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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


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

This Week on Counterpoint

Show date: June 30, 2014

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Supreme Court Ruling Allows For-Profit Corporations to Impose Their Religious Beliefs on their Employees

MP3 Interview with Fred Clarkson, senior fellow at Political Research Associates
Fred Clarkson assesses the consequences of the Supreme Court ruling in the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. case, which involves the claim that a for-profit corporation has a right to deny its employees the health coverage of contraceptives to which the employees are otherwise entitled by federal law, based on the religious objections of the corporation’s owners.
An excerpt of this interview was featured on the nationally syndicated Between The Lines radio newsmagazine show. See the BTL page for full description, subject links and edited audio


One Year after Supreme Court Dismantles Voting Rights Act, 22 States have Adopted New Voting Restrictions

MP3 Interview with Tomas Lopez, counsel with the Brennan Center for Justice
Tomas Lopez discusses the status of challenges to new voter suppression laws in states across the nation which include restrictive voter ID regulations, obstacles to registration and the curtailing of early voting hours in the months leading up to the 2014 midterm Congressional elections.
An excerpt of this interview was featured on the nationally syndicated Between The Lines radio newsmagazine show. See the BTL page for full description, subject links and edited audio


World Cup Protests Express Brazilians' Anger Over Government Spending Priorities

MP3 Interview with Blair Bertaccini, long time Connecticut labor activist and soccer enthusiast
Blair Bertaccini talks about the massive protests that preceded the World Cup games in Brazil that express grievances about the spending of public funds on sports stadiums and expensive infrastructure for the games.


Despite Gains on Gay Marriage, Equality for LGBT Americans Has Not Yet Been Won

MP3 Interview with Suzanna Walters, author
Suzanna Walters talks about her new book,"The Tolerance Trap: How God, Genes and Good Intentions are Sabotaging Gay Equality," in which she argues that the LGBT community has settled for a watered-down goal of tolerance and acceptance rather than a robust claim to full civil rights.


GOP Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is at Center of Major Campaign Finance Scandal

MP3 Interview with Brendan Fischer, general counsel with the Center for Media and Democracy
Brendan Fischer discusses the local and national significance of the scandal surrounding Wisconsin GOP Governor Scott Walker, with a focus on his defenders' legal challenge to existing state campaign finance laws.


 

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