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) US Israel War Hurts All Iranians, Including Regime Opponents

Naghmeh Sohrabi, Charles (Corky) Goodman Professor of Middle East History and Director for Research at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University discusses her the impact of the US, Israeli war on average Iranian people not generally discussed in our media, as explored in Professor Sohrabi's "These Are the True Things" blog focused on stories written by Iranians coping with life inside the Islamic Republic.

2) Trump Sets in Motion Multiple Strategies to Rig Midterm Election to Help GOP Maintain Control of Congress

David Daley, senior fellow in communications at Fair Vote, and author of "Antidemocratic: Inside the Far Right's 50-Year Plot to Control American Elections," discusses the ongoing efforts by Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans to implement voter suppression laws and policies, including Senate debate on the "Save America Act," and the president's most recent executive order that instructs the federal government to compile a list of eligible citizens who can vote in each state, and instructs the US Postal Service to only transmit mail-in ballots to people on that list.

3) Trump's Staggering Level of Corruption Requires Ethics Law Overhaul

Jeff Hauser, executive director of the Revolving Door Project, discusses the multiple and unprecedented instances Trump administration corruption that Revolving Door Project has been investigating during the president's 2nd term. He'll address the need for accountability, and what government reforms will be necessary to prevent such blatant executive branch abuses in the future, as what followed the Nixon era Watergate scandal.

4) Jewish Groups Organize Passover Seder Outside Hartford CT ICE Office Protesting Mass Deportation

Daniella Hobbs a member of the Hartford Jewish Organizing Collective, talks about her group organizing a Passover Seder on Tuesday, April 7th outside the ICE Regional Field Office in Hartford "to demand ICE out of Connecticut." The Seder will include music and ritual elements adapted to modern times, including a recitation of ten modern-day plagues and four cups dedicated to collective liberation. In observing this year's Passover the group is demanding freedom for our neighbors held by ICE.

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) Iran Maintains Upper Hand over US and Israel in Escalating and Costly War

Matthew Hoh, Associate Director of the Eisenhower Media Network, a former Marine captain, Iraq war combat veteran, and Afghanistan State Department officer who resigned in protest over U.S. war policy in 2009. Captain Hoh will assess the current state of the illegal US, Israeli war on Iran, charges that the US lacked a coherent strategy and made inadequate preparations for this conflict, and prospects that the Trump regime many soon deploy US troops to a ground war inside Iran.

2) Veterans Group Offers Counseling to US War Resistors and Conscientious Objectors

Gerry Condon, a Vietnam-era veteran and war resister, former president and current national board member of Veterans For Peace, president of the Golden Rule Committee, and a member of the crew that sailed the Golden Rule to Cuba. He'll assess the US/Israeli war on Iran from the perspective of veterans and active duty service members, some of whom are now seeking advice on how to follow the protocol to disobey illegal orders, and apply for conscientious objector status.

3) Assessing New Dept. of Homeland Security Sec. Markwayne Mullin and Future of ICE Mass Deportation Operations

Kica Matos, the president of the National Immigration Law Center and the Immigrant Justice Fund. A Distinguished Practitioner at Yale University’s Brady Johnson Program in Grand Strategy, Matos will discuss the recent Senate confirmation of Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, what if any changes may be made in DHS/ICE policies, her view of what Senate Democrats are doing to negotiate reforms in ICE operations -- and her critical work at NILC.

4) Tenured Texas Professor Fights his Termination for Exercising Free Speech

Tom Alter, a tenured professor of history at Texas State University, talks about his termination from the university without due process for remarks he made at a socialist conference in his capacity as a private citizen. Professor Alter will talk about his legal battle defending free speech and academic freedom important to all educators and citizens -- and his national speaking tour including events in Connecticut in April.

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) US-Israeli War on Iran Escalates, as Erratic Trump Appears to Look for Exit

Raed Jarrar, Advocacy Director with the group Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) founded by Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi before his assassination, discusses the current state of the U.S., Israeli war on Iran, escalation of the regional conflict destroying fossil fuel infrastructure and disrupting energy supplies, the prospect of the deployment of U.S. troops to Iran, and the consequences for international law.

2) Heritage Foundation, Trump Regime's 'Project 2026' Targets Women's Rights

Katherine Spillar, Executive Director of the Feminist Majority Foundation, and Executive Editor, Ms. Magazine to discuss your Ms. Magazine article, "Project 2026 Declares Open War on Women's Rights," with a focus on Trump administration policies' impact on women, and voter suppression legislation designed to disenfranchise millions of women across the country in the 2026 midterm election.

3) Another US Oil War in Iran Spikes Energy Prices, Disrupts Supply Chains; Aggravates the Climate Crisis

Lois Parshley, Climate Research Director with Public Citizen’s Climate Program.… will examine the spike in energy prices, and interruption in the delivery of energy supplies due to Trump's Iran war, creating hardship for vulnerable populations, and strategies for the world escaping this cycle of endless oil wars that has caused so much violence and destruction — and the catastrophic contribution to the climate crisis!

4) Nuestra América Convoy Arrives in Cuba, Challenging Trump's Oil Blockade

Andy Shallal owner of the Busboys and Poets bookstores and progressive political cultural hub in Washington, D.C., talks about the Trump regime's blockade of oil to Cuba, the impact on the Cuban people, and the Nuestra América Convoy to Cuba, the recently delivered a shipment of 6,300 pounds of critical humanitarian aid to the island nation by air and sea.