Monday, December 17, 2007

Tonight on Counterpoint

8:00 p.m. - Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris

  • David Kotz, professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts discusses the succession plan of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the current state of Russian economic conditions and politics.video tapes documenting CIA torture of prisoners. Ratner is the recipient of the 2007 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship.
  • Attorney Michael Ratner, President of the Center for Constitutional Rights discusses his group's current case before the U.S. Supreme Court re: Guantanamo detainees and investigation into the destruction of video tapes documenting CIA torture of prisoners.
  • Craig Aaron of Free Press, describes the the chair of the Federal Communications Commission, Kevin Martin's plan to eviscerate longstanding agency rules preventing a company from owning a newspaper and television station in
  • Robert Nave, Executive Director of the Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty, comments on New Jersey's decision to abolish capital punishment, and the current efforts nationally and in CT to do the same.

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