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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: Dec. 8, 2014

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Coast To Coast Explosion of Protest Confronts Police Violence in Communities of Color

MP3 Interview with Glen Ford, executive editor with the Black Agenda Report
Glen Ford discusses the coast-to-coast mobilization of protest organized in response to the recent Ferguson and New York City grand-jury decisions finding no reason to indict police officers in the killing of unarmed black men. He also assesses efforts now underway to build a national movement to confront police violence in communities of color across the U.S., as covered in his recent article, "The New Movement: Are We There Yet?"


America's Longest War Just Got Longer: President Obama Reverses Troop Drawdown in Afghanistan

MP3 Interview with Matthew Hoh, senior fellow at the Center for International Policy
Matthew Hoh discusses his views on Chuck Hagel's recent resignation as U.S. secretary of defense, the Obama administration's current strategy in Afghanistan and U.S. military intervention in Iraq and Syria with the goal of "degrading and destroying" ISIS. Hoh is also a former marine captain who in 2009 resigned his State Department post as the senior U.S. civilian in Zabul province in protest of American policy in Afghanistan.


G-20 Pushes New Banking Rule That Could Confiscate Deposits and Pensions in Future Financial Crisis

MP3 Interview with Ellen Brown, president emeritus, Founder & senior advisor with the Public Banking Institute
Ellen Brown talks about her recent article, "New G20 Rules: Cyprus-Style Bail-Ins to Hit Depositors and Pensioners." She also discusses PBI's ongoing work in California and around the country to establish new public, state-owned banks beyond the nation's only successful working model that was established in North Dakota in 1919.


Bridgeport CT City Councilman Fights to Protect Two Community Gardens from Housing Development

MP3 Interview with Robert E. Halstead, a member of the Bridgeport, Connecticut City Council, 132nd District
Robert E. Halstead discusses the importance of green, open spaces in an urban environment and his longtime and current effort to establish and preserve community gardens in Bridgeport.


 

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