Counterpoint with Scott Harris
This week’s guests:
- Samer Badawi is a Palestinian-American writer and a contributor to +972 Magazine who covered Israel’s 2014 Operation Protective Edge from Gaza and the West Bank. He’ll discuss his recent Progressive magazine article, “Most Americans Support a Ceasefire in Gaza, So Why Don’t Our Elected Officials?”
- Christopher Pearson, secretary of the group National Popular Vote, previously served five terms in Vermont’s State House and three in the State Senate. He’ll discuss NPV’s work advocating for a national popular vote.
- Dr. Dana Elborno, MD, a pediatric and adolescent gynecology physician practicing in Illinois, talks about her recent Truthout article, “US Palestinians Feel Helpless as Our Tax Dollars Fund Our Families’ Destruction.”
- Michael Zweig, author and emeritus professor of economics and founding director of the Center for Study of Working Class Life at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, talks about his new book, “Class, Race, and Gender: Challenging the Injuries and Divisions of Capitalism.”
Monday, December 18 at 8:00 PM and in the WPKN archive.
First Voices Radio with Tiokasin Ghosthorse
Today’s guest is Alex White Plume is Oglala Lakota and one of the founders of the Wounded Knee Bigfoot Memorial Ride (South Dakota) started in 1986. The nation needed a Wiping of the Tears ceremony after the massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890. The ride was called the Future Generation Ride after 1990, when the Wiping of the Tears ceremony ended.
Tuesday, December 19 at 12:00 noon.
The Organic Farm Stand hosted by Richard Hill and Laura Modlin
- The Solar/Lunar Report by Laura Modlin, with a celebratory presentation on the Winter Solstice.
- The Small Farms Report with Steve Munno, manager of Massaro Farm.
- Norwalk recently passed an ordinance restricting the use of gas-powered leaf blowers. Lisa Shannahan, Norwalk town Common Council Representative for E District and Louise Washer, co-founder and executive board member of the Pollinator Pathway, two people instrumental in this development, explain how other towns can create similar restrictions.
Thursday, December 21 at 12:00 noon.