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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: Nov. 17, 2014

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New U.S.-China Carbon Targets Fall Short of Reductions Needed to Avert Climate Change Disaster

MP3 Interview with Karen Orenstein, senior international policy analyst with Friends of the Earth
Karen Orenstein assesses the recently announced U.S.-China agreement on climate change, and the challenges ahead for the climate and environmental movement now that the U.S. Senate is controlled by the Republican Party.


Six Years After 2008 Campaign Pledge, President Obama Pushes for Net Neutrality

MP3 Interview with Craig Aaron, president and CEO of Free Press
Craig Aaron examines President Obama's recent public advocacy for net neutrality, opposition from FCC Chair Tom Wheeler, and the role public activism on this issue can play in the final outcome.


White House Plans to Double Number of U.S. Troops in America's Third Iraq War

MP3 Interview with Paul Kawika Martin, policy and political director with Peace Action
Paul Kawika Martin discusses President Obama's recent escalation of U.S. military involvement in the war against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, and likely pressure for further escalation now that the GOP controls both houses of Congress.


2014 House Election Results Affirm Need for Corrective Action in Electoral System Bias

MP3 Interview with Drew Spencer, staff attorney with the group Fair Vote
Drew Spencer talks about the topics covered in the Nov. 7 Nation Magazine article, "Republicans Got Only 52% of the Vote in House Races: How did they end up with 57% of the Seats?"


 

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