Monday, March 03, 2008

Tonight on Counterpoint

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

  • Peter Kornbluh, senior analyst with the National Security Archive and director of its Cuba and Chile documentation projects, assesses the changes ahead after Fidel Castro's resignation as President of Cuba.
  • Salim Muwakkil, a senior editor at In These Times, and an op-ed columnist for the Chicago Tribune, discusses the overt and covert issues of race in the 2008 presidential election campaign.
  • Stephen Young, global security lobbyist with the Union of Concerned Scientists, examines the recent U.S. shoot down of a military spy satellite and the implications for Washington's ambition to develop space based weapons.
  •  JoAnn Wypijewski, discusses her new Mother Jones magazine article, titled, "The Final Act of Abu Ghraib," which examines the trials of U.S. soldiers accused of torturing detainees at the infamous Pentagon-run Iraqi prison. 

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