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Alexis Tsipras: "Anti-Austerity Politics in Greece, Europe and Beyond"
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talk by the leader of Greece's leading Left Party Coalition, on recorded on Jan. 25, 2013 at The City University of New York, in a program sponsored by CUNY's Center for the Study of Culture, Technology, and Work.
Alexis Tsipras, a member of the Hellenic parliament, president of the Synaspismos political party since 2008, head of the SYRIZA parliamentary group since 2009, and leader of the Opposition since June 2012. SYRIZA currently leads in Greek opinion polls.
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Special Programming
Noam Chomsky on the Occupy Wall Street movement
Noam Chomsky is linguistics and philosophy professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Author of nearly 100 books, Chomsky is one of the world's most widely read progressive dissident intellectuals. He talks about his new book, "Occupy," about the Occupy Wall Street movement and the wider issues of class warfare in the America today.
Listen to this interview (June 6, 2011)
MP3: Nathan Schneider
(www.wagingnonviolence.org)
has been reporting on the OWS movement from its first days in August,
2011. In this April 3, 2012 interview, Richard Hill asks him to assess
the on-going debate in the movement between those espousing a strict
adherence to non-violence principles and practices and those advocating
a 'diversity of tactics', Interview conducted by Richard Hill, WPKN
"MP3 Audio of Four Panel Discussions from the Left Forum",
produced by Scott Harris, March 20, 2010, Pace University, New York, NY
A compilation of activist and news sites with a progressive point of view
This Week on Counterpoint
Show date: Oct. 22, 2012
Bob Edgar: Progressive and civil rights groups challenge voter ID laws
Interview with Bob Edgar, president and CEO of Common Cause and former Democratic congressman from Pennsylvania
Bob Edgar assesses the effectiveness of a national campaign by the Republican party and conservative interest groups to suppress the vote of specific racial and ethnic minority groups, senior citizens and students. He’ll talk about the success of many recent legal challenges to voter ID laws, the curtailment of early voting hours and obstacles to the registration of new voters.
Judy Bello: U.S. drone strikes create enemies among civilian population in Pakistan
Interview with Judy Bello, an active member of the Fellowship of Reconciliation
Judy Bello spent a month in northern Iraq in 2009 and participated in two Fellowship of Reconciliation peace delegations to Iran. She talks about her most recent trip to Pakistan and what the delegation learned about the effect of U.S. drone strikes on the civilian population there — a topic that won’t likely receive any critical attention in the final debate on foreign policy issues between President Obama and his GOP challenger Mitt Romney.
See BTL page for full description, subject links and edited audio
Jeff Rousset: Prometheus Radio Project works to expand grassroots community radio
Interview with Jeff Rousset, national organizer with the Prometheus Radio Project
Jeff Rousset discusses his group’s upcoming “Reclaim the Airwaves Tour,” the importance of expanding the reach of community radio and a brief history of Prometheus’ accomplishments since their founding in 1998.
Henry Lowendorf: New Haven, Conn. referendum calls for federal military funds to be reallocated to meet pressing human needs
Interview with Henry Lowendorf, chairman of the Greater New Haven Peace Council and a peace and social justice activist
Henry Lowendorf discusses a referendum question that will appear on the City of New Haven, Conn.’s ballot Nov. 6 that advocates a reduction in federal military spending and transfer of those funds to meet pressing human needs, create jobs and rebuild our infrastructure. Fifty-seven percent of the federal budget goes to military spending. The New Haven ballot is a referendum calling for moving the money to jobs in our cities.
