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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.)

The two hour show in its entirety is archived after midnight ET Monday nights, and is available for at least a year following broadcast in WPKN Radio's Archives.

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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: Aug. 11, 2014

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Gaza War Civilian Death Toll Has Provoked Rising Tide of Jewish Opposition to Israeli Policy

MP3 Interview with Naomi Dan, media fellow with the group Jewish Voice for Peace
Naomi Dan talks about the protests her group has organized across the country in response to the Israeli attack on Gaza, efforts to change U.S. policy to favor lifting the economic blockade of Gaza and end Israel's 47-year illegal occupation and settlement of Palestinian land.


President Obama's Order for U.S. Air Strikes Targeting ISIS in Iraq Could Make A Bad Situation Worse

MP3 Interview with Phyllis Bennis, director of the Institute for Policy Studies' New Internationalism Project
Phyllis Bennis discusses President Obama's authorization for air strikes in Iraq and alternative policies she's written about to address the crisis of the radical Sunni group ISIS takeover of large areas of northern Iraq and Syria.
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


Corporations Exploit Loophole to Engage in Overseas "Inversions" to Avoid Paying U.S. Taxes

MP3 Interview with Rebecca Wilkins, senior counsel for Federal tax policy with Citizens for Tax Justice
Rebecca Wilkins discusses her group's support for fixing tax code loopholes and passing new legislation to discourage corporate tax inversions, where American companies reincorporate as foreign-based enterprises in order to avoid paying U.S. taxes.
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


Green Party Fields Candidates for Local, State and Federal Offices in this November's Election

MP3 Interview with Mike DeRosa, co-chair of the Connecticut Green Party and a candidate for secretary of state
Mike DeRosa Talks about his race and those of other CT Green candidates running for federal and state offices in this November's election, as well as the issues they'll be campaigning on that include proposals to institute public banking and benefit corporations in the state.


Connecticut Working Family Party Campaigning for Candidates in Primary Contests Tuesday, August 12th

MP3 Interview with Lindsay Farrell, executive director of the Connecticut Working Families Party
Lindsay Farrell discusses primary races her party is campaigning on in the primary election of Tuesday, August 12, as well as major issues they're advocating for in this November's state election races.


 

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