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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: Jan. 20, 2014

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FCC Can Resurrect Net Neutrality from Ashes of a Federal Court Ruling

MP3 Interview with Todd O'Boyle, program director for Media and Democracy at Common Cause
Todd O'Boyle assesses President Obama's proposed reforms to National Security Agency blanket surveillance of Americans' communications and the recent federal appeals court ruling that rejected FCC regulations protecting net neutrality which preserve an open Internet.
An excerpt of this interview was featured on the nationally syndicated Between The Lines radio newsmagazine show. See the BTL page for a full description, subject links and edited audio.


Racial Disparity in U.S. Health Care Exacerbated by Republican Governors

MP3 Interview with Brian Miller, executive director of the group United for a Fair Economy
Brian Miller discusses his just-released report, "Healthcare for Whom?" which examines the racial disparities in access to healthcare, as well as the growing debate on the most effective policies to address record levels of income inequality in the U.S.
An excerpt of this interview was featured on the nationally syndicated Between The Lines radio newsmagazine show. See the BTL page for a full description, subject links and edited audio.


Opponents Rally to Stop Fast Track Authority Linked to Trans Pacific Partnership Free Trade Treaty

MP3 Interview with Arthur Stamoulis, executive director of the Citizens Trade Campaign
Arthur Stamoulis discusses his group's mobilization to defeat fast track legislation related to the Obama administration's effort to gain congressional passage of the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership free trade treaty.


Chris Christie's Bridge Gate Problems Look Petty Next to Allegations of Money Laundering with Billionaire Koch Brothers

MP3 Interview with Greg Palast, BBC investigative journalist and author
Greg Palast discusses his investigation into the Committee for Our Children's Future, embattled New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and his Koch brothers billionaire buddies. Greg will also talk about his latest investigation into the Republican Party's coordinated campaign to impose laws suppressing the voting rights of minority, senior citizens and student voters. Palast is author of the New York Times bestseller, "Billionaires & Ballot Bandits" and the DVD "Vultures and Vote Rustlers."


 

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