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's Bombing of Iran an Echo of Disastrous Iraq War

Phyllis Bennis, director of the Institute for Policy Studies’ New Internationalism Project, talks about President Trump's decision to launch of air strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities, the ongoing Israel-Iran air battle, and the danger that Trump's entry into the conflict could ignite a dangerous regional war.

2) Trump & MAGA's Embrace of Political Violence Kills

David Schultz, Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Political Science, Environmental Studies, and Legal Studies at Hamline University, discusses his recent Counterpunch article, "The Tragedy of Political Violence: It Works," recounting how violence has played a critical role in shaping history across the world and here in the U.S. He’ll examine Donald Trump and the Republican Party’s embrace and normalization of political violence, such as the January 6th Capitol insurrection and the more recent deployment of U.S. military forces to suppress anti-Trump/ICE protests in Los Angeles, and how Trump’s MAGA movement could employ political violence to extinguish U.S. democracy.

3) Democrats Must Adopt Progressive Economic Agenda to Defeat Trump and Protect Democracy

Norman Solomon, co-founder of RootsAction.org, executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy and author talks about the recent massive June 14th nationwide anti-Trump protests, and his recent commentary, "No Kings Day' was historic: Now we need a powerful — and independent — movement against Trump," discussing the strategies and tactics necessary to stop the Trump-GOP march toward fascism.

4) Danbury CT Immigration Activists Organize the Community to Counter ICE Deportation Raids

Carolina Bortolleto, co-founder and Co-Executive Director with Connecticut Students for a Dream, and immigrant rights activist Juliana Soares discuss recent ICE deportation raids in Danbury and elsewhere in Connecticut, the Danbury community's response, and demands issued by Danbury Unites for Immigrants, a collective of local immigrant community leaders.

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) Jennifer Loewenstein, former associate director of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, assesses the rationale and consequences of Israel's attack on Iran, Tehran's retaliation, the Trump regime’s apparent role in the attack, and the threat that this conflict could trigger a wider regional conflict involving the U.S.

2) Elizabeth Jacobs, professor emeritus, of epidemiology at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona, discusses her alarm at Trump’s Health and Human Services Secreatary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s removal of all 17 sitting members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory committee and replacing them with new members, many of whom are reported to be critics of mRNA vaccines, and public health measures taken during the COVID pandemic.

3) Sasha Abramsky, The Nation magazine’s Western correspondent and author, his latest titled, "Chaos Comes Calling: The Battle Against the Far-Right Takeover of Small-Town America." He'll talk about his recent articles, "Trump Calls Up the Marines. Democracy Is in Danger," and "Trump’s Dangerous Escalation in LA," and discuss the most dangerous authoritarian actions Trump may take in the coming days.

4) Ann Wright, a 29-year US Army/Army Reserves veteran who retired as a Colonel and a former US diplomat who resigned in March 2003 in opposition to the war on Iraq, discusses her views on Donald Trump's federalization and deployment of National Guard and Marine troops to Los Angeles over the objections of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, to suppress mostly peaceful protests re: militarized ICE deportation raids, and growing concern about the Trump regime's partisan politicization of the U.S. military.

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) Israel's Seizure of Ship Carrying Humanitarian Aid to Gaza Violates International Law
Craig Mokhiber, is an international human rights lawyer and former director of the New York Office of the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights who resigned in protest in 2023 due to the unfolding Gaza genocide and the UN’s failures. He'll discuss his urging the UN to convene under Uniting for Peace to mandate a protection force be deployed in Gaza, a call for a complete military embargo of Israel, robust sanctions against the regime, demand for a ceasefire, and action be taken to hold all perpetrators accountable.

2) No Kings June 14th AntiTrump Nationwide Protests, Likely to be the Biggest Since Trump Returned to the White House

Tamika Middleton, Managing Director of Women's March, discusses a broad coalition's plans for the June 14th national No Kings and Kick Out The Clowns protests in the face of President Trump and the Republican Party's attack on democracy and the rule of law, that are being organized in more than 1,600 locations across the U.S.

3) Trump Attacks on LGBTQ Community Provokes Energized Resistance

Human Rights Campaign National Press Secretary Brandon Wolf provides an overview of Donald Trump's many attacks on the LGBTQ+ community over the first 5 months of his administration, and in the first few days of June Pride Month. He'll also discuss how HRC and a national coalition of allied groups are pushing back in the courts and on the street.

4) If Trump Imposes Insurrection Act the US Will be on its Way to Dictatorship

Charles Haynes with the group Citizens Against Tyranny in America talks about Trump's deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles amid protests against ICE deportation raids, and his recent column, "Trump Protestors: You Have No Idea What Is To Come," with a focus on his concern that Trump may soon be deploying US military troops against US citizens protesting his authoritarian power grab, and the need for protest organizers to be prepared on how to respond.