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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'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: April 8, 2013

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Jeremy Varon and Omar Farah:  Indefinite Detention Without Charge or Trial Triggers Widespread Guantanamo Prisoner Hunger Strike

MP3 Interview with Jeremy Varon and Omar Farah, Jeremy Varon, Professor of History at The New School in New York City and an organizer with Witness Against Torture and Omar Farah, staff attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights who represents Guantanamo prisoners in habeas corpus challenges and in resettlement efforts
Omar Farah and Jeremy Varon talk about the ongoing hunger strike among Guantanamo detainees, and the legal issues that have kept many prisoners behind bars for 10+ years without charge or trial.
See BTL page for full description, subject links and edited audio


Eric Kingson:  Progressives Organize to Stop President Obama's Proposed Social Security and Medicare Benefit Cuts

MP3 Interview with Eric Kingson, co-chair of the Strengthen Social Security Coalition
Eric Kingson discusses President Obama's inclusion of chained CPI benefit cuts in his proposed federal budget that would reduce benefits for Social Security and Medicare recipients. - and the angry response of the nation's progressive movement.
See BTL page for full description, subject links and edited audio


Christine Ahn:  Korean Peninsula War Threat Demands High-Level Diplomacy and Dialogue

MP3 Interview with Christine Ahn, Executive Director of the Korea Policy Institute
Christine Ahn explains the context for better understanding, rising tensions and threats of war on the Korean peninsula -- and what the U.S. and international community can do to de-escalate, renew dialogue and finally end the Korean War.


Tara Cook-Littman:  Push to Label Genetically Modified Foods Moves Forward in Connecticut Legislature

MP3 Interview with Tara Cook-Littman, Esq, founder and director of GMO Free Connecticut,
Tara Cook-Littman discusses her group's effort to pass legislation in Connecticut that will require the labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the state's food supply.


 

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