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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

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"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

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"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


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

This Week on Counterpoint

Show date: April 22, 2013

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Terry Kay Rockefeller:  Boston Sister of 9/11 Victim Urges Nonviolent Response to Marathon Bombing

MP3 Interview with Terry Kay Rockefeller, a documentary film producer who joined the group September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, soon after she lost her sister Laura Rockefeller in the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
Terry Kay Rockefeller discusses her response to the recent Marathon bombing in Boston, and the difficult work of turning "grief into action for peace -- and focusing on nonviolent options and actions in the pursuit of justice."
See BTL page for full description, subject links and edited audio


Ladd Everitt:  U.S. Senate's Failure to Pass Popular Universal Gun Background Check Bill Moves Battle to 2014 Election Campaign

MP3 Interview with Ladd Everitt, Director of Communications with the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
Ladd Everitt discusses his group's response to the recent U.S. Senate defeat of proposed legislation mandating universal background checks for those purchasing guns, and next steps in the national campaign advocating stricter gun regulation laws.
See BTL page for full description, subject links and edited audio


Laura Cahue:  Congress to Consider Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill with Path to Citizenship

MP3 Interview with Laura Cahue, a community advocate and organizer with the South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center
Laura Cahue takes a critical look at the new proposed comprehensive immigration reform bill that will soon be debated in Congress.


Mark Weisbrot:  Obama Administration's Meddling in Venezuelan Presidential Election Result Provokes Opposition Across Latin America

MP3 Interview with Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, in Washington, D.C.
Mark Weisbrot discusses the U.S. position on recognizing Venezuela's April 14th presidential election, issues related to U.S-Latin American policy and the future of Hugo Chevez's Bolivarian socialist revolution.


 

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