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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


Progressive Resources

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

This Week on Counterpoint

Show date: Sept. 8, 2014

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As NATO Pursues New Cold War with Russia, U.S. Media Continues to Distort Ukraine Conflict

MP3 Interview with Robert Parry, investigative journalist and editor with ConsortiumNews.com
Robert Parry discusses the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine touching on his most recent article, "The Whys Behind the Ukraine Crisis." He'll also provide commentary on the pronouncements re: Ukraine and Russia that were issued at the recently-concluded NATO summit meeting in Wales.


Effort to Overturn SCOTUS Citizens United Ruling Launched in U.S. Senate

MP3 Interview with Jonah Minkoff-Zern, director of Public Citizen's Democracy is for People campaign
Jonah Minkoff-Zern talks about the upcoming Senate vote on the Democracy For All amendment that would overturn the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United v. FEC decision, as well as his group's recent public polling on this issue.


Low Wage Workers Employ Civil Disobedience in Escalating Campaign for Increased Minimum Wage

MP3 Interview with Catherine Reutshlin, senior policy analyst with DEMOS
Catherine Reutshlin discusses the ongoing struggle for an increase in the federal minimum wage, and the most recent protests and civil disobedience by fast food workers in dozens of U.S. cities on September 4th, who are demanding a wage increase to $15 an hour.


Local Climate/Pollution Issues Rally Citizens for Major New York City Peoples Climate March

MP3 Interview with Stanley Heller & Elaine Ward, Stanley Heller of Promoting Enduring Peace and the Middle East Crisis Committee, Elaine Ward with the Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice and a representative of the Connecticut chapter of the Sierra Club
Stanley Heller & Elaine Ward preview the September 13th ActOnClimate rally, that will take place at the city's Baldwin Plaza to demand the closing of Bridgeport's coal burning power plant, and recruit area concerned citizens to participate in New York City's historic Peoples Climate Change March on September 21st.


 

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