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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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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

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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: June 3, 2013

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Shahid Buttar:  Critics Charge Obama Justice Department's Collection of Associated Press Phone Records Undermines Press Freedom

MP3 Interview with Shahid Buttar, executive director of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee
Shahid Buttar discuss the Obama Justice Department's collection of Associated Press reporters' phone records and President Obama's speech on U.S. counterterrorism policy.
See BTL page for full description, subject links and edited audio


Chris Toensing:  Escalation of Syrian Civil War Threatens Wider Regional Conflict

MP3 Interview with Chris Toensing, Executive Director and Editor, Middle East Report
Chris Toensing assesses the ongoing bloody civil war in Syria, U.S. policy regarding the conflict, the Sunni-Shiite religious divide and the consequences for regional stability and U.S.-Russian relations.
See BTL page for full description, subject links and edited audio


Daniel Kessler:  Opponents Organize Summer Actions to Pressure White House to Reject Keystone XL Pipeline

MP3 Interview with Daniel Kessler, media campaigner with the climate change group 350.org
Daniel Kessler discusses the organizing now being done across the U.S. to prepare a response for a future State Department/White House decision approving the Keystone XL Pipeline project as well as the upcoming Summer Heat actions and campus fossil fuels divestment campaign.


Bill Duesing:  GMO Food Labeling Bill Approved by Connecticut Legislature Set to Become First Such Law in Nation

MP3 Interview with Bill Duesing, of the groups Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) and GMO Free Connecticut
Bill Duesing discusses the obstacles overcome in the battle to pass GMO labeling legislation in Connecticut, which appears headed to be signed into law by Governor Malloy. He'll also explain why CT's GMO labeling bill may become a model for New England states and the nation.


 

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