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Alexis Tsipras: "Anti-Austerity Politics in Greece, Europe and Beyond"


A 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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Reporting / In-Depth Series; Radio
First place: "Occupy Wall Street: The birth of a movement for the 99%; Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine; Scott Harris


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Special Programming Special Programming

chomskyNoam 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

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"MP3 Audio of Four Panel Discussions from the Left Forum", produced by Scott Harris, March 20, 2010, Pace University, New York, NY


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This Week on Counterpoint

Show date: Dec. 24, 2012

Lisa Graves:  Unholy Alliance: The disturbing relationship between the NRA and ALEC

MP3 Interview with Lisa Graves, executive director of the Center for Media and Democracy
Lisa Graves talks about her recent article, "Big Money, ALEC and the Gun Agenda," which examines the relationship between the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and the role both groups have played in the promotion of the firearms industry agenda that includes "conceal carry" legislation, "stand your ground" gun laws and the wide availability of semi-automatic assault weapons.
See BTL page for full description, subject links and edited audio


Matt Wall:  Progressive legislators/activists oppose Obama’s fiscal cliff proposal to cut Social Security benefits

MP3 Interview with Matt Wall, press associate with the Progressive Change Campaign Committee,
Matt Wall discusses the fiscal cliff negotiations and the broad coalition of progressive groups and legislators who oppose the Obama administration's plan to embrace a "Chained CPI" cut to Social Security benefits.
See BTL page for full description, subject links and edited audio


Glenn Greenwald:  Civil liberties erosion in President Obama’s second term will continue unless citizens mobilize

MP3 Interview with Glenn Greenwald, a columnist on civil liberties and US national security issues with the Guardian newspaper, and author of "With Liberty and Justice For Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful,"
Glenn Greenwald delivers a keynote address at "A Conference in Defense of Civil Liberties and to End Indefinite Detention" which took place at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, CT on Dec. 8, 2012.
See BTL page for full description, subject links and edited audio


Josh Stearns:  FCC rules change would further consolidate media ownership, reduce diversity

MP3 Interview with Josh Stearns, Public Media Campaign Director with the media democracy group Free Press
Josh Stearns discusses serious concerns that a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposal will weaken media ownership rules to the advantage of Rupert Murdoch and other giant media companies across the U.S., as well as further reduce the diversity of points of view on the nation's airwaves.
See BTL page for full description, subject links and edited audio


 

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