Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine is celebrating its 35th anniversary, and supporters are invited to mark this milestone!

For over three decades, a dedicated all-volunteer team of citizen journalists has produced independent, progressive media that is now broadcast on over 70 radio stations nationwide. To honor this journey, join the community at the First and Summerfield United Methodist Church, 425 College St., New Haven, Connecticut, on Saturday, Oct. 17, from 2 to 4 p.m. for a public forum featuring a keynote address by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author, and activist Chris Hedges. His timely talk, "The Next Election May Be Our Last: Why a General Strike Is Democracy’s Last Line of Defense Against Fascism," will address the current challenges facing democracy and explore nonviolent resistance strategies. Chris will also discuss and sign his new book, "Requiem for Gaza," immediately following the presentation.

Since January 1991, the program has worked to amplify progressive perspectives, a mission made possible through the generosity of its supporters. Those unable to attend the forum in person can still support the ongoing commitment to free speech. Please consider honoring this 35th anniversary with a tax-deductible contribution to help sustain weekly programming and expand its reach to new listeners across the country. Thank you for supporting independent journalism—hope to see you on Oct. 17th!

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COUNTERPOINT RADIO, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

1) Elizabeth Miller, Project Director September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, discusses the important work her group has been doing since the 9/11 terrorist attack, advocating nonviolent options and actions in the pursuit of justice. Stephanie Savell Co-director of the Costs of War Project at Brown University's Watson Institute, talks about her group's research on the cost of U.S. wars launched after the 9/11 attacks -- and the impact that's had on our nation's security, foreign policy and civil liberties 25 years later.

2) Lori Wallach, Director of the Rethink Trade program at American Economic Liberties Project, and senior Advisor to the Citizens Trade Campaign, the U.S. national trade justice coalition of unions and environmental, consumer, faith, family farm and other groups. She'll disucss the causes and consequences of the trade war initiated by Donald Trump, after bilateral trade negotiations collapsed, leading the U.S. to impose 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods in August 2026, which Canada matched with dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs on $20 billion of U.S. exports earlier this month.

3) Katya Schwenk, an investigative journalist covering private interests and corporate power at The Lever, talks about her article co-written with Luke Goldstein, titled, "How A Hedge Fund Billionaire Became The Democrats’ New Kingmaker," about Stephen Mandel who's bankrolling a new political apparatus built to “redefine” the Democratic Party.

4) Dulce Guzmán, Executive Director at Alianza Americas, discuss her group's work focusing public attention on the plight of hundreds of thousands of refugees from more than a dozen countries who have had their TPS status revoked by the Trump administration -- and the uncertainty that nationals from El Salvador who reside in the U.S. are now living with because Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin has not announced any decision on their future status.

Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio files, program summaries and interview transcripts. An archive of current and past Counterpoint interviews are accessible for free at our Counterpoint Radio web site: http://counterpointradio.org The full 1.5 hour unedited program can be accessed for a 2 week period after the show, at the WPKN Radio archives: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/search/counterpoint