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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: May 27, 2013

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Matt Southworth:  President Obama's Counterterrorism Speech: A Path to Change or More Rhetoric?

MP3 Interview with Matt Southworth, board member of the group Veterans for Peace who served in the U.S. Army from 2003-2004
Matt Southworth talks about what Memorial Day means to him. He also assesses President Obama's speech announcing some still vague changes to U.S. counterterrorism policy (27 minutes).
See BTL page for full description, subject links and edited audio


Jay Feldman:  Lawsuit Challenges U.S. EPA Approval of Pesticides Linked to Bee Colony Collapse Disorder

MP3 Interview with Jay Feldman, co-founder and executive director of Beyond Pesticides
Jay Feldman explains the recent decision by the European Union to ban neonicotinoids and his group's current law suit against the U.S. EPA for their approval of pesticides harmful to bees. He also describes the work they're doing to prevent further harm to the environment which has led to the alarming decline in the global bee population (30 minutes).


Tim Franzen:  Occupy Our Homes Protests U.S. Justice Department's Failure to Prosecute Wall Street Bankers Responsible for Foreclosure Crisis

MP3 Interview with Tim Franzen, representative of Occupy Our Homes Atlanta
Tim Franzen talks about his group's recent civil disobedience protests at the U.S. Justice Department organized to demand: Congress and the Obama administration end the foreclosure crisis, reset mortgages to their current value, restore and rebuild wealth stolen from communities of color during the economic meltdown and prosecute Wall Street bankers for stealing homes, savings and livelihoods (21 minutes)
See BTL page for full description, subject links and edited audio


 

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