers Guild, discusses her recent article, "Trump Is Using 'Unitary Executive' Theory in His Bid to Amass Supreme Power," and issues related to Trump and co-president billionaire Elon Musk, and "Project 2025's" blueprint to impose an authoritarian state replacing democratic institutions.

2) New Campaign Pressuring Biden Revives Debate on Equal Rights Amendment

Kate Kelly, Senior Director of the Women's Initiative at the Center for American Progress, and former Legislative Director for Missouri Rep. Cori Bush who helped found the first-ever Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Caucus in Congress, talks about the a new national alliance that's now urging President Biden to instruct the National Archivist to certify and publish the ERA as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which was approved by two-thirds of Congress and ratified by three-fourths of the states, yet remains unpublished due to disagreement regarding the seven-year time limit Congress set in its ERA preamble that expired in the 1970s.

3) After 14+ Months of Gaza War, World Unwilling to Stop Israel's Palestinian Genocide

Michel S. Moushabeck is a writer, editor, publisher, and musician of Palestinian Arab descent, who is the founder of Interlink Publishing, a 32-year-old independent publishing house. Moushabeck, recipient of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee’s Alex Odeh Award, discuss his article, "Palestinians Endure Another Christmas of Genocide and Displacement," and issues related to U.S. Middle East policy under Pres. Biden, and the future under Donald Trump.

4) Pope Francis Calls for Global South Debt Cancellation, Reforming the International Finance System

Eric LeCompte, Executive Director of the Jubilee USA Network, a United Nations finance expert and an advisor to the Vatican and Catholic Bishops on debt and economic issues, discusses Pope Francis' call for debt cancellation for developing nations, reforming the international finance system to protect the poor, and the urgent need to address the global climate crisis.

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

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 1.5 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

1) White Supremacist Hate Groups' Growing Threat as Trump Takes Office

Rachel Carroll Rivas, interim director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project discusses her work tracking hate groups and white supremacists engaged in violence - and concerns that these groups and individuals could pose a threat to civil society as Donald Trump takes office and encourages political violence targeting immigrants and his perceived political enemies.

2) The UN Urged to Hold Israel Accountable for Monstrous Violation of International Law in Gaza

Kathy Kelly, board president of the group World Beyond War, who works with the international network Global Solidarity for Peace in Palestine, discusses her recent article, "When Will the UN General Assembly Suspend Israel?" and issues related to Israel's ongoing savage war in Gaza, the West Bank (and earlier in Lebanon,) U.S. Middle East policy under the incoming Trump regime, and the devolution of international law.

3) Trump GOP Demonization of Trans Youth Leads to Violence

Media critic Parker Molloy, publisher of the Present Age newsletter, talks about her recent article, "One Day in Anti-Trans America," with a focus on Trump and the GOP's demonization of the trans community, the Democrat's non-response, and the failure of corporate media's coverage of rightwing extremists’ dangerous scapegoating, that leads to violence.

4) Philadelphia Protest Demands Biden Dismantle Government Machinery Trump Will Use for Mass Deportation

Jasmine Rivera, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Immigration Coalition discusses her group's December 18th protest action on Philadelphia’s Ben Franklin Bridge, demanding President Biden issue directives to protect immigrants from Trump's mass deportation plan before he leaves office, and the nationwide activism that will be necessary to effectively challenge Trump's anti-immigrant policies over the next four years.