Recent Shows
October
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Greg Palast: The corruption and failings of U.S. democracy and electoral system
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Rocky Anderson: U.S. militarism; unchecked corporate power and the corruption of Congress
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Mark Weisbrot: Venezuelan President's election victory
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Marge Baker: Critical judicial issues at stake in the presidential election
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Robert L. Borosage: No Grand Bargain Without A Jobs Trigger"
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George Farah: How the Republican and Democratic Parties Secretly Control the Presidential Debates
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Wade Gibson: "Poverty, Median Income, and Health Insurance in Connecticut
September
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Ben Beachy: The major issues of jobs, lack of transparency and the role of corporate lobbyists
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Richard D. Wolff: Mitt Romney's secretly video taped comments
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Jonathan Brater: Voter suppression laws in states round the country
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Jamal Abdi: The rising tension between the Obama administration and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netnayahu
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Chris Toensing: The violence in Libya, Egypt and protests in dozens of other nations
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Marjorie Cohn: The recent federal court ruling blocking enforcement of a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act
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Michael Zweig: The Chicago teacher's strike and it's wider significance
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John Feffer: Obama's foreign policy record; Mitt Romney's foreign policy positions.
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Kevin Gray: The issues of poverty and double digit unemployment among African Americans and Latinos.
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Bob Cash: Transparency from participants in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations
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Marisa Holmes: Occupy Wall Street movement participates in protests at the National Conventions
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Steve Early: Labor's role in the U.S. election campaign
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Peter Hart: FAIR looks at the shallow media coverage
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Ruth Conniff: Paul Ryan's record as a Wisconsin congressman
August
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Jodi Jacobson: Paul Ryan: women's reproductive rights.
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Randy Albelda: Mitt Romney's attack on the nation's social safety net in the current presidential campaign
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Jonathan Schwarz: The flawed news coverage of Ecuador's offer of political asylum to WikiLeaks founder
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Deborah Chernoff: The reasons why 600 workers at five Connecticut nursing homes went out on strike
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Dean Baker: The impact Mitt Romney's selection of Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate will have on the national debate over Medicare
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Scott Klinger: How our Tax Dollars Subsidize Exorbitant Executive Pay
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Eric Holt-Gimenez: How the U.S. drought and commodity price speculation have spiked global food prices
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Jackie DiSalvo: Labor's relationship with Occupy Wall Street movement
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Callers' Commentary: Mitt Romney Vice Presidential pick, Paul Ryan
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Leonard Eiger: Anti-nuclear activists were arrested and face jail time and fines.
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Leah Bolger: Recent report challenging U.S. police aggression against peaceful protesters.
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Gene Stone: The upcoming Rally for a Nuclear Free Future
July
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James S. Henry: An investigation on how the super rich around the world hide their wealth from national taxes
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Jamie Henn: Activists plan direct action protests to disrupt construction of tar sands pipeline
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Miriam Pemberton: GOP-controlled House of Representatives approves billions for Pentagon
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Ted Lewis: Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity, plans tour calling for an end to gun trafficking and violence
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Ron Jacobs: An examination of the geopolitical war being played out in Syria
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Jill Stein: Green Party Presidential candidate talks about the failings of the U.S. electoral system
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Joanne Landy: Greek movements resisting austerity
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Lindsay Farrell: An assessment of Connecticut Gov. Malloy's administration.
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Baher Azmy: Center for Constitutional Rights continues its efforts to release detainees held at the Guantanamo U.S. detention center
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Marge Baker: Broad coalition works to overturn Supreme Court's Citizens United campaign finance ruling
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Nic Riley: New restrictive GOP-backed state voter ID laws challenged in the courts
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Lee Tien: Lawsuit against warrantless surveillance of U.S. citizens
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Karen Perry Stillerman: Union of Concerned Scientists slams Monsanto Corporation for false claims on GMO crops
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Peter Maybarduk: U.S. and eight other Pacific Rim nations conduct secret negotiations on Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement in San Diego
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Sanjeev Bery: Amnesty International calls for unified global action to quell the escalating violence engulfing Syria
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Robert Scheer: "Crime of the Century," The LIBOR bank scandal exposes widespread corruption on Wall Street
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Steffie Woolhandler: Single Payer Health Care Advocate Assesses Supreme Court ruling
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Bill Chandler: Supreme Court ruling on Arizona's immigration law
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Arnie Gundersen: The current status of Japan's failed Fukushima nuclear plant
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Bruce Barrett: Israel-Palestine peace focus of 3rd annual IWagePeace Walk in New Haven July 16, 2012