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 Fascist Threat to Democracy Enters New, Violent Phase

Christopher Vials, Professor in the English Dept. at the University of Connecticut at Storrs where he studies the cultural impact of the US far right, is the author of “Haunted by Hitler: Liberals, the Left and the Fight against Fascism in the U.S.,” and co-editor of “The US Antifascism Reader.” He'll assess Donald Trump's first 12 months back in the White House of his 2nd term, and the threat he now clearly poses to the 2026 midterm election, democracy and our republic, touching on some of the issues examined in a recent commentary he co-authored with Bill Mullen, "Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement’s Aspirational Fascism."

2) Trump asks Republican Congress to "Nationalize" the 2026 Midterm Election

David Daley, Senior Fellow in Communications at the group FairVote, is the author of the national best-seller "Ratf**ked: Why Your Vote Doesn't Count." He'll examine Donald Trump's recent threats to "nationalize" this November's midterm elections, Steve Bannon's recent warning that ICE agents will surround polling places --- all driven by MAGA's false claims of massive voter fraud. He'll share his views on what steps could and should be taken now to implement safeguards to protect the nation from these threats, and ensure we have a free and fair election.

3) Trump Blocks Oil Supplies From Reaching Cuba, Contributing to Looming Humanitarian Crisis

Alianza Americas Deputy Director Helena Olea, discusses concern re: the growing humanitarian crisis impacting the Cuban people resulting from Donald Trump's recent Executive Order blocking oil shipments to the island, shutting down their energy generating capacity while threatening secondary sanctions on any nation that provides Cuba oil supplies.

4) FBI Spies on, Then Raids WAPO Journalist's Home in Major Attack on Press Freedom

Kevin Gosztola, publisher of the Dissenter Newsletter and author of "Guilty of Journalism: The Political Case Against Julian Assange," talks about his recent Dissenter article, "FBI Spied on Washington Post Reporter Prior To Raiding Their Home,"the related Trump regime attacks on the First Amendment with the recent arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, and the mass layoff of 1/3 of the staff at the Washington Post.

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) Minnesota Shows the Country How Effective Resistance to ICE Violence Can Work

Pastor Doug Pagitt, executive director of the Minneapolis-based organization Vote Common Good, talks about the extraordinary courage and resilience the nation has witnessed among his city’s ordinary citizens standing up to the brutal and cruel ICE secret police force that engages in lethal violence. He'll discuss what people across the country can learn from the incredible grassroots organizing going on in Minneapolis to meet the current crisis, and how Americans can adapt those skills, tactics and logistics to their own local efforts in defense of the rule of law and democracy.

2) National Coalition of Local Prosecutors to Target Federal Lawbreakers for Accountability

Fairfax County Virginia Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano, co-founder of the new group, Fight Against Federal Overreach, talks about the mission of the "FAFO" national coalition of District Attorneys collaborating to ensure federal officials are held accountable when they exceed their lawful authority, violate the U.S. Constitution, ignore the Bill of Rights, the rule of law, and basic human decency. The group's goal is to hold all federal officials, including ICE and CBP agents and their commanders, accountable for illegal actions.

3) With Looming Threats from Nuclear Weapons, AI and Climate Crisis, Doomsday Clock Moves Closer to Midnight

Jon B. Wolfsthal, Director of Global Risk at the Federation of American Scientists discusses the Bulletin of American Scientists' announcement that their Doomsday Clock was recently set at 85 seconds to midnight, "the closest the Clock has ever been to midnight in its history, while calling for urgent action to limit nuclear arsenals, create international guidelines on the use of AI, and form multilateral agreements to address global biological threats."

4) Veterans Group Tells US soldiers It's their Duty to Disobey Illegal Orders

Mike Tork, Veterans for Peace treasurer, and Anthony Aguilar a retired US special forces officer who resigned in protest from his work with US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution centers, talk about the Veterans For Peace education campaign, including billboards, reaching out to active-duty U.S. soldiers and National Guard troops urging them to “follow the law and their conscience” and refuse to obey illegal orders. This veterans campaign comes in the face of Donald Trump's ordering the U.S. military to attack civilian boats, and seize oil tankers in international waters, kidnap Venezuela's president, threats to occupy Greenland, and deployment of the ICE secret police force to U.S. cities, while warning of a future invocation of the Insurrection Act that could send the US Army or Marines to states across the country.

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) The world revolts against Trump's irrational, deadly domestic & foreign policy

Melvin Goodman is a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, a professor of government at Johns Hopkins University, and a former CIA analyst. Goodman, whose most recent book is titled, “American Carnage: The Wars of Donald Trump,” talks about Pres. Trump's disastrous foreign policy including his attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of its president, threats to takeover Greenland and breakup NATO, and his irrational imposition of tariffs around the world, the subject of his recent columns, "Donald Trump, Poster Child for Megalomania," and "Nazi Germany 1933 and MAGA America 2025."

2) ICE Killing of 2 Minneapolis Residents Provokes Angry Protests and General Strike

Madison McVan, is a reporter with the Minnesota Reformer, an independent, nonprofit news organization, where she covers the impact of the Trump administration in Minnesota. She talks about state residents’ response to Trump's deployment of a flood of ICE agents to the state, the federal agent killing of Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse, the earlier ICE agent killing of Renee Good, and the Jan. 23rd statewide general strike. She'll also discuss Trump's threat to invoke the Insurrection Act and send in potentially thousands of active-duty U.S. military to Minnesota.

3) Oil is the Total Focus of Trump's Venezuela Policy that also Benefits his Big Donor

Filmmaker and journalist Greg Palast, author of several New York Times bestsellers including "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy," talks about his recent investigation, "How New Venezuela President Will Save Us from Trump’s Crazy: The Radical Pragmatist versus Rubio’s Vulture," explaining how billionaire and Trump donor Paul Singer is one of the prime beneficiaries of the U.S. military attack and abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, as Singer is about to take over CITGO, the crown jewel of Venezuela's oil empire.

4) New Book, "Anthropause" Advocates 'Degrowth' as a Path to Prevent Climate Collapse

Stan Cox, a research scholar in Ecosphere Studies at the Land Institute, where he formerly served as Lead Scientist for 20 years, talks about his new book "Anthropause: The Beauty of Degrowth," which indicts our obsession with endless expansion and poses a new model of degrowth for protecting the Earth from climate collapse. Stan is the author of 8 books, including, "The Path to a Livable Future," "Sick Planet," and "How the World Breaks."