Monday, August 08, 2005

Tonight on Counterpoint

8:00 pm: Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris. This week's guests:

  • Mona Cadena of Amnesty International examines more evidence of Bush administration complicity in torture of U.S. held detainees around the world.
  • Norman Soloman, author and media critic assesses the new White House effort to prepare the U.S. public for a military confrontation with Iran.
  • Caroline Treiss, Executive Director of CT NARAL on how organizations that support a women's right of privacy concerning reproductive freedom view President Bush's nominee to the Supreme Court, John Roberts.
  • Rev. Hollie Hail Davis of the Shinnecock Nation in Southampton, Long Island N.Y. comments on the struggles of the Native American tribe re: discrimination, poverty, land rights and their economic development plans that includes building a casino.