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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: Nov. 24, 2014

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Obama Executive Order Provokes GOP Rage, Inspires Activists to Agitate for Comprehensive Reform

MP3 Interview with Daniel Altschuler, Long Island coordinator with the group, Make The Road New York
Daniel Altschuler examines the scope and impact of President Obama's executive order on immigration, (which offers temporary legal status to an estimated 4 million undocumented immigrants, along with an indefinite reprieve from deportation), the fight for permanent legislation and the immigrant rights movement's plan of action in the months ahead.


GMOs: Corporate Techno-Food

MP3 Interview with Debbie Barker, international director of the Center for Food Safety
Debbie Barker presents a talk titled, "GMOs, Corporate-Techno Food," delivered at the Techno-Utopianism and the Fate of the Earth conference in New York City on Oct. 25, 2014.


Ferguson Streets Explode in Anger After Grand Jury Votes Not to Indict Darren Wilson

MP3 Interview with Rev. Peter Morales, president of the Unitarian Universalist Association
The Rev. Peter Morales discusses Ferguson, Missouri's grand jury votes not to indict police officer Darren Wilson for the shooting death of an unarmed African American teenager Michael Brown and the national issue of police violence in communities of color.


Bees, Agriculture's Indispensable Pollinators, Threatened by Pesticides Linked to Colony Collapse Disorder

MP3 Interview with Marina Marchese, local Connecticut beekeeper and author of the books, "The Honey Connoisseur,"and "Honeybee: Lessons from an Accidental Beekeeper"
Marina Marchese talks about the revival of artisanal handcrafted honey and the threat to bees from pesticides resulting in the alarming rise in "colony collapse disorder."


 

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