Monday, August 18, 2008

Tonight on Counterpoint

8:00 p.m. - Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris
  • Bruce Gagnon, coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, comments on Poland's agreement to deploy a U.S. anti-missile system in their country - a decision that has triggered angry threats from Moscow.
  • Richard Falk, professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University and distinguished visiting professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, discusses the Bush administration's role in the conflict between Russia and Georgia and the lack of media coverage on the important oil pipeline that traverses Georgian territory.
  • Frances Beinecke, president of Natural Resources Defense Council assesses the current national debate on the price of oil, off-shore drilling, conservation and global warming.
  • Richard Duffee, Green Party candidate in Connecticut's 4th Congressional district discusses issues emphasized in his platform including: U.S. empire, the impeachment of George W. Bush, corporate-led globalization and global warming.

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