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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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Counterpoint is broadcast live every Monday evening from 8 to 10 p.m. ET, and can be heard worldwide at www.WPKN.org (Follows the 5-7 minute White Rose Calendar.)

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Scott also is executive producer of a weekly radio newsmagazine, "Between The Lines," heard on 50 community radio stations in the U.S. and Canada. Between The Lines' podcasts, interview transcripts and program summaries can be found at www.btlonline.org.

Scott's most recent Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists Award 2011:
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


Between The Lines Blog  BTL Blog

"The Rogue World Order: Connecting the Dots Between Trump, Flynn, Bannon, Spencer, Dugin Putin," by Anna Manzo (GlobalHealing), Daily Kos, Feb. 13, 2017

"Widespread Resistance Begins to Trump's Muslim Travel Ban at U.S. Airports," by Anna Manzo (GlobalHealing), Daily Kos, Jan. 28, 2017

"MSNBC Editor: Women's March is a Revival of the Progressive Movement," by Anna Manzo (GlobalHealing), Daily Kos, Jan. 24, 2017

"Cornering Trump," by Reginald Johnson, Jan. 19, 2017

"Free Leonard Peltier," by Reginald Johnson, Jan. 6, 2016

"For Natives, a "Day of Mourning"by Reginald Johnson, November 23, 2016

"A Bitter Harvest" by Reginald Johnson, Nov. 15, 2016

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


Progressive Resources

A compilation of activist and news sites with a progressive point of view

This Week on Counterpoint

Show date: Feb. 18, 2013

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Sam Pizzigati:  Assessing President Obama's 2nd Term Agenda Addressing Growing U.S. Economic Inequality

MP3 Interview with Sam Pizzigati, veteran labor journalist and Institute for Policy Studies associate fellow edits Too Much, a weekly newsletter on excess and inequalit
Sam Pizzigati assesses President Obama's State of the Union address and how effectively he addressed rising economic inequality in the U.S. -- as well as lessons we can learn from past social justice movements covered in his recent book, "The Rich Don't Always Win."
See BTL page for full description, subject links and edited audio


Matt Wall:  Progressive Groups and Legislators Campaign to Stop Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security Benefit Cuts in Sequester Negotiations

MP3 Interview with Matt Wall, Progressive Change Campaign Committee Press Associate
Matt Wall talks about his group's efforts, through the "Grayson-Takano" letter being circulated in Congress, to prevent any future cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security benefits resulting from a possible White House - Congressional grand bargain deal on the sequester.


Leslie Cagan and Bill Fletcher:  Reflections on 10th Anniversary of Feb. 15th 2003 Massive Global Protests to Prevent Iraq War

MP3 Interview with Leslie Cagan and Bill Fletcher, an editorial board member and columnist with the online publication BlackCommentator.com and the immediate past president of TransAfrica Forum
Bill Fletcher Jr and Leslie Cagan look back on the significance of massive global anti-Iraq war protests 10 years ago, and discuss the importance of reviving cross border organizing today on urgent issues of peace and social justice.
See BTL page for full description, subject links and edited audio


Beth Beisel:  GMO Free CT Launches Effort to Mandate Labeling of Genetically Modified Foods in Connecticut

MP3 Interview with Beth Beisel, a leader of GMO Free CT
Beth Beisel talks about her group's efforts to pass Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) mandated labeling legislation in Connecticut, and informs listeners how they can become better educated and active on the GMO campaign.


 

